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1 hr ago | Mashable

Hacker Turns Westboro Baptist Church Hate Page Into Donation Site

The Christian fundamentalist group, notorious for its "God Hates Fags" protests, launched a website on Monday called GodHatesOklahoma.com, just hours after a mile-wide tornado hit the town of Moore, Okla., and killed 24 people.

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5 hrs ago | Ynetnews

Israeli official: Syria cyber attacked Haifa's water system

A senior Israeli official reveal on Saturday that Syria has attempted two weeks ago to launch a cyber attack against Haifa's water system, in retaliation to the alleged Israeli attack in Damascus a month ago.

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9 hrs ago | WNDU-TV South Bend

Hacker compromises customer info at Lerner Theatre

Frequent patrons of the Lerner Theatre in Elkhart may need to give their banks a call after the venue's ticket system provider may have been hacked.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Elkhart, IN, Theater, Arts

Fri May 24, 2013

International Business Times

New Android Virus Forwards Text Messages To Hackers

A new Trojan malware infecting Android phones is capable of intercepting inbound text messages and forwarding them to hackers.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Cellphones

Canada.com

Robocall ruling is victory for Conservatives but shadow of doubt still lingers

A federal court judge presiding over the robocall case ruled on Thursday that the fraudulent calls did not materially affect the results and declined to overturn them.

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National Vulnerability Database

CVE-2013-1017

NVD is the U.S. government repository of standards based vulnerability management data.

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ITWorld Canada

Tired of hackers? Fight back, says U.S. group

Attackers trying to steal intellectual property have been having it their way for some time.

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Salon

Could hackers destroy the U.S. power grid?

Dozens of U.S. energy providers face "daily, constant or frequent" attempted cyber attacks, according to a new Congressional review of power grid safety.

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MSNBC

ITV news Twitter account hacked by Syrian Electronic Army

British broadcaster ITV on Friday became the latest media outlet to have one of its Twitter feeds hacked by anonymous supporters of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, just days after Twitter beefed up security to prevent such attacks.

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Related Topix: Twitter, Science / Technology, US News, Liberal Political News

CRN

Zeus Malware Attacks Increase, Steals Account Credentials

The notorious Zeus Trojan, a family of banking malware known for stealing passwords and draining the accounts of its victims, has steadily increased in recent months, according to data collected by Trend Micro.

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Related Topix: Spyware, Science / Technology, Mobile Armor

KSL-TV

Cyber criminals targeting more small businesses

Small businesses are being targeted by cyber criminals more frequently and experts say business owners aren't doing enough to keep it from happening to them.

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Related Topix: Small Business, Personal Finance, Science / Technology

ComputerWorld

9 super useful subreddits network pros should follow

Reddit is not just filled with pictures of cats and silly memes. Seriously. There's a lot of good content on the popular social news aggregator for network professionals whether you're focused on security, Windows, VoIP, IPv6 or a mixed bag.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Microsoft, Startups

AdelaideNow...

Stalker of Tiger Alex Rance jailed for year

A PRETEND doctor who organised a gay orgy at Tigers star Alex Rance's family home because Rance rejected his affections has been jailed for one year.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Social Software

Thu May 23, 2013

Xbox-Scene

Xbox Live is Hacked

Microsoft, whom is really the boss of the 'net, not the 'must connect once a day box', but the 'hackers' of the world unite World famous hacker 'Reckz0r' that cracked into CNN websites and data stream, claims via a 'pastebin' today, and other tweets that Xbox Live has been 'PWNED!' all 48 Million Users Exposed, and offer up a 6gb file with all the ... (more)

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Related Topix: Microsoft Xbox, Video Games, Science / Technology

CNet News

Is protecting intellectual property from cyberthieves futile?

After the publication of the Mandiant report earlier in the year linking China's People's Liberation Army to ongoing and massive cyberattacks against U.S. corporations, government agencies, universities, and other organizations, policy makers and industry experts have been trying to figure out how to better secure their intellectual property ... (more)

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Related Topix: Prison, US News, Science / Technology

ABC15.com

PD: Student hackers changed grades

Three 16-year-old Prescott High School students have been arrested on suspicion of hacking into teachers' computers and changing grades.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Education Etc., Prescott, AZ

Techworld.com

IPS market to grow on back of worry over APT attacks

The market for Intrusion Prevention Systems will continue to grow on the back of more advanced designs and rising anxiety about the threat posed by advanced persistent threats , Frost & Sullivan has said.

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The Independent

In battle against hackers like the Syrian Electronic Army, Twitter introduces extra security measures

With the microblogging site's new "two-factor authentication," users can choose heightened security.

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The Economist

Cryptography: The solace of quantum

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Related Topix: Cryptography, Science, Computer Science, Science / Technology, Inventions

ProgrammableWeb.com

AngelHack Hackathon and Accelerator Program Offers Hackers Chance to...

AngelHack, a premier educational technology events company, has just announced that the "biggest hackathon competition in the world" AngelHack , is now accepting applications for the AngelHack Accelerator Program, Summer 2013 cycle.

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