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Mobile malware: Beware drive-by downloads on your smartphone
While Jeff Schmidt, the CEO of JAS Global Advisors, was surfing the Web on his new Android smartphone (his first Android phone) earlier this year, what appeared to be an ad popped up on his screen. The "ad" looked like the prompt that appears when his phone rings. He clicked the button on the ad to pick up the putative call, and the ad began …
Former Rutgers student who faces jail for spying on gay roommate doesn't regret passing on plea deal: report
The former Rutgers University student convicted last week of spying on his gay roommate who later jumped off the George Washington Bridge spoke out for the first time Wednesday — and adamantly stuck to his decision to reject a no-jail plea deal. “I’m never going to regret not taking the…
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China Corporate Espionage Boom Knocks Wind Out of U.S. Companies
Last June, three men squeezed inside a wind turbine in China’s Gobi Desert. They were employees of American Superconductor Corp., a maker of computer systems that serve as the electronic brains of the device. From time to time, AMSC workers are required to head out to a wind farm in some desolate location — that’s where the wind usually is — to check on the …
Anonymous Targets Panda Labs Following Lulzsec Arrests
A website belonging to antivirus software and Internet security firm Panda Security was targeted by members of the hacking collective Anonymous Tuesday in what various media outlets are calling retaliation for the arrest of five members of the Lulzsec group earlier this week. According to BBC News reports Wednesday, the hackers identified themselves as members of AntiSec, a collaborative …
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Unusual elements in state's murder case against a mother and son
Right away, investigators knew that whoever killed 55-year-old Arunkumar Ingle had no interest in robbery. They found no signs of a break-in at his modest ranch home in the Glen Riddle section of Middletown Township, Delaware County, no knocked-over furniture, no ransacking, no TVs or jewelry taken.
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RBS 6 Nations Live Challenge app pairs sports and social: Hands-on
Rugby-loving couch potatoes beware: RBS expects you to flex your brain, if not your muscles, during the Six Nations tournament this year. The sports-sponsoring bank has created an interactive quiz, fixtures and social app for 2012, with game-related questions that sync with the on-screen action, live score tables and Facebook integration for those particularly competitive. [...]
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Lawmakers to consider pot initiative – Fri, 27 Jan 2012 PST
OLYMPIA — A measure that would decriminalize use and possession of small amounts of marijuana for adults was sent to the Washington Legislature today after the Secretary of State's office certified it has more than enough signatures.
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MegaUpload founder Dotcom denied bail, alleges police brutality
MegaUpload founder and CEO Kim Dotcom has again been denied bail by a New Zealand court, after his appeal to the High Court was rejected over fears he might abscond to avoid extradition. The appeals judge agreed with a lower court decision in late January that Dotcom – who has a track record of avoiding arrest, as [...]
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Megaupload's user data gets a two-week reprieve
Megaupload's hosting services agree to preserve the digital files stored at the cyberlocker service for at least two weeks ( ZDNet UK – Security Threats )
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AhnLab Announces Mobile Security Threat Trends for 2012
SEOUL, South Korea, January 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ – Mass distribution of Malware that targets application and OS vulnerabilities – ´Zombie smartphone´ expected to emerge – AhnLab cautions users to use Smartphone vaccines and the official …
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