Category Archives: Security
Ebook Sharing Sites Served Court Notices
Two popular ebook sharing websites have been served with court order on heels of Megaupload saga. Library.nu and Ifile.it , based in Ireland , have been accused of making available more than 400,000 copyrighted books for free download . The … Continue reading
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Anonymous Takes Down Chemical Weapons Supplier’s Website
Hackers celebrated the Valentine’s Day by taking down the website of Combined Systems . February 14 is also the anniversary of Bahrain uprising , popularly called February 14 revolution . The hackers said that it was in retaliation for the … Continue reading
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Iran Shuts Off Access to Popular Websites
It seems that Iran has not learnt any lessons from the recent uprisings in Syria , Libya and Egypt . CNET is reporting that Iran has cut down access to all major popular websites like Yahoo , Gmail , Hotmail … Continue reading
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No Link Between Piracy and Movie Box Office Revenues , Research Says
A research paper titled ‘Reel Piracy: The Effect of Online Film Piracy on International Box Office Sales’ of University of Minnesota and Wellesley College has concluded that there is no direct link between torrent piracy and US box office returns of … Continue reading
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Google Wallet Not Safe , Can Be Easily Misused
A cellphone blog has demonstrated in a video that a hacker can start spending the money stored on Google wallet in a matter of minutes if he gets physical access to an Android phone . Google wallet is a substitute … Continue reading
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1 in 6 Parents Dont Understand Children’s Gadgets
The digital divide has many manifestations . Latest is reported in a report by ParentPort website in collaboration with Advertising Standards Authority UK , Office of Communication UK and Press Complaints Commission UK . The report has found that one … Continue reading
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Hacker Releases Source Code of Symantec
Reuters has reported that a hacker has finally released the source code of pcAnywhere , a utility of Symantec , further raising fears that other hackers may exploit the security vulnerabilities made public by the hacker and attempt to take … Continue reading
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Decrypting Own Hard Drive Is Not Self-Incrimination
A Colorado judge has ruled that decrypting own hard drive is not equal to self-incrimination under Fifth Amendment . The judge ordered one Ramona Fricosu , charged with fraud , to decrypt her computer hard drive . Fricosu had maintained … Continue reading
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Bad Times For Cyberlockers – MegaUpload Dead , File Sonic , FileServe Cave In
MegaUpload is dead. One of the world’s most popular ( 50 million daily hits , world’s 13th most popular ) website for cyberlocker services has been hit hard by the United States Justice Department , calling it “international organized criminal enterprise … Continue reading
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Love Birds Share Their Passwords Too – Among Other Things
A moment of passion leads to sharing of passwords. New York Times has touched a strange trend of the digital milieu . The teenagers have been sharing their most intimate secrets with loves of their lives but now they are also sharing … Continue reading
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