No doubt about it, technology has made our lives simpler. Today, people can handle most financial transactions online in an instant.
Pentagon to Take Military Action Against Cyber Attacks?
Hacker attacks have become more widespread and damaging lately, enough so that the government is considering stepping in and taking military action.
A keygen for the real world
[Nirav] found that he rarely printed anything useful with his RepRap, so to shake things up, he decided he needed to work on a project that didn’t involve printing yet more RepRap parts. The goal of his project was to create working replicas of house keys by simply using the code imprinted at the factory. …
Verizon Cuts Off Data to Unauthorized Tether Users
Verizon Wireless may be following rival AT&T in making it difficult for users who do not subscribe to an official tethering plan, valued at $20 per month for 2 GB of data, to unofficially connect their WiFi-enabled laptop to share their Android sma…
Were RSA hackers behind Lockheed Martin breach?
RSA hackers might have been behind the recent information security incident at defense contractor Lockheed Martin, according to security experts.
Lockheed Martin said on May 27 that it detected a “significant and tenacious attack on its information s…
Electronic bird house monitoring goes a few steps further
[Stephen Albers] offers his avian friends a lot of extras with this electronically monitored bird house. This will not only give you a look at what’s going on inside, but provide a source for several other bits of data as well. First off, a camera has been mounted to the underside of the roof. This …
F-Secure reports phishing sites traced to Google’s cloud servers
Reports that cybercriminals have been hosting their IT resources on Amazon’s cloud systems have been around for a while, but now it appears that hackers are using the Google Docs platform, according to Mikko Hypponen, chief researcher with F-Secure.
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