security
Software
Another iPhone Developer Gets Busted Stealing Phone Numbers
3:14AM Adam Frucci | iPhone game developer Storm8, creator of games such as World War, iMobsters and Vampires Live, has just been hit with a suit for secretly gathering the phone numbers of everyone who purchases its games. More »
Software
Out-Of-The-Box Windows 7 Is Vulnerable To 8 Out Of 10 Viruses
1:50AM Rosa Golijan | The folks at SophosLabs didn’t believe claims that Windows 7 and its User Account Controls were any more secure than previous versions of the OS, so they tested a clean install. Result? A reminder that you should always use protection. More »
Hardware
1:40AM Mark Wilson | In Utah, the National Security Agency is building a $US2 billion storage facility that will house and analyse all forms of electronic communication…a potential yottabyte of everyone’s (formerly) personal data. So how big is a yottabyte? CrunchGear puts it well…+ More »
The NSA To Store A YOTTABYTE Of Your Personal Data
1:40AM Mark Wilson | In Utah, the National Security Agency is building a $US2 billion storage facility that will house and analyse all forms of electronic communication…a potential yottabyte of everyone’s (formerly) personal data. So how big is a yottabyte? CrunchGear puts it well…+ More »
Cameras
Astak Mole Webcam Shares Your Shameful Secrets Online
4:52AM Sean Fallon | The Mole webcam infiltrates your inner sanctum, records the goings on and automatically sends the footage to YouTube. It can also notify you via email or Twitter. More »
Networks
65,000 Time Warner Customers Exposed To Remote Hacks
11:06AM Rosa Golijan | A vulnerability in their modems and routers has left 65,000 Time Warner customers vulnerable to having their admin menus remotely accessed by evil-doers. Time Warner says they’re aware of, and working on the issue as we type. [Wired] More »
Random Stuff
Don’t Tell Airport Security About The Volatility Of Laptop Batteries
10:00AM Adam Frucci | Seriously, the TSA doesn’t take kindly to logic and reasoning. [XKCD via The Daily What] More »
Hardware
Origin Data Locker Backs Rugged Looks With AES Hardware Encryption
7:00AM Jack Loftus | The Origin Data Locker: For the paranoid geek who lives with his parents in their fortified underground bunker. More »
Software
Shady Microsoft Plugin Pokes “Critical” Hole In Firefox Security
4:40AM Sean Fallon | Microsoft has acknowledged that they slipped the .NET Framework Assistant plugin into Firefox via Windows Update this past February, and that it has poked a “critical” hole in the browser’s security (effectively bringing Firefox down to IE’s level). More »
Gadgets
Remainders – Things We Didn’t Post
2:00PM Wilson Rothman | If Robots Killed People, Soldiers Wouldn’t Have To…Sweden Disappears from the Internet For a Day…Over 95% of People Screw Up Username and Password…Founder of Jedi Religion “Intimidated” By Shopkeepers More »
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