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Court: warrant needed to turn cell phone into homing beacon
arstechnica.com — It just got a bit harder for law enforcement agencies to turn your cell phone into a personal tracking device: a federal court yesterday slapped down the Justice Department's appeal of a February ruling that required investigators to seek a probable cause warrant before acquiring historical records of a cell phone users physical movements.More… (Security)
MrBabyManCamera sold on eBay contained MI6 files
telegraph.co.uk — The eBay sale of digital camera said to have contained MI6 images of terror suspects is being investigated by police. More… (Security)
DigSomeMoreNew surveillance program will turn military satellites on US
arstechnica.com — An appropriations bill signed by President Bush last week allows the controversial National Applications Office to begin operating a stringently limited version of a program that would turn military spy satellites on the US, sharing imagery with other federal, state, and local government agencies.More… (Security)
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Check if Your Gmail is Hacked with Activity Monitor
makeuseof.com — This time I want to go over one new Gmail feature. It watches your account and displays a notification when someone else logs into your account. Basically a nice little feature from Gmail team that lets you check if someone has hacked into your Gmail account.More… (Security)
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Hole in Adobe software allows free movie downloads
news.yahoo.com — A security hole in Adobe Systems Inc software, used to distribute movies and TV shows over the Internet, is giving users free access to record and copy from Amazon.com Inc's video streaming service.More… (Security)
UK Government gives £1 billion to log every E-mail and SMS
thisisgloucestershire.co.u… — Known as the Interception Modernisation Programme, the scheme would enable GCHQ, MI5 and MI6 personnel, and also police, to access complete information on every text, email and visit to a website made in this country...More… (Security)
renesisxIs Google Using Chrome to Index Password Protected Web?
readwriteweb.com — An interesting theory we heard recently is that Google will use Chrome to index the password protected Web. Right now the Chrome Terms of Service prevents Google from indexing private data. But when you consider that Chrome was initially presented as a browser for applications, instead of just web pages, this theory begins to make more sense.More… (Security)
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Skype security flub leads to discovery of Chinese monitoring
arstechnica.com — Researchers have found evidence that Skype and Chinese partner TOM Online are monitoring text communications online for "sensitive" topics, and storing extensive logs on publicly-accessible servers. Not only is this a major security risk, it also raises questions as to what level Skype is complying with the requests of the Chinese government.More… (Security)
First Bust Ever for ATM Reprogramming Scam
blog.wired.com — The pair allegedly reprogrammed the machines to believe they were loaded with one-dollar bills instead of tens and twenties. A withdrawal of $20 would thus net $380. The Nebraska case marks the first reported arrests for the keypad capers. More… (Security)
7 Online Blunders That Invite Identity Theft
consumerreports.org — These common mistakes can ruin your computer or invite identity theftMore… (Security)
Wireless Security In-Depth
arstechnica.com — If we had told you eight years ago, when 802.11b was really taking off, that one day in the future you would be able to pick up at least ten different wireless networks on any given block of a major metropolitan city, you might have believed us.More… (Security)
louiebaurScientists launch new, 'unbreakable' encryption system
physorg.com — A new encryption system, which its creators say is unbreakable, got its first test run Wednesday in Vienna, scientists from the European Union project SECOQC announced.More… (Security)
RFID passport hack has scanner seeing visions of Elvis
arstechnica.com — Building on a security researcher's description of a method of hacking passport RFID chips (and using some of that researcher's code) a group has described how to insert arbitrary data into key fields—in this case, Elvis' personal info.More… (Security)
New clickjacking affects all browsers; cause remains unknown
arstechnica.com — A team of researchers have pulled their intended presentation on a newly discovered clickjacking exploit, but at the moment, details are slim. Walk carefully tonight—the boogeyman is prowling. More… (Security)
Drug Runners Stepping Up Mini-Sub Use
blog.wired.com — Latin American drug smugglers are stepping up their use of small, hand-made mini-subs in order to dodge U.S. military patrols in the eastern Pacific. The Coast Guard detected just 23 mini-subs between 2001 and 2007. This number "ballooned" to some 60 subs so far this year...More… (Security)
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