Mar 08
Think hacking starts and ends online? Think again. Forbes took a look at the damage an identity thief can do using just the address label on the magazines you subscribe to, and the answer ain’t pretty.
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Mar 06
What Is Doxing?
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You may have heard that Bitcoin’s creator, Satoshi Nakamoto, was “doxed” by Newsweek and wonder exactly what that word means. You may even use the word yourself and wonder, “Am I using this word correctly?” Or worst, not worry whether …
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Mar 03
For the most part, Jurassic Park isn’t the kind of movie you’d want a chance to live out, what with the mortal danger and velociraptors and all that. But thanks to the amazing Jurassic Systems website, you can experience of of Jurassic Park‘s safer thrills first-hand: getting hacked by Dennis Nedry.
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Mar 02
Ever since Target announced that it has been the victim of a massive security breach, there have been many reports indicating that its possible for other major U.S. retailers to have been attacked as well. Luxury retailer Neiman Marcus did find that it too had been the victim of a similar breach, which some security researchers have claimed that at least five other retailers have also been breached. Sears is now “actively reviewing” its systems to determine if it has been the victim of a breach, the retailer’s name hasn’t come up in previous related reports.
Sears Could Be Potential Victim Of A Security Breach original content from Ubergizmo. 
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Feb 28
Not a week after Nokia X has been revealed as the company’s first Android smartphone, it’s been hacked. Intrepid developer KashaMalaga has made with the quick process of bypassing the … Continue reading
Feb 27
One can never be too sure about data security in this day and age, security breaches often happen and can result in loss of crucial data. Take the recent Target hack for example, it resulted in personal information as well as credit and debit card numbers of more than 70 million people being compromised. While its no where near that colossal, a security hole may have lead to the personal information of 146,000 Indiana University students being exposed.
146K Indiana University Students’ Personal Data Exposed original content from Ubergizmo. 
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Feb 27
Edward Snowden’s bag of treats, rather repository of damning classified documents, brings another electronic spying scandal to light. Britain’s GCHQ, Her Majesty’s equivalent of the U.S. National Security Agency, has reportedly been involved in collecting still images of Yahoo webcam chats “in bulk,” reports The Guardian which has received said documents from Snowden. The program was called Optic Nerve was ran through 2008-2010. Images collected were saved to the agency’s databases, they were collected regardless of the possibility that users were possible intelligence targets or not. Oh, and the NSA helped them.
British Spies Collected Yahoo Webcam Chat Images ‘In Bulk’ original content from Ubergizmo. 
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Feb 26
The Wall Street Journal reports that Verizon Communications is investigating similar security breaches at two more as-yet-unnamed retailers that occurred around the same time as the massive Target credit card hack
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Feb 24
The U.S. government has had to make some painful explanations following blowback generated by the highly classified documents leaked by Edward Snowden. This former CIA technical analyst leaked dozens of documents revealing the U.S. National Security Agency’s electronic spying programs, and the fact that even the country’s allies were not immune from spying. Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff postponed a state visit to Washington last year in protest as it was alleged that even her phone and email were spied on by the NSA. Now Brazil and the European Union have agreed to lay a separate undersea communications cable from Lisbon to Fortaleza in order to keep U.S. spying at bay.
Brazil And EU’s New Undersea Cable Aims To Keep U.S. Spying At Bay original content from Ubergizmo. 
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Feb 23
On Friday, Apple quietly released iOS 7.0.6, explaining in a brief release note that it fixed a bug in which "an attacker with a privileged network position may capture or modify data in sessions protected by SSL/TLS." That’s the understated version. Another way to put it? Update your iPhone right now.
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