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“Outwar” outlaw hacker indicted over gaming attack

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"Outwar" outlaw hacker indicted over gaming attack
The US Department of Justice today said one of the central figures in a nasty computer gaming hack that cost the software maker, Rampid Interactive, at least $100,000 in lost revenue, has been indicted on charges of conspiring to commit computer intrusion and making extortionate interstate threats. Read More


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Palo Alto Networks founder: Our competitors are on 'death row'
Palo Alto Networks founder and CTO Nir Zuk took to the stage to deliver the closing keynote address at the company's first-ever user conference here by trumpeting his company's success in firewall innovation and what he described as his competitors' weak attempts to follow. Read More

Email lessons from Gen. Petraeus' downfall
Email is at the center of the scandal that brought down CIA Director David Petraeus, one of the country's most decorated generals. Read More

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Apology for 'piracy confession' scheme lacks a lot
Yesterday I wrote about Enfour's outrageous attempt to shame software pirates through impersonated "confession" tweets and all the blowback that resulted when paying customers - including the magician Teller of Penn & Teller fame -- found themselves caught up in the scheme. Read More

Startup Lastline debuts with anti-malware appliance
Startup Lastline debuted today with a combined anti-malware product and service called Previct, which works to prevent malware infections coming into the enterprise as well as inspect and analyze outgoing traffic. Read More

$1.5 million iPad heist reported at JFK airport
Two thieves stole some $1.5 million in Apple iPad minis from a JFK airport cargo building, according to the New York Post. Read More


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A majority of European Internet users expect companies to ask for permission to track their activities online using cookies, privacy management company Truste said Thursday. But despite the 2009 introduction of the European Union's so-called cookie directive requiring just that, only a small minority of websites ask for visitors' consent, according to a survey by the company. Read More

Adobe confirms breach of Connectusers.com forum database, shuts down website
Adobe has shut down Connectusers.com, a community forum site for users of its Adobe Connect Web conferencing platform, because the site's user database was compromised. Read More

Cisco's Chambers downplays danger of trade war over Huawei
The U.S. and China are likely to resolve the conflict over potential security threats from Huawei Technologies' network equipment without a trade war, Cisco Systems chairman and CEO John Chambers said on Tuesday. Read More

 
 
 

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