Opinion: The Petraeus scandal and computer ethics
Last week Gen. David Petraeus, the director of the Central Intelligence Agency, resigned in response to what has turned out to be a much bigger scandal than it first appeared.
View Article'I'm foolish,' fugitive anti-virus pioneer McAfee tells CNN
Fugitive anti-virus technology pioneer John McAfee, who is being sought by Belize authorities in connection with the murder of his neighbor there, described himself as a "foolish man" in an interview...
View ArticleJohn McAfee arrested in Guatemala
Fugitive anti-virus technology pioneer John McAfee, who is wanted for questioning by police in Belize in connection with a murder in that country several weeks ago, has been detained in Guatemala on...
View ArticleBreaking: Marathon bombing suspect reportedly identified
A suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing on Monday has reportedly been arrested, according to numerous news agencies, although there were conflicting reports about the status of the investigation.
View ArticleGoogle bans porn on Glass to nix the 'ick factor'
Early Monday, a developer announced the release of the first porn app for Google Glass only to learn that Google had banned porn apps for its computerized eyeglasses.
View ArticleViral story of Google searches prompting a raid from the authorities is not...
Fresh off new Snowden-leaked revelations that the NSA has the ability to record and monitor all Internet activity, came this curious tale from writer Michele Catalano where she claimed that a chance...
View ArticleWindows 8 Update: Surface RT isn't dead but it's struggling
Microsoft's Surface RT tablets have been in trouble almost since they became available last year, but it looks like the company is going to hang with them at least through the next version.
View ArticleSyrian Electronic Army targets Washington Post, CNN, and Time
The Syrian Electronic Army, just days after targeting the New York Post, has compromised Outbrain.com, a content recommendation platform, and used their access to target readers of the Washington Post,...
View ArticleCNN's Twitter and Facebook accounts hacked
A number of CNN's social media accounts and blogs were hacked Thursday by a group styling itself as the Syrian Electronic Army.
View ArticleTech built to find missing aircraft not always used
Aviation experts have cited multiple possible reasons for the problems in the multi-country effort to locate the Malaysia Airlines jetliner that dropped off the grid over the South China Sea four days...
View ArticleInfamous Zotob virus author 'Diabl0' arrested in Thailand on phishing charges
On-the-run hacker Farid Essebar, best known for writing the 2005 Zotob worm using the handle ‘Diabl0', has been arrested by police in Thailand on new charges connected to phishing Swiss online banking...
View ArticlePrivate I: Trust and verify for network certificate roots
In a post on March 23, Google's security team explained that it had discovered that someone was delivering digital certificates to users for Google domains that weren't authorized by Google. A quick...
View ArticleWho's flying the plane? The latest reason to never ignore security holes
Some things are just so predictable. A retailer is told about a mobile security hole and dismisses it, saying it could never happen in real life -- and then it happens. A manufacturer of passenger jets...
View ArticleWas the IRS breach unstoppable?
Another hack, another claim of inevitability. It is frustrating to read about the IRS breach and see it declared sophisticated. The following quote, from the IRS commissioner to CNN, is just outright...
View ArticleFrom TeaMp0ison hackivist to ISIS: US drone strikes British citizen
British citizen Junaid Hussain, an ISIS hacker who was once charged with stealing Tony Blair’s personal details, has been killed by a US drone strike in Syria.
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