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5 June, 2012

Google warns Gmail users about state-sponsored email hacking – CNET

Google warns Gmail users about state-sponsored email hacking
CNET
If Google thinks a government is trying to sneak into your Gmail account — well, now it'll let you know. And if you think this is another veiled snipe at China, you're not alone. by Elinor Mills The Google warning displayed to Gmail accounts that may
Google Warns Users Who May Be Targets of State-Backed HacksBusinessWeek
Google Lets You Know When You're Being Targeted By State-Sponsored AttacksWebProNews
Google to warn users targeted by state-sponsored attacksForeign Policy (blog)

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Romney team: Authorities probe possible hacking – NECN


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Romney team: Authorities probe possible hacking
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Authorities are investigating whether Mitt Romney's private email account was hacked, his presidential campaign said Tuesday. The website Gawker reported Tuesday that an anonymous hacker had signed into Romney's personal Hotmail
Campaign says private Romney emails possibly hackedAFP

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Romney team: Authorities probe possible hacking – San Jose Mercury News


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Romney team: Authorities probe possible hacking
San Jose Mercury News
WASHINGTON—Authorities are investigating whether Mitt Romney's private email account was hacked. On Tuesday, the website Gawker reported that an anonymous hacker had signed into Romney's personal Hotmail account. Gawker reported that the hacker
Romney campaign acknowledges investigation into email hackingCNN (blog)

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Mitt Romney’s Email Allegedly Hacked Thanks To Security Question About His … – Forbes


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Mitt Romney's Email Allegedly Hacked Thanks To Security Question About His
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The anonymous hacker, who says he or she is not part of THE Anonymous, told Gawker about breaking into “mittromney@hotmail.com” using the site's password recovery option. “[T]he tipster claims to have hacked into it by guessing Romney's favorite pet in
Tipster claims to have hacked into old email account of Mitt RomneyBoston Globe
Romney team: Authorities probe possible hackingSan Jose Mercury News
Has Mitt Romney's Email Been Hacked?Mashable

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Has Mitt Romney’s Email Been Hacked? – Mashable

Has Mitt Romney's Email Been Hacked?
Mashable
The hacker claims to have used brute force and guesswork to successfully answer a security question: “What is your favorite pet?” The hacker changed the password and gave it to Gawker, which is claiming not to have opened Romney's account.

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Israel Army Cyber Know-How Helps Companies Find Hacker Talent (4 – San Francisco Chronicle

Israel Army Cyber Know-How Helps Companies Find Hacker Talent (4
San Francisco Chronicle
June 5 (Bloomberg) — As the Flame virus wreaks havoc with Iranian computer systems, Israeli software companies say their country's expertise with such cyber weapons has created a pool of army-trained hacking talent to hire from.

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Google Starts Showing Users Alerts For Accounts Hacked By “State-Sponsored … – Forbes

Google Starts Showing Users Alerts For Accounts Hacked By "State-Sponsored
Forbes
On Tuesday, Google announced in a blog post that it will now display that alert to users whose accounts it believes have been hacked by government-tied cyberspies. The message also includes a “protect yourself now” link that takes users to a page of
The Cable: Google to warn users targeted by state-sponsored attacksForeign Policy (blog)
Google Lets You Know When You're Being Targeted By State-Sponsored AttacksWebProNews

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An Unofficial Guide to Hacking iPhones, iPads – PC Magazine

An Unofficial Guide to Hacking iPhones, iPads
PC Magazine
Six rockstar hackers and Pwn2Own vets have put to paper everything they know about the iOS operating system, hoping to inspire white hat hackers to experiment with the OS and report vulnerabilities to further tighten the mainstream smartphone OS.

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For hackers, software flaws offer keys to government, business computers – Mcalester News Capital


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For hackers, software flaws offer keys to government, business computers
Mcalester News Capital
By Robert O'Harrow Jr. The Washington Post Brilliant and boyish-looking, Miller has a PhD in math from the University of Notre Dame and spent five years at the National Security Agency, where he secretly hacked into foreign computer systems for the US
Attack of the zero-day huntersThe Age

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Facebook locks in on bounties for security – ITworld.com

Facebook locks in on bounties for security
ITworld.com
By Taylor Armerding, CSO | Security, Facebook Add a new comment June 05, 2012, 1:59 PM — Can the volunteer White Hats of hacking protect the world's most popular social networking site from the Black Hats? Ryan McGeehan, head of Facebook's security

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Man admits hacking off wife’s head – Independent Online


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Man admits hacking off wife's head
Independent Online
By SAPA A man has admitted to stabbing his wife to death on the roof terrace of a Berlin apartment block and to cutting the head off the corpse in the full view of neighbours, German police said Tuesday. Witnesses said the 32-year-old yelled “Allahu

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Israel Army Cyber-Knowhow Helps Companies Find Hacker Talent – San Francisco Chronicle

Israel Army Cyber-Knowhow Helps Companies Find Hacker Talent
San Francisco Chronicle
June 5 (Bloomberg) — As the Flame virus wreaks havoc with Iranian computer systems, Israeli software companies say their country's expertise with such cyber weapons has created a pool of army-trained hacking talent to hire from.

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Man admits hacking off wife’s head in Berlin killing – Times LIVE

Man admits hacking off wife's head in Berlin killing
Times LIVE
A man has admitted to stabbing his wife to death on the roof terrace of a Berlin apartment block and to cutting the head off the corpse in the full view of neighbours, German police said on Tuesday. Witnesses said the 32-year-old yelled "Allahu akbar"

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Justices concerned about reach of hacking law – MLive.com

Justices concerned about reach of hacking law
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Justice Marilyn Kelly wanted to hear the appeal, saying she doubts the hacking law was aimed at a case such as Walker's. Justices Robert Young Jr. and Stephen Markman urged lawmakers to revisit the hacking law. They say it seems to cover an "extremely

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Justices concerned about reach of hacking law – MyFox Detroit

Justices concerned about reach of hacking law
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Justice Marilyn Kelly wanted to hear the appeal, saying she doubts the hacking law was aimed at a case such as Walker's. Justices Robert Young Jr. and Stephen Markman urged lawmakers to revisit the hacking law. They say it seems to cover an "extremely

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For hackers, software flaws offer keys to government, business computers – McCreary County Record


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For hackers, software flaws offer keys to government, business computers
McCreary County Record
By Robert O'Harrow Jr. The Washington Post Brilliant and boyish-looking, Miller has a PhD in math from the University of Notre Dame and spent five years at the National Security Agency, where he secretly hacked into foreign computer systems for the US
Attack of the zero-day huntersThe Age

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For hackers, software flaws offer keys to government, business computers – Tahlequah Daily Press


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For hackers, software flaws offer keys to government, business computers
Tahlequah Daily Press
By Robert O'Harrow Jr. The Washington Post Brilliant and boyish-looking, Miller has a PhD in math from the University of Notre Dame and spent five years at the National Security Agency, where he secretly hacked into foreign computer systems for the US
Attack of the zero-day huntersThe Age

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Google Apps Security Beat By CloudFlare Hackers – InformationWeek


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Google Apps Security Beat By CloudFlare Hackers
InformationWeek
By Thomas Claburn InformationWeek CloudFlare describes itself as a service that protects and accelerates any website, but even a company focused on security can be hacked. Last week, the company and its customer 4Chan, the infamous message board,
Hacktivists UGNazi attack 4chan, CloudFlare and Wounded Warrior ProjectTechCrunch (blog)

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3Qs: Analyzing the cybersecurity threat posed by hackers – Phys.Org

3Qs: Analyzing the cybersecurity threat posed by hackers
Phys.Org
Two weeks ago, Anonymous, a global group of hackers, successfully infiltrated the Department of Justice's system and released stolen data. At the same time, al-​​Qaida, the international terrorist organization, released a video calling for an

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Facebook locks in on bounties for security – Network World

Facebook locks in on bounties for security
Network World
By Taylor Armerding, CSO Can the volunteer White Hats of hacking protect the world's most popular social networking site from the Black Hats? Ryan McGeehan, head of Facebook's security response team, apparently thinks so.

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Eastern Cape brothers arrested for hacking man to death – Times LIVE


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Eastern Cape brothers arrested for hacking man to death
Times LIVE
Two brothers were arrested after they allegedly hacked a man to death in KwaNobuhle, near Uitenhage on Tuesday morning, Eastern Cape police said. Lt-Col Priscilla Naidu said the 45-year-old man was chased out of his ex-girlfriend's house on Monday

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Luka Rocco Magnotta: Website that hosted video of ‘cannibal’ porn star … – Daily Mail


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Luka Rocco Magnotta: Website that hosted video of 'cannibal' porn star
Daily Mail
Lawyers suggested that BestGore.com, the horror site which hosted a snuff video which appeared to show Luka Rocco Magnotta hacking up his former lover Jun Lin, could fall foul of Canadian obscenity laws. But the site's founder defended himself,

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E3 2012: Ubisoft turns you into a hacker in the new game Watch Dogs – Tecca


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E3 2012: Ubisoft turns you into a hacker in the new game Watch Dogs
Tecca
The mature-rated game, currently in production, turns you into a super hacker. You're given the ability to eavesdrop on cell phone communications, jam transmissions, find out information about just about any target (from annual income to criminal
Hacking Is The Name Of The Game In Ubisoft's “Watch Dogs”Siliconera
GameSpy: Ubisoft Reveals Watch Dogs – Page 1Gamespy.com
E3 2012: 'Watch Dogs' announced by Ubisoft – watch videoDigital Spy
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