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19 July, 2012

Hacker Evolution Duality To Receive An Expansion And 3653 Copies To Be … – FleshEatingZipper

Hacker Evolution Duality To Receive An Expansion And 3653 Copies To Be
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Exosyphen Studios, the company which gave us the best-seller “Hacker Evolution” is celebrating its tenth anniversary by announcing its first ever expansion for Hacker Evolution Duality, which includes more than 20 new levels for the game and by giving

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Drones vulnerable to being hacked, Congress told – CNN (blog)

Drones vulnerable to being hacked, Congress told
CNN (blog)
Drones, including ones used by police agencies, are vulnerable to hacking because they use unencrypted GPS information for navigation. "If you can convincingly fake a GPS signal, you can convince an (unmanned aerial vehicle) into tracking your signal

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Hacked off: ‘UFO’ hacker declines extradition psychiatric test in row over … – Mirror.co.uk


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Hacked off: 'UFO' hacker declines extradition psychiatric test in row over
Mirror.co.uk
Hacker Gary McKinnon has declined to take a psychiatric test to see if he is fit to be extradited to America, his mother revealed today. Janis Sharp said Asperger's sufferer Gary, 46, turned it down as the Home Office expert doing it, Professor Thomas
Autistic hacker Gary McKinnon fighting for proper pretrial examinationRT
Computer hacker Gary McKinnon refuses more medical testsThe Independent
Hacker refuses more medical testsThe Press Association
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Autistic hacker Gary McKinnon fighting for proper pretrial examination – RT


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Autistic hacker Gary McKinnon fighting for proper pretrial examination
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British hacker Gary McKinnon has refused a medical test to see if he's fit for extradition to the US. His mother says the expert assigned to the case has no experience with Asperger's Syndrome, and extradition could cause McKinnon to commit suicide.
Computer hacker Gary McKinnon refuses more medical testsThe Independent
Hacker refuses more medical testsThe Press Association
Gary McKinnon 'no choice' but to refuse medical testBBC News
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Aerial drones vulnerable to being hacked, Congress told – CNN


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Aerial drones vulnerable to being hacked, Congress told
CNN
Washington (CNN) — It wouldn't take much effort to hijack a drone over U.S. airspace and use it to commit a crime or act of terrorism, an aerospace engineering expert told a House subcommittee Wednesday. Todd Humphreys showed members of a House
Drone Lobbying Group Says the Average Person Couldn't Hack a UAVSecurity Management
US House Discusses Domestic Use of UAVsHelicopter Association International

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Hacking duo charged with DDoSing Amazon, then bragging about it – Ars Technica


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Hacking duo charged with DDoSing Amazon, then bragging about it
Ars Technica
Federal prosecutors have charged two men with using a computer botnet to launch crippling Web attacks on Amazon, eBay, and Priceline, and then bragging about them in online hacker forums. Dmitry Olegovich Zubakha, 25, of Moscow, was arrested in
Russian held in Cyprus on US hacking chargePhys.Org

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Lawmakers: Action needed to protect privacy before thousands of drones take to … – Washington Post

Lawmakers: Action needed to protect privacy before thousands of drones take to
Washington Post
WASHINGTON — Before thousands of civilian drones begin flying in U.S. skies, Congress should take steps to protect the public's privacy and prevent terrorists from hacking or jamming signals that control the aircraft, lawmakers said Thursday.

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Drones In US Skies Met With Concerns From Lawmakers Over Privacy, Security – Huffington Post


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Drones In US Skies Met With Concerns From Lawmakers Over Privacy, Security
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Drones In Us. WASHINGTON — Before thousands of civilian drones begin flying in U.S. skies, Congress should take steps to protect the public's privacy and prevent terrorists from hacking or jamming signals that control the aircraft, lawmakers said
Lawmakers knock DHS for absence at drone hearingThe Hill (blog)
Protect privacy from drones at home – lawmakersStuff.co.nz

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Mom Arrested For Hacking School Computers to Change Kids’ Grades – ABC News


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Mom Arrested For Hacking School Computers to Change Kids' Grades
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A Pennsylvania mom faces six felony charges for allegedly hacking into her children's school computer to change their grades and read school officials' emails. Catherine Venusto, 45, of New Tripoli, worked for the Northwestern Lehigh School District
Catherine Venusto, Mother, Accused Of Hacking School Computers To Change Huffington Post
Police: Mom hacked system to change gradesUPI.com
'Curious and bored' mom 'hacked into school computers to change her children's Daily Mail
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Protect privacy from drones at home, lawmakers say – The Seattle Times


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Protect privacy from drones at home, lawmakers say
The Seattle Times
Before thousands of civilian drones begin flying in U.S. skies, Congress should take steps to protect the public's privacy and prevent terrorists from hacking or jamming signals that control the aircraft, lawmakers said Thursday. By JOAN LOWY
Aerial drones vulnerable to being hacked, Congress toldCNN

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Prosecutors drop computer hacking charges against Rochester Hills man – Detroit Free Press

Prosecutors drop computer hacking charges against Rochester Hills man
Detroit Free Press
Leon Walker, 34, made international headlines in 2010 when he was charged with computer hacking, a five-year felony for reading his then-wife Clara's email on a computer they had in their Rochester Hills home. That charge, however, was dropped last

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Catherine Venusto, Mother, Accused Of Hacking School Computers To Change … – Huffington Post


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Catherine Venusto, Mother, Accused Of Hacking School Computers To Change
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Police say Catherine Venusto, a former employee of the Northwestern Lehigh School District in New Tripoli, Pa., hacked into the school's computer system to change her children's grades, the Morning Call reports. According to the paper, court records
Police: Mom hacked system to change gradesUPI.com
'Curious and bored' mom 'hacked into school computers to change her children's Daily Mail
Police: Mom hacks into district's grading system to change her children's gradesPocono Record

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Police Close Climategate Hacking/Leaking Investigation – Reason Online (blog)


Reason Online (blog)
Police Close Climategate Hacking/Leaking Investigation
Reason Online (blog)
How high do you want it to be? Three years ago someone hacked or leaked a cache of embarrassing emails and other documents from climate researchers associated with the Climatic Research Unit at the University of East Angiia. The leaked documents
Hacking Inquiry Closes With Mystery UnsolvedNew York Times (blog)
Police close investigation into hacked climate science emailsThe Guardian
Disappointment as climate unit hacking probe draws blankThe Independent
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Sun newspaper journalist arrested in UK computer hacking investigation – Washington Post


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Sun newspaper journalist arrested in UK computer hacking investigation
Washington Post
LONDON — British police investigating alleged computer hacking arrested a journalist for The Sun tabloid newspaper in London, officials said Thursday. The 35-year-old journalist was arrested early Thursday at his home in North London on suspicion of
UK Journalist Arrested in Media ProbeWall Street Journal
Sun journalist arrested in hacking investigationTelegraph.co.uk
Officers from Scotland Yard's Operation Tuleta have arrested a man in north The Guardian
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Video: Check out Tiger Woods hacking out of a divot on the 10th hole – Yahoo! Sports (blog)

Video: Check out Tiger Woods hacking out of a divot on the 10th hole
Yahoo! Sports (blog)
Tiger Woods hit a number of impressive shot during his first round at the British Open, but the approach shot he pulled off on the par-4 10th has to top the list. After hitting a perfect tee shot, Woods walked up to find his ball in a sand-filled in

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World’s First Smart Meter Hacking Framework Released – MarketWatch (press release)

World's First Smart Meter Hacking Framework Released
MarketWatch (press release)
CLEVELAND, July 19, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — SecureState, a management consulting firm specializing in information security, today announced the public release of the full open source code of Termineter, a framework that allows users to assess

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Hackers Claim Wall Street Resume Leak – InformationWeek

Hackers Claim Wall Street Resume Leak
InformationWeek
Many Wall Street workers and would-be employees got an unwelcome surprise Wednesday after a hacking group known as Team GhostShell leaked what it said was 50000 user accounts for an online jobs board that focuses on Wall Street. The site

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Police: Mom hacked system to change grades – UPI.com


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Police: Mom hacked system to change grades
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NEW TRIPOLI, Pa., July 19 (UPI) — A Pennsylvania mother has been accused of hacking into a school's computer system to change her children's grades, officials said. State police said Catherine Venusto, a former Northwestern Lehigh School District
Police: Mom hacks into district's grading system to change her children's gradesPocono Record

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Hackers breached password security to steal UEA climate change emails – Norfolk Eastern Daily Press


Norfolk Eastern Daily Press
Hackers breached password security to steal UEA climate change emails
Norfolk Eastern Daily Press
Det Chief Supt Julian Gregory revealed hackers may have taken advantage of the UEA's computer system allowing remote access to the Climate Research Unit and then breached several passworded security levels to get unauthorised access to the private
UK Police Cease Botched Investigation Into Stolen UEA Climate Scientists' EmailsThinkProgress

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‘Significant’ News email on hacking hidden from victims – Sydney Morning Herald


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'Significant' News email on hacking hidden from victims
Sydney Morning Herald
LONDON: The existence of an email of ''enormous significance'' written by a News International executive that refers to the phone hacking of a ''well-known individual'' has emerged in the High Court in London, in a hearing to discuss the progress of
Hacking Victims' Lawyer: Significant Email EmergesABC News
Phone hacking: 'significant' email from News International executive emergesThe Guardian
News Corp. Failed to Disclose Executive's Hacking E-MailBusinessweek

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Sun Newspaper Journalist Arrested In UK On Hacking Allegations – Huffington Post


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Sun Newspaper Journalist Arrested In UK On Hacking Allegations
Huffington Post
LONDON (AP) — British police investigating alleged computer hacking say they have arrested a man in London and Rupert Murdoch's News International media group says he is a journalist for The Sun tabloid. Scotland Yard says the man was arrested early
UK Journalist Arrested in Media ProbeWall Street Journal
Sun journalist arrested in hacking investigationTelegraph.co.uk
Sun journalist held in computer hacking probeMyFox Washington DC
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Hacker refuses more medical tests – The Press Association


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Hacker refuses more medical tests
The Press Association
Computer hacker Gary McKinnon, from north London, has refused to undergo further medical tests by a Home Office-appointed expert as he fights extradition to the United States, his mother said. The US authorities want Mr McKinnon, from Wood Green,
Gary McKinnon 'no choice' but to refuse medical testBBC News
Gary McKinnon refuses to undergo Home Office medical testsTelegraph.co.uk
McKinnon refuses medical testsITN
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UK Journalist Arrested in Media Probe – Wall Street Journal


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UK Journalist Arrested in Media Probe
Wall Street Journal
LONDON—British police arrested a reporter from News Corp.'s tabloid the Sun on suspicion of a breach of privacy Thursday morning, the latest move in an investigation into crimes other than phone hacking and alleged bribery that News Corp.'s U.K
Sun newspaper journalist arrested in UK computer hacking investigationWashington Post
Sun journalist arrested in hacking investigationTelegraph.co.uk
Sun journalist held in computer hacking probeMyFox Washington DC
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Computer hacker Gary McKinnon refuses more medical tests – The Independent


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Computer hacker Gary McKinnon refuses more medical tests
The Independent
Janis Sharp said her son would not undergo a final psychiatric examination before the Home Secretary decides whether to order his extradition. The case will return to London's High Court on Tuesday "in anticipation of an imminent Home Office decision",
Gary McKinnon 'no choice' but to refuse medical testBBC News
UK hacker awaits US extradition verdictMSN NZ News
McKinnon refuses medical examinationITV News

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Operation Tuleta: Sun journalist arrested in hacking investigation – The Guardian


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Operation Tuleta: Sun journalist arrested in hacking investigation
The Guardian
The man is the seventh person to be held by the Metropolitan police under Operation Tuleta, which was launched in July last year as a splinter investigation to the probe into phone hacking. Operation Tuleta is investigating the use of so-called "trojan
'Sun journalist' arrested in computer hacking probePress Gazette

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