Posted by martianmelaine on February 18, 2011 · 1 Comment
HBGary emails revealed: Air Force ordered software to manage army of fake virtual people. by Raw Story; shared by Reverend Manny In the continuing saga of data security firm HBGary, a new caveat has come to light: not only did they plot to help destroy secrets outlet WikiLeaks and discredit progressive bloggers, they also crafted … Read more
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Posted by martianmelaine on February 17, 2011 · 1 Comment
Computer named Watson beats out human contestants on Jeopardy. by New York Times: For I.B.M., the showdown was not merely a well-publicized stunt and a $1 million prize, but proof that the company has taken a big step toward a world in which intelligent machines will understand and respond to humans, and perhaps inevitably, replace … Read more
Posted by martianmelaine on February 16, 2011 · Leave a Comment
U.S Government shuts down 84,000 websites by mistake. by Torrent Freak: The US Government has yet again shuttered several domain names this week. The Department of Justice and Homeland Security’s ICE office proudly announced that they had seized domains related to counterfeit goods and child pornography. What they failed to mention, however, is that one … Read more
Posted by martianmelaine on February 14, 2011 · 2 Comments
Anonymous launches Anon leaks: 27,606 emails of COO of HBGary. martian_mandi: Email portal to Greg’s emails which describe topics ranging from political smear campaigns to the Stuxnet virus (yes, that same virus that wiped out Iran’s nuclear technology). (new) greg@hbgary.com – Greg Hoglund – 27,606 emails (torrent) aaron@hbgary.com – Aaron Barr – 16,906 emails (torrent) ted@hbgary.com – … Read more
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Posted by martianmelaine on February 11, 2011 · 1 Comment
Nonprofit plans to buy satellite to provide free internet for the world. by Gizmag: The spacecraft in question is the Terrestar-1 communications satellite. Given that the company that owns it, Terrestar, has recently filed for bankruptcy, it may soon be up for sale. A Human Rights’s plan is to raise US$150,000, so that his group … Read more
Posted by martianmelaine on February 10, 2011 · 47 Comments
U.S Chamber of Commerce used hackers to smear political opponents. by Think Progress: According to one document prepared by Team Themis, the campaign included an entrapment project. The proposal called for first creating a “false document, perhaps highlighting periodical financial information,” to give to a progressive group opposing the Chamber, and then to subsequently expose … Read more
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Posted by martianmelaine on February 9, 2011 · 3 Comments
Private companies conspire to attack Wikileaks. by Tech Herald: Tech Herald has learned that HBGary Federal, as well as two other data intelligence firms, worked to develop a strategic plan of attack against WikiLeaks. The plan included pressing a journalist in order to disrupt his support of the organization, cyber attacks, disinformation, and other potential … Read more
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Posted by martianmelaine on February 7, 2011 · 2 Comments
Anonymous hacks security consultant planning on selling fake information to FBI. by Forbes: On Sunday evening, just when the Super Bowl was kicking off in Dallas, Texas, five supporters of Anonymous’ elite arm AnonOps brought down the Web site for HBGary Federal, a small, Washington D.C.-based security services firm. They then hacked into the Twitter … Read more
Posted by martianmelaine on January 31, 2011 · 2 Comments
Apple invests in mobile commerce technology, i-Cash. by The Daily Beast: A chip that links an iPhone to your bank account could break mobile commerce wide open in the U.S. Dan Lyons on Apple’s possible next category-killer. The technology, called near-field communication, involves a microchip that can send and receive data across very short distances, … Read more
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Posted by martianmelaine on January 28, 2011 · 1 Comment
U.S also has internet blackout authority; U.S Bill S. 3480 by Wikipedia: The Protecting Cyberspace as a National Asset Act of 2010 (S. 3480) is a bill introduced in the United States Senate by Joe Lieberman (Independent Democrat, Connecticut),Susan Collins (Republican Party, Maine), and Tom Carper (Democratic Party, Delaware) on June 10, 2010.[1] The purpose of the bill is to increase security in cyberspace and … Read more
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