August 21, 2013
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U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer in Northern District of California has ruled that avoiding an IP address block to connect to a Website is a breach of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA). Some have taken this decision to … Continue reading
August 20, 2013
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Groklaw, one of the most influential intellectual property law news and analysis sites, has closed its doors. Its creator, chief writer and editor Pamela “PJ” Jones, decided to shut down Groklaw because of the threat of email surveillance. Privacy concerns … Continue reading
August 14, 2013
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The New York Times (NYT) Web site is down. The site went down at approximately 11:40 AM Eastern Daylight Savings time (EDT). New York Times Website goes down. More >
August 8, 2013
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For years, Linux desktop users had it easy. Their Windows brothers and sisters had to deal with an unending stream of malware; but other than a handful of exploits aimed mostly at Linux servers, there were no real Linux Trojans … Continue reading
August 7, 2013
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Internet security firm Arbor Networks reports that a new botnet, Fort Disco, is made up of over 25,000 Windows PCs and is targeting blog sites and content management systems (CMS)es. Once these are infected, they can then be used to spread … Continue reading
August 5, 2013
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Everyone agrees that child pornography is evil. Along the way to tracking down Eric Eoin Marques, whom the FBI has called “the largest facilitator of child porn on the planet,” the government agency, with the possible assistance of the NSA, … Continue reading