by Joseph Forbes | Apr 1, 2013 | DATA, HACKING, HEALTH, LAW, NERD NEWS
from the nothing-to-see-here-move-along dept. Responding to an earlier request by the estate of Aaron Swartz to disclose the names of those involved in the events leading to Aaron’s suicide, counsel for MIT snippily told the Court, “The Swartz Estate was...
by Joseph Forbes | Apr 1, 2013 | DATA, HARDWARE, HEALTH, NERD NEWS, TECHNOLOGY
from the don’t-rush-yourselves dept. It’s been more than a decade and a half since the FCC adopted a set of standards for radiation exposure from cell phones. The guidelines set in 1996 (and based on studies from the ’80s) have applied to all cell...
by Joseph Forbes | Apr 1, 2013 | DATA, HACKING, INTERNET, SECURITY, TECHNOLOGY
from the making-enemies dept. The NYT is reporting that the Largest DDoS in history reached 300 Gbps. The dispute started when the spam-fighting group Spamhaus added the Dutch company Cyberbunker to its blacklist, which is used by e-mail providers to weed out spam....
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 31, 2013 | DATA, HACKING, INTERNET, NERD NEWS, TECHNOLOGY
from the well-be-does-have-sort-of-a-guilty-look dept. Sven Olaf Kamphius, self-described ‘Internet freedom fighter,’ is reportedly at the center of the investigation into this week’s alleged cyber-attack against Spamhaus, a group that fights...
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by Joseph Forbes | Mar 31, 2013 | DATA, HACKING, HARDWARE, INTERNET, MONEY, SECURITY, Technicals
Security firm Group-IB has identified a malware program called Dump Memory Grabber that can take debit and credit card data from point-of-sale (POS) terminals and ATMs. The researchers say that the program has already been used to steal data from clients of US banks...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 31, 2013 | DATA, HARDWARE, HEALTH, NERD NEWS, Technicals, TECHNOLOGY
from the celebrate-often dept. Easter isn’t the only thing some people are celebrating today. Today is also World Backup Day. What steps have you taken to be able to resurrect your data, instead of having it go to eternal oblivion?
