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Credit to Author: Emily Dreyfuss| Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2017 21:48:35 +0000
What’s a Massive Ordinance Air Blast? “Just a big canister with a lot of explosive in it.” The post That ‘Mother of All Bombs’ Was Just Waiting For the Right Target appeared first on WIRED.
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Credit to Author: DealPost Team| Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2017 10:31:00 -0700
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Credit to Author: Robert C. Covington| Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2017 08:39:00 -0700
President Trump, as part of his plan to roll back regulations put in place by President Obama, just signed legislation that eliminates the prohibition against internet service providers selling customer data without their written consent. Although the original restriction had not yet taken effect, its elimination ignited a firestorm of controversy among privacy organizations, including the Electronic Privacy Information Center and the American Civil Liberties Union (which tried to no avail to get Trump to veto the legislation at the last minute).
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Credit to Author: Marvin the Robot| Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2017 13:00:51 +0000
Where are the most dangerous places to live? How about the biggest fans of e-mail — and of porn? All that and more in our annual cybersurvey.
Read MoreCredit to Author: Jon Clay| Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2017 12:00:02 +0000
It’s almost here – April 18, tax day in the U.S. As businesses and employees prepare their tax returns, cybercriminals are once again ramping up efforts to steal this information, and they are getting more intelligent every year. How it works Business Email Compromise (BEC) scams have been on the rise since 2016, and…
Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2017 23:37:55 +0000
Conservative watchdog Judicial Watch is suing the EPA for staffers’ Signal messages. It may hit the encrypted limits of federal transparency. The post Suing to See the Feds’ Encrypted Messages? Good Luck appeared first on WIRED.
Read MoreCredit to Author: Brian Barrett| Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2017 21:03:31 +0000
Keep the focus where it belongs: on Russia’s efforts to undermine US democracy. The post The Carter Page Surveillance Doesn’t Prove Anyone’s Conspiracy Theory appeared first on WIRED.
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CSO's Joan Goodchild and Steve Ragan discuss some of the latest security news, including how the FBI director inadvertently (or on purpose?) revealed his Twitter ID and what the new regulations regarding ISPs being able to sell your private data without your consent really entails.