Monthly Archives: December 2011

Bradley Manning and the next Security Paradigm: Insider Threats

Bradley Manning Had Secrets from Animate Projects on Vimeo. Bradley Manning is an Army intelligence analyst accused of leaking thousands of U.S. diplomatic cables to Wikileaks. Depending on your perspective, he’s become a symbol for high tech whistleblowing, or dangerous … Continue reading

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US Chamber of Commerce hackers went undetected for one year

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the largest business lobbying group in the world, was hacked and all of the information stored on its computer systems was accessible to the hackers, who are suspected to have operated out of China. This, … Continue reading

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As expected: Police start to employ Predator drone spy planes in US

Armed with a search warrant, Nelson County Sheriff Kelly Janke went looking for six missing cows on the Brossart family farm in the early evening of June 23. Three men brandishing rifles chased him off, he said. Janke knew the … Continue reading

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Watch the software that may be watching you

Though the software is installed on most modern Android, BlackBerry and Nokia phones, Carrier IQ was virtually unknown until 25-year-old Trevor Eckhart of Connecticut analyzed its workings, revealing that the software secretly chronicles a user’s phone experience — ostensibly so … Continue reading

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