Month: April 2013
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Alert: Skype account hijack technique may affect all users
Originally published in ZDnet. According to security researcher @TibitXimer (A.K.A. Dylan) his Skype account was stolen six times, and now claims all Skype user accounts are vulnerable to the same fate due to Skype's flimsy account recovery practices – which are especially thin, as he discovered the hard way, when contacting customer service. When he contacted… Read more…
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How to join today's April 22 CISPA protest
Originally published in ZDnet. The proposed Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) heads to the Senate this week for a vote. Today, April 22, has been declared a day of protest. As of this update (4/22/13 1:15 PST), nearly 400 over 500 citizen websites have gone dark for the "CISPA Blackout" as have sites such as… Read more…
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Chris Wysopal, Veracode: U.S. Government worst at data security
Originally published in ZDnet. Read this CISPA passes U.S. House: Death of the Fourth Amendment? As CISPA (the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act) poises to reach the Senate, ZDNet tells you what CISPA's proponents don't want you to know: one of the most highly respected security researchers in the U.S. recently disclosed findings about… Read more…
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Sex Tech: Tech-savvy sex work in Silicon Valley | ZDNet
Originally published in ZDnet. Sex workers in Silicon Valley use social media for effective marketing, while YouTube stays mum on the grey areas of its adult content guidelines. Silicon Valley’s tech-savvy sex workers Today Gawker tells us that Square (the revolutionary payment processor for small businesses) is facilitating a booming business among successful Bay Area… Read more…
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Voracious: Erotica for Women
Buy here! All steamed up and nothing to read? Voracious: Erotica for Women opens a Pandora’s box of pleasures, with scorching encounters, dreamy partners, and heart-pounding thrills that won’t put a run in your fishnets (and a few that will). In Teresa Noelle Roberts’ “Voice of an Angel,” an opera costumer helplessly infatuated with a… Read more…