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This tool can warn you about evil access points nearby
A new open-source tool can periodically scan an area for rogue Wi-Fi access points and can alert network administrators if any are found. The …
Obama puts ‘malicious cyber actors’ on notice
President Barack Obama is taking aim at “malicious cyber actors” who attempt to profit from digital attacks on US interests. An executive order announced …
France makes glorifying anorexia online punishable by prison
Glorifying anorexia or excessive “skinniness” on the internet will be a criminal offence in France under a new law passed on Thursday. A host …
Net neutrality is “Big Brother ObamaNet,” and other brilliant criticism of FCC
Broadband regulation opponents filled up reporters’ inboxes with angry reactions to the Federal Communications Commission’s new net neutrality rules yesterday, claiming that the commission …
Republicans’ ‘Internet Freedom Act’ Does Away With Net Neutrality
Republican Marsha Blackburn filed legislation that she calls the “Internet Freedom Act” in an attempt to overturn the Federal Communications Commission’s net neutrality rules, …
Popular hotel Internet gateway devices vulnerable to hacking
Some Internet gateway devices commonly used by hotels and conference centers can easily be compromised by hackers, allowing them to launch a variety of …
The Internet of Things and the currency of privacy
If you’re like most people, you share a lot of personal information with companies like Google and Facebook for the convenience their free services …
Google discovers new security holes in SSL — is the entire system fundamentally flawed?
Google has discovered that an intermediate certificate authority had issued unauthorized certificates for multiple Google domains. The problem arose because the intermediate authority, MCS …
Congress considers Patriot Act repeal as FCC commissioner moves to block net neutrality
Two events worth noting took place this week on Capitol Hill. First, Representatives Mark Pocan (D-Wisc) and Thomas Massie (R-KY) reintroduced the Surveillance State …
Akamai: Most Internet attacks in Q4 originated in China
A majority of the Internet attack traffic in 2014’s fourth quarter originated in China, followed by the U.S., according to cloud service provider Akamai. …
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