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Anonymous hacks Ferguson, Mo., police site for dispatch tapes

The hacking collective publishes hours of alleged police dispatch tapes on Twitter and YouTube from the day unarmed teenager Michael Brown was shot to death by police in a St. Louis suburb.by Dara Kerr Speculation has been circling around police procedures during and after the shooting of an unarmed teenager last weekend in Ferguson, Mo. Now, […]

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Brit infosec firm lets hackers think they’ve stolen something

ClearSwift has scored an almost-accidental success with [REDACTED] tech By Simon Sharwood Security strategies generally concentrate on keeping the bad guys out, but British security outfit ClearSwift has stumbled upon another approach: if the bad guys get in, let them out with something. But scrub it clean on the way out the door. ClearSwift is

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Need to report crime? Use this UNENCRYPTED police web form

The security of police websites has been slammed after it emerged that many don’t encrypt confidential information sent to them over the internet. Most police forces have online contact us forms with some even allowing people to report crimes online, but scores are failing to encrypt the information allowing anyone to steal and even change

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Hacker roots Blackphone at Black Hat conference

The Blackphone, billed as a super secure consumer alternative to standard smartphones, has been successfully hacked. The hack comes not long after Blackphone sparred with Blackberry after the latter called the secure device “unacceptable” for enterprise and petty customers. At the recent Black Hat security conference, where research was also aired that showed a serious

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John McAfee shocks Def Con attendees in surprise complaint website announcement

The Brown List is a website where people can vent their rage By Lee Bell Mon Aug 11 2014, 15:11 ANTI-VIRUS PIONEER and former fugitive John McAfee surprised attendees at the Def Con hacker conference on Friday when he showed up unexpectedy to announce The Brown List, a website where people can vent their rage about whatever is pissing

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The TPM is dead, long live the TEE!

Principal at WebPKI.org Somewhat unfortunate for Microsoft and Intel who have “bet the house” on TPMs (Trusted Platform Modules), all their competitors in the mobile space including Google and Apple, have rather settled on TEE (Trusted Execution Environment) schemes enabling systems like this: http://www.nasdaq.com/article/samsung-mobilesecurity-platform-to-be-part-of-next-android-20140625-00937 iOS:http://images.apple.com/iphone/business/docs/iOS_Security_Feb14.pdf How come the competition didn’t buy into the TPM? TPMs

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