MIT report says it didn't seek federal charges against Aaron Swartz

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	SURVEY: Share your opinions & enter to win $500 Got 10 minutes? Take this brief survey about your involvement with and interest in various technology categories and enter for a chance to win $500. Read More WHITE PAPER: HP Application Security eGuide Enterprises around the world are facing what could be called the most aggressive threat environment in the history of information technology. Disruptive computing trends are emerging that offer increased employee productivity and business agility, but at the same time introduce a host of new risks and uncertainty. Learn more. In this Issue US appeals court upholds warrantless collection of phone location data Bogus Chrome, Firefox extensions pilfer social media accounts Microsoft expands bug info-sharing program to larger crowd Shorter, higher-speed DDoS attacks on the rise, Arbor Networks says Some home automation systems are rife with holes, security experts say Spoofed! Fake GPS signals lead yacht astray MIT report says it didn't seek federal charges against Aaron Swartz WEBCAST: LogiAnalytics (formerly LogiXML) Create Competitive Advantage, Featuring Synchology Join this Webcast to see how they transformed their client services with an analytics tool that enabled them to quickly build and deploy web-based dashboards, reports, interactive analytics and customize security – all at a fraction of the cost of traditional BI platforms. And see a demo of Logi Analytics in action. View Now! US appeals court upholds warrantless collection of phone location data Warrants are not required by the U.S. government to access historical cell site information, an appeals court ruled in an order. Read More Bogus Chrome, Firefox extensions pilfer social media accounts Trend Micro has found two malicious browser extensions that hijack Twitter, Facebook and Google+ accounts. Read More Microsoft expands bug info-sharing program to larger crowd Microsoft is expanding a program that shares information with select security firms, giving a new class of researchers access to threat data before the company patches its software. Read More WHITE PAPER: Cisco Systems The Expanding Role of Mobility in the Workplace Momentum is growing for corporate mobility--64% of firms say that unleashing employee mobility is a priority. Forrester examines the trends, outlines deployment priorities, and highlights the business benefits of crafting a mobile strategy. Read Now Shorter, higher-speed DDoS attacks on the rise, Arbor Networks says Almost half of the distributed denial-of-service attacks monitored in a threat system set up by Arbor Networks now reach speeds of over 1Gbps. That's up 13.5% from last year, while the portion of DDoS attacks over 10Gbps increased about 41% in the same period, Arbor says. Read More Some home automation systems are rife with holes, security experts say A variety of network-controlled home automation devices lack basic security controls, making it possible for attackers to access their sensitive functions, often from the Internet, according to researchers from security firm Trustwave. Read More Spoofed! Fake GPS signals lead yacht astray Researchers in the U.S. have managed to spoof GPS (Global Positioning System) signals to send a yacht hundreds of meters off course, while fooling the crew into thinking the yacht was remaining perfectly on course. Read More MIT report says it didn't seek federal charges against Aaron Swartz The Massachusetts Institute of Technology never sought a federal prosecution of Aaron Swartz, the programming prodigy who was charged with stealing millions of academic papers from an online archive at MIT, according to a report by the institute. Read More
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