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Grandmaster Flash Offers Reward For Stolen Laptop
2011-02-28 11:05

http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.14218/title.grandmaster-flash-offers-reward-for-stolen-laptop By Jake Paine Hip Hop DX February 26, 2011 Last week, one of Hip Hop's pioneers was victim of a...

Chinese tech giant invites investigation of spying claims
2011-02-28 11:05

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/8347357/Chinese-tech-giant-invites-investigation-of-spying-claims.html By Christopher Williams Technology Correspondent The Telegraph 25 Feb 2011 In an...

Familiar faces, new names step up at Pwn2Own hacking contest
2011-02-28 11:05

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9211402/Familiar_faces_new_names_step_up_at_Pwn2Own_hacking_contest By Gregg Keizer Computerworld February 25, 2011 The Pwn2Own hacking contest next month...

USENIX HotSec '11 Call For Papers Now Available
2011-02-25 07:28

Forwarded from: Lionel Garth Jones The Call for Papers for the 6th USENIX Workshop on Hot Topics in Security is now available. Please submit all work by 11:59 p.m. EST on May 5, 2011. HotSec is...

Secunia Weekly Summary - Issue: 2011-08
2011-02-25 07:26

======================================================================== The Secunia Weekly Advisory Summary 2011-02-17 - 2011-02-24 This week: 74 advisories...

Former employee accused of writing virus to target Whac-a-Mole machines
2011-02-25 07:26

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/crime/os-arrest-virus-whac-a-mole-20110224,0,6618031.story By Gary Taylor Orlando Sentinel February 24, 2011 Whac-A-Mole seems like it could be endless fun....

Encrypted USB stick glitch led to Council data loss
2011-02-25 07:26

http://news.techworld.com/security/3262523/encrypted-usb-stick-glitch-led-to-council-data-loss/ By John E Dunn Techworld 24 February 11 A council that used encrypted memory sticks has been handed...

'The most stupid criminal ever' pleads guilty to burglary after he stole a laptop and posted photo of himself on owner's Facebook
2011-02-25 07:25

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1359952/Burglar-posted-picture-stolen-laptop-owners-Facebook-pleads-guilty.html By Daily Mail Reporter 24th February 2011 He didn't exactly stand much...

CSET '11 Call for Papers Now Available
2011-02-24 08:57

Forwarded from: Lionel Garth Jones On behalf of the 4th Workshop on Cyber Security Experimentation and Test (CSET '11) program committee, we would like to invite you to submit papers on the...

Exxon, Shell Said to Have Been Hacked Via Chinese Servers
2011-02-24 08:56

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-02-24/exxon-shell-bp-said-to-have-been-hacked-through-chinese-internet-servers.html By Michael Riley Bloomberg Feb 23, 2011 Computer hackers working through...