Category: Computer Security

Scottrade Client Names Stolen in Online Breach Ending in 2014

Names and addresses were stolen from a database with information on 4.6 million clients of online brokerage Scottrade Financial Services Inc. in 2013 and 2014, >>>

Posted: October 3, 2015 in Computer, Security

Cookies can facilitate attacks on secure web sites

A new directive from CERT warns that inadequately secure cookie authorisation opens up an attack vector for secure websites, with all modern browsers vulnerable. Source: >>>

Posted: September 27, 2015 in Computer, Internet, Security

Mathematician Suspicious of Election Fraud Hires Lawyer to Force Kansas to Hand Over Voting Records

“I don’t understand why those patterns are there.” Source: Mathematician Suspicious of Election Fraud Hires Lawyer to Force Kansas to Hand Over Voting Records

Posted: September 27, 2015 in Computer, Security

Lenovo collects usage data on ThinkPad, ThinkCentre and ThinkStation PCs | Computerworld

Lenovo seems to be testing the boundaries of trust. Source: Lenovo collects usage data on ThinkPad, ThinkCentre and ThinkStation PCs | Computerworld

Posted: September 23, 2015 in Computer, Security

Betrayed by Tech – The following companies just betrayed billions of people.

Take 30 seconds and tell them to change course. Source: Betrayed by Tech

Posted: September 23, 2015 in Computer, Security

Mathematician Exposes Election Fraud, Government Try To Silence Her

by Sean Adl-Tabatabai Kansas is currently facing  a massive election fraud scandal, as a mathematician has found ‘irregularities’ in the machines that point towards voter >>>

Posted: September 22, 2015 in Computer, Security

New Data Reveals U.S. Far From Freest Country in the World

The United States continues its economic decline as shown in the latest Economic Freedom of the World report. Source: New Data Reveals U.S. Far From >>>

Posted: September 18, 2015 in Computer, Editorial, Internet, Security, Social

New Hampshire Library Victorious In Internet Privacy Debate – Ben Swann’s Truth In Media

Lebanon, New Hampshire- The Lebanon Library Board of Trustees upheld their decision to continue running a Tor node at the Kilton Library at its meeting Tue Source: >>>

Posted: September 17, 2015 in Computer, Security

Man Suing Facebook Because It Recognizes His Face Even Though He Doesn’t Use Site

Facebook is facing a fourth lawsuit over its controversial facial recognition technology which can recognize people who don’t even use the site. Source: Man Suing >>>

Posted: September 17, 2015 in Computer, Security

China tells US tech companies to sign PRISM-like cyber-loyalty pact | Ars Technica

“Pledge of compliance” may require companies to turn over data, install backdoors. Source: China tells US tech companies to sign PRISM-like cyber-loyalty pact | Ars >>>

Posted: September 17, 2015 in Computer, Internet, Security