Reporters use Google, find breach, get branded as "hackers"
Call it security through absurdity: a pair of telecom firms have branded reporters for Scripps News as “hackers” after they discovered the personal data of over 170,000 customers—including social security numbers and other identifying data that could be used for identity theft—sitting on a publicly accessible server. Tags: Hackers Security Law and Ordermore…
Google’s Chrome team developing app launcher for Mac
Google is looking to bring a version of its Chrome OS app launcher to the Mac, possibly as an add-on to the Chrome browser, allowing users to access a slew of Web apps normally available only from within the Chrome developer François Beaufort revealed on his Google+ page that the Internet search giant is working […]more…
Chinese hackers said to have accessed law enforcement targets
In January 2010, Google shocked the cyber world by confessing it had been the target of an advanced persistent threat lasting months and mounted by hackers connected to China’s People Liberation Army. “[We] have evidence to suggest that a primary goal of the attackers was accessing the Gmail accounts of Chinese human rights activists,” Google […]more…
Practice Makes Perfect? Not So Much, New Research Finds
Turns out, that old “practice makes perfect” adage may be overblown. New research led by Michigan State University’s Zach Hambrick finds that a copious amount of practice is not enough to explain why people differ in level of skill in two widely studied activities, chess and music. In other words, it takes more than hard […]more…
U.S. power companies under frequent cyberattack
A survey of U.S. utilities shows many are facing frequent cyberattacks that could threaten a highly interdependent power grid supplying more than 300 million people, according to a congressional report. read moremore…