The total number of invention secrecy orders that the U.S. government imposed on patent applications rose again this year, reaching 5,081 by the end of last month, the highest figure since 1996.Under the Invention Secrecy Act of 1951, U.S. government agencies may restrict the disclosure of a patent application whenever its publication is deemed... Read More →
Invention Secrecy at Highest in a Decade
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Aussie atheists knocked offline: Hand of hackers rather than the Lord in DOS attack
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Two major Australian atheist websites were taken offline by distributed denial of service attacks earlier this week.The organisations, the Atheist Foundation of Australia and Global Atheist Convention, have been in the news down under for organising a Global Atheist Convention in Melbourne early next year.The attack, on Tuesday, took the sites... Read More →
Israel spying devices found by UN
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Israeli spying devices that were planted during the 2006 war with Hezbollah have been discovered in southern Lebanon, the UN has said.UN peacekeepers discovered the buried devices when they were blown up by remote control by Israel on Sunday.Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora accused Israel of blatantly violating the UN Security Council... Read More →
Security Guard Arrested for Threats Against Obama's Life and Contraband
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A security guard at Newark Liberty International Airport has been arrested for allegedly telling a colleague that he would assassinate President Barack Obama as well as for contraband after police found 50 "cop-killer" bullets and a stolen rifle in his New Jersey home, reports New York's Newsday.John Brek, a 55-year-old security guard employed... Read More →
Security Flaws Discovered In Calif. EDD Website
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It's one of the most serious security breaches one computer expert has ever seen. CBS 5 Investigates has discovered a state-run web site may be putting hundreds of thousands of Californians at risk of identity theft.It started off with a tip from a viewer, a local job seeker who noticed a computer glitch. Once CBS 5 started looking closer... Read More →
LifeLock barred from placing fraud alerts in Experian settlement
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LifeLock Inc. and Experian Information Solutions Inc. have settled their lawsuit, and the agreement permanently blocks the original process LifeLock used to protect its clients.The settlement, submitted to U.S. District Court Judge Andrew Guilford earlier this week, was sealed except for the portions about the identity theft protection company... Read More →
Garbage Truck Search Leads to Discovery of Girl's Body, 7
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After 7-year-old Somer Thompson vanished on her way home from school, investigators tailed nine garbage trucks from her neighborhood to a Georgia landfill nearly 50 miles away, then picked through the trash as each rig spilled its load.They sorted through more than 225 tons of garbage before their worst fears were realized: Sticking out of... Read More →
McDonald's targeted by debit fraud
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The Basics of Criminal Records Searches
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Searching for criminal records is much more complicated than it appears on the surface. Contrary to popular belief, there is no central database available to most private employers to instantly find a person Read More →
Congressional commission focuses on China's cyberwar capability
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In war and possibly in peace, China will wage cyberwar to control the information flow and dominate the battle space, according to a new report compiled for a congressional commission.Chinese military strategists see information dominance as the key to overall success in future conflicts and will continue to expand the country's computer network... Read More →
How to verify that an email was opened by the intended recipient
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To complete registration, several websites send users an email message that contains an HTTPS secured link. However, if that email is intercepted, an impersonator may complete the registration process without accessing the recipient's email account. Is there to set up a server to confirm the email was opened by the intended recipient?Unfortunately,... Read More →
Defense Blames Chinese Espionage Case on Neglected Wife
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Had Silicon Valley engineer Yuefei Ge spent more time listening to his wife, the government's economic espionage case against him would never have been born, his defense lawyer told a federal jury Wednesday.Ge and a co-worker, Lan Lee, stand accused of stealing trade secrets from their employer, NetLogic Microsystems, and trying to secure... Read More →
