The EPA is constantly creating new laws to protect and improve the quality of life in America. One of the most recent rulings was regarding lead, one of the nation’s older building materials that has been since proven to have serious health risks, especially in children. [...]
Ever feel that you have no privacy in your own home? We’ve all done the “leave me alone!” followed by the dramatic door-slam. Once you’re in your room stewing with anger and satisfied with your self-imposed solitude, believe it or not, you may not be as alone as you think. If you own a webcam, [...]
Paramore’s singer, Hayley Williams’ TwitPic account was hacked last night where the hackers posted a lewd photo of the singer for all her 600,000 followers to see. She removed it as soon as she saw what happened, but at this point it was all over the web. [...]
If the Department of Homeland Security has their way, airports will soon have cameras with 360-degree recording capabilities. A new surveillance system developed by Homeland Security’s Science and Technology Directorate is designed to heighten airport security with a real-time panoramic view of a particular area using multiple shots from high resolution cameras. [...]
After giving out free USB drives at the AusCERT conference, IBM had to send out an e-mail saying that the drives were infected with malware. Considering that the virus originated on flash drives given out at a security conference from a company that prides themselves on security, this just might be one of the most embarrassing things that could have happened to IBM. [...]
Highway robbery is a very common crime in Mexico–entire armed gangs pull over one fully loaded 18-wheeler after another and take all the cargo from the drivers at gun point. Cargo theft is a worldwide problem, but in Mexico it is one of the most violent and prevalent crimes, as about 60% to 65% of the thefts involve a gun. [...]
A new method of phishing has just surfaced that is a lot trickier to identify than a regular phishing scheme. It’s called tabnabbing, and the way it works is by tricking the user through opening a new tab in your browser with a phishing website. [...]
After missing a mandatory court appearance, Lindsay Lohan is now required to wear a GPS enabled ankle bracelet that will help authorities keep track of her location at all times. But this is not an ordinary GPS ankle bracelet. This particular GPS ankle bracelet not only streams LiLo’s real-time location every 30 minutes, but it also checks her body’s blood alcohol level. [...]
Since California is home to 11 sea ports that handle 60% of the nation’s container shipping traffic, it is important to make sure it is protected from terrorists. The U.S. military has people manning the land and sky, but what about water? What’s protecting our ports from the water? [...]
With cars becoming more computerized and Internet-enabled with programs such as OnStar, the risk of computer-based security breaches also grows. Computer security researchers from the University of Washington and the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) have proven that it’s possible to remotely control many of a car’s functions by hacking its computer from a remote location. [...]
After finding out that some of the products that they were selling contained the toxic metal cadmium, Wal-Mart still let customers continue to buy them. Worst of all, these product were children’s jewelry, which meant that they have a lot of potential for causing serious harm to children. [...]
We’ve all heard about Facebook’s privacy issues and their attempts at fixing them. These security breaches have been receiving a lot of attention recently, but one of the most surprising statistics to hit the web is just how much Facebook’s privacy issues are really affecting their user’s willingness to stick around. [...]
A coder / hacker that specializes in building Twitter-controlled bots figured he could make a few extra bucks by selling his hacking skills to wannabe hackers. He created a tool that builds botnets, which is basically an automated program that lets a hacker control someone else’s computer and execute commands using Twitter. The most alarming part is how easy it makes it for anyone to create and launch a botnet, and even control a person’s computer without them ever knowing it’s happening. [...]
According to a recently released report from VeriSign iDefense Labs, the Chinese government is responsible for the December attack on Google and 30 other companies, and may even be responsible for the July cyber attacks on Silicon Valley companies. [...]
