http://it.slashdot.org/ News for nerds, stuff that matters en-us Copyright 1997-2012, Geeknet, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 2012-05-17T02:46:20+00:00 Geeknet, Inc. help@slashdot.org Technology 1970-01-01T00:00+00:00 1 hourly http://a.fsdn.com/sd/topics/topicslashdot.gif http://it.slashdot.org/ http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotIt/~3/qMhaiqxDN_8/americans-more-worried-about-cybersecurity-than-terrorism TheGift73 tips an article discussing a new study (PDF) which found Americans are now more worried about cybersecurity threats than they are about terrorism. Here's Techdirt's acerbic take: "Well, it looks like all the fearmongering about hackers shutting down electrical grids and making planes fall from the sky is working. No matter that there's no evidence of any actual risk, or that the only real issue is if anyone is stupid enough to actually connect such critical infrastructure to the internet (the proper response to which is: take it off the internet), fear is spreading. Of course, this is mostly due to the work of a neat combination of ex-politicians/now lobbyists working for defense contractors who stand to make a ton of money from the panic &mdash; enabled by politicians who seem to have no shame in telling scary bedtime stories that have no basis in reality."<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"> <a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Americans+More+Worried+About+Cybersecurity+Than+Terrorism%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FL46OSm"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="slashpop" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fpolitics.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F12%2F05%2F15%2F2246211%2Famericans-more-worried-about-cybersecurity-than-terrorism%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="nobg" href="http://plus.google.com/share?url=http://politics.slashdot.org/story/12/05/15/2246211/americans-more-worried-about-cybersecurity-than-terrorism?utm_source=slashdot&amp;utm_medium=googleplus" onclick="javascript:window.open(this.href,'', 'menubar=no,toolbar=no,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,height=600,width=600');return false;"><img src="http://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/gplus-16.png" alt="Share on Google+"/></a> </div></p><p><a href="http://politics.slashdot.org/story/12/05/15/2246211/americans-more-worried-about-cybersecurity-than-terrorism?utm_source=rss1.0moreanon&amp;utm_medium=feed">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/nMls51wdSTupTuFwOolj_99XEXQ/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/nMls51wdSTupTuFwOolj_99XEXQ/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/nMls51wdSTupTuFwOolj_99XEXQ/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/nMls51wdSTupTuFwOolj_99XEXQ/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdotIt/~4/qMhaiqxDN_8" height="1" width="1"/> Soulskill 2012-05-15T23:15:00+00:00 security that-there-internet-is-a-scary-thing politics 256 256,255,188,151,33,18,10 http://politics.slashdot.org/story/12/05/15/2246211/americans-more-worried-about-cybersecurity-than-terrorism?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotIt/~3/zdK4eGZSoXU/g20-geek-byron-sonne-cleared-of-explosives-charges New submitter davegravy writes "Byron Sonne, the Toronto-based security consultant, chemistry hobbyist, and geek who was arrested leading up to the Toronto G-20 for alleged plans to bomb the event, has been found not guilty of all charges. Sonne was held in prison for 11 months without receiving bail, and the ruling comes two years after his arrest. Sonne is considered by many in the Toronto security community as a champion of civil rights and a sharp critic of security theatre."<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"> <a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status='G20+Geek'+Byron+Sonne+Cleared+of+Explosives+Charges%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FJ6Jqbx"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="slashpop" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F12%2F05%2F15%2F1828234%2Fg20-geek-byron-sonne-cleared-of-explosives-charges%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="nobg" href="http://plus.google.com/share?url=http://news.slashdot.org/story/12/05/15/1828234/g20-geek-byron-sonne-cleared-of-explosives-charges?utm_source=slashdot&amp;utm_medium=googleplus" onclick="javascript:window.open(this.href,'', 'menubar=no,toolbar=no,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,height=600,width=600');return false;"><img src="http://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/gplus-16.png" alt="Share on Google+"/></a> </div></p><p><a href="http://news.slashdot.org/story/12/05/15/1828234/g20-geek-byron-sonne-cleared-of-explosives-charges?utm_source=rss1.0moreanon&amp;utm_medium=feed">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/P9fKVCGhvlH9Wuu49CDEAWh83sc/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/P9fKVCGhvlH9Wuu49CDEAWh83sc/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/P9fKVCGhvlH9Wuu49CDEAWh83sc/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/P9fKVCGhvlH9Wuu49CDEAWh83sc/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdotIt/~4/zdK4eGZSoXU" height="1" width="1"/> Soulskill 2012-05-15T19:01:00+00:00 canada didn't-have-to-pull-a-dufresne news 253 253,248,200,174,72,45,34 http://news.slashdot.org/story/12/05/15/1828234/g20-geek-byron-sonne-cleared-of-explosives-charges?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotIt/~3/Q_v0ZScrDKk/avira-premium-anti-virus-bug-disables-windows-machines New submitter Adesso writes "Anti-virus vendor Avira is having difficulty with an update of all their Premium customers. An update that has been downloaded over 70 million times is causing the 32-bit version of Windows to block almost all critical applications. Avira has responded promptly with an interim solution for this problem. In most cases this causes Windows to not boot properly."<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"> <a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Avira+Premium+Anti-Virus+Bug+Disables+Windows+Machines%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FL3bDLA"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="slashpop" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Ftech.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F12%2F05%2F15%2F1358209%2Favira-premium-anti-virus-bug-disables-windows-machines%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="nobg" href="http://plus.google.com/share?url=http://tech.slashdot.org/story/12/05/15/1358209/avira-premium-anti-virus-bug-disables-windows-machines?utm_source=slashdot&amp;utm_medium=googleplus" onclick="javascript:window.open(this.href,'', 'menubar=no,toolbar=no,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,height=600,width=600');return false;"><img src="http://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/gplus-16.png" alt="Share on Google+"/></a> </div></p><p><a href="http://tech.slashdot.org/story/12/05/15/1358209/avira-premium-anti-virus-bug-disables-windows-machines?utm_source=rss1.0moreanon&amp;utm_medium=feed">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/7O2zhJe2MMBYU-w8AqDROZhsQJE/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/7O2zhJe2MMBYU-w8AqDROZhsQJE/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/7O2zhJe2MMBYU-w8AqDROZhsQJE/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/7O2zhJe2MMBYU-w8AqDROZhsQJE/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdotIt/~4/Q_v0ZScrDKk" height="1" width="1"/> timothy 2012-05-15T14:48:00+00:00 bug malware-writers-have-won technology 142 142,128,85,69,17,9,7 http://tech.slashdot.org/story/12/05/15/1358209/avira-premium-anti-virus-bug-disables-windows-machines?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotIt/~3/V7qPyfFd0Rs/global-payments-breach-led-to-prepaid-card-fraud tsu doh nimh writes "Global Payments, the Atlanta-based credit card processor that disclosed a major breach of its systems last month, has said that less than 1.5 million card numbers were stolen, and that customer names and addresses weren't included in the purloined data. But security reporter Brian Krebs carries a piece today highlighting how thieves were still able to use the data to clone debit cards, which were then used in shopping sprees in and around the Las Vegas area recently."<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"> <a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Global+Payments+Breach+Led+To+Prepaid+Card+Fraud%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FJTWlJP"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="slashpop" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fit.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F12%2F05%2F15%2F013228%2Fglobal-payments-breach-led-to-prepaid-card-fraud%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="nobg" href="http://plus.google.com/share?url=http://it.slashdot.org/story/12/05/15/013228/global-payments-breach-led-to-prepaid-card-fraud?utm_source=slashdot&amp;utm_medium=googleplus" onclick="javascript:window.open(this.href,'', 'menubar=no,toolbar=no,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,height=600,width=600');return false;"><img src="http://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/gplus-16.png" alt="Share on Google+"/></a> </div></p><p><a href="http://it.slashdot.org/story/12/05/15/013228/global-payments-breach-led-to-prepaid-card-fraud?utm_source=rss1.0moreanon&amp;utm_medium=feed">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/J6Y0VTSUbReP2XwJTwgvKSuYV5o/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/J6Y0VTSUbReP2XwJTwgvKSuYV5o/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/J6Y0VTSUbReP2XwJTwgvKSuYV5o/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/J6Y0VTSUbReP2XwJTwgvKSuYV5o/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdotIt/~4/V7qPyfFd0Rs" height="1" width="1"/> Unknown Lamer 2012-05-15T02:08:00+00:00 security don't-copy-that-magstripe it 49 49,47,34,31,8,3,2 http://it.slashdot.org/story/12/05/15/013228/global-payments-breach-led-to-prepaid-card-fraud?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotIt/~3/vSMGVM3D7U8/lulzsec-member-pleads-not-guilty-in-stratfor-leak-case TheGift73 writes with an update on one of the many LulzSec court cases. From the article: "A former LulzSec member has pleaded not guilty to federal charges that he hacked into the servers of global intelligence company Stratfor and stole credit card data and personal details of 860,000 of its clients. Jeremy Hammond entered the plea on Monday during a brief hearing in U.S. District Court in Manhattan, the Associated Press reported. He's been held in federal custody since an initial court appearance in Chicago in early March, when federal prosecutors named him as a lieutenant of LulzSec ringleader Hector Xavier 'Sabu' Monsegur. There was no request for Hammond to be released on bail during Monday's hearing, according to the AP report."<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"> <a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=LulzSec+Member+Pleads+Not+Guilty+In+Stratfor+Leak+Case%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FJZbV7A"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="slashpop" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fyro.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F12%2F05%2F14%2F232217%2Flulzsec-member-pleads-not-guilty-in-stratfor-leak-case%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="nobg" href="http://plus.google.com/share?url=http://yro.slashdot.org/story/12/05/14/232217/lulzsec-member-pleads-not-guilty-in-stratfor-leak-case?utm_source=slashdot&amp;utm_medium=googleplus" onclick="javascript:window.open(this.href,'', 'menubar=no,toolbar=no,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,height=600,width=600');return false;"><img src="http://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/gplus-16.png" alt="Share on Google+"/></a> </div></p><p><a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/story/12/05/14/232217/lulzsec-member-pleads-not-guilty-in-stratfor-leak-case?utm_source=rss1.0moreanon&amp;utm_medium=feed">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/8uNMXxtilBDWdIL-b1KCrdjeRdw/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/8uNMXxtilBDWdIL-b1KCrdjeRdw/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/8uNMXxtilBDWdIL-b1KCrdjeRdw/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/8uNMXxtilBDWdIL-b1KCrdjeRdw/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdotIt/~4/vSMGVM3D7U8" height="1" width="1"/> Unknown Lamer 2012-05-14T23:35:00+00:00 security freegan-crust-punk-enjoying-free-prison-food yro 89 89,84,63,57,19,11,5 http://yro.slashdot.org/story/12/05/14/232217/lulzsec-member-pleads-not-guilty-in-stratfor-leak-case?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotIt/~3/5vzmL_N7jpw/kickstarter-leaves-project-ideas-exposed netbuzz writes "Crowd-funding startup Kickstarter is taking a public-relations hit today after it was reported that some 70,000 not-yet-public project ideas were left exposed on the company's Web site for more than two weeks. Kickstarter insists that no financial information was compromised and that only a few dozen of the projects were actually accessed. 'Obviously our users' data is incredibly important to us, the company said in a blog post. 'Even though limited information was made accessible through this bug, it is completely unacceptable.'"<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"> <a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Kickstarter+Leaves+Project+Ideas+Exposed%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FJ4Xwud"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="slashpop" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fyro.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F12%2F05%2F14%2F1722251%2Fkickstarter-leaves-project-ideas-exposed%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="nobg" href="http://plus.google.com/share?url=http://yro.slashdot.org/story/12/05/14/1722251/kickstarter-leaves-project-ideas-exposed?utm_source=slashdot&amp;utm_medium=googleplus" onclick="javascript:window.open(this.href,'', 'menubar=no,toolbar=no,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,height=600,width=600');return false;"><img src="http://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/gplus-16.png" alt="Share on Google+"/></a> </div></p><p><a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/story/12/05/14/1722251/kickstarter-leaves-project-ideas-exposed?utm_source=rss1.0moreanon&amp;utm_medium=feed">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/v0_wcjs_QJf8CgFlYuO5D4eA38Y/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/v0_wcjs_QJf8CgFlYuO5D4eA38Y/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/v0_wcjs_QJf8CgFlYuO5D4eA38Y/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/v0_wcjs_QJf8CgFlYuO5D4eA38Y/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdotIt/~4/5vzmL_N7jpw" height="1" width="1"/> Soulskill 2012-05-14T18:00:00+00:00 privacy i-just-had-70,000-great-ideas yro 55 55,55,51,46,19,10,9 http://yro.slashdot.org/story/12/05/14/1722251/kickstarter-leaves-project-ideas-exposed?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotIt/~3/Qe9s4qPIIAM/minneapolis-airport-gets-20-million-hi-tech-security-upgrade New submitter bzzfzz writes "The Metropolitan Airports Commission (MAC) is beginning a $20 million upgrade of its surveillance system. The upgrade will include 1800 high-definition cameras, facial recognition systems, and digital archiving to replace the analog tape system in use since the 1980s. The system will serve both security and operational goals. The MAC asserts that improved camera technology yields improved security as though the connection between the two is so strong that no proof is required."<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"> <a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Minneapolis+Airport+Gets+%2420+Million+Hi-Tech+Security+Upgrade%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FJXKJ9q"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="slashpop" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fyro.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F12%2F05%2F14%2F1626256%2Fminneapolis-airport-gets-20-million-hi-tech-security-upgrade%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="nobg" href="http://plus.google.com/share?url=http://yro.slashdot.org/story/12/05/14/1626256/minneapolis-airport-gets-20-million-hi-tech-security-upgrade?utm_source=slashdot&amp;utm_medium=googleplus" onclick="javascript:window.open(this.href,'', 'menubar=no,toolbar=no,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,height=600,width=600');return false;"><img src="http://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/gplus-16.png" alt="Share on Google+"/></a> </div></p><p><a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/story/12/05/14/1626256/minneapolis-airport-gets-20-million-hi-tech-security-upgrade?utm_source=rss1.0moreanon&amp;utm_medium=feed">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/6cCjFhydCMuslzAUvRjSKq9ppzc/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/6cCjFhydCMuslzAUvRjSKq9ppzc/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/6cCjFhydCMuslzAUvRjSKq9ppzc/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/6cCjFhydCMuslzAUvRjSKq9ppzc/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdotIt/~4/Qe9s4qPIIAM" height="1" width="1"/> samzenpus 2012-05-14T17:18:00+00:00 security all-the-better-to-see-you yro 103 103,97,84,76,28,17,12 http://yro.slashdot.org/story/12/05/14/1626256/minneapolis-airport-gets-20-million-hi-tech-security-upgrade?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotIt/~3/iwLkIcrwirE/connecticut-resident-stopped-by-state-police-for-radioactivity Okian Warrior writes "A Milford, CT man was pulled over when a state police car radioactivity scanner flagged his car as being radioactive. The man had been given a cardiac exam using radioactive dye, and had a note from his physician attesting to this, but it raises questions about the legality of the stop. Given that it is not illegal to own or purchase or transport radioactive materials (within limits for hobbyist use), should the police be allowed to stop and search vehicles which show a slight level of radioactivity?"<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"> <a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Connecticut+Resident+Stopped+By+State+Police+For+Radioactivity%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FJQXF0E"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="slashpop" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F12%2F05%2F13%2F0323206%2Fconnecticut-resident-stopped-by-state-police-for-radioactivity%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="nobg" href="http://plus.google.com/share?url=http://news.slashdot.org/story/12/05/13/0323206/connecticut-resident-stopped-by-state-police-for-radioactivity?utm_source=slashdot&amp;utm_medium=googleplus" onclick="javascript:window.open(this.href,'', 'menubar=no,toolbar=no,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,height=600,width=600');return false;"><img src="http://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/gplus-16.png" alt="Share on Google+"/></a> </div></p><p><a href="http://news.slashdot.org/story/12/05/13/0323206/connecticut-resident-stopped-by-state-police-for-radioactivity?utm_source=rss1.0moreanon&amp;utm_medium=feed">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/gRhZFh1EvkSiEC0TU7X9r2r1i5Q/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/gRhZFh1EvkSiEC0TU7X9r2r1i5Q/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/gRhZFh1EvkSiEC0TU7X9r2r1i5Q/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/gRhZFh1EvkSiEC0TU7X9r2r1i5Q/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdotIt/~4/iwLkIcrwirE" height="1" width="1"/> Soulskill 2012-05-13T09:20:00+00:00 security driving-while-ionized news 544 544,538,408,354,79,47,37 http://news.slashdot.org/story/12/05/13/0323206/connecticut-resident-stopped-by-state-police-for-radioactivity?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotIt/~3/9_gbuO-RWDM/ask-slashdot-best-degree-for-a-late-career-boost Qbertino writes "I'm in my early 40s, and after a little more than 10 years of web, scripting and software development as a freelancer and some gigs as a regular, full-time employee, I'm seriously considering giving my IT career a boost by getting a degree. I'm your regular 1980s computer kid and made a career switch to IT during the dot-bomb days. I have quite a bit of programming and project experience, but no degree. I find myself hitting somewhat of a glass ceiling (with maybe a little age discrimination thrown in there). Since I'm in Germany, degrees count for a lot (70% of IT staff have a degree) so getting one seems fitting and a nice addition to my portfolio. However, I'm pondering wether I should go for Computer Science or Business Informatics. I'd like to move into Project Management or Technical Account Management, which causes my dilemma: CS gives me the pro credibility and proves my knowledge with low-level and technical stuff, and I'd be honing my C/C++ and *nix skills. Business Informatics would teach me some bean-counting skills; I'd be doing modelling, ERP with Java or .NET all day. It would give me some BA cred, but I'd lose karma with the T-shirt wearing crew and the decision-makers in that camp. I'm leaning toward Business Informatics because I suspect that's where the money is, but I'm not quite sure wether a classic CS degree wouldn't still be better &mdash; even if I'm wearing a suit. Any suggestions?"<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"> <a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Ask+Slashdot%3A+Best+Degree+For+a+Late+Career+Boost%3F%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FKilsuc"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="slashpop" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fask.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F12%2F05%2F12%2F2010248%2Fask-slashdot-best-degree-for-a-late-career-boost%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="nobg" href="http://plus.google.com/share?url=http://ask.slashdot.org/story/12/05/12/2010248/ask-slashdot-best-degree-for-a-late-career-boost?utm_source=slashdot&amp;utm_medium=googleplus" onclick="javascript:window.open(this.href,'', 'menubar=no,toolbar=no,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,height=600,width=600');return false;"><img src="http://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/gplus-16.png" alt="Share on Google+"/></a> </div></p><p><a href="http://ask.slashdot.org/story/12/05/12/2010248/ask-slashdot-best-degree-for-a-late-career-boost?utm_source=rss1.0moreanon&amp;utm_medium=feed">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/_DW8pdNz5p3pa9Mxg-SeoKnK0cM/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/_DW8pdNz5p3pa9Mxg-SeoKnK0cM/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/_DW8pdNz5p3pa9Mxg-SeoKnK0cM/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/_DW8pdNz5p3pa9Mxg-SeoKnK0cM/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdotIt/~4/9_gbuO-RWDM" height="1" width="1"/> Soulskill 2012-05-12T22:07:00+00:00 business definitely-philosophy-for-the-big-bucks askslashdot 233 233,222,160,127,51,29,18 http://ask.slashdot.org/story/12/05/12/2010248/ask-slashdot-best-degree-for-a-late-career-boost?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotIt/~3/rwW8UB8syow/bitcoinica-breach-nets-hackers-87000-in-bitcoins dynamo52 sends this quote from Ars about a breach involving a Bitcoin exchange: "More than $87,000 worth of the virtual currency known as Bitcoin was stolen after online bandits penetrated servers belonging to Bitcoinica, prompting its operators to temporarily shutter the trading platform to contain the damage. Friday's theft came after hackers accessed Bitcoinica's production servers and depleted its online wallet of 18,547 BTC, as individual Bitcoin units are called, company officials said in a blog post published on Friday. It said the heist affected only a small fraction of Bitcoinica's overall bitcoin deposits and that all withdrawal requests will be honored once the platform reopens." Reader linhares points out a forum post discussing how the attacker(s) hinted at a 'mass leak' in the near future. This attack comes shortly after a leak of a different sort &mdash; an FBI document (PDF) about Bitcoin found it way onto the internet. It seems they're worried about the virtual currency's potential use in criminal activities.<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"> <a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Bitcoinica+Breach+Nets+Hackers+%2487%2C000+In+Bitcoins%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FLBWqnF"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="slashpop" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F12%2F05%2F12%2F202235%2Fbitcoinica-breach-nets-hackers-87000-in-bitcoins%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="nobg" href="http://plus.google.com/share?url=http://news.slashdot.org/story/12/05/12/202235/bitcoinica-breach-nets-hackers-87000-in-bitcoins?utm_source=slashdot&amp;utm_medium=googleplus" onclick="javascript:window.open(this.href,'', 'menubar=no,toolbar=no,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,height=600,width=600');return false;"><img src="http://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/gplus-16.png" alt="Share on Google+"/></a> </div></p><p><a href="http://news.slashdot.org/story/12/05/12/202235/bitcoinica-breach-nets-hackers-87000-in-bitcoins?utm_source=rss1.0moreanon&amp;utm_medium=feed">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/Vzk6XfSyzMVMbe94i6aXftE6d4E/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/Vzk6XfSyzMVMbe94i6aXftE6d4E/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/Vzk6XfSyzMVMbe94i6aXftE6d4E/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/Vzk6XfSyzMVMbe94i6aXftE6d4E/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdotIt/~4/rwW8UB8syow" height="1" width="1"/> Soulskill 2012-05-12T21:05:00+00:00 bitcoin stealing-your-imaginary-money news 194 194,190,149,125,43,20,12 http://news.slashdot.org/story/12/05/12/202235/bitcoinica-breach-nets-hackers-87000-in-bitcoins?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotIt/~3/lMVeBytq3vw/adobe-changes-its-tune-on-forcing-paid-upgrade-to-fix-security-flaws wiredmikey writes with a followup to Thursday's news that Adobe was recommending paid software upgrades in lieu of fixing security holes in some of its applications. After receiving criticism for the security bulletin, Adobe changed its mind and announced that it's developing patches to fix the vulnerabilities. "Developing a patch, especially for three different applications, can be costly and time consuming. Developing these patches consumes development resources, then must run through a QA process, and the patch needs to be communicated and distributed to users. And for a company like Adobe with a massive customer base using its Photoshop, Illustrator, and Flash Professional, the bandwidth cost alone can be substantial. For a popular product that was just over two years old, providing a fix to address a serious security flaw its what customers deserve. And while Adobe may have originally tried to sneak by without addressing the issue and pushing users to upgrade to its new product, the company made the right move in the end."<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"> <a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Adobe+Changes+Its+Tune+On+Forcing+Paid+Upgrade+To+Fix+Security+Flaws%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FJnHoC2"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="slashpop" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F12%2F05%2F12%2F170244%2Fadobe-changes-its-tune-on-forcing-paid-upgrade-to-fix-security-flaws%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="nobg" href="http://plus.google.com/share?url=http://news.slashdot.org/story/12/05/12/170244/adobe-changes-its-tune-on-forcing-paid-upgrade-to-fix-security-flaws?utm_source=slashdot&amp;utm_medium=googleplus" onclick="javascript:window.open(this.href,'', 'menubar=no,toolbar=no,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,height=600,width=600');return false;"><img src="http://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/gplus-16.png" alt="Share on Google+"/></a> </div></p><p><a href="http://news.slashdot.org/story/12/05/12/170244/adobe-changes-its-tune-on-forcing-paid-upgrade-to-fix-security-flaws?utm_source=rss1.0moreanon&amp;utm_medium=feed">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/Syjnktzrw6jZR_iSYo4nsVlRJkY/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/Syjnktzrw6jZR_iSYo4nsVlRJkY/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/Syjnktzrw6jZR_iSYo4nsVlRJkY/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/Syjnktzrw6jZR_iSYo4nsVlRJkY/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdotIt/~4/lMVeBytq3vw" height="1" width="1"/> Soulskill 2012-05-12T17:35:00+00:00 security give-the-people-what-they-scream-about news 90 90,88,61,49,21,17,14 http://news.slashdot.org/story/12/05/12/170244/adobe-changes-its-tune-on-forcing-paid-upgrade-to-fix-security-flaws?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotIt/~3/ovJ85s8IGWw/ask-slashdot-open-source-multi-user-password-management An anonymous reader writes "I work in a network environment that requires multiple people to have access to numerous Wireless Access Keys, iTunes/iCloud accounts/passwords, hardware appliance logins, etc. I'm attempting to replace the ever popular 'protected' excel spreadsheet that exists in almost every network with all usernames and passwords just waiting to be discovered. Are there any open source, multi-user, secure and preferably Linux-based password management tools that the Slashdot community would recommend?"<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"> <a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Ask+Slashdot%3A+Open+Source+Multi-User+Password+Management%3F%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FK3jjNg"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="slashpop" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fask.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F12%2F05%2F12%2F0033242%2Fask-slashdot-open-source-multi-user-password-management%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="nobg" href="http://plus.google.com/share?url=http://ask.slashdot.org/story/12/05/12/0033242/ask-slashdot-open-source-multi-user-password-management?utm_source=slashdot&amp;utm_medium=googleplus" onclick="javascript:window.open(this.href,'', 'menubar=no,toolbar=no,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,height=600,width=600');return false;"><img src="http://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/gplus-16.png" alt="Share on Google+"/></a> </div></p><p><a href="http://ask.slashdot.org/story/12/05/12/0033242/ask-slashdot-open-source-multi-user-password-management?utm_source=rss1.0moreanon&amp;utm_medium=feed">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/PhIV3nn8N4GrygKmemCVTeIe6JM/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/PhIV3nn8N4GrygKmemCVTeIe6JM/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/PhIV3nn8N4GrygKmemCVTeIe6JM/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/PhIV3nn8N4GrygKmemCVTeIe6JM/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdotIt/~4/ovJ85s8IGWw" height="1" width="1"/> timothy 2012-05-12T03:56:00+00:00 security login-admin-password-blank askslashdot 194 194,188,115,78,27,18,14 http://ask.slashdot.org/story/12/05/12/0033242/ask-slashdot-open-source-multi-user-password-management?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotIt/~3/fPaOj-kwFmc/us-grabs-more-domain-names-14m-from-online-counterfeit-operations coondoggie writes "According to court documents, investigation by federal law enforcement agents revealed that subjects whose domain names had been seized in a November 2010 operation continued to sell counterfeit goods using new domain names. In particular, the individuals, based in China, sold counterfeit professional and collegiate sports apparel, primarily counterfeit sports jerseys." So now the government has again taken over a swathe of domain names used in crime.<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"> <a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=US+Grabs+More+Domain+Names%2C+%241.4M+From+Online+Counterfeit+Operations%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FKRoUrc"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="slashpop" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fyro.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F12%2F05%2F11%2F2317238%2Fus-grabs-more-domain-names-14m-from-online-counterfeit-operations%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="nobg" href="http://plus.google.com/share?url=http://yro.slashdot.org/story/12/05/11/2317238/us-grabs-more-domain-names-14m-from-online-counterfeit-operations?utm_source=slashdot&amp;utm_medium=googleplus" onclick="javascript:window.open(this.href,'', 'menubar=no,toolbar=no,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,height=600,width=600');return false;"><img src="http://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/gplus-16.png" alt="Share on Google+"/></a> </div></p><p><a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/story/12/05/11/2317238/us-grabs-more-domain-names-14m-from-online-counterfeit-operations?utm_source=rss1.0moreanon&amp;utm_medium=feed">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/A-CnNmcTecooXo9hEzEJqsDPxQY/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/A-CnNmcTecooXo9hEzEJqsDPxQY/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/A-CnNmcTecooXo9hEzEJqsDPxQY/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/A-CnNmcTecooXo9hEzEJqsDPxQY/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdotIt/~4/fPaOj-kwFmc" height="1" width="1"/> timothy 2012-05-11T23:33:00+00:00 government business-as-increasingly-usual yro 69 69,69,55,48,13,7,4 http://yro.slashdot.org/story/12/05/11/2317238/us-grabs-more-domain-names-14m-from-online-counterfeit-operations?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotIt/~3/QBCL7BPZa_s/senator-seeks-more-info-on-doj-location-tracking-practices Gunkerty Jeb writes "Senator Al Franken (D-MN) is demanding answers to questions about the U.S. Department of Justice practice of gathering data from wireless providers in order to monitor individuals' movements using mobile phone location data. In a letter (PDF) to Attorney General Eric Holder, Franken said, 'I was further concerned to learn that in many cases, these agencies appear to be obtaining precise records of individuals' past and current movements from carriers without first obtaining a warrant for this information. I think that these actions may violate the spirit if not the letter of the Jones decision.'"<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"> <a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Senator+Seeks+More+Info+On+DOJ+Location+Tracking+Practices%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FJGFltG"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="slashpop" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fyro.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F12%2F05%2F11%2F2142214%2Fsenator-seeks-more-info-on-doj-location-tracking-practices%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="nobg" href="http://plus.google.com/share?url=http://yro.slashdot.org/story/12/05/11/2142214/senator-seeks-more-info-on-doj-location-tracking-practices?utm_source=slashdot&amp;utm_medium=googleplus" onclick="javascript:window.open(this.href,'', 'menubar=no,toolbar=no,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,height=600,width=600');return false;"><img src="http://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/gplus-16.png" alt="Share on Google+"/></a> </div></p><p><a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/story/12/05/11/2142214/senator-seeks-more-info-on-doj-location-tracking-practices?utm_source=rss1.0moreanon&amp;utm_medium=feed">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/Ar8PjvDSa-mJLNS-8Bi9MUkSRDc/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/Ar8PjvDSa-mJLNS-8Bi9MUkSRDc/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/Ar8PjvDSa-mJLNS-8Bi9MUkSRDc/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/Ar8PjvDSa-mJLNS-8Bi9MUkSRDc/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdotIt/~4/QBCL7BPZa_s" height="1" width="1"/> Soulskill 2012-05-11T22:33:00+00:00 government he-knows-when-you've-been-bad-or-good yro 35 35,32,29,25,12,9,7 http://yro.slashdot.org/story/12/05/11/2142214/senator-seeks-more-info-on-doj-location-tracking-practices?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotIt/~3/uqkvkrtiKkI/court-rules-nsa-doesnt-have-to-confirm-or-deny-secret-relationship-with-google Sparrowvsrevolution writes "A DC appeals court has ruled that the National Security Agency doesn't need to either confirm or deny its secret relationship with Google in response to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request and follow-up lawsuit filed by the Electronic Privacy Information Center. The NSA cited a FOIA exemption that covers any documents whose exposure might hinder the NSA's national security mission, and responded to EPIC with a 'no comment.' Beyond merely rejecting the FOIA request, the court has agreed with the NSA that it has the right to simply not respond to the request, as even a rejection of the request might reveal details of a suspected relationship with Google that it has sought to keep secret. Google was reported to have partnered with the NSA to bolster its defenses against hackers after its breach by Chinese cyberspies in early 2010. But to the dismay of privacy advocates who fear the NSA's surveillance measures coupled with Google's trove of data, the company has never explained the details of that partnership."<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"> <a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Court+Rules+NSA+Doesn't+Have+To+Confirm+Or+Deny+Secret+Relationship+With+Google%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FJ5PnA8"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="slashpop" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Ftech.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F12%2F05%2F11%2F1950243%2Fcourt-rules-nsa-doesnt-have-to-confirm-or-deny-secret-relationship-with-google%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="nobg" href="http://plus.google.com/share?url=http://tech.slashdot.org/story/12/05/11/1950243/court-rules-nsa-doesnt-have-to-confirm-or-deny-secret-relationship-with-google?utm_source=slashdot&amp;utm_medium=googleplus" onclick="javascript:window.open(this.href,'', 'menubar=no,toolbar=no,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,height=600,width=600');return false;"><img src="http://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/gplus-16.png" alt="Share on Google+"/></a> </div></p><p><a href="http://tech.slashdot.org/story/12/05/11/1950243/court-rules-nsa-doesnt-have-to-confirm-or-deny-secret-relationship-with-google?utm_source=rss1.0moreanon&amp;utm_medium=feed">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/YcEfQLei8g11_SIrpS5P_krmtZU/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/YcEfQLei8g11_SIrpS5P_krmtZU/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/YcEfQLei8g11_SIrpS5P_krmtZU/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/YcEfQLei8g11_SIrpS5P_krmtZU/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdotIt/~4/uqkvkrtiKkI" height="1" width="1"/> Soulskill 2012-05-11T20:32:00+00:00 google mum's-the-word technology 119 119,113,74,60,16,10,3 http://tech.slashdot.org/story/12/05/11/1950243/court-rules-nsa-doesnt-have-to-confirm-or-deny-secret-relationship-with-google?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Search Slashdot stories query http://it.slashdot.org/search.pl