IT Stories for 2014

US Army Could Waive Combat Training For Hackers 223
Google Researcher Publishes Unpatched Windows 8.1 Security Vulnerability 129
Ask Slashdot: What Should We Do About the DDoS Problem? 312
FBI Monitoring Hacking Targets For Retaliation 96
Security Research At the Hague, Netherlands: Mobile Network and Internet Threats 16
Over 78% of All PHP Installs Are Insecure 112
NSA Says They Have VPNs In a 'Vulcan Death Grip' 234
What's the Future of Corporate IT and ITSM? (Video) 50
NVIDIA Breached 59
The NSA Uses the Same Chat Protocol As Hackers 81
Kim Dotcom's Mega Again Announces Encrypted Browser-Based Chat Service 40
FBI Allegedly Investigating Lizard Squad Member Over Xbox Live, PSN Attacks 78
2015 Could Be the Year of the Hospital Hack 130
Norse Security IDs 6, Including Ex-Employee, As Sony Hack Perpetrators 158
Twitter Bug Locks Out Many Users 69
Chaos Computer Club Claims It Can Reproduce Fingerprints From People's Photos 80
Snowden Documents Show How Well NSA Codebreakers Can Pry 278
Ask Slashdot: Dealing With Companies With Poor SSL Practices? 141
Sony PlayStation Network Back Up Now, Supposedly 75
Finn Linked To Lizard Squad Christmas Attack 51
13,000 Passwords, Usernames Leaked For Major Commerce, Porn Sites 149
Romanian Cybersecurity Law Will Allow Warrantless Access To Data 62
Lizard Squad Targets Tor 83
Tesla Roadster Update Extends Range 128
Why Lizard Squad Took Down PSN and Xbox Live On Christmas Day 336
Rackspace Restored After DDOS Takes Out DNS 49
South Korea Says Nuclear Reactors Safe After Cyberattacks 54
Xbox Live and PlayStation Networks Downed By Apparent Attack 160
Linux 3.19 Kernel To Start 2015 With Many New Features 66
North Korean Defector Spills Details On the Country's Elite Hacking Force 166
Russian Hackers Stole Millions From Banks, ATMs 53
Did North Korea Really Attack Sony? 282
Sony To Release the Interview Online Today; Apple Won't Play Ball 227
Many DDR3 Modules Vulnerable To Bit Rot By a Simple Program 138
Docker Image Insecurity 73
Thunderbolt Rootkit Vector 163
Apple Pushes First Automated OS X Security Update 115
Samsung Announces Production of 20nm Mobile LPDDR4, Faster Than Desktop DDR4 42
JP Morgan Breach Tied To Two-Factor Authentication Slip 71
NetworkManager 1.0 Released After Ten Years Development 164
North Korean Internet Is Down 360
TSA Has Record-Breaking Haul In 2014: Guns, Cannons, and Swords 276
South Korean Power Plants To Conduct Cyber-Attack Drills Following Hack 39
Tor Warns of Possible Disruption of Network Through Server Seizures 19
Major Security Vulnerabilities Uncovered At Frankfurt Airport 91
US Seeks China's Help Against North Korean Cyberattacks 153
Cyberattack On German Steel Factory Causes 'Massive Damage' 212
North Korea Denies Responsibility for Sony Attack, Warns Against Retaliation 236
Boeing and BlackBerry Making a Self-Destructing Phone 75
65,000 Complaints Later, Microsoft Files Suit Against Tech Support Scammers 246
Tor Network May Be Attacked, Says Project Leader 86
Hackers Used Nasty "SMB Worm" Attack Toolkit Against Sony 177
Staples: Breach May Have Affected 1.16 Million Customers' Cards 97
Schneier Explains How To Protect Yourself From Sony-Style Attacks (You Can't) 343
Researchers Discover SS7 Flaw, Allowing Total Access To Any Cell Phone, Anywhere 89
Critical Git Security Vulnerability Announced 148
Grinch Vulnerability Could Put a Hole In Your Linux Stocking 118
Hackers Compromise ICANN, Access Zone File Data System 110
US Links North Korea To Sony Hacking 182
RFID-Blocking Blazer and Jeans Could Stop Wireless Identity Theft 110
Over 9,000 PCs In Australia Infected By TorrentLocker Ransomware 83
Google Proposes To Warn People About Non-SSL Web Sites 396
Top Five Theaters Won't Show "The Interview" Sony Cancels Release 589
Manufacturer's Backdoor Found On Popular Chinese Android Smartphone 82
Verizon "End-to-End" Encrypted Calling Includes Law Enforcement Backdoor 170
In IT, Beware of Fad Versus Functional 153
Eric Schmidt: To Avoid NSA Spying, Keep Your Data In Google's Services 281
Forbes Blasts Latests Windows 7 Patch as Malware 230
Job Postings Offer Clues to Future of Google Fiber 38
Seagate Bulks Up With New 8 Terabyte 'Archive' Hard Drive 219
BGP Hijacking Continues, Despite the Ability To Prevent It 57
Is Enterprise IT More Difficult To Manage Now Than Ever? 241
Computer Error Grounds Flights In the UK 68
"Lax" Crossdomain Policy Puts Yahoo Mail At Risk 50
Sony Reportedly Is Using Cyber-Attacks To Keep Leaked Files From Spreading 190
Are the TSA's New Electronic Device Screenings Necessary? 184
Feds Plan For 35 Agencies To Collect, Share, Use Health Records of Americans 209
New Destover Malware Signed By Stolen Sony Certificate 80
Just-Announced X.Org Security Flaws Affect Code Dating Back To 1987 172
Microsoft's New Windows Monetization Methods Could Mean 'Subscriptions' 415
AdNauseam Browser Extension Quietly Clicks On Blocked Ads 285
Stealthy Linux Trojan May Have Infected Victims For Years 129
POODLE Flaw Returns, This Time Hitting TLS Protocol 54
Bluetooth Gains Direct Internet Access, Security Enhancements 47
Ask Slashdot: Are Any Certifications Worth Going For? 317
FISA Court Extends Section 215 Bulk Surveillance For 90 Days 83
Book Review: Spam Nation 82
Sony Hacks Continue: PlayStation Hit By Lizard Squad Attack 170
Displaced IT Workers Being Silenced 398
Uber Banned In Delhi After Taxi Driver Accused of Rape 180
How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love the Twitterbot 54
North Korea Denies Involvement In "Righteous" Sony Hack 85
Ask Slashdot: Can a Felon Work In IT? 720
Neglecting the Lessons of Cypherpunk History 103
Sony Employees Receive Email Threat From Hackers: 'Your Family Will Be In Danger' 184
Should IT Professionals Be Exempt From Overtime Regulations? 545
In North Korea, Hackers Are a Handpicked, Pampered Elite 102
The Sony Pictures Hack Was Even Worse Than Everyone Thought 528
Ask Slashdot: Convincing My Company To Stop Using Passwords? 247
Windows 10 Adds Battery Saver Feature 96
The Cost of the "S" In HTTPS 238
Google Confirms That It's Designing Kid-Friendly Versions of Its Services 52
UK MP Says ISPs Must Take Responsibility For Movie Leaks, Sony Eyes North Korea 216
Google Hopes To One Day Replace Gmail With Inbox 239
Dragon Age: Inquisition Reviewed and Benchmarked 91
Fraudulent Apps Found In Apple's Store 89
Twitter Should Use Random Sample Voting For Abuse Reports 132
Mathematical Trick Helps Smash Record For the Largest Quantum Factorization 62
Iranian Hackers Compromised Airlines, Critical Infrastructure Companies 61
FBI: Wiper Malware Has Korean Language Packs, Hard Coded Targets 81
18th Century Law Dredged Up To Force Decryption of Devices 446
Big Banks Will Vie For Your Attention With Cardless ATMs and VR 76
Chromebooks Overtake iPads In US Education Market 193
Want To Work For a Cool Tech Company? Hone Your Social Skills 139
Cyber Ring Stole Secrets For Gaming US Stock Market 37
Workers On Autism Spectrum Finding Careers In Software Testing 109
BlackBerry Clears Hurdle For Voice Crypto Acquisition 27
How the FCC CIO Plans To Modernize 207 Legacy IT Systems 74
Black Friday '14: E-commerce Pages Far Slower Than They Were in 2013 143
Ask Slashdot: IT Career Path After 35? 376
Ask Slashdot: Making a 'Wife Friendly' Gaming PC? 720
Bad Lockup Bug Plagues Linux 257
Hackers Breach Payment Systems of Major Parking Garage Operator 38
Debian Forked Over Systemd 647
Security Experts Believe the Internet of Things Will Be Used To Kill Someone 165
Syrian Electronic Army Takes Credit For News Site Hacking 24
Ask Slashdot: Best Biometric Authentication System? 127
Auto Industry Teams Up With Military To Stop Car Hacking 114
Is LTO Tape On Its Way Out? 284
The People Who Are Branding Vulnerabilities 64
Sony Pictures Computer Sytems Shut Down After Ransomware Hack 155
Big IT Vendors Mostly Mum On Commercial Drone Plans 22
Regin Malware In EU Attack Linked To US and British Intelligence Agencies 131
DHS Set To Destroy "Einstein" Surveillance Records 71
Book Review: Bulletproof SSL and TLS 92
LinkedIn Study: US Attracting Fewer Educated, Highly Skilled Migrants 338
Nuclear Weapons Create Their Own Security Codes With Radiation 106
Highly Advanced Backdoor Trojan Cased High-Profile Targets For Years 143
Profanity-Laced Academic Paper Exposes Scam Journal 137
Ukraine's IT Brigade Supports the Troops 140
Some Early Nexus 6 Units Returned Over Startup Bug 39
Critical XSS Flaws Patched In WordPress and Popular Plug-In 41
Another Hint For Kryptos 50
Greenwald Advises Market-Based Solution To Mass Surveillance 157
Tracking a Bitcoin Thief, Part II: Illustrating the Issue of Trust In Altcoins 46
Does Being First Still Matter In America? 247
WhatsApp To Offer End-to-End Encryption 93
Android Botnet Evolves, Could Pose Threat To Corporate Networks 54
Is a Moral Compass a Hindrance Or a Help For Startups? 197
Head of FCC Proposes Increasing Internet School Fund 107
Launching 2015: a New Certificate Authority To Encrypt the Entire Web 212
Microsoft Releases Out-of-Band Security Patch For Windows 178
Coding Bootcamps Presented As "College Alternative" 226
The New-ish Technologies That Will Alter Your Career 66
State Department Joins NOAA, USPS In Club of Hacked Federal Agencies 54
Ars Dissects Android's Problems With Big Screens -- Including In Lollipop 103
Ask Slashdot: Dealing With VoIP Fraud/Phishing Scams? 159
Open Source Self-Healing Software For Virtual Machines 50
Apple Disables Trim Support On 3rd Party SSDs In OS X 327
GTK+ Developers Call For Help To Finish Cross-Platform OpenGL Support 89
Ask Slashdot: Who's the Doctors Without Borders of Technology? 112
Microsoft Aims To Offer Windows 10 Upgrades For All Windows Phone 8 Lumias 77
FreeBSD 10.1 Released 123
Facebook Testing Lithium-Ion Batteries For Backup Power 41
81% of Tor Users Can Be De-anonymized By Analysing Router Information 136
US Gov't Issues Alert About iOS "Masque Attack" Threat 98
Ask Slashdot: Getting Around Terrible Geolocation? 100
Internet Voting Hack Alters PDF Ballots In Transmission 148
Nvidia Shield Tablet Gets Android Lollipop Update, Half Life 2 EP1 and GRID 58
Ask Slashdot: How To Unblock Email From My Comcast-Hosted Server? 405
Popular Smartphones Hacked At Mobile Pwn2Own 2014 52
Senate May Vote On NSA Reform As Soon As Next Week 127
US Weather System and Satellite Network Hacked 76
Data Center Study Reveals Top 5 SMART Stats That Correlate To Drive Failures 142
After Silk Road 2.0 Shutdown, Rival Dark Net Markets Grow Quickly 86
ISPs Removing Their Customers' Email Encryption 245
US Postal Service Suspends Telecommuting Following Massive Breach 50
First Victims of the Stuxnet Worm Revealed 39
Multi-Process Comes To Firefox Nightly, 64-bit Firefox For Windows 'Soon' 181
Germans Can Get Free Heating From the Cloud 148
Gridlock In Action: Retailers Demand New Regulations To Protect Consumers 127
US Postal Service Hacked, 500k+ Employees and Public Data Breached 46
Book Review: Countdown To Zero Day 58
Report: Federal Workers, Contractors Behind Half of Government Cyber Breaches 61
Eben Upton Explains the Raspberry Pi Model A+'s Redesign 107
Espionage Campaign Targets Corporate Executives Traveling Abroad 101
Berlin's Digital Exiles: Where Tech Activists Go To Escape the NSA 231
More Tor .Onion Sites May Get Digital Certificates Soon 52
Website Peeps Into 73,000 Unsecured Security Cameras Via Default Passwords 321
Informational Wi-Fi Traffic As a Covert Communication Channel For Malware 16
British Spies Are Free To Target Lawyers and Journalists 184
Big Data Knows When You Are About To Quit Your Job 185
Home Depot Says Hackers Grabbed 53 Million Email Addresses 99
WireLurker Mac OS X Malware Found, Shut Down 59
Silk Road 2.0 Seized By FBI, Alleged Founder Arrested In San Francisco 219
PC Cooling Specialist Zalman Goes Bankrupt Due To Fraud 208
The Fight Over the EFF's Secure Messaging Scoreboard 63
NSA Director Says Agency Shares Most, But Not All, Bugs It Finds 170
Another Election, Another Slew of Voting Machine Glitches 388
EFF Begins a Campaign For Secure and Usable Cryptography 96
Google Releases Open Source Nogotofail Network Traffic Security Testing Tool 36
American Express Seeks To Swap Card Numbers For Secure Tokens 130
Ask Slashdot: Single Sign-On To Link Google Apps and Active Directory? 168
The Great IT Hiring He-Said / She-Said 574
Flaw in New Visa Cards Would Let Hackers Steal $1M Per Card 126
Smartphone App To Be Used As Hotel Room Keys 150
The 7th Underhanded C Contest Is Online 41
Chinese Hackers Mess With Texas By Attacking Fracking Firms 104
YouTube Opens Up 60fps To Everyone 152
Ask Slashdot: How Useful Are DMARC and DKIM? 139
Video Raises Doubts About Attkisson's Claims of Malicious Hacking 105
OpenBSD 5.6 Released 125
Kubuntu 15.04 Will Be Based On KDE5 45
Smart Meters and New IoT Devices Cause Serious Concern 168
Facebook Sets Up Shop On Tor 125
Breaching Air-Gap Security With Radio 80
Google To Disable Fallback To SSL 3.0 In Chrome 39 and Remove In Chrome 40 70
Vulnerabilities Found (and Sought) In More Command-Line Tools 87
Cutting the Cord? Time Warner Loses 184,000 TV Subscribers In One Quarter 392
Drupal Warns Users of Mass, Automated Attacks On Critical Flaw 76
Security Companies Team Up, Take Down Chinese Hacking Group 63
Apple Pay Competitor CurrentC Breached 265
Hackers Breach White House Network 98
Dangerous Vulnerability Fixed In Wget 58
Help a Journalist With An NFC Chip Implant Violate His Own Privacy and Security 142
Ask Slashdot: Unlimited Data Plan For Seniors? 170
OEM Windows 7 License Sales End This Friday 242
Alienware's Triangular Area-51 Re-Design With Tri-SLI GeForce GTX 980, Tested 138
Debate Over Systemd Exposes the Two Factions Tugging At Modern-day Linux 863
Car Thieves and Insurers Vote On Keyless Car Security 221
Microsoft Is Bringing WebRTC To Explorer, Eyes Plugin-Free Skype Calls 66
Book Review: Measuring and Managing Information Risk: a FAIR Approach 46
"Police Detector" Monitors Emergency Radio Transmissions 215
OwnCloud Dev Requests Removal From Ubuntu Repos Over Security Holes 126
Passwords: Too Much and Not Enough 223
Researcher Finds Tor Exit Node Adding Malware To Downloads 126
Ubuntu 14.10 Released With Ambitious Name, But Small Changes 110
Cisco Fixes Three-Year-Old Telnet Flaw In Security Appliances 60
Proposed Penalty For UK Hackers Who "Damage National Security": Life 165
Machine Learning Expert Michael Jordan On the Delusions of Big Data 145
Deutsche Telecom Upgrades T-Mobile 2G Encryption In US 27
Software Glitch Caused 911 Outage For 11 Million People 115
Windows 0-Day Exploited In Ongoing Attacks 114
DHS Investigates 24 Potentially Lethal IoT Medical Devices 79
Samsung Acknowledges and Fixes Bug On 840 EVO SSDs 101
Google Adds USB Security Keys To 2-Factor Authentication Options 121
Safercar.gov Overwhelmed By Recall For Deadly Airbags 120
Delivering Malicious Android Apps Hidden In Image Files 113
Security Company Tries To Hide Flaws By Threatening Infringement Suit 124
China Staging a Nationwide Attack On iCloud and Microsoft Accounts 109

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