Comment: Phishing (Score 1) 110
A better idea would be to seed the honey pot passwords to phishing attempts while waiting for the host to close them down.
+ - UK benefits claimants forced to use Microsoft Windows XP and IE6->
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carlypage3 writes "Benefits claimants in the UK are being forced to use Microsoft's now obsolete Windows XP and Internet Explorer 6 software. The Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) states that its online forms are not compatible with Internet Explorer 7, 8, 9 and 10, Safari, Google Chrome or Firefox. As if that wasn't unnerving enough, the Gov.UK website says that users cannot submit claims using Mac OS X or Linux operating systems, either."
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+ - AI system invents new card games (for humans)->
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jtogel writes "This New Scientist article describes our AI system that automatically generates card games. The article contains a description of a playable card game generated by our system. But card games are just the beginning... The card game generator is a part of a larger project to automatise all of game development using artificial intelligence methods — we're also working on level generation for a variety of different games, and on rule generation for simple arcade-like games."
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+ - British Defence Firm QinetiQ Pillaged By Chinese Hackers->
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judgecorp writes "A British defence firm, QinetiQ, has been repeatedly breached by Chinese hackers for more than three years, it has emerged. The attack took intellectual property and business secrets of course, but this time experts are saying national security has been compromised."
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+ - Commercial Firefox trojan condemed by Mozilla Foundation->
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Martin S. writes "The BBC is reporting about Commercial Firefox trojan by the The Mozilla Foundation who have accused UK software group Gamma International of falsely associating one of its products with the Firefox name; after the citizenlab.org published the For Their Eyes Only: The Commercialization of Digital Spying a couple of days ago. Schneier has more to add.about FinSpy/FinFisher"
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+ - Dutch bill seeks to give law enforcement hacking powers->
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An anonymous reader writes "The Dutch government today presented a draft bill that aims to give law enforcement the power to hack into computer systems — including those located in foreign countires — to do research, gather and copy evidence or block access to certain data.
Law enforcement should be allowed to block access to child pornography, read emails that contain information exchanged between criminals and also be able to place taps on communication, according to a draft bill published Thursday and signed by Ivo Opstelten, the Minister of Security and Justice. Government agents should also be able to engage in activities such as turning on a suspect's phone GPS to track their location, the bill said.
Opstelten announced last October he was planning to craft this bill."
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Law enforcement should be allowed to block access to child pornography, read emails that contain information exchanged between criminals and also be able to place taps on communication, according to a draft bill published Thursday and signed by Ivo Opstelten, the Minister of Security and Justice. Government agents should also be able to engage in activities such as turning on a suspect's phone GPS to track their location, the bill said.
Opstelten announced last October he was planning to craft this bill."
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+ - US ambassador explains his fight against Game of Thrones piracy->
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johnsnails writes "THE US ambassador to Australia, who lambasted Australians for pirating popular fantasy TV series Game of Thrones, has explained why he does not have "anything better to do" than to fight this issue."
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+ - Our Solar System: Rare Species in Cosmic Zoo->
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astroengine writes "Pulling from 20 years of research since the first discoveries of planets beyond our solar system, scientists have concluded that Earth and its sibling worlds comprise what appears to be a relatively rare breed in a diverse cosmic zoo that includes a huge variety of planet sizes, orbits and parent stars. The most common systems contain one or more planets one to three times bigger than Earth, all orbiting much closer to their parent stars than Earth circles the sun, says astronomer Andrew Howard, with the University of Hawaii."
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+ - Chinese Hackers Infiltrate US Army Database, Compromise Safety Of Thousands Of D-> 1
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coolnumbr12 writes "Chinese hackers have infiltrated a sensitive U.S. Army database that contains information about the vulnerabilities of thousands of dams located throughout the United States. TheU.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ National Inventory of Dams (NID) has raised concerns that information gathered in the hack attack could help China carry out a cyberattack on the national electrical power grid."
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+ - Repeal of Louisiana Science Education Act rejected.->
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egjertse writes "A Louisiana law that opponents say leaves the backdoor open to teaching "creationism" in public schools will stay on the books after a Senate committee Wednesday effectively killed a bill that would repeal the statute. After hours of testimony for and against House Bill 26, which repeals the 2008 Louisiana Science Education Act, the senators narrowly deferred the legislation, effectively killing it in committee. The bill was sponsored by Sen. Karen Carter Peterson, D-New Orleans."
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+ - Google Ordered Back to UK Parliament to "Explain Itself" Following Investigation->
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DavidGilbert99 writes "Last November Matt Brittin, Google's European chief gave a pretty convincing account of himself as he tried to explain why Google wasn't paying more tax in the UK. All the sales staff were based in Ireland apparently and the UK-based staff were there just to promote the platform for advertisers. Great. Nothing to see here. Move on please.
Well, actually there is a little more to the story, as an investigation by Reuters has discovered. There are many sales staff in the UK with titles and responsibilities curiously close to what most people would call sales staff and as a result Mr. Brittin will once again have to face Margaret Hodge and the PAC to explain just what is happening."
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Well, actually there is a little more to the story, as an investigation by Reuters has discovered. There are many sales staff in the UK with titles and responsibilities curiously close to what most people would call sales staff and as a result Mr. Brittin will once again have to face Margaret Hodge and the PAC to explain just what is happening."
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Comment: Correlations (Score 1) 931
Theistic believe correlates with lower IQ and Conservatism.
Depression also correlates with high IQ
What could this mean.....
Comment: Graphics not screens shots... (Score 1) 267
The fact that could even think they are screen shots reveals you are an idiot.
Comment: Covering his tracks (Score 1) 127
Some elite hacker, He doesn't seem to have made any effort to cover his tracks. His hacker 'handle' is easily found links directly achievements on encyclopediadramatica and his twitter account which leads to his real name, which links to both facebook and linkedin profiles amongst many other sites, with photos and lots of personal data.
Comment: Re:specialty software prices (Score 1) 953
This dates back to earliest availability of paper stock, White Papers were published on the best quality white paper, the drafts used cheaper paper stock with a green hue.
The semantics are also quite interesting, the french carte blanche (card white) which now means roughly having "full power" in English.