Requested Re-Post “Now if we do a really great job on new vaccines, health care, reproductive health services, we lower that by perhaps 10 or 15 percent.” Public release date: 6-May-2011 Microsoft founder and one of the world’s wealthiest men,… Read More ›
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Largest single personal data hack ever? 360mn stolen account credentials found online
Published time: March 01, 2014 01:31 Reuters / Kacper Pempel A cyber security firm has reported a “mind boggling” cache of stolen credentials which has been put up for sale on online black markets. A total of… Read More ›
Bing censoring Chinese language search results for users in the US
English and Chinese language queries for terms such as ‘Dalai Lama’ return radically different results on Microsoft search engine Dominic Rushe in New York theguardian.com, Tuesday 11 February 2014 16.36 EST A Bing search in Chinese for Bo Xilai,… Read More ›
Microsoft, Facebook, Google and Yahoo release US surveillance requests
• Tech giants turn over data from tens of thousands of accounts • Limited disclosure part of transparency deal made last month Spencer Ackerman in Washington and Dominic Rushe in New York theguardian.com, Monday 3 February 2014 16.40 EST Microsoft,… Read More ›
ATM security alert as Microsoft prepares to kill off Windows XP
Microsoft to cease support for Windows XP on April 8th Experts believe only 95% of ATMs run the software Could leave machines vulnerable to hackers By Mark Prigg PUBLISHED: 19:42 EST, 17 January 2014 Cashpoints around the world could be… Read More ›
How the NSA hacks PCs, phones, routers, hard disks ‘at speed of light’: Spy tech catalog leaks
– It’s not as bad as you thought – it’s much worse By Iain Thomson 31st December 2013 04:29 GMT Analysis A leaked NSA cyber-arms catalog has shed light on the technologies US and UK spies use to infiltrate… Read More ›
Listing of the Most Controversial Posts as of 27 NOV 2013
As requested we have posted the list in preparation for archiving: ‘Assassination market’: Bernanke tops ‘kill-list’ in crowd-sourced bitcoin fundraiser for wannabe hitmen Current Black Market Prices for People and Organs Dangerous experiment in fetal engineering Hackers publish CIA Director… Read More ›
Millions in farm subsidies doled out to billionaires between 1995-2012
Millions of American taxpayer dollars were allocated to businesses owned by 50 billionaires between 1995 and 2012, according to a study from the Environmental Working Group. The left-leaning organization points out that the subsidies made their way to the billionaires,… Read More ›
Snowden document reveals key role of companies in NSA data collection
NSA leverages relationships with commercial partners to collect vast quantities of data from fibre-optic cables, file shows • Tapping fibre-optic cables – see the NSA slide Ewen MacAskill and Dominic Rushe in New York theguardian.com, Friday 1 November 2013… Read More ›
Bill Gates: Microsoft investors reportedly call for co-founder to depart
Unnamed investors said to be lobbying the board for the departure of Microsoft’s co-founder Reuters in New York theguardian.com, Tuesday 1 October 2013 21.12 EDT Bill Gates: hints of pressure for him to step down. Photograph: Brendan McDermid/Reuters Three of… Read More ›
Harvard seeks $8.1 billion in record fundraising drive
Sunday, September 22, 2013 – 10:36 Reuters BOSTON – Harvard, the richest university in the United States, said on Saturday it would seek to raise some $6.5 billion in donations to fund new academic initiatives and bolster its financial aid… Read More ›
The mega rich are mega richer •Total worth of 400 people on the list is $2 trillion, their highest total ever
Bill Gates crowned America’s wealthiest person for the 20th-straight year with $72 BILLION fortune… and elite are now worth a combined $2 TRILLION Microsoft co-founder is once again richest man in U.S. with $72 billion Total worth of 400 people… Read More ›
Yahoo chief Marissa Mayer said she feared winding up in prison for TREASON if she refused to comply with US spy demands for data
Yahoo CEO fears defying NSA could mean prison 12 Sep 2013 SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) Yahoo chief Marissa Mayer said she feared winding up in prison for treason if she refused to comply with US spy demands for data. Her comments… Read More ›
Germany warns: You just CAN’T TRUST some Windows 8 PCs
Microsoft: You can still buy an ‘insecure’ Win 8 machine sans TPM chip By Jasper Hamill 23rd August 2013 10:38 GMT Microsoft’s new touchy Windows 8 operating system is so vulnerable to prying hackers that Germany’s businesses and… Read More ›
NSA paid millions to cover Prism compliance costs for tech companies
• Top-secret files show first evidence of financial relationship • Prism companies include Google and Yahoo, says NSA • Costs were incurred after 2011 Fisa court ruling Ewen MacAskill in New York The Guardian, Thursday 22 August 2013… Read More ›
Internet Companies Paid Millions for Spying Activity
By NICK DIVITO (CN) – The National Security Agency paid millions of dollars to Internet companies like Google, Yahoo!, Microsoft and Facebook to cover costs of its PRISM surveillance program, according to secret documents obtained by The Guardian and… Read More ›
Hackers expected to unleash viruses on Windows XP in 2014 When support for the operating system stops, users will no longer receive updates to fix the exploits.
By Leo Boon Yeow, Hardware Zone | 14-08-13 According to a report by Computerworld, hackers have been storing Windows XP zero-day vulnerabilities that they have discovered, with the intent of unleashing them on XP users the moment Microsoft… Read More ›
Raid millions of bank accounts. New easy-to-use tool. Yours for $5,000
F… KINS hell! By John Leyden Posted in Security, 25th July 2013 12:59 GMT Cybercrooks have brewed a new professional-grade Trojan toolkit called KINS that will pose plenty of problems for banks and their customers in the months… Read More ›
Stores now tracking your behavior and moods through cameras and cell phones
Retailers across the globe are tracking shoppers without their consent Technology providers will not name the stores Nordstrom ended their use of this technology in May By Ryan Gorman PUBLISHED: 18:50 EST, 15 July 2013 | UPDATED: 19:28 EST, 15… Read More ›
How Skype developed a secret program called ‘Project Chess’ to make it easier for law enforcement and government officials to spy on customers’ data
By Hayley Peterson PUBLISHED: 09:56 EST, 21 June 2013 | UPDATED: 09:56 EST, 21 June 2013 The web-based calling service Skype allegedly developed a secret program called ‘Project Chess’ to make it easier for the government to spy… Read More ›
We want to put a KILL SWITCH into your PHONE, say Feds
The only good mobe is a dead mobe By Bill Ray Posted in Security, 14th June 2013 11:44 GMT Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Backup/Recovery US law enforcement is calling for a mandatory kill switch on all mobiles, enabling the shut… Read More ›
Foreign Governments gathering secret intelligence via covert NSA operation
UK gathering secret intelligence via covert NSA operation Exclusive: UK security agency GCHQ gaining information from world’s biggest internet firms through US-run Prism programme Nick Hopkins guardian.co.uk, Friday 7 June 2013 09.27 EDT Documents show GCHQ (above) has… Read More ›
Forget phones, PRISM plan shows internet firms give NSA everything
Microsoft, Google, Apple and Yahoo! and others open their legs servers By Iain Thomson in San Francisco Posted in Security, 7th June 2013 00:23 GMT It has been a rough 24 hours for the US National Security Agency. First a leaked… Read More ›
Germany: Microsoft’s Xbox is twisted nightmare for spying
Monday, 03 June 2013 When Microsoft launched its new Xbox One console last week, rave reviews calling it “awesome” and “stunning” were quickly forgotten when gamers began complaining about how the device doesn’t work with their old favorites (among… Read More ›
Bill Gates ‘casual’ handshake has South Koreans up in arms
Microsoft founder accused of disrespecting the South Korean President, Park Geun-hye Rob Williams Thursday, 25 April 2013 Body language experts would have us believe that you can tell a lot about a person from their handshake. What to… Read More ›
Fury as child porn goes viral on Facebook with 16,000 ‘shares’ and 4,000 ‘likes’
The clip was of a young girl apparently being abused by a grown man Some users shared grabs of video on Twitter to alert others of the danger Twitter hosted a torrent of furious tweets asking how clip got onto… Read More ›
2013 Forbes Billionaires list: Record number of new entries appear on rich list, but Carlos Slim and Bill Gates still top the charts
An ‘old guard’ remain the richest people on earth John Hall Monday, 4 March 2013 A record number of new entries appear on the 2013 Forbes Billionaires list, but an old guard including Carlos Slim and Bill Gates remain the… Read More ›
Class Claims X-Box Soaks Parents Through Kids
By KEVIN KOENINGER BROWNSVILLE, Texas (CN) – “Too bad, so sad,” Microsoft tells parents after defrauding them by letting their children run up massive charges for add-ons to play X-Box Live games online, parents claim in a federal… Read More ›
World’s rich get richer – Top 100 by 241 Billion
Posted by: Usman Ahmed Posted date: January 02, 2013 NEW YORK: The combined assets of the world’s 100 richest people grew by $241 billion in 2012 to almost $1.9 trillion, according to the Bloomberg business news agency. The fastest… Read More ›
Anti-virus products are rubbish, says Imperva
‘Spend not proportional to effectiveness’ By Richard Chirgwin Posted in Security, 1st January 2013 21:15 GMT Free whitepaper – Media and Entertainment Goes Digital A study released in December by US security outfit Imperva has tipped a bucket on the… Read More ›
Chinese Hackers exploiting Internet Explorer Zero Day vulnerability for Cyber Espionage
Author : Mohit Kumar on 12/29/2012 03:37:00 AM Web site for the Council on Foreign Relations was compromised and recently hit by a drive-by attack that was detected earlier this week. Hacker are suspected to be from China… Read More ›
Internet Explorer flaw allows Hackers to Track your Mouse; “Almost every US-based user of Internet Explorer will have their mouse cursor tracked via this exploit almost every day “
Author : Mohit Kumar on 12/15/2012 05:09:00 AM A vulnerability in different versions of Microsoft‘s widely used browser Internet Explorer can allow hackers to track the movements of your mouse. Microsoft is investigating reports of a mouse-tracking flaw that puts… Read More ›
UPDATE 1-Germany urges public to stop using Internet Explorer
Tue Sep 18, 2012 7:24pm EDT * Move comes after Microsoft warns of bug in browser * German gov’t says hackers using bug to launch attacks * Microsoft plans to release fix within next few days * Researcher says attacks… Read More ›
Microsoft warns of new zero-day flaw targeting Internet Explorer
By Charles Arthur, The Guardian Tuesday, September 18, 2012 8:10 EDT Topics: internet explorer ♦ Microsoft Hackers have already targeted flaw that affects IE versions 7, 8 and 9, and could be exploited on XP, Vista and Windows 7 Microsoft… Read More ›
Malware being installed on computers in factories, warns Microsoft : ” found forged versions of Windows on all the machines “
Researchers find malware pre-installed on brand new computers bought in China Associated Press guardian.co.uk, Friday 14 September 2012 07.41 EDT Microsoft investigator David Anselmi shows how malware can wind up on consumer computers. Photograph: Elaine Thompson/AP Criminals are installing malware on… Read More ›
Those who Sold Facebook Shares, As You were being told to buy
By By The Associated Press | Associated Press Investors who sold stock in Facebook IPO Facebook Inc. sold 180 million of its shares in its initial public stock offering in May. Another 241.2 million came from existing stockholders, including the… Read More ›
Will Microsoft’s Police Surveillance System Violate Your Privacy? – Domain Awareness System
By Alex Fitzpatrick | Mashable – 9 hrs ago securitycameras600 The Microsoft-powered police surveillance system being installed in New York City is an impressive bit of innovation: It connects a wide variety of technology already in use by the New… Read More ›
Anger after Bill Gates gives £6m to British lab to develop GM crops
Nina Lakhani Monday 16 July 2012 The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has given British scientists a multi-million pound grant to develop GM crops in what could be the most significant PR endorsement for the controversial technology. The John Innes… Read More ›
