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Thursday, July 24, 2014 from militarytimes.comArmy Chief Warrant Officer Milam Jeans had no problem moving his wife and children from Germany to a new post in Alaska this summer.
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Thursday, July 24, 2014 from militarytimes.comA push by Veterans Affairs Department officials for billions in new funding to hire more doctors may upend congressional efforts for a wide-reaching VA reform package that appeared all but finished just a few weeks ago.
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Thursday, July 24, 2014 from militarytimes.comSen. John Walsh of Montana said Wednesday his failure to attribute conclusions and verbatim passages lifted from other scholars' work in his thesis to earn a master's degree from the U.S.
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Thursday, July 24, 2014 from militarytimes.comTwelve current or former Mississippi Army National Guard members have been indicted in a case alleging they swindled money through a program that offers incentives for recruiting.
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Thursday, July 24, 2014 from militarytimes.comThe Senate Veterans Affairs Committee on Wednesday endorsed former Procter & Gamble CEO Robert McDonald to be the new secretary of Veterans Affairs.
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from militarytimes.comIraq's Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki rejected an attempt by Iran to persuade him to step down, senior Iraqi politicians said Wednesday, underlining his determination to defy even his top ally to push for a third term in office and furth...
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from militarytimes.comPfc. Paul Ieti's performance in the first round of NBC's 'America's Got Talent' earned a standing ovation and hugs from three of the show's four celebrity judges - a supermodel, a Spice Girl and Howard Stern.
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from militarytimes.comChildhood traumas are more common among military members and veterans than among civilians, according to a new study. Researchers say the results support the notion that for some, enlistment serves as an escape from troubled upbringings.
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from militarytimes.comThe roughly 1,000 Texas Army and Air National Guard troops being dispatched to the U.S.-Mexico border will not be tasked with apprehending illegal immigrants, said the adjutant general of the Texas National Guard.
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from militarytimes.comBack in 2010, the secretary of the Navy and the chief of naval operations made a $100 bet with then-Naval Academy superintendent Vice Adm. Mike Miller that he wouldn't survive a second four-year stint back on the yard.
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from militarytimes.comOne soldier's career: Ranger with eight deployments, lost his hand to a grenade while saving his buddies, pinned with the Medal of Honor, met presidents and celebrities, smiling in dress uniform as grand master at parades and speaker at ...
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from militarytimes.comA retired battalion sergeant major who was depicted in the HBO miniseries 'Generation Kill,' was arrested in Yuma, Arizona, and charged with sex offenses involving a minor. It's the second time in a month he has faced child sex abuse all...
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from militarytimes.comIn the wake of a high-profile misconduct investigation of the Blue Angels, the Navy's top aviator announced sweeping changes to the flight demonstration squadron's unique structure - changes officials hope will yield a better-run squadron.
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from militarytimes.comWith female officers having served in the boomer force for nearly three years, the Navy is aiming for women to make up a significant portion of the ballistic-missile submarine force by 2020, one of the new waypoints in the silent service...
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from militarytimes.comSenators and student veteran leaders are working to dissuade would-be college students from using GI Bill funds to enroll at WyoTech and Heald, criticizing the schools' recent recruiting actions as irresponsible and predatory.
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from militarytimes.comSenior U.S.
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from militarytimes.comA Georgia entertainment company is suing Tyler Perry, accusing the filmmaker of unfairly working with government officials to transform a former military base into a studio for Perry's company.
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from militarytimes.comMore than one in five service members do not identify with a particular religion, according to Defense Department statistics. To better serve them, an organization is working to expand the Chaplain Corps to include clergy who don't belie...
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from militarytimes.comStaff Sgt. Ryan Pitts, amid one of the bloodiest battles of the war in Afghanistan, was badly injured and fighting for his life, when he paused to comfort his comrade as he lay dying, Sgt. Israel Garcia.
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from militarytimes.comAt Bob McDonald's confirmation hearing Tuesday on his nomination to become the next Veterans Affairs Secretary, Sen.
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from militarytimes.comWhile veterans' groups are pushing the Senate to expand protections for disabled troops when they travel abroad, lawmakers in the chamber are considering expanding military jobs to disabled individuals at home.
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from militarytimes.comFormer Army Staff Sgt. Ryan Pitts received the Medal of Honor on Monday for his heroism during the Battle of Wanat in 2008, one of deadliest clashes of the Afghanistan War.
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from militarytimes.comRussian statements expressing skepticism that the U.S. can produce satellite images showing a surface-to-air missile shooting down the Malaysia Airlines jet on July 17 shows 'desperation' on Russia's part, the top Air Force space officia...
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from militarytimes.comThe independent agency responsible for oversight of U.S.
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from SpaceWar ExpressWashington (AFP) July 23, 2014 The US Air Force will launch new satellites Wednesday to track those of other countries and counter possible threats to American spacecraft, officials said. Two satellites are due to be sent into high-altit...
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from SpaceWar ExpressWashington DC (UPI) Jul 22, 2014 U.S. President Barack Obama and Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron have a great deal in common. They come from the same generation born in 1961 and 1966 respectively. They both shared the best educati...
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from SpaceWar ExpressSan Francisco (AFP) July 23, 2014 IBM's Watson supercomputer is putting its real-world smarts to work helping US soldiers transition back to civilian lives. Virtual intelligence created by IBM and proven in a victorious run on trivia tel...
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from SpaceWar ExpressBeijing (AFP) July 22, 2014 To the sound of Shakira's Waka Waka (This Time for Africa) robots demonstrated their dance steps, screaming recruits drilled with bayonets and tanks rolled as China's military offered a rare moment of openness...
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from SpaceWar ExpressStockholm (AFP) July 22, 2014 Swedish defence and aeronautics group Saab said Tuesday it had completed the acquisition of a submarine shipyard in Sweden owned by German heavy industry giant ThyssenKrupp. Saab paid 340 million kronor (36....
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from SpaceWar ExpressBannu, Pakistan (AFP) July 22, 2014 When Pakistani air force jets rained down missiles on a village in the country's violence-wracked northwest last week, it was described as yet another victory over Taliban insurgents in an ongoing mili...
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from SpaceWar ExpressVan Nuys, Calif. (UPI) Jul 22, 2013 Saudi Arabia's National Guard is receiving a precision ground approach radar to support its aviation mission from Exelis of the United States. The contract for the air traffic management capability was...
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from SpaceWar ExpressMoscow (AFP) July 22, 2014 The downing of the MH17 flight over rebel territory in Ukraine has put Moscow's support of the separatists under more scrutiny than ever amid allegations the plane was blasted out of the sky with a Russian-supp...
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from SpaceWar ExpressBaghdad (AFP) July 22, 2014 Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki met several Sunni tribal leaders on Tuesday in a renewed bid to gain their support in battling a raging jihadist-led Sunni insurgency. Maliki, a Shiite, has had a troubled r...
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from SpaceWar ExpressWashington (AFP) July 22, 2014 The delivery of French Mistral-class warships to Russia would be "completely inappropriate" given the West's misgivings about Moscow's role in Ukraine, the United States said Tuesday. "We don't think anyone...
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from SpaceWar ExpressBrussels (AFP) July 22, 2014 The European Commission will shortly begin work on defence sector sanctions against Russia over the Ukraine crisis, Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz said. The "EU commission will be tasked to prepare ...
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from SpaceWar ExpressLondon (AFP) July 23, 2014 Britain is still exporting arms and military equipment to Russia, according to a parliamentary report released Wednesday just hours after Prime Minister David Cameron rapped France for selling weapons to Moscow...
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from SpaceWar ExpressThe Hague (AFP) July 22, 2014 With evidence mounting that a surface-to-air missile brought down flight MH17 in Ukraine, experts warned Tuesday that proof remains a long way off and only satellite images can identify who pushed the button...
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from SpaceWar ExpressVilnius, Lithuania (UPI) Jul 22, 2013 Lithuania has begun the first phase of a modernization program for its land forces, which will include replacement of M113 armored personnel carriers. In the first phase, two mechanized infantry batt...
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from SpaceWar ExpressPalo Alto, Calif. (UPI) Jul 22, 2013 The U.S. military has chosen Space Systems/Loral to integrate space flight hardware for small science and technology missions. The award, for which no dollar value was disclosed, was issued by the U.S...
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from militarytimes.comSenior U.S. intelligence officials said Tuesday that Russia was responsible for 'creating the conditions' that led to the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, but they offered no evidence of direct Russian government involvement.
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from militarytimes.comThe Waukesha girl who was stabbed 19 times, allegedly by two classmates who thought her death would please a fictional online character, has received a special gift.
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from militarytimes.comFlags are flying at half-staff on the Navajo Nation in honor of a Code Talker.
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from militarytimes.comA veteran of the U.S. Marines says he was locked inside a central Florida community clinic operated by the Veteran's Administration.
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from militarytimes.comAn Army veteran who says his pet ducks help relieve his post-traumatic stress disorder is getting his day in court after being cited for violating an Ohio village ban, even though someone else already paid his fine.
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from militarytimes.comWhat appears to be a citizen trying to do a good deed might deny a disabled veteran the day in court he wants.
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from militarytimes.comElectroencephalograms, or EEGs, which measure electrical activity in the brain, show promise in improving treatment for depression - and consequently lowering post-traumatic stress symptoms and suicidal tendencies, a new military medical...
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from militarytimes.comRussian-backed separatists shot down two Ukrainian fighter jets Wednesday in the eastern regions of the country, according to the Ukrainian Defense Ministry.
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from militarytimes.comA World War II officer who trained the country's first black Marines was laid to rest at the Roseburg National Cemetery Annex.
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from militarytimes.comArmy Lt. Dawn Halfaker was on patrol 10 years ago in Baqubah, Iraq, when a rocket-propelled grenade tore through her military vehicle and exploded inside.
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from Defence News
HMS Illustrious returned to her Portsmouth home for the last time yesterday as her 32-year career draws to a close. The helicopter and commando carrier, which has clocked up 898,893 miles on operations around the world, is being withdraw...
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Thursday, July 24, 2014 from The Register - SecurityBut it WASN'T about any SMSes The owner of a marketing company which allegedly sent "millions of unsolicited text messages" was prosecuted for "failing to notify the ICO of changes to his notification" at Willesden Magistrates Court last...
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Thursday, July 24, 2014 from intelNews.orgAmerican intelligence officials said on Tuesday that the intercepted conversations between pro-Russian rebels in Ukraine, in which they admit shooting down a plane at approximately the same time Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 crashed in ea...
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Thursday, July 24, 2014 from The Register - SecurityMisc memory hazards 'could be exploited' - and guess what, one's a Javascript vuln Mozilla has released a bug-and-security update for Firefox, with 11 security fixes, three of them critical.…
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Thursday, July 24, 2014 from The Register - SecurityVUPEN waited for Pwn2Own cash while IE's sandbox leaked Security outlet VUPEN has revealed it held onto a critical Internet Explorer vulnerability for three years before disclosing it at the March Pwn2Own hacker competition.…
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Thursday, July 24, 2014 from The Register - SecurityNot running WordPress? Better hope your neighbour isn't Some 50,000 sites have been sprayed with backdoors from shonky malware targeting a popular and vulnerable WordPress plugin, according to researcher Daniel Cid.…
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Thursday, July 24, 2014 from Government Security NewsJohn Wagley Top Priority Sector: airport_aviation_security The House has unanimously passed three bills that aim to bolster security at airports, provide oversight of the Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) Office of Ins...
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Thursday, July 24, 2014 from The Register - SecuritySix charged, two arrested, in wake of coordinated raids. US prosecutors have unsealed indictments against six men in connection with some of the biggest, albeit now defunct, Android piracy stores.…
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Thursday, July 24, 2014 from The Register - SecurityIt's for diagnostics, honest, says iThing goliath in wake of hidden packet sniffer claims Faced with a growing backlash, Apple has added a page to its support website explaining iOS's previously unexplained data-slurping tools – which we...
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Thursday, July 24, 2014 from Government Security NewsTop Priority Sector: law_enforcement_first_responders U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) officers arrested one of ERO's most wanted fugitives last week during a joint...
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from Government Security NewsTop Priority Sector: cyber_security Colt Technology Services , the information delivery platform, and Virtustream , the enterprise-class cloud software and services provider, have partnered to offer SAP cloud and SAP HANA cloud ser...
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from Naked Security - SophosHere it is...this week's Chet Chat security podcast. In this episode: fixing routers, trusting browsers, killing zombies and showing TLC to sysadmins.
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from Government Security NewsTop Priority Sector: law_enforcement_first_responders The National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund has issued a new report, Law Enforcement Officer Deaths: Mid-Year 2014 , stating that 67 officers have been killed in the lin...
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from The Register - SecurityConsumer trust boost from data breach laws would do more for online biz than any subsidy or share scheme Thank you, Catch of the Day: in taking three years – three years – to own up to a data breach (and by the way doing it late on a Fri...
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from Government Security NewsTop Priority Sector: video_surveillance_cctv Karmiel, Israel-based Opgal Optronic Industries has announced new pricing for its revolutionary Therm-App thermal mobile device . The industry's first device for Android phones is now av...
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from Government Security NewsTop Priority Sector: it_security A global fraud study of more than 6,100 consumers across 20 countries revealed distrust among global consumers in retailers to protect their data. The new study, Global Consumers: Concerne...
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from The Register - SecurityIt's not a Tor exploit, but it will hit fully patched systems with default settings, we're told Exodus Intelligence has revealed what it claims is video evidence of researchers unmasking an anonymous user of the Tails operating system.…
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from ThreatpostA glut of Wordpress sites have fallen victim to both malware infections and a series of brute force attacks that have making the rounds over the past several days, researchers claim.
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from ThreatpostThe critical vulnerability in the TAILS operating system discovered by researchers at Exodus Intelligence lies in the I2P software that's bundled with the OS and the company has released some details and a video demonstrating an exploit ...
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from Naked Security - SophosThe Italian Data Protection Commissioner has given Google 18 months to change the way it treats and stores user data.
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from SearchSecurity: Security Wire Daily NewsWhile BlackBerry's CEO touts the mobile platform's security features, experts question whether the advantage over iOS and Android still exists.
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from eSecurityPlanet RSS FeedThe breach may date back as far as the middle of 2013.
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from ThreatpostMozilla has released a new version of Firefox, which includes patches for 11 security vulnerabilities. Three of the bugs fixed in Firefox 31 are critical, including a use-after-free vulnerability and a handful of memory safety issues. Th...
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from Infosecurity - Latest NewsWebsense warns 1m+ readers could be at risk from info-stealing malware.
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from Naked Security - SophosA "backdoor" that Apple built into iOS for developers can be used to spy on iPhones and iPads by governments, law enforcement, or cyber criminals, according to forensics researcher Jonathan Zdziarski.
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from Homeland Security News Wire7/22/14 MH17 Enable IntenseDebate Comments: Enable IntenseDebate Comments Over the weekend, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry appeared on several media outlets to make a case against Russia for the country’s support of pro-R...
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from Homeland Security News Wire7/22/14 Immigration Enable IntenseDebate Comments: Enable IntenseDebate Comments What was an attempt to improve America’s immigration policy and find an effective path to legal residency for illegal immigrants in the United S...
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from Naked Security - SophosFirefox 31 is out. So is its updated conservative older brother, the Extended Support Release, now at 24.7. And Firefox's email-oriented cousin Thunderbird gets updated, too.
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from Naked Security - SophosBesides yet more white-knuckled car-jacking stunts, security researchers Charlie Miller and Chris Valasek also plan to unveil at next month's Black Hat conference a prototype device meant to foil the type of hacks they've been throwing a...
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from Infosecurity - Latest NewsPalo Alto Networks warns of new risk to businesses from relative malware 'novices'.
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from Naked Security - SophosNever gonna give you up, Never gonna let you down, Never gonna run around and desert you.
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from Infosecurity - Latest NewsAndroid ransomware has found ways of making itself even harder to uninstall.
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from THN : The Hacker NewsThe allegations from a data forensic expert and security researcher that iOS contains a “backdoor” permitting third parties to potentially gain access to large amount of users' personal data instigated Apple to give a strong response. Th...
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from intelNews.orgTurkey’s political system appeared to be sinking deeper into crisis on Tuesday, as nearly 70 police officers, some of them senior, were arrested for illegally wiretapping the telephones of senior government figures, including the Prime M...
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from The Hackers Post
Researchers are gearing up to hack top manufacturers of Home and SME wireless routers during a contest next month at the Defcon 22 security conference.The contest is called SOHOpelessly Broken. The sponsors behind the DefCon SOHOpelessly... -
Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from THN : The Hacker NewsMozilla has officially released its latest build Firefox 31 for all supported platforms, addressing 11 vulnerabilities in total, three of which are marked critical that could have been exploited by hackers to mount remote code execution ...
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from The Register - Security'Prevent people that are passing by to hook up to your network', pleads plod Bungling cops in Yorkshire have called upon householders to lock down their Wi-Fi after mistaking a free hotspot user for a piggybacking connection thief.…
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from The Register - SecurityUS, Canadian and UK authorities expected to reveal details today eBay's ticket-selling offshoot StubHub has admitted to a breach of some users' security by a ring of fraudsters.…
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from The Register - SecurityWould you like a super-sized shipping charge with that? An apparent flaw that lets users add any amount of money onto already processed PayPal transactions is a feature, not a bug, according to the payments giant.…
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from The Register - Security'Retefe' trojan uses clever spin on old attacks to grant total control of bank accounts Attackers suspected of residing in Russia are raiding Swiss bank accounts with a multi-faceted attack that intercepts SMS tokens and changes domain n...
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from Breaking news on terrorism - breakingnews.comIDF: 20 Gaza 'terror targets' attacked overnight, 20 suspected militants killed in 24 hours - @haaretzcom
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from THN : The Hacker NewsAt the beginning of the month, we have reported about the new surge of a Stuxnet-like malware “Havex”, which was previously targeting organizations in the energy sector, had been used to carry out industrial espionage against a number of...
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from RSS for TerrorismToday in History
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from NYT > TerrorismAlthough the investigation into the downing of a Malaysian jetliner is in its early stages, the lack of a swift concrete response and aggressive denials by Russia have many Ukrainians worried.
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from NYT > TerrorismWhen war between Israel and Hamas broke out two weeks ago, the Palestinian militant group was so hamstrung, politically, economically and diplomatically, that its leaders appeared to feel they had nothing to lose.
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from NYT > TerrorismA report suggests that some concerns raised about an Islamic takeover of British schools in a letter widely deemed as fake could be real.
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from NYT > TerrorismPresident Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday met for the first time with the parents of several hundred schoolgirls kidnapped from the town of Chibok and dozens of classmates who escaped their militant captors.
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from The Register - SecurityFurry and furious browser-protector aims to improve online privacy Chrome and Firefox users can get a better handle on who is tracking their browsing, with the EFF releasing its Privacy Badger browser plug-in to public beta.…
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from The Register - SecurityFBI child-abuse warning shake-down gets more sophisticated Cybercrooks have further refined a strain of file-infecting ransomware that infects Android smartphones so that it targets English speakers and is more difficult to remove.…
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from RSS for TerrorismMalaysian jet, canceled Tel Aviv flights illustrate dangers of flying over unstable territory
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from Cybersecurity on Huffington Post
