This week on O’Reilly: Alistair Croll explained why true data is more important than big data, we looked at how BuzzData is building community around datasets, and Liza Daly explained the connection between digital content and choreography. View full post on O’Reilly News and Commentary View full post on National…
Mozilla gets tough after digital certificates hack
Iranian hacker who claims responsibility for breaches at certificate authorities threatens broader attacks. Firefox maker gives digital-certificate sellers a week to boost security. View full post on bank security hacker – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security
Cars now under serious threat from hackers, warns McAfee (Digital Trends)
Digital Trends – The computer that runs your car may be the next target hit by hackers, says anti-virus software maker McAfee. View full post on Yahoo! News: Security News View full post on National Cyber Security
GlobalSign pulls digital certificates
GlobalSign digital certificates have come under scrutiny after a hacker’s claim that he broke into the company’s computer systems. If true, it would be the second such compromise in the past few weeks. The hacker, known as Comodohacker, announced earlier in the week that he had broken into Dutch certificate…
College students need to check digital security
College campuses around the country are welcoming back students over the next few weeks. Those students’ parents, as they unload armfuls of gadgets and miles of power cords, will remember when the only things in a dorm room that needed outlets were the stereo and the typewriter. That was a…
Facebook: We didn’t mean to censor activists (Digital Trends)
Environmental activists were unable to post on Facebook pages support the cause this weekend, and initially thought the site was blocking this content. But the social network has spoken up, saying the blocked material wasn’t the result of manual blocking but of its anti-spam algorithm. The filter is designed to…
Google: IP spoofing on the rise (Digital Trends)
Google has been running its Safe Browsing service for about four years, with a goal towards providing an open service that Web browsing applications can check against to see if a particular site is suspected of hosting malware or phishing scams. Now, Google has published an analysis (PDF) of more…