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Feds: TSA Worker Tried to Sabotage Terror Database
A former Transportation Security Administration contractor is being charged in Colorado for allegedly injecting malicious code into a government network used for screening airport security workers and others. The malicious code, a logic bomb installed last October, was designed to cause damage and disrupt data on servers on an undisclosed date but was caught by other workers before it delivered its payload. Douglas James Duchak, 46, had worked as a data analyst at the TSA’s Colorado Springs Operations Center, or CSOC, since 2004.
Continue reading »3rd UK Law Firm Targets Illegal File-Sharers
TBI Solicitors sends out an unspecified number of letters to suspected illegal file-sharers threatening legal action unless they agree to pay £700 in compensation ($1,000 USD). One of the tactics employed by copyright holders to try and get a handle on illegal file-sharing is to give overzealous law firms free reign to target as many illegal file-sharers as possible. The tactic has obviously never worked, despite one law firm, ACS Law referring to it as a “ revolutionary business model ” that “generates revenue for rights holders and effectively decreases copyright infringement in a measurable and sustainable way” unlike the “costly and ineffective” anti-piracy measures of other companies.
Continue reading »Google Hackers Targeted Source Code of More Than 30 Companies
A hack attack that targeted Google in December also hit 33 other companies, including financial institutions and defense contractors, and was aimed at stealing source code from the companies, say security researchers at iDefense. The hackers used a zero-day vulnerability in Adobe Reader to deliver malware to the companies and were in many cases successful at siphoning the source code they sought, according to a statement distributed Tuesday by iDefense, a division of VeriSign. The attack was similar to an attack that targeted other companies last July, the company said.
Continue reading »Torrent Sites Welcome Google’s Chrome OS
You can download the compiled source code and disk images that can be run in a virtual machine from a number of p2p file-sharing sites Google has recently released its Chrome OS to open source and now you can find it available for free download on multiple p2p file-sharing sites like Mininova or Kickasstorrents, for example. Reportedly, uploaders/downloaders of Chrome OS compiled the system from the bits that the company made public when released it as open source. In addition, Google posted instructions on the Chromium Projects site for using the source code to create a build.
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