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Showing posts with label Technology Internet. Show all posts
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Friday, October 30, 2015

Internet Access Expands In Cuba — For Those Who Can Afford It



Internet Access Expands In Cuba — For Those Who Can Afford It

OCTOBER 06, 2015 by Carrie Kahn


The Havana studio of prominent artist Kcho is ringed by Cubans with their heads buried in screens. Users say the only other free Internet connection in Havana is at the U.S. Interests Section.

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The best place to see Cuba's Internet explosion is along the busy Havana thoroughfare known as La Rampa, or the Ramp.

Named for its sloping descent toward the sea, it is congested and loud. Still, crowds pack the sidewalks, office alcoves and driveways here to get online. They huddle within a few blocks of huge cell towers atop the Habana Libre luxury hotel. All eyes are glued to smartphones, tablets and laptops.

Raul Cuba, 41, types a lengthy Internet access code and password into his phone. He only learned how to log on a month ago.

"I'd never been on Facebook before, and the first time I did, I got so excited. I started chatting with my family in Miami, in Italy and Spain," he says.

Until this summer, Internet access only was available to tourists and officials, but since then the Castro government has set up dozens of pay-as-you-go public Wi-Fi hot spots around the country. And last month, President Obama allowed U.S. companies to invest in the island's telecommunication industry.


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Friday, May 09, 2014

Snapchat, agreed to settle charges by the Federal Trade Commission that messages sent through its app did not disappear as easily as promised.

QUOTATION OF THE DAY

"The Internet is forever, and people don't realize that."
NICO SELL, a security expert, on Snapchat, which agreed to settle government charges that messages sent through its app do not disappear as easily as promised.

Off the Record in a Chat App? Don't Be Sure

By JENNA WORTHAM


The popular mobile service, Snapchat, agreed to settle charges by the Federal Trade Commission that messages sent through its app did not disappear as easily as promised... http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/09/technology/snapchat-reaches-settlement-with-federal-trade-commission.html?emc=edit_th_20140509&nl=todaysheadlines&nlid=45685287

Friday, April 11, 2014

NSA knew about, exploited Heartbleed for years: Bloomberg report.

NSA knew about, exploited Heartbleed for years: Bloomberg report.: By Lily Hay Newman

"It just doesn't end. Bloomberg is reporting that, according to “two people familiar with the matter,” the NSA has known about the Heartbleed vulnerability for at least two years—and was using it to collect information about people instead of, you know, telling someone about it and getting it fixed.

With millions of websites compromised, people all over the world changing their passwords for protection, the Canadian government suspending electronic tax filing, and people speculating about whether Heartbleed is the “worst vulnerability ever,” this could end up looking pretty bad for the agency. Good thing it already has a sparkly-clean public image, or it might be in trouble.

According to Bloomberg, it doesn’t seem that the NSA created Heartbleed—it just  found the bug and used it. " http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2014/04/11/nsa_knew_about_exploited_heartbleed_for_years_bloomberg_report.html?wpisrc=newsletter_jcr:content&mc_cid=67b8a19711&mc_eid=b27361148d


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Thursday, March 20, 2014

Bloomberg Business Week: Target Missed Warnings in Epic Hack of Credit Card Data

Bloomberg Business Week: Target Missed Warnings in Epic Hack of Credit Card Data

Target Missed Warnings in Epic Hack of Credit Card Data Reblogged 5 hours ago from newsweek

http://kevindayhoff.tumblr.com/post/80106052145/newsweek-the-biggest-retail-hack-in-u-s
newsweek:

The biggest retail hack in U.S. history wasn’t particularly inventive, nor did it appear destined for success. In the days prior to Thanksgiving 2013, someone installed malware in Target’s (TGT) security and payments system designed to steal every credit card used at the company’s 1,797 U.S. stores.
At the critical moment—when the Christmas gifts had been scanned and bagged and the cashier asked for a swipe—the malware would step in, capture the shopper’s credit card number, and store it on a Target server commandeered by the hackers.
Target Missed Warnings in Epic Hack of Credit Card Data
The biggest retail hack in U.S. history wasn’t particularly inventive, nor did it appear destined for success. In the days prior to Thanksgiving 2013, someone installed malware in Target’s (TGT) security and payments system designed to steal every credit card used at the company’s 1,797 U.S. stores.
At the critical moment—when the Christmas gifts had been scanned and bagged and the cashier asked for a swipe—the malware would step in, capture the shopper’s credit card number, and store it on a Target server commandeered by the hackers.


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Monday, March 10, 2014

News from The Hill Rubio warns of UN Internet 'takeover' - By Kate Tummarello

News from The Hill Rubio warns of UN Internet 'takeover'  - By Kate Tummarello

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) plans to introduce legislation to prevent a “takeover” of the Internet by the United Nations or another government regime.

Speaking Monday at Google’s office in Washington, the possible presidential contender said he will introduce legislation to codify U.S. support of an open Internet as other countries attempt to control its growth.


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Thursday, March 06, 2014

PCWorld.com: Bugs & Fixes: The Moon Worm slinks by Linksys E-series routers - by Jon L. Jacobi

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Friday, January 10, 2014

FAIRBANKS, Alaska: New Year's revelers destroy Interior town's Internet link | State News | ADN.com

FAIRBANKS, Alaska: New Year's revelers destroy Interior town's Internet link | State News | ADN.com

http://www.adn.com/2014/01/10/3266863/new-years-revelers-destroy-tanana.html#emlnl=Morning_Newsletter

"FAIRBANKS, ALASKA — A New Year's tradition has left residents in one Interior Alaska community off the grid.

The traditional way to ring in the new year is to shoot off guns at midnight on Jan. 1 in Tanana, a community of about 250 residents 150 miles west of Fairbanks.

But this year, one or more revelers with .410-gauge shotguns shot out one of the town's main fiber-optic cable lines." ... Read more: http://www.adn.com/2014/01/10/3266863/new-years-revelers-destroy-tanana.html#emlnl=Morning_Newsletter

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Tuesday, February 26, 2013

FTC Releases Top 10 Complaint Categories for 2012

For Release: 02/26/2013

FTC Releases Top 10 Complaint Categories for 2012

Identity Theft Tops List for 13th Consecutive Year in Report of National Consumer Complaints


Identity theft is once more the top complaint received by the Federal Trade Commission, which has released its 2012 annual report of complaints. 2012 marks the first year in which the FTC received more than 2 million complaints overall, and 369,132, or 18 percent, were related to identity theft. Of those, more than 43 percent related to tax- or wage-related fraud.
The report gives national data, as well as a state-by-state accounting of top complaint categories and a listing of the metropolitan areas that generated the most complaints. This includes the top 50 metropolitan areas for both fraud complaints and identity theft complaints.
The remainder of complaint categories making up the top 10 are:
NumberPercent
Debt collection199,72110 percent
Banks and Lenders132,3406 percent
Shop-at-Home and Catalog Sales115,1846 percent
Prizes, Sweepstakes and Lotteries98,4795 percent
Impostor Scams82,8964 percent
Internet Services81,4384 percent
Auto-Related Complaints78,0624 percent
Telephone and Mobile Services76,7834 percent
Credit Cards51,5503 percent
A complete list of all complaint categories is available on page six of the report.
The FTC enters complaints into the Consumer Sentinel Network, a secure online database that is available to more than 2,000 civil and criminal law enforcement agencies across the country. Agencies use the data to research cases, identify victims and track possible targets.
Other federal and state law enforcement agencies contribute to Consumer Sentinel, including the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Internet Crime Complaint Center and the offices of 14 state attorneys general. Private-sector organizations contributing data include all Better Business Bureaus in the U.S. and Canada, PrivacyStar, Publishers Clearing House and others.
The Federal Trade Commission works for consumers to prevent fraudulent, deceptive, and unfair business practices and to provide information to help spot, stop, and avoid them. To file a complaint in English or Spanish, visit the FTC's onlineComplaint Assistant or call 1-877-FTC-HELP (1-877-382-4357). The FTC enters complaints into Consumer Sentinel, a secure, online database available to more than 2,000 civil and criminal law enforcement agencies in the U.S. and abroad. The FTC’s website provides free information on a variety of consumer topics.  Like the FTC on Facebook, follow us onTwitter, and subscribe to press releases for the latest FTC news and resources.
MEDIA CONTACT:
Jay Mayfield
Office of Public Affairs

202-326-2181
 
STAFF CONTACT:
David Torok
Bureau of Consumer Protection
202-326-3075
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Tuesday, February 28, 2012

White House, NSA weigh cybersecurity, personal privacy - Washington Post Social Reader on Facebook

Washington Post Social Reader on Facebook: https://apps.facebook.com/wpsocialreader/me/channels/read/content/QkV41?utm_source=redirect&utm_medium=headline&utm_campaign=wpapp

The National Security Agency has pushed repeatedly over the past year to expand its role in protecting private-sector computer networks from cyberattacks but has been rebuffed by the White House, largely because of privacy concerns, according to administration officials and internal documents.

The most contentious issue was a legislative proposal last year that would have required hundreds of companies that provide critical services such as electricity generation to allow their Internet traffic be continuously scanned using computer threat data provided by the spy agency. The companies would have been expected to turn over evidence of potential cyberattacks to the government.

NSA officials portrayed these measures as unobtrusive ways to protect the nation’s vital infrastructure from what they say are increasingly dire threats of devastating cyberattacks...


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Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Wikipedia, Reddit plan site blackouts in SOPA protest - Jan. 16, 2012

Wikipedia, Reddit plan site blackouts in SOPA protest - Jan. 16, 2012:

Wikipedia, Reddit plan blackout in SOPA protest


By Julianne Pepitone @CNNMoneyTech January 17, 2012

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- A handful of large websites will go dark on Wednesday to protest an anti-piracy bill that critics say will wreck the Internet as we know it.

Wikipedia, user-submitted news site Reddit, the blog Boing Boing and the Cheezburger network of comedy sites all plan to participate in the blackout. The protest is their response to the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) bill, a piece of proposed legislation that is working its way through Congress.

Introduced in the House of Representatives in late October, the bill aims to…



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Wikipedia Blackout Lets In Some Light - NYTimes.com

Wikipedia Blackout Lets In Some Light - NYTimes.com:

"Wikipedia Blackout Lets In Some Light

By SARAH MASLIN NIR | January 18, 2012, 1:38 AM

Wikipedia’s much publicized 24-hour blackout in protest of online anti-piracy laws is not, it turns out, quite so dark." ... http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/18/wikipedia-blackout-lets-in-some-light/?smid=tw-nytimes&seid=auto

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