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Activists want to fight sex trafficking by changing a key Internet law

Wednesday, September 6, 2017

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Many technology companies consider Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act to be a foundation of the Internet economy. The 1996 law gives website owners broad immunity for content submitted by... read more

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Android 8.0 Oreo, thoroughly reviewed

Wednesday, September 6, 2017

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Android, Google, Software-Programming

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Android 8.0 Oreo is the 26th version of the world's most popular operating system. This year, Google's mobile-and-everything-else OS hit two billion monthly active users—and that's just counting... read more

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Hackers Gain ‘Switch-Flipping’ Access to US Power Grid Control Systems

Wednesday, September 6, 2017

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In an era of hacker attacks on critical infrastructure, even a run-of-the-mill malware infection on an electric utility’s network is enough to raise alarm bells. But the latest collection of power... read more

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An Instagram Bug Let Celebrity Private Info Slip

Monday, September 4, 2017

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Industry News, Privacy

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This week in security, we took a long look at a long-running scam: A man who hacked his way into at least 78 hotel rooms over the course of several years, thanks to a known bug that let him slip in... read more

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Taking Stock of Trump's Cybersecurity Executive Order So Far

Monday, September 4, 2017

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Security

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By the time President Trump signed his Cybersecurity Executive Order on May 11, it had taken on a mythic air. The administration had produced a series of drafts soon after the inauguration that... read more

Security problems open Microsoft's Wallet

Submitted by hitbsecnews on Wed, 2002-09-18 05:55

Software flaws in the security of Microsoft's Passport authentication system left consumers' financial data wide open, causing the software giant to remove a key service from the Internet to protect people from having their data stolen, a company representative acknowledged Friday.

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