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Archive for April, 2008


18
Apr

Cyber spies and state-sponsored hackers

With all the cyber spies and state-sponsored hackers on the Internet, is there any way to defend ourselves? Critics say not completely
by Keith Epstein
During the Middle Ages walls became less of a barrier. Soldiers would simply set up a catapult-like device known as a trebuchet. This enabled them to fling hundred-pound projectiles and disease-conveying […]


07
Apr

Credit card skimming!

Beware of credit card skimming. Skimming involves the placement of an illegal device above the credit/debit card reader on a vending machine, ATM. These devices are used to illegally read or store personal credit card information.
Props to Redbox for giving the information clearly.
Redbox on credit card skimming
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06
Apr

HOWTO: Travelers Guide to Customs-Proofing Your Laptop

Customs officials stepping up electronic searches of laptops at the border where travelers have no privacy or legal grounds to object. Laptops and other electronic devices can be seized without reason, copied, and returned hours or even weeks later. Executives have been told that they must hand over their laptop to be analyzed by border […]

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