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SANS NewsBites
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All Stories From Vol: 15 - Issue: 38
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SANSFIRE 2011
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US Government is the Largest Purchaser of Hacking Tools (May 10 & 13, 2013)
According to a report from Reuters, the US government is the single largest buyer in the "gray market" of offensive hacking tools.......
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Bloomberg Reporters Had Access to Client Account Information (May 11, 12 & 13, 2013)
Bloomberg news editor-in-chief Matthew Winkler has apologized for employees using the company's financial data terminals to snoop on customers.......
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iPhone Encryption Stymies Law Enforcement (May 10 & 11, 2013)
Law enforcement agencies are growing frustrated with Apple iPhone encryption.......
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US State Department Demands 3D Printable Weapons Designs be Taken Down (May 9, 10, & 13, 2013)
The US State Department has sent a letter to Defense Distributed demanding that it remove from the Internet plans for a 3D-printable gun and nine other weapons components.......
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Malicious Browser Extensions Hijack Facebook Accounts (May 13, 2013)
According to a warning from Microsoft's Malware Protection Center, a Trojan horse program called JS/Febipos.......
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NY Attorney General Wants Mobile Phone Companies to Help Thwart Device Theft (May 13, 2013)
New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has sent letters to the CEOs of Apple, Samsung, Google, Motorola, and Microsoft asking them to specify what they are doing to make phones less susceptible to theft.......
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Academic Institutions Warned About Configuration Issues That Could be Exploited to Launch DDoS Attack (May 10, 2013)
The Research and Education Networking Information Sharing and Analysis Center (REN-ISAC) is advising academic institutions to take precautions to make sure their computer systems are not hijacked and used in distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks.......
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