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• Top Asian News 9:13 p.m. GMT

  10-08-2016 23:13 via news.yahoo.com
  RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Japan swept the judo gold medals at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics on Wednesday, taking the top spot in both men's and women's middleweight divisions. Haruka Tachimoto struck gold first by defeating triple world champion Yuri Alvear in the women's 70-kilogram division. Despite being penalized for passivity in the first minutes of the final — and a partisan crowd cheering against her — Tachimoto managed to pin Alvear to the ground for 20 seconds, scoring an ip
  
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• Hacking companies are willing to pay a lot more than Apple for flaws in iOS

  10-08-2016 23:05 via news.yahoo.com
  
  At the Black Hat Conference in Las Vegas last week, Apple introduced its first bug bounty program. Whereas Apple has historically relied upon security researchers and hackers to discover and report critical security exploits out of the goodness of their hearts, Apple finally wised up and realized that it might want to include some sort of financial incentive for those who have a knack for discovering important security flaws. DON'T MISS: Google’s new Nexus phones will be just as fast as th
  
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• Pokemon GO CEO linked to Google 'Wi-Spy' privacy scandal

  10-08-2016 23:04
  
  Even after quelling the initial privacy issues that arose from the launch of Pokemon Go, Niantic Labs CEO John Hanke has a spotted history
  
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• Facebook’s favorite hacker is back – with an ironic security hole

  10-08-2016 18:45
  
  Pirated content, straight from the anti-piracy interface.
  
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• Secure Boot Vulnerability Exposes Windows Devices to Attacks

  10-08-2016 18:44
  Secure Boot Bypass Allows Hackers to Load Bootkits/Rootkits on Windows Devices
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• Teen hacker flies to Black Hat on his one million free airmiles

  10-08-2016 18:24
  
  The biggest payout from United Airlines for his 20+ bugs was a 250,000 mile reward for an undisclosed flaw.
  
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• Google says that insanely scary new Android vulnerability isn’t really that scary

  10-08-2016 18:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A security research company came forward with information detailing a potentially dangerous set of security flaws tied to Qualcomm’s chips that are used in a significant number of mobile devices, saying that more than 900 million Android devices are at risk. However, Google followed up on that research, saying that 90% of those devices should be protected against QuadRooter , even if the actual vulnerabilities aren’t patched. DON’T MISS: Google’s new Nexus phones will be
  
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• How is a device this cute so good at protecting your home network from viruses and hackers?

  10-08-2016 17:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The device pictured at the top of this post might look like a cute little android straight out of a science fiction movie, but looks can be deceiving. The  CUJO Smart Internet Security Firewall  is all business, and it has just one single mission: protect your home network and smart home devices from hackers, viruses, malware and any other potential cyber threats. In a day and age where our computers store more and more sensitive data, devices like Cujo are absolutely crucial
  
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• 5 critical holes fixed in Microsoft’s August 2016 updates – patch now!

  10-08-2016 17:27
  
  This month's Microsoft security holes give the crooks a wide choice ofattack vectors, including web pages, Office documents, PDFs and more.
  
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• Faceless recognition can identify you, even when your face is hidden

  10-08-2016 16:58
  
  New research shows AI can learn to identify people by matching patterns around their heads and bodies, even when their faces are obscured.
  
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• Security Firm Dangles $500,000 for iOS 0-Days

  10-08-2016 16:53
  Researchers looking to cash in on working exploits for 0-day and N-day vulnerabilities can now turn to a new bounty program from Exodus Intelligence, which is offering up to $500,000 for certain exploits.
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• Top Asian News 2:40 p.m. GMT

  10-08-2016 16:40 via news.yahoo.com
  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — As a high school senior, Hwang Yu-mi went to work bathing silicon wafers in chemicals at a Samsung factory that makes computer chips for laptops and other devices. Four years later, she died of leukemia. She was 22. After Yu-mi's death in 2007, her father, Hwang Sang-gi, learned a 30-year-old worker at the same semiconductor line also had died of leukemia. Convinced they died because of their work, the taxi driver launched a movement demanding the government inves
  
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• Hadoop Data Encryption: "P.S. Find Robert Langdon"

  10-08-2016 16:17
  “P.S. Find Robert Langdon” and an out-of-order Fibonacci sequence are part of the cryptic message in the opening scenes of “The Da Vinci Code.” Following that, we see cryptographer Sophie Neveu with Professor Langdon embark on a hunt to recover and unlock the secrets of the cryptex keystone.
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• Top Asian News 1:22 p.m. GMT

  10-08-2016 15:22 via news.yahoo.com
  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — As a high school senior, Hwang Yu-mi went to work bathing silicon wafers in chemicals at a Samsung factory that makes computer chips for laptops and other devices. Four years later, she died of leukemia. She was 22. After Yu-mi's death in 2007, her father, Hwang Sang-gi, learned a 30-year-old worker at the same semiconductor line also had died of leukemia. Convinced they died because of their work, the taxi driver launched a movement demanding the government inves
  
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• Juniper Starts Fixing IPv6 Processing Vulnerability

  10-08-2016 15:03
  Juniper Networks released hotfixes this week to address a vulnerability in its JUNOSe software. The issue, related to the processing of IPv6 packets, affects the products of several vendors.
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• China thanks Kenya for deporting Taiwan fraud suspects to mainland

  10-08-2016 14:01 via news.yahoo.com
  China on Wednesday thanked Kenya for deporting five people from Taiwan to the mainland as part of a crackdown on telecoms fraud, and urged Taiwan to support the action after its foreign ministry protested. A Kenyan court acquitted the five people from Taiwan, which China views as a wayward province, as well as 35 Chinese citizens, last Friday after the prosecution failed to prove a cyber-fraud case against them. A magistrate said the five should be repatriated to their place of origin, Taiwan, b
  
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• Top Asian News 11:16 a.m. GMT

  10-08-2016 13:16 via news.yahoo.com
  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — As a high school senior, Hwang Yu-mi went to work bathing silicon wafers in chemicals at a Samsung factory that makes computer chips for laptops and other devices. Four years later, she died of leukemia. She was 22. After Yu-mi's death in 2007, her father, Hwang Sang-gi, learned a 30-year-old worker at the same semiconductor line also had died of leukemia. Convinced they died because of their work, the taxi driver launched a movement demanding the government inves
  
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• Cars Plagued by Many Serious Vulnerabilities: Report

  10-08-2016 12:23
  Cars are plagued by many serious vulnerabilities that malicious actors can exploit to gain access to a vehicle’s systems, according to a new study conducted by IOActive.
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• Top Asian News 10:10 a.m. GMT

  10-08-2016 12:10 via news.yahoo.com
  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — As a high school senior, Hwang Yu-mi went to work bathing silicon wafers in chemicals at a Samsung factory that makes computer chips for laptops and other devices. Four years later, she died of leukemia. She was 22. After Yu-mi's death in 2007, her father, Hwang Sang-gi, learned a 30-year-old worker at the same semiconductor line also had died of leukemia. Convinced they died because of their work, the taxi driver launched a movement demanding the government inves
  
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• Microsoft Patches Flaws in Windows, Office, Browsers

  10-08-2016 10:03
  The nine security bulletins released by Microsoft for August 2016 patch a total of 27 critical and important vulnerabilities in Windows, Internet Explorer, Edge and Office.
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• Top Asian News 7:55 a.m. GMT

  10-08-2016 09:55 via news.yahoo.com
  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — As a high school senior, Hwang Yu-mi went to work bathing silicon wafers in chemicals at a Samsung factory that makes computer chips for laptops and other devices. Four years later, she died of leukemia. She was 22. After Yu-mi's death in 2007, her father, Hwang Sang-gi, learned a 30-year-old worker at the same semiconductor line also had died of leukemia. Convinced they died because of their work, the taxi driver launched a movement demanding the government inves
  
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• West Corp. applauds FCC for ruling on school-based emergency communications

  10-08-2016 09:00
  Top Priority Sector: communicationsSCOTTS VALLEY, CA Aug. 8, 2016 West Corporation, a leading provider of technology-enabled communications services, today applauded Federal Communications Commission (FCC) action that grants broad exceptions for many school-related and emergency communications to parents and guardians under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA).Homepage position: 1read more
  
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• Toshiba picks Rosette Name Matching by Basis for watch list screening solution

  10-08-2016 09:00
  Top Priority Sector: access_control_identificationImage Caption: HoffmanCAMBRIDGE, MA Aug. 9, 2016Basis Technology, the leader in multilingual text analytics, announced today that Toshiba Corp. will use Basis Technology's Rosette® name matching capability in Toshiba's export management system.Toshiba has built their export management system in order to strengthen compliance and the management of transactions, and will use Rosette to screen various published watch lists for transact
  
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• SpectraRep honored by Homeland Security for collaboration

  10-08-2016 09:00
  Top Priority Sector: communicationsCHANTILLY, VA Aug. 8, 2016 SpectraRep. LLC., a leading provider of communications solutions for public safety, announced today that the company received a 2016 Under Secretary's Award from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology (S&T) Directorate.Homepage position: 1read more
  
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• SIA picks Arthur to lead its Certification Committee

  10-08-2016 09:00
  Top Priority Sector: security_servicesImage Caption: ArthurSILVER SPRING, MD Aug. 9, 2016 The Security Industry Association (SIA) today announced that the association named Greg Arthur, Security Consultant and Contract Project Manager at Security Project Services in San Diego, as chair of its Certification Committee.Homepage position: 1read more
  
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• Parsons, Odebrecht team to upgrade baggage system at Miami International Airport

  10-08-2016 09:00
  Top Priority Sector: airport_aviation_securityCORAL GABLES, FL Aug. 4, 2016 Miami-Dade County has awarded a contract for improvements to baggage-handling systems at Miami International Airport (MIA) to Odebrecht USA and its joint-venture partner, Parsons Corporation.Homepage position: 1read more
  
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• New company formed to meet demand for emergency planning, preparedness

  10-08-2016 09:00
  Top Priority Sector: disaster_preparedness_emergency_responseISLAND HEIGHTS, NJ, Aug. 9, 2016 The Rodgers Group, LLC, New Jersey's premier public safety consulting company, is proud to announce the launch of Critical Response Group.Formerly a division of The Rodgers Group, LLC, Critical Response Group was launched to meet the exploding demand for visual-based emergency action plans-- a cutting edge approach to emergency planning and preparedness that is revolutionizing how businesses and pu
  
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• LaaSer Critical Communications creates alliance with West for 911 mobile solution

  10-08-2016 09:00
  Top Priority Sector: communicationsImage Caption: WhiteATLANTA Aug. 9, 2016 LaaSer Critical Communications (http://www.laaser911.com/), developer of innovative location technology for emergency services, has entered into a strategic alliance with West.The alliance explores how the two companies can work together to empower superior location determination and call routing for the entire 9-1-1 ecosystem – with no need to install new infrastructure.Homepage position: 1read more
  
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• Huntington Ingalls completes sea trials for new Coast Guard cutter

  10-08-2016 09:00
  Top Priority Sector: maritime_port_securityPASCAGOULA, MS Aug. 9, 2016 Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) announced today the successful completion of builder’s sea trials for the company’s sixth U.S. Coast Guard National Security Cutter (NSC), Munro (WMSL 755). The ship, built at HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding division, spent three days in the Gulf of Mexico testing all of the ship’s systems.Homepage position: 1read more
  
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• FAA, DoD leaders to deliver keynotes at upcoming Aerospace Standards Summit

  10-08-2016 09:00
  Top Priority Sector: airport_aviation_securitySAE International will host the SAE 2016 Aerospace Standards Summit on Sept. 20-21 at the Crowne Plaza Reagan National Airport in Arlington, VA, USA.With a theme of “Emerging Technologies & the Enabling Role of Standards,” the Summit addresses critical technology breakthroughs, and the standards and certification needed to bring new product development to market in a timely manner.Homepage position: 1read more
  
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• Argus offering drone training for police, fire and rescue agencies

  10-08-2016 09:00
  Top Priority Sector: education_trainingGRAPEVINE, TX Aug. 9, 2016 The team at Argus Rising is pleased to offer certified drone training for law enforcement, fire, and rescue personnel.To cater to the needs of first responders across the country, Argus Rising offers several drone training courses. There are four courses currently available for law enforcement: Bootcamp, Search & Rescue, Crime Scene Photography with Orthometrics and Active Crime Surveillance. Additionally, there are three
  
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• Top Asian News 6:50 a.m. GMT

  10-08-2016 08:50 via news.yahoo.com
  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — As a high school senior, Hwang Yu-mi went to work bathing silicon wafers in chemicals at a Samsung factory that makes computer chips for laptops and other devices. Four years later, she died of leukemia. She was 22. After Yu-mi's death in 2007, her father, Hwang Sang-gi, learned a 30-year-old worker at the same semiconductor line also had died of leukemia. Convinced they died because of their work, the taxi driver launched a movement demanding the government inves
  
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• Estonia's "Data Embassy" Could be UK's First Brexit Cyber Casualty

  10-08-2016 08:04
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• Australia Online Census Shutdown After Cyber Attacks

  10-08-2016 07:48
   
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• Australia's controversial census in chaos after possible cyber attack

  10-08-2016 07:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Tom Westbrook SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's first online national census was in chaos on Wednesday after the survey website crashed overnight due to a possible cyber attack, raising concerns over the country's cyber security and criticism of its slow internet services. "It was an attack and we believe from overseas," Australia’s chief statistician, David Kalisch told Australian Broadcasting Corp radio. Kalisch said that no data from the 2.3 million forms already submitted to the Austra
  
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• Top Asian News 4:47 a.m. GMT

  10-08-2016 06:47 via news.yahoo.com
  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — As a high school senior, Hwang Yu-mi went to work bathing silicon wafers in chemicals at a Samsung factory that makes computer chips for laptops and other devices. Four years later, she died of leukemia. She was 22. After Yu-mi's death in 2007, her father, Hwang Sang-gi, learned a 30-year-old worker at the same semiconductor line also had died of leukemia. Convinced they died because of their work, the taxi driver launched a movement demanding the government inves
  
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• Top Asian News 3:43 a.m. GMT

  10-08-2016 05:43 via news.yahoo.com
  QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Many Pakistanis were in deep mourning on Tuesday, a day after a suicide bombing that targeted lawyers killed 70 people in the city of Quetta, touching a chord in the country's long-simmering culture war. By targeting lawyers, Islamic radicals appeared to take aim at a pillar of the country's budding civil society — and a symbol of the supremacy of secular law in a modern state. Across the country, many courts were closed and lawyers staged rallies in support o
  
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• Top Asian News 12:51 a.m. GMT

  10-08-2016 02:51 via news.yahoo.com
  QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Many Pakistanis were in deep mourning on Tuesday, a day after a suicide bombing that targeted lawyers killed 70 people in the city of Quetta, touching a chord in the country's long-simmering culture war. By targeting lawyers, Islamic radicals appeared to take aim at a pillar of the country's budding civil society — and a symbol of the supremacy of secular law in a modern state. Across the country, many courts were closed and lawyers staged rallies in support o
  
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• ​Tom Hiddleston joins Instagram dressed as Loki - CNET

  10-08-2016 02:27 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Hiddleston shared a photo of himself in costume as his comic book character Loki for "Thor: Ragnarok."
  
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• Twitter explodes over Trump Second Amendment 'joke' - CNET

  10-08-2016 01:53 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Technically Incorrect: An aside made by the Republican candidate was interpreted by many as suggesting the assassination of his Democratic opponent.
  
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• Disney buy a stake in MLB's video-streaming service - CNET

  10-08-2016 01:48 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The acquisition will allow ESPN to launch a new "multi-sport" subscription streaming service.
  
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• Olympic fencer's phone drops out of his pocket (yes, during a bout) - CNET

  10-08-2016 01:43 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Technically Incorrect: Enzo Lefort has some explaining to do. Oh, wait. He wasn't on Facebook Live, was he?
  
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• Google to push Flash closer to extinction with new version of Chrome - CNET

  10-08-2016 01:19 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Chrome 55, due out in December, will replace the once-popular plug-in with HTML5, Google says.
  
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• SoundCloud Go brings 125 million songs to Sonos speakers - CNET

  10-08-2016 01:13 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Subscribers to SoundCloud's ad-free subscription music service will automatically get the update if they have a Sonos speaker system.
  
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• Swedish church taps military drones to drop Bibles on ISIS - CNET

  10-08-2016 01:07 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Evangelical church plans to drop thousands of electronic copies of the Bible over Syria, an area wracked by religious-inspired violence.
  
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• Australian online census shut down by cyberattacks

  10-08-2016 01:03 via news.yahoo.com
  CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — An official says Australia's first attempt to conduct a census online is in disarray after several cyberattacks on the website.
  
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• Where Pokestops don't stop: Oregon tops list of Pokemon-crazed places - CNET

  10-08-2016 00:10 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Ranking the places that search the most for Pokemon, from sea to shining sea and Pokestop to crowded Pokegym.
  
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