This latest attack is separate to the hacking attack that forced the PlayStation Network’s closure in recent weeks. F-Secure discovered the phishing site running on Sony’s official Thailand website that redirected users to a phishing site that …
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This reassures the solid foundation of Apple in the market. In anticipation of such attacks computer security companies like Norton and Kaspersky started developing their anti-virus software even before the first attacks were launched against the smartphones.
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Steve Kovach / SAI: Silicon Alley Insider:
DROPBOX: We’ll Turn Your Files Over To The Government If They Ask Us To — This is nothing groundbreaking, but Dropbox has updated its security Terms of Service to say that if the government asks, they will have to decrpyt user’s files and turn them over. — That’s standard practice …
New York Times:
Silicon Valley Hiring Perks: Meals, iPads and a Cubicle for Spot — By CLAIRE CAIN MILLER and JENNA WORTHAM — SAN FRANCISCO — Eric Firestone began a new job at a Web start-up here three weeks ago, and he’s already thinking about what he might do next. But that’s just fine with his new employer.