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University taking part in a unique code-breaking competition – University of Bristol

University taking part in a unique code-breaking competition
University of Bristol
University – The only Scottish university, its Computer Science department recently launched a part-time MSc in Advanced Security and Cybercrime, allowing those in full-time employment to develop skills in cybercrime, forensics and computer security.

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GoDaddy goes down, taking countless websites offline; Anonymous claims … – The Next Web

GoDaddy goes down, taking countless websites offline; Anonymous claims
The Next Web
The Anonymous hacktivist group appears to have taken down GoDaddy with a massive Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS). This appears to be affecting countless websites and services, although not for everyone. Godaddy.com is down, but so are some of

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Taking the human factor out of phishing prevention – CNET News

Phishing attacks are on the rise: the Anti-Phishing Work Group’s April 2011 Global Phishing Survey (pdf) reports 67,677 phishing attempts in the second half of 2010, up from 48,244 in the first half of 2010, but down significantly from the 126,697 attacks …
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IBM computer taking on ‘Jeopardy!’ champs for $1M – YAHOO!

YORKTOWN HEIGHTS, N.Y. – It’s the size of 10 refrigerators, and it swallows encyclopedias whole, but an IBM computer was lacking one thing it needed to battle the greatest champions from the “Jeopardy!” quiz show. It couldn’t hit a buzzer. But that’s …
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