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The Unabomber’s brother has written a book that I can’t wait to read

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David Kaczynski has lived the unimaginable: His brother Ted, the Unabomber, did more than merely kill and maim those who were victims of his attacks, he exacted a terrible toll on his own family, as is always the case with those who commit evil acts.

Now David Kaczynski has written a book — Every Last Tie – that aspires to makes some sense of an otherwise senseless situation. From a review in the New Republic:

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Network World Paul McNamara

Defense One: Islamic State has written its own encrypted communications app

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The Islamic State is deploying its own encrypted communications app for Android, an eventuality predicted by experts who oppose efforts of governments to require encryption backdoors so they can find out what criminals are saying to teach other.

The app, called lrawi.apk, employs what is described as rudimentary encryption and was available for download last month on a Web site where Islamic State supporters could download it and another app for distributing propaganda, according to a story posted by Defense One.

The creation of such an encryption app has been considered a likely outcome of laws being proposed internationally requiring backdoors that would allow service providers to fulfill court orders to decrypt private communications of their customers.

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Network World Tim Greene

Written by David M. Gordon – The Suit Magazine

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Written by David M. Gordon
The Suit Magazine
“Cybernetics and cyber–warfare are not only a means of war they are changing the face of modern warfare and technology,” said Israeli President Shimon Peres, adding “The cyber threat is significant and can paralyze and entire nation.” Speaking at a …

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F-Secure & Kaspersky April Fools’ Security: From huge hack to malware written by aliens

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You know the web is saturated with pranks to celebrate April Fools’ Day, and you expect it from Google and ThinkGeek, but this year F-Secure and Kaspersky dabbled in the fun. F-Secure: Hackers change 3 million passwords Mikko Hypponen, CRO at F-Secure, wrote:
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