FBI arrests 10 over Facebook botnet scam
International authorities have arrested 10 people accused of operating a network of infected computers in order to steal personal information from millions of victims. As reported by the New York Times, those arrested came from Bosnia, Herzegovina, Britain, Croatia, Macedonia, New Zealand, Peru and the United States.
Human error knocks Gmail offline
Google's Gmail was down for some 40 minutes on Monday. Rumors hinted at first at a Denial of Service attack, fueled in part by Google's initial silence on the matter. However, updates that were provided by the company later showed it as an outage caused by a server misconfiguration.
FCC asks FAA to re-examine rules on in-flight device use
Chairman Julius Genachowski of the Federal Communications Commission has sent a letter to Michael Huerta, acting administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, calling for a relaxation of rules regarding the use of electronic devices on airplanes.
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Striking a balance with passwords
In a bid to protect users from choosing passwords that are easily guessable, security-conscious RIM has taken the unorthodox step of creating a blacklist of common passwords used for their BlackBerry ID.
FBI arrests 10 over Facebook botnet scam
International authorities have arrested 10 people accused of operating a network of infected computers in order to steal personal information from millions of victims. As reported by the New York Times, those arrested came from Bosnia, Herzegovina, Britain, Croatia, Macedonia, New Zealand, Peru and the United States.
Researcher hacks into Samsung 'Smart TV'
A researcher claims to have uncovered a vulnerability in most models of Samsung's "Smart TV" that allows him to locate their IP addresses on the Internet.
Intel launches Atom S1200 for data centers
Intel has introduced the first line of Atom processors that it says is purpose-built for the data center.
Hackers encrypt medical center's database for ransom
Hackers have demanded a ransom of $4,000 after breaking into the server of an Australian medical center and encrypting thousands of patient health records.
Spotlight: Drobo 5N offers Gigabit LAN, SSD caching
Drobo has launched the Drobo 5N five-bay storage appliance, which offers a Gigabit Ethernet port and drive bays for five 3.5-inch SATA hard disk drives
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After a disastrous attempt to launch its own maps application, Apple is bringing Google Maps back to the iPhone with the availability of a new Google Maps iPhone app on the Apple App store.
Mobile devices running Apple's iOS made up 68.2 percent of all activations by small and medium-sized business (SMB) customers of cloud services provider Intermedia.
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