Disable Facebook facial recognition in Europe

In late 2010, Facebook in the U.S. deployed a feature that, although a priori might seem comfortable, something that became quite annoyed users: facial recognition . This functionality allowed recognize the faces in the photos and tag our friends automatically, something that could save time but quite worried because besides amassing a wealth of information about users, Facebook could recognize them and point them in a photo . The situation was further complicated when in the summer of last year, Facebook deployed massively activating this functionality by default, a fact for which the European Union questioned the social network .

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Iceland discussion block pornography and gambling online for security reasons

It seems that the movement initiated by UK security to prevail over the rights of citizens could reach Iceland .And is that two of the largest suppliers in the country would be debating whether to block gambling and pornography on the Internet for security reasons.

And in the UK is running a bill by which providers must save all data and records of British users in the network (from emails to pages look) for at least twelve months. Time in which the government could request personal information of citizens in case of ongoing investigation. A movement which puts the safety to user privacy.

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Hack your medical report and distributes it to the open source community to find a cure

May ultimately not "cure" as he says, but the history of this hacker with brain cancer has reached the top in the network, therefore, that since there are several open forums reddit with the story of the boy. A young hacker who has cracked the confidential medical report of his illness (brain cancer) on the community distributingopen source . The idea, invite everyone to participate in their "cure" in any form and has the word meanings.

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Private Message Leak From Facebook

The French government has summoned Facebook Inc managers to appear before the country’s data watchdog to explain how some of its users came to believe their privacy had been infringed on the social network, it said in a statement early on Tuesday.

Two ministers said they had intervened after seeing reports that private messages between Facebook users in France had appeared on their “Timelines”, which can reach a wide Internet audience.

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Your Brain Can Be Hacked

Scientists from the Universities of Oxford, California, and Geneva have shown they can discover secrets such as passwords and pin numbers using off the shelf technology, like the gaming headset from Emotiv, pictured here.
These headsets use EEG technology to detect and acquire neuro-signals - brainwaves, and are already popular with gamers who simply "think" about their next move.

Researchers at the recent Usenix security convention in Washington state showed how these same devices can be used to detect information that people are trying to protect.

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University of South Carolina Hacked, 34,000 Individuals Affected

The names, addresses and social security numbers of 34,000 researchers, members of the staff, and students from the University of South Carolina have become exposed after hackers from overseas breached the institution’s systems. The records they might have obtained date as far back as 2005. 

It’s unknown if the hackers actually stole or misused any of the information stored on the College of Education server they breached, but the school’s representatives are alerting all the potential victims to prevent any unfortunate incidents, The State reports.
On the other hand, several weeks have passed since the breach was discovered back on June 6. This timeframe could have been more than enough for a skilled criminal to commit identity theft.

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The FBI began to seize domains related to piracy in Android applications

If throughout 2011 we witnessed how the U.S. government related domains incautaba infringement of copyright in films, music or sports, in recent days it seems that the fight moves to the "piracy" around the web application delivery .

The federal government seems to have extended its domain seizure campaign, hitherto the preserve of spaces as Megaupload direct download or file sharing websites, if direct red .

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Sabu Gets 6-Month Sentencing Delay for Continuing to Help Feds

Sabu, the hacker who turned informant on the rampaging Anonymous offshoots Antisec and LulzSec, is getting a six-month reprieve from being sentenced on 12 counts of violating federal law, due to his continued cooperation with the feds, prosecutors told a court Tuesday.

Hector Xavier Monsegur, a 28-year-old New Yorker who used the online name “Sabu,” has been working undercover for the feds since the FBI arrested him without fanfare last June. Monsegur provided agents with information that helped them arrest several suspected members of LulzSec and Antisec, including two men from Great Britain, two from Ireland and an American in Chicago.

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OpenDataMX: hackathon in Mexico to create solutions

A few days ago, Alan Lazalde published a piece about the importance of the hackatons . In his article, Alan praises the advantages of these programming marathon. If any of you want to experience first hand, in Mexico City will be the OpenDataMX from 24 to 25 August. What is it?It is an initiative to transform government databases into useful information for society, especially for analysts and journalists who can use it in derivative works.

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# OpFreeAssange: Anonymous attacked the websites of UK government

Much of the media attention, these days, is centered in London, specifically at the Embassy of Ecuador in the UK capital, where they found Julian Assange , founder of WikiLeaks , whichhas been granted political asylum by Ecuador. There have been many expressions of support for Assange and Ecuador's decision although UK stands firm on not allowing Assange leaves the country (unless for Sweden ) and also of the people assembled in the vicinity Diplomatic Mission of Ecuador, Anonymous has decided to intervene in the protests toppling several web pages of the British government .

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AMD Hackers Breach Philips Site, Passwords Leaked On Internet

The hackers from r00tBeer Security Team have returned with another high-profile data breach. The victim is the website of world renowned electronics manufacturer Philips.
This time, the attackers have leaked much more data. Over 197,000 email addresses, numerous passwords – 400 of which in clear text –, and other details have been published online as a result of the hack.We have contacted Philips to find out why some of the passwords have been stored in clear text and to learn if anything is being done to prevent such incidents from occurring in the future.

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Android: more than half a million infected smartphones in China

Blame everything SMSZombie , an app that has seeped through a local application store. New evidence (at least in China) that the proliferation of other distribution systems outside of Google Play produce an unreliable market where we can find all kinds of applications.Would be over half a million Android phones already have infected SMSZombie ,

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AMD Blog Hacked by r00tBeer and User Data Posted Online

A hacker Group called r00tBeer Security Team has breached the official blog (blogs.amd.com) of the world-renowned microprocessor developer Advanced Micro Devices (AMD). They have not only added a defacement page to the site, but they have also leaked data that has been allegedly taken from the company’s databases. 

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Hackathons, an unforgettable experience of knowledge

A hackathon is an event organized by hackers, for hackers to program or build a collaborative solution for a period of hours, preferably in the same physical space.Obviously, hackathon is a compound word of hack and marathon , a race for the best possible hack, a wonderful heritage of the hacker culture. The hackathons help build and strengthen communities follow a model of collaboration and competition so successful that deserves to be imitated in other areas:

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Saudi Aramco Compromised by Arab Youth Group Hacktivist

A hacker group calling itself the Arab Youth Group has claimed responsibility for what appears to be a serious hacking attack on Saudi Aramco, one of the world's largest energy companies.

The attack comes at the same time security firms are warning of a destructive new malware threat called Shamoon, which is being directed at companies in the energy sector.

In an alert this week, Symantec described Shamoon as a threat being used in "specific targeted attacks against at least one organization in the energy sector." Symantec has not identified that firm so far.

Aramco itself has acknowledged a network disruption and said it was caused by a virus that infected PCs at the company. So far, though, Aramco has not provided any details about the incident.

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Pwnium 2 : Google ups Chromium Bug Bounty to $2 Million

Google yesterday said it will pay up to $2 million for major vulnerabilities in its Chrome browser at a second Pwnium hacking contest this fall.

Pwn2Own, a rival contest sponsored by Hewlett-Packard, will award as much as $200,000 in a mobile-specific challenge slated to run several weeks earlier.

Google's Pwnium 2 will take place at the Hack In The Box security conference on Oct. 10 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

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AntiLeaks Hackers Launch DDOS Attacks on Bambuser and RT.Com

After they have taken down WikiLeaks for a fairly long period of time by launching a distributed denial-of-service (DDOS) attack against it, hackers from AntiLeaks have turned their attention to two other websites: news site RT.com, and live video streaming service Bambuser. 
“We can confirm a DDoS attack this morning, causing service issues. Regret any inconvenience,” Bambuser representatives wrote on Twitter.A couple of hours ago, RT.com posted a similarmessage on Twitter: BREAKING: RT.com is under DDoS attack, hosting provider confirms. More details as we get it.

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