A wave of orders shook the market and prompted exchanges to halt trading in some securities
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Archive for 2012/08/01
You Have Been Warned About Those Algorithms, But Oh No: U.S. stock markets were struck by the latest in a series of “technical problems”
Posted: 2012/08/01 in Education / Awareness, Stats / reports, Tech EvolutionTwitter’s New Political Index Proves Big Data Knows What You’re Thinking
Posted: 2012/08/01 in Education / Awareness, New Business Models, Public Policy, Stats / reportsTwitter launched a new service on Wednesday called the Twitter Political Index, or Twindex. By applying highly tuned algorithms to Twitter’s fire hose of data, the service offers a real-time look at voters’ moods, and scores which presidential candidate is trending up (and who is trending down) day to day.
Twindex is a joint effort between Twitter, Topsy, and two polling groups, the left-leaning Mellman Group and the more conservative NorthStar Opinion Research. The collective goal is to dive into Twitter’s deep trove of data, and pull up insights faster than Gallup and other traditional polling companies. Expect to see Twindex results referenced in all political news and commentary as we head into the presidential election.
Welcome to the age of big political data.
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http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/08/twindex_twitter_politicalindex/
Huawei Routers Not Secure. Routers Can Be Reconfigured And Data Can Be Intercepted
Posted: 2012/08/01 in Education / Awareness, Network Security, Privacy / Data Protection, Stats / reportsDutch language news article:
http://webwereld.nl/nieuws/111343/bedrijfsrouters-huawei-lek-als-een-mandje.html
Dutch 21-Year-Old Hacker Extradited From Romania To U.S.
Posted: 2012/08/01 in Cybercrime, Education / Awareness, Enforcement, Privacy / Data Protection, Public Policy, Stats / reportsMay have compromised 44,000 credit card accounts, causing millions of dollars in damages
Dutch language news article:
http://webwereld.nl/nieuws/111355/hacker-uitgeleverd-aan-vs-buiten-medeweten-nederland.html
Starting three days ago several of the most popular Pirate Bay proxies turned evil
Posted: 2012/08/01 in Education / Awareness, Privacy / Data Protection, Stats / reportsPiratereverse.info, Livepirate.com and Getpirate.com are among the sites that started to force nasty crapware on visitors. Those who visited the sites in question could no longer click on any of the download links unless they installed the SnappyDee toolbar.
While the image below suggests that the offer can be canceled, the same pop-over simply reloaded when we tried. And we are not the only ones who noticed this.
Much more:
http://torrentfreak.com/pirate-bay-proxies-force-nasty-crapware-on-visitors-120731/
The UK House of Lords has recommended ending broadcast television and re-allocating for mobile data usage the spectrum currently used to transmit digital TV signals
Posted: 2012/08/01 in Education / Awareness, New Business Models, Public Policy, Stats / reports, Tech EvolutionRather than take up vital electromagnetic spectrum, TV should be delivered exclusively over the internet, the House of Lords’ Communications Committee concluded.
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http://www.reghardware.com/2012/08/01/house_of_lords_call_for_the_end_of_broadcast_tv/
Iran Warns to Give Crushing Response to US Cyber Attacks
Posted: 2012/08/01 in Cybercrime, Education / Awareness, Network Security, Privacy / Data Protection, Public Policy, Stats / reportsThe United States will face a “teeth-breaking” response if it continues to carry out cyber attacks against Iran, an Iranian official said.
“If the Americans’ futile cyber attacks do not stop, it will face a teeth-breaking response,” the Iranian students news agency quoted an unnamed cyber security official as saying. He gave no further details.
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http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=9104252113
Hackers scooped up the e-mails of the president of the European Union Council, Herman Van Rompuy
Posted: 2012/08/01 in Cybercrime, Education / Awareness, Enforcement, Network Security, Privacy / Data Protection, Public Policy, Stats / reportsAnd the spies were themselves being watched. Working together in secret, some 30 North American private security researchers were tracking one of the biggest and busiest hacking groups in China.
Observed for years by U.S. intelligence, which dubbed it Byzantine Candor, the team of hackers also is known in security circles as the Comment group for its trademark of infiltrating computers using hidden webpage computer code known as“comments.”
During almost two months of monitoring last year, the researchers say they were struck by the sheer scale of the hackers’ work as data bled from one victim after the next: from oilfield services leader Halliburton Co. (HAL) to Washington law firm Wiley Rein LLP; from a Canadian magistrate involved in a sensitive China extradition case to Kolkata-based tobacco and technology conglomerate ITC Ltd. (ITC)
More Than 18% Of Facebook Users Visit Facebook On Their Mobile Device
Posted: 2012/08/01 in Education / Awareness, Mobile tech, Stats / reportsIn June of this year, 102 million Facebook users used their mobile device to access the service
Dutch language news article:
http://www.nu.nl/internet/2872649/102-miljoen-mensen-gebruiken-facebook-alleen-via-mobiel.html
Court Rejects BT Appeal over Ofcoms UK Network Access Costs Ruling
Posted: 2012/08/01 in Education / Awareness, Jurisprudence, Litigation, Public Policy, Stats / reportsWatch live TV on your phone! No, really
Posted: 2012/08/01 in Education / Awareness, Mobile tech, New Business Models, Stats / reports, Tech EvolutionFrench privacy regulator asks Google for ‘deleted’ Street View data
Posted: 2012/08/01 in Education / Awareness, Google, Privacy / Data Protection, Public Policy, Stats / reportsLess than a week since U.K. authorities revealed that Google had failed to delete all collected Street View wireless data, France’s data protection agency is asking Google to see the data
Hulu blocks access to overseas Apple TV owners, report says
Posted: 2012/08/01 in Blocking, Education / Awareness, New Business Models, Stats / reportsThe company has been able to identify and block overseas Apple TV owners trying to access its programming from a U.S. iTunes account
Amazon unveils Instant Video app for iPad owners
Posted: 2012/08/01 in Education / Awareness, New Business Models, Stats / reports, Tech EvolutioniPad users can now watch their favorite movies and TV shows from Amazon’s video library directly on their tablets
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57484305-93/amazon-unveils-instant-video-app-for-ipad-owners/
How the new Game Genie lets you hack your PS3 saves
Posted: 2012/08/01 in Education / Awareness, Stats / reportsOr: Editing hexadecimal values for in-game fun and profit
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http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2012/07/how-the-new-game-genie-lets-you-hack-your-ps3-saves/
Tethering apps must be allowed, FCC tells Verizon
Posted: 2012/08/01 in Education / Awareness, Mobile tech, Public Policy, Stats / reportsVerizon is not allowed to block the use of tethering apps, the FCC told the company Tuesday, reports GigaOm. Verizon has settled with the FCC in the dispute over tethering apps, which allow customers to use their smartphone’s data plans without paying for special tethering services through Verizon. Verizon has offered a $1.25 million payment to the US Treasury as a result.
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http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2012/07/tethering-apps-must-be-allowed-fcc-tells-verizon/
Amazon decides it actually does need licenses for music
Posted: 2012/08/01 in Copyright, Education / Awareness, New Business Models, Stats / reports, Tech EvolutionAgreements with major labels bring scan-and-match technology to Cloud Player
http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2012/07/amazon-decides-it-actually-does-need-licenses/
No safe haven: the global Secret Service hunt for three hackers
Posted: 2012/08/01 in Cybercrime, Education / Awareness, Enforcement, Network Security, Organized Crime, Privacy / Data Protection, Stats / reportsDave & Buster’s hack leads agents from Turkish jail to Dubai “sneak-and-peek”
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/07/hacking-dave-busters-from-your-home-in-estonia/
