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		<title>Syrian Electronic Army Compromises Financial Times Blogs and Twitter Feeds</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2013/05/17/syrian-electronic-army-compromises-financial-times-blogs-and-twitter-feeds/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 17:23:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP / Raphael Satter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON (AP) &#8212; A clutch of blogs and Twitter accounts maintained by the Financial Times were hacked Friday, the latest in a series of cyberattacks claimed by the Syrian Electronic Army, a pro-government group which often attacks media organizations it sees as sympathetic to the country&#8217;s rebels. A few of the FT&#8217;s dozens of Twitter feeds and blogs broadcast messages in support of Syrian President Bashar Assad and attacking Syria&#8217;s opposition. One described the Syrian rebel group Jabhat al-Nusra as terrorists and linked to a graphic video of a hooded man shooting kneeling prisoners in the back of the head. &#8220;Syrian Electronic Army Was Here,&#8221; the group crowed on one of the FT&#8217;s Twitter feeds. One of the hackers said his group was behind the attack but declined to answer further questions. The group has apparently spent much of the past 24 hours trying to break into the FT&#8217;s system. One internal company memo distributed Thursday and seen by The Associated Press warned FT employees not to click on suspicious emails, while a second earlier Friday warned the FT was &#8220;facing a phishing attack.&#8221; Phishing describes the use of innocuous-looking emails or websites to trick users into giving up their passwords or other details. The Syrian Electronic Army has routinely used the tactic to take control of Twitter feeds of other media organizations. Recent targets have included the BBC, al-Jazeera, E! Online, and satirical newspaper The Onion. Last month the group claimed responsibility for hacking The AP&#8217;s Twitter feed.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=162969&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What You Need to Know About Mobile Security</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2013/05/09/what-you-need-to-know-about-mobile-security/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 09:45:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Techlicious / Mariella Moon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There might&#8217;ve been a time when you weren&#8217;t overly worried about your mobile devices getting infected by malware &#8211; after all, viruses and spyware were a threat mostly to computers. But as smartphones and tablets become increasingly popular, so do threats that target mobile devices exclusively. According to a 2013 report by Web security provider Blue Coat Systems, an increasing amount of malware is making the jump from desktops to mobile. Security company McAfee also warned in February (PDF) that it detected over 36,000 malware threats, most of that number targeting Android devices. Though it&#8217;s not just Android. If you have a mobile device, you need to know how malware is targeting it and what you can do about it. If malware sneaks on to your phone or tablet, it can install adware, activate SMS Trojans that send out expensive text messages from your phone without you knowing, and even let othersspy on your emails, texts and web browsing. How malware infects your mobile devices The most common way malware infects a phone or a tablet is through downloaded apps masquerading as a popular title or as a useful utility program. You&#8217;d think you wouldn&#8217;t fall victim to that if you&#8217;re careful, but some malicious programs are very well disguised as legitimate apps. In 2012, for instance, fake Angry Birds and Assassin&#8217;s Creed apps hit Google Play, and many Android users unknowingly downloaded the malicious programs that charged them a premium rate &#8211; roughly $22 &#8211; for each app. That modus operandi, however, might soon change. Security researcher Chris Astacio warns that it&#8217;s very likely for attackers to start tweaking mobile malware to infect devices via web pages instead of through apps. At a presentation at the RSA Security conference in San Francisco in late February, he revealed that software that exploits vulnerabilities on computers has been starting to look out for web hits made by iPhones, iPads and Android devices. Which indicates that, although it&#8217;s not yet an actual threat, this method might be used to attack mobile devices in the future. Abundance of Android<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=162424&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Call for Kill Switch to Deactivate Stolen Phones</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2013/05/07/call-for-kill-switch-to-deactivate-stolen-phones/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 12:33:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Techlicious / Fox Van Allen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The statistics are startling: Cell phone theft is on the rise across the country. In Los Angeles, cell phone thefts are up 27% year-over-year, and New York City’s crime rate rose last year due entirely to a rise in stolen phones. But nowhere is the problem worse than in San Francisco. Nearly half of all robberies in the city involve cell phones, with daring thieves grabbing devices straight from owners’ hands. Though San Francisco may be leading the nation in cell phone crime, it’s also leading the nation in combating it. San Francisco District Attorney George Gascón is asking major smartphone manufacturers Apple and Google to combat the growing problem with a beautifully simple suggestion: Give all phones a remote-activated kill switch. With a kill switch, a stolen phone would be permanently bricked – that is, made useless. The idea is that if every phone has a kill switch, stolen phones will be deactivated and useless to their new owners. And if a phone has no resale value to a thief, it’s far less likely to be stolen. In 2012, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) created a wireless phone database to help cut down on crime. When a phone listed in the database is stolen, police can use the unique identification number on the device to track it down and keep it from being re-activated. Unfortunately, the database has only limited effectiveness as stolen phones frequently wind up for sale in foreign countries, and criminals have easy ways of altering your phone’s ID number. So far, the idea is meeting a cool reception from Silicon Valley’s giants. After all, stolen phones don’t just make thieves rich – it makes cellphone manufacturers wealthy as well. According to mobile security firm Lookout, stolen and lost cell phones accounted for an estimated $30 billion in cell phone sales in 2012. Of course, even without a kill switch, you have tools at your disposal to combat cell phone theft before it happens. Third-party apps can help locate your phone and even take pictures of<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=162296&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Report: The Big Tech Companies That Best Protect Your Privacy</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2013/05/02/report-the-big-tech-companies-that-best-protect-your-privacy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 19:19:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Techlicious / Fox Van Allen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every day, we trust countless Internet companies with our personal information. But do you know which sites truly protect your privacy from government eyes? That is precisely the motivation behind the non-profit Electronic Frontier Foundation’s (EFF) 2013 Who Has Your Back report, which sought out to rank top tech giants on six different privacy criteria. And ironically, Twitter, a site devoted to sharing personal thoughts with the world, received the highest score for keeping its mouth shut when it matters the most. The popular social network received a perfect score in all six categories for the first time ever, earning praise for requiring warrants, telling users about government data requests, publishing transparency reports, publishing law enforcement guidelines, fighting for privacy rights in congress, and fighting for privacy rights in the courts. DropBox, LinkedIn, and Google fared well, but fell short of privacy perfection. Verizon, meanwhile, finds itself at the very bottom of the proverbial privacy barrel. Along with social media ghost town Myspace, the mobile carrier failed in all six categories. Apple, AT&#38;T, Yahoo, Comcast, and Amazon all fared almost as poorly. The full 2013 Who Has Your Back report is available on the EFF website at https://www.eff.org/who-has-your-back-2013. This article was written by Fox Van Allen and originally appeared on Techlicious. More from Techlicious: Can you use technology without risking your privacy? How to Browse the Web Anonymously Senate Ammendment Blocks Government from Reading eMail Without Warrant<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=161724&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Lost Your Facebook Password? Get Back In with a Little Help from Your Friends</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2013/05/02/lost-your-facebook-password-let-your-friends-help/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 16:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harry McCracken</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s no one ideal way for a website to let you recover a lost password &#8212; one which will always let you get back in without inordinate hassle, but which will never allow an imposter to compromise your account. So sites typically provide multiple recovery methods. And after a period of testing, Facebook is formally announcing a new one today called Trusted Contacts. Trusted Contacts is an updated version of an existing feature called Trusted Friends, which lets you specify friends on Facebook who can help you get back into your account. Using the service&#8217;s security settings, you name three to five friends &#8212; the kind, Facebook says, who you&#8217;d entrust with a copy of your house key. Then, if you ever get shut out of your account, you can contact all the friends you chose. Facebook will give each of them a unique code to relay to you; if you enter all the codes, you can restore access to your account. As Facebook&#8217;s blog post on the news notes, this approach isn&#8217;t absolutely free of security concerns: someone could conceivably figure out who your Trusted Contacts are, impersonate you and initiate the recovery process. For that reason, the company encourages members who take advantage of the feature to contact their pals in person or on the phone rather than by e-mail or chat. I wonder what percentage of folks who get locked out will use this option to get back in &#8212; and whether other services will copy the idea?<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=161697&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Report: LivingSocial Hacked</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2013/04/26/report-livingsocial-hacked/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 20:28:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doug Aamoth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[AllThingsD&#8217;s Kara Swisher is reporting that popular daily deals site LivingSocial &#8220;has suffered a massive cyber-attack on its computer systems.&#8221; Swisher continues to say that 50 million customers have been affected and will need to reset their passwords. Here&#8217;s a snippet from an internal e-mail sent to LivingSocial employees and apparently obtained by AllThingsD: The information accessed includes names, email addresses, date of birth for some users, and encrypted passwords — technically ‘hashed’ and ‘salted’ passwords. We never store passwords in plain text. Two things you should know: 1. * The database that stores customer credit card information was not affected or accessed. 2. * The database that stores merchants’ financial and banking information was not affected or accessed. So it looks like some personal info may have fallen into the wrong hands, but credit card and other financial details should be safe. If you have a strong enough password, it&#8217;ll hopefully be difficult enough to decrypt to avoid any misuse. (Here&#8217;s a refresher about how to create strong online passwords.) At any rate, you&#8217;ll want to change your current LivingSocial password to something new just in case. LivingSocial Hacked &#8212; More Than 50 Million Customers Impacted [AllThingsD.com]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=161169&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How Does One Fake Tweet Cause a Stock Market Crash?</title>
		<link>http://business.time.com/2013/04/24/how-does-one-fake-tweet-cause-a-stock-market-crash/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 12:05:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Matthews</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At 1:07 p.m. on Tuesday, the Twitter feed of the Associated Press told us that Barack Obama had been injured in an explosion at the White House. The tweet was fake. Read more: http://business.time.com/2013/04/24/how-does-one-fake-tweet-cause-a-stock-market-crash/#ixzz2RTeOKHIG<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=161041&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Hackers Compromise AP Twitter Account</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2013/04/23/hackers-compromise-ap-twitter-account/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 17:47:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Associated Press</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK (AP) &#8212; Hackers compromised Twitter accounts of The Associated Press on Tuesday, sending out a false tweet about an attack at the White House. The false tweet said there had been two explosions at the White House and that President Barack Obama was injured. The attack on AP&#8217;s Twitter account and the AP Mobile Twitter account was preceded by phishing attempts on AP&#8217;s corporate network. The AP confirmed that its Twitter account had been suspended following a hack and said it was working to correct the issue. The false tweet went out shortly after 1 p.m. and briefly sent the Dow Jones industrial average sharply lower. The Dow fell 143 points, from 14,697 to 14,554, after the fake Twitter posting, and then quickly recovered. A Securities and Exchange Commission spokeswoman declined comment on the incident. AP spokesman Paul Colford said the news cooperative is working with Twitter to investigate the issue. The AP has disabled its other Twitter accounts following the attack, Colford added. The Syrian Electronic Army claimed responsibility for the hack. This couldn&#8217;t be corroborated. The FBI has opened an investigation into the incident, spokeswoman Jenny Shearer said. She declined to elaborate. The SEA has taken credit for a string of Web attacks on media targets it sees as sympathetic to Syria&#8217;s rebels. Among the targets the group claims to have hacked are Twitter feeds of Al-Jazeera English and the BBC. White House spokesman Jay Carney said the president was fine. &#8220;I was just with him,&#8221; Carney said at a news briefing. Twitter had no comment.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=160837&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>LulzSec Hacker Gets Prison in Sony Pictures Attack</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2013/04/19/lulzsec-hacker-gets-prison-in-sony-pictures-attack/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2013 14:14:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Associated Press</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES (AP) &#8212; A 25-year-old hacker with the group known as LulzSec was sentenced Thursday to a year in prison and ordered to pay $605,663 in restitution for an attack on Sony Pictures computers that began in late May 2011. Cody Andrew Kretsinger, who went by the online nickname &#8220;recursion,&#8221; was also sentenced to a year of home detention and 1,000 hours of community service. The U.S. Attorney&#8217;s Office in Los Angeles said Kretsinger pleaded guilty last April to the attack, in which hackers breached the Sony Pictures website, stole personal data including the names, addresses, phone numbers and email addresses of tens of thousands of Sony customers and distributed it over the Internet. Raynaldo Rivera, a 20-year-old who also pleaded guilty to the attack in October, is to be sentenced May 16.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=160663&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Study: 32.8 Million Android Phones Infected with Malware</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2013/04/17/study-32-8-million-android-phones-infected-with-malware/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 14:23:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Techlicious / Fox Van Allen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you have an anti-virus app on your Android phone yet? If not, a new study conducted by security firm NQ Mobile suggests you’re playing with fire: The number of malware threats to your Android phone has increased 163% over the past year alone. The study, which looked at over 5.3 million apps available in 406 different online stores, identified 65,227 different pieces of potentially dangerous malware last year. A quick look at the trend suggests that malware is growing at an exponential rate – there were only 1,649 such malware discoveries in 2009. In total, 32.8 million Android phones were infected with malware in 2012 – more than triple the number of the year before. The majority of these infections involve spyware or adware, while about a quarter are designed to steal and profit off of your personal data. A smaller minority is designed to make your phone permanently unusable, something we’d all no doubt like to avoid. Earlier this year, NQ discovered a new type of Android threat: Malware that can spread from your phone to your computer via a USB cord. That particular attack only affected a small handful of Android users. Still, security experts warn that hackers will continue to find these new and inventive ways to steal data, even from the most cautious among us. Android malware is a rapidly increasing threat, but there are some simple measures you can take to buff up your phone’s security. Be sure to look at the Techlicious guide to mobile security, where we break down some of your best (free!) choices for smartphone anti-virus protection. This article was written by Fox Van Allen and originally appeared on Techlicious&#8230; More from Techlicious: What You Need to Know about Mobile Security How to Buy a Tablet What&#8217;s Draining Your Android Battery?<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=160432&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Airplanes Hackable by Phone? Not So Fast</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2013/04/12/airplane-hacks-not-so-fast/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2013 21:23:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jared Newman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a rule, if a sensational headline about some dangerous new hacking threat seems too scary to be true, it probably is. A great example is this week&#8217;s hysteria over aircraft hacking, invoked by a security consultant who demonstrated the concept on an Android phone. For many publications, the temptation to frighten readers was too irresistible. Headlines with words like takeover, hijack and crash abound. In reality, the risk of getting in a plane crash at the hands of some evil hacker is nonexistent at this point. Aviation groups, flight-equipment makers and even a pilot are all saying there&#8217;s nothing to worry about. Let&#8217;s step back and look at what was demonstrated this week by Hugo Teso, a consultant for Germany-based n.runs AG. As Forbes reports, Teso found vulnerabilities in two systems that handle communication between airplanes and air-traffic controllers. Using an Android app and an exploit framework, Teso hacked into a virtual airplane, which he cobbled together from training-simulation software and flight-management hardware that he bought on eBay. As you might expect, there&#8217;s a big difference between a PC-based training simulator and the actual in-flight systems that commercial airlines use. Real flight systems have extra protection and redundancies. The simulation does not. In a statement to the Inquirer, the European Aviation Safety Agency said Teso&#8217;s system does not reveal any potential vulnerabilities in the real world. Likewise, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said Teso&#8217;s hack &#8220;does not pose a flight-safety concern because it does not work on certified flight hardware.&#8221; But what if we assume that eventually, someone will figure out how to hack into a real flight-management system (FMS)? The good news here is that pilots aren&#8217;t helpless. If a hacker were to beam in a few unwanted commands, pilots would be able to react quickly and take control. Over at Ask the Pilot, Patrick Smith does the debunking: There’s only so much you could do by inputting faulty info to the FMS. The FMS cannot say to the plane, &#8216;descend toward the ground now!&#8217; or &#8216;slow to stall speed now!&#8217; or &#8216;turn<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=159994&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Passwords May Soon Be Replaced by &#8216;Pass-Thoughts&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2013/04/09/passwords-may-soon-be-replaced-by-pass-thoughts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2013 21:17:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Techlicious / Fox Van Allen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Could typing out passwords soon be a thing of the past? A new UC Berkeley study suggests that the traditional method of computer authentication can be readily replaced with “pass-thoughts,” allowing you to gain access to your computerized accounts simply by thinking. The study, led by professor John Chuang, asked test subjects to imagine performing certain tasks, such as concentrating on their breathing, while wearing a $100 commercially available NeuroSky electroencephalogram (EEG) headset. Researchers recorded the brainwaves caused by the subjects’ thoughts, saving them as pass-thoughts. When test subjects returned at a later date, they were asked to again concentrate on their breathing while wearing an EEG headset. Computers were able to identify each test subject based on their brainwaves with a 99% success rate. Writes Chuang, “With the embedding of EEG sensors in wireless headsets and other consumer electronics, authenticating users based on their brainwave signals has become a realistic possibility.” While no one expects the public to race out and buy $100 pass-thought headsets, EEG technology holds a lot of promise as it evolves. It’s not unreasonable to think that cellphones and other devices could soon have EEG monitors built in, allowing us to unlock our phones just by thinking about unlocking our phones. Tell us: What do you think about the new technology? Don’t worry, we promise we won’t use your thoughts to try and break into your computer. It’s not possible … yet. This article was written by Fox Van Allen and originally appeared on Techlicious. More from Techlicious: What You Need to Know about Mobile Security The Easy Way to Make Strong Passwords A Safer Way to Store Files Online<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=159883&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Facebook Privacy Settings Guide</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2013/04/04/facebook-privacy-settings-guide/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Apr 2013 04:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Techlicious / Katharine Knibbs</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The first thing you have to realize about Facebook: nothing you put on there is truly private. Yes, you can control how users see or don’t see your profile. But every time you ‘Like’ a product or even look at a page, the company itself is taking note. This doesn’t mean that someday Facebook will malevolently release your every click to the world. But it’s also not your private diary, and what you do on the website gets collected and cataloged. You should always keep that in mind when you’re using the service. That said, Facebook is a great way to stay in touch and share small and big moments with family, friends and assorted other connections. The key is making sure you’re presenting the most appropriate profile possible to each &#8220;Friend.&#8221; So let’s go over the various settings you can change to ensure pictures of your wacky jaunt to Vegas don’t end up at the top of your boss&#8217;s News Feed. Facebook  has retooled its privacy settings time and time again to make them more user friendly, so customizing your settings is a fairly straightforward procedure. It’s an important one, though, since Facebook tends to automatically opt you in to new information sharing unless you go through and manually adjust the settings to the level of transparency you want. Check your current basic privacy settings When you log into Facebook, in the top right hand corner there are two different ways you can assess your privacy settings. If you push the lock icon, you open a drop-down menu that shows “Privacy Shortcuts.” From here, you can make a few key changes to your settings. Who can see your future posts? In this section you can limit exactly who sees your updates. That may be a little too restrictive, but at the very least click on the Custom button in that section and make sure your posts are being posted Publicly (unless you want them to be.) You can also place your Facebook Friends in lists and restrict your posts to those<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=159510&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>EA Origin Security Flaw Could Expose Tens of Millions of Players</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2013/03/19/ea-origin-security-flaw-could-expose-tens-of-millions-of-players/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Mar 2013 16:05:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Peckham</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When it rains, it pours: Electronic Arts, currently grappling with game-breaking SimCity server issues as well as the surprise resignation of CEO John Riccitiello, might have to add &#8220;millions of players at risk of being hacked&#8221; to its list of woes. It seems EA&#8217;s Origin gaming service may place tens of millions of players (the service has around 40 million members total) at risk thanks to a design flaw that allows a hacker to execute malicious code on a targeted user&#8217;s system remotely. EA Origin is EA&#8217;s digital distribution platform as well as anti-piracy mechanism, operating as a sort of relay between players and EA&#8217;s game servers similar to Valve&#8217;s older, more popular Steam service. EA games like DICE&#8217;s Battlefield 3 or EA Maxis&#8217; SimCity require the EA Origin client to run, and it&#8217;s an exploitable flaw in that process on Windows PCs, whereby the Origin client employs web-like addresses to access games, that&#8217;s at issue. The paper outlining the exploit, titled &#8220;EA Origin Insecurity (When Local Bugs Go Remote.. Again),&#8221; was actually published in late February, so it&#8217;s likely making waves now because of all this other EA-related chatter &#8212; it didn&#8217;t just happen yesterday, in other words &#8212; but it is worth being aware of what&#8217;s at stake, since EA hasn&#8217;t addressed the problem, and there may be steps you can take to safeguard yourself until they do. The research team responsible for outing the exploit operates under the company name [Re]Vuln Ltd. and consists of two people: one a former security researcher for Research in Motion, the other describing himself as an &#8220;independent security researcher.&#8221; How does the exploit work? According to the researchers, if you&#8217;re launching an EA Origin game from a website or desktop shortcut, a hacker could abuse the &#8220;Origin URI handling mechanism,&#8221; meaning Origin links styled by the URI handler as &#8220;origin://&#8221; plus game, game ID, command parameters and an attacker&#8217;s payload. The exploit still requires hackers suss your game ID, but if they do, they could easily slip attack code in &#8212; say a remote DLL<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=158374&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>China&#8217;s Red Hackers: The Tale of One Patriotic Cyberwarrior</title>
		<link>http://world.time.com/2013/02/21/chinas-red-hackers-the-tale-of-one-patriotic-cyberwarrior/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2013 13:51:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hannah Beech</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a story in this week’s magazine, TIME profiles Wan Tao, once one of China’s most feared hongke, or red hackers, cyberwarriors motivated by patriotism to attack foreign digital victims. via China’s Red Hackers: The Tale of One Patriotic Cyberwarrior &#124; TIME.com.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=157019&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Apple Says It Was Hacked</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2013/02/19/apple-says-it-was-hacked/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2013 18:24:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doug Aamoth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reuters reports that Apple has revealed it was &#8220;attacked by the same hackers who targeted Facebook&#8221; last month. According to Reuters: Apple, which is working with law enforcement to track down the hackers, told Reuters that only a small number of its employees&#8217; Macintosh computers were breached, but &#8220;there was no evidence that any data left Apple.&#8221; Exclusive: Apple hit by hackers who targeted Facebook last week [Reuters]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=156833&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Twitter Hacked: 250,000 Accounts at Risk</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2013/02/01/twitter-hacked-250000-accounts-at-risk/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Feb 2013 03:17:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harry McCracken</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This afternoon, I got an e-mail from Twitter saying it had reason to believe my account had been compromised and was therefore making me change my password. After I verified that the e-mail was indeed from Twitter — rather than a phisher trying to steal my info — I did as it instructed. And then, when I was back on the service, I saw other people saying that they&#8217;d received the same e-mail I had. Lots of them. Turns out that there are a quarter-million of us. Twitter&#8217;s director of information security, Bob Lord, blogged the news: As you may have read, there’s been a recent uptick in large-scale security attacks aimed at U.S. technology and media companies. Within the last two weeks, the New York Times and Wall Street Journal have chronicled breaches of their systems, and Apple and Mozilla have turned off Java by default in their browsers. This week, we detected unusual access patterns that led to us identifying unauthorized access attempts to Twitter user data. We discovered one live attack and were able to shut it down in process moments later. However, our investigation has thus far indicated that the attackers may have had access to limited user information – usernames, email addresses, session tokens and encrypted/salted versions of passwords – for approximately 250,000 users. Lord says the hack was serious stuff: This attack was not the work of amateurs, and we do not believe it was an isolated incident. The attackers were extremely sophisticated, and we believe other companies and organizations have also been recently similarly attacked. For that reason we felt that it was important to publicize this attack while we still gather information, and we are helping government and federal law enforcement in their effort to find and prosecute these attackers to make the Internet safer for all users. It&#8217;s not clear whether Lord is hinting that he thinks there&#8217;s some connection between the Twitter breach and the ones at the New York Times and Wall Street Journal, which seem to have originated<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=156008&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Should Mobile Device Use Expand on Planes? FCC Tells FAA It&#8217;s Time (Because It Is)</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2012/12/10/should-mobile-device-use-expand-on-planes-fcc-tells-faa-its-time-because-it-is/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2012 13:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Peckham</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As we used to say in my past life working for a railroad, &#8220;safety first.&#8221; But as you&#8217;ve probably heard &#8212; increasingly in recent years &#8212; scientific evidence supporting the way we currently regulate electronic devices on planes, whether at launch or in the air, is scant to nonexistent. So why are we still hearing the cabin crew on the comms just before launch, after the cabin doors close, asking us to disable our laptops, tablets and cellphones? Because the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) rules prohibit use of electronic devices like cellphones and other wireless devices on &#8220;airborne aircraft,&#8221; claiming these devices could potentially interfere with wireless networks &#8220;on the ground.&#8221; The FCC actually began considerations to lift the ban in late 2004, but ended the process in 2007, after concluding the technical info provided by &#8220;interested parties&#8221; (read: device manufacturers) wasn&#8217;t good enough to make a determination. But behold: Last Thursday, reports The Hill, FCC chairman Julius Genachowski issued a letter to Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) acting chairman Michael Huerta calling on the FAA to &#8220;enable greater use of tablets, e-readers, and other portable devices&#8221; during flights. Huzzah? Perhaps. To be fair, the FAA already allows portable electronic devices to be used for the lion&#8217;s share of flight time, including enabling Wi-Fi after the plane&#8217;s in the air (all the commercial flights I&#8217;ve been on since 2010 have included inflight Wi-Fi service), thus it&#8217;s clear Genachowski&#8217;s talking about the periods during which these devices are currently restricted: takeoff or landing. This is kind of a big deal, I&#8217;m sure you&#8217;ll agree, because those periods can range from all of a couple dozen minutes to hours, depending. (MORE: JetBlue to Launch Free Wi-Fi on Planes in Early 2013) Nowadays it works something like this (for all you who don&#8217;t fly): After the cabin doors close, as the pilots are spooling up the engines preparing to pull away from the walkway, a flight attendant takes to the cabin speaker system and reminds us it&#8217;s time to put our battery-powered toys away. Off go<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=153051&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Your Digital Legacy: States Grapple with Protecting Our Data After We Die</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2012/11/29/digital-legacy-law/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2012 10:44:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katy Steinmetz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Who is allowed to read through your e-mails — or update your Facebook page — when you die? In many states across the U.S., there are no clear answers to such basic legal questions. That’s why Cynthia Creem, along with numerous other policymakers nationwide, is fighting to bring clarity to the high-tech confusion. A Massachusetts state senator, Creem proposed a bill this year that would give executors access to e-mail accounts of the deceased. “You would certainly have access to somebody’s desk,” Creem says. “Why should this be any different?” Her bill would make Massachusetts the sixth state to put a “digital asset” law on the books. But tech companies are wary of new privacy-related legislation — and in this case, Google hired a lobbyist to oppose it. (MORE: 2012 Tech Gift Guide) A question increasingly on the minds of lawyers, academics and legislators is how to deal with the ever expanding digital footprints we leave behind when we die. High-profile showdowns over online accounts have often pitted bereaved parents against industry behemoths armed with terms-of-service agreements, those novella-length contracts that everyone checks and no one reads. But now that baby boomers are moving online too, this probate problem will become much more widespread: by one estimate, 580,000 Facebook users will have died this year in the U.S. alone. Creem’s colleagues clearly share her concern: Massachusetts legislators unanimously passed her bill in the senate this June. Meanwhile, bar associations from Oregon to Nebraska are drafting their own measures outlining whether these e-things are bound. What qualifies as a digital asset? “Anything that we store online, on our computers or in a cloud that might have value,” says George Washington University law professor Naomi Cahn. “It’s not just financial value. It’s also emotional, personal value.” That definition covers everything from domain names to Twitter handles, apps to frequent-flyer miles — or perhaps, to cite a favorite example of Cahn’s, the virtual sword used in video game Age of Wulin that sold at an auction for $16,000. “Everyone is basically moving their lives online,” says Marc Rotenberg, executive<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=152341&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Protecting Online Assets: 9 Ways to Safeguard Your Digital Legacy</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2012/11/29/digital-legacy-assets/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2012 10:40:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katy Steinmetz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just because you don’t know how “the Twitter” works, don’t think you’re off the hook. Planning for digital assets is something that anyone crafting a will—or power of attorney—should consider these days, particularly given that laws vary state by state and an increasing number of families are finding themselves locked out of their loved one’s accounts. (Read TIME’s full report on the legislative rush to protect your digital legacy) Here are nine easy tips for protecting your online identity: 1. Make a list. A digital asset is considered anything you access online, on your computer or in a cloud that has emotional or financial value. A few examples might include: email and social media accounts; digital photo albums or movie collections; video game avatars; domain names; online subscriptions; online investment accounts; even frequent flyer miles. Keep in mind that others might value some of your digital assets differently; emails could seem worthless to you, for instance, while they’d be treasures for loved ones or keys to managing your estate. (MORE: Tech Buyer&#8217;s Guide for 2012) 2. Cast a wide digital net when planning. Maybe you use automatic, paperless billing for your cell phone. Maybe you have a PayPal account that will need to be closed. Maybe you use a regional bank for your online checking account. That may not fall under the strict umbrella of “cataloging digital assets,” but while you’re racking your brain, jot those details down along with your other usernames, passwords and answers to security questions. Leaving your representative instructions for anything and everything will make the transition easier—and be a helpful reminder about what needs to be managed. 3. Know the law where you live. Or at least make sure you consult an attorney who does. Five states have laws that help representatives gain access to digital assets: Connecticut, Idaho, Indiana, Oklahoma and Rhode Island. And many more states have bills in the works. So far, those laws are far from uniform, some covering only email, others everything down to “micro-blogging.” Estate law, on the whole, varies<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=152336&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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