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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>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>Apple and Other Tech Companies Hacked: Here&#8217;s What You Need to Know</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2013/02/20/apple-and-other-tech-companies-hacked-heres-what-you-need-to-know/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2013 21:40:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jared Newman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Apple, Facebook and Twitter have all fallen victim to the same attack by hackers over the past few weeks. The good news is that very few users have been affected by these security breaches. Still, the way these companies were attacked&#8211;through malicious websites that exploited a security flaw in Java&#8211;could happen to anyone. Here&#8217;s what you need to know about the recent attacks, and how to stay safe: How did this happen? At least one website related to iPhone app development, called iPhoneDevSDK, fell victim to an attack, which in turn seems to have caused this whole mess. Hackers compromised the account of a site administrator, and used it to inject malicious code into the site. This code allowed malware to infect the computers of people who visited the site, including employees at Apple, Facebook and possibly Twitter. A post on iPhoneDevSDK says the attack likely ended on January 30, but many of the details are still unknown. Who, exactly, was affected? Twitter was the only company that said its users were affected. In a February 1 blog post, Twitter said attackers compromised 250,000 accounts, gaining access to user names, e-mails, session tokens and encrypted versions of passwords. Twitter has reset those users&#8217; passwords and sent e-mails notifying affected users, so they&#8217;ll have to create new passwords next time they log in. Facebook says a handful of employee laptops were compromised, but found no evidence of stolen user data. The attack on Apple affected some employees&#8217; Macintosh computers, but the company says there&#8217;s &#8220;no evidence that any data left Apple.&#8221; We may not yet know the full extent of the damage, as anyone who visited iPhoneDevSDK was susceptible to the attack. What was the point of the attack? Bloomberg claims that the hackers &#8220;appear to be seeking company secrets, research and intellectual property they can sell underground,&#8221; citing &#8220;people familiar with the matter.&#8221; However, security firm F-Secure speculates that the actual goal was to compromise the accounts of mobile application developers, allowing the attackers to inject malicious code into smartphone apps.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=156884&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>PSA: Facebook Links to Whitney Houston Autopsy Video Are Bogus</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2012/02/15/psa-facebook-links-to-whitney-houston-autopsy-video-are-bogus/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 18:31:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doug Aamoth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In news that should shock absolutely nobody, scammers have been trying to cash in on Whitney Houston's death. One trick: links floating around Facebook purporting to contain a video of Houston's autopsy that "reveals a shocking secret that explains her death."<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=119245&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Google Wallet Suspends Prepaid Cards After Blog Reveals Easy Hack</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2012/02/14/google-wallet-suspends-prepaid-cards-after-blog-reveals-easy-hack/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:15:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith Wagstaff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Amid news of a new hack that lets people go into a phone's settings and reset the Google Wallet pin, Google has announced that it's disabling prepaid cards until a permanent fix can be found.

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		<title>Google Wallet Hack Shows NFC Payments Still Aren&#8217;t Secure</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2012/02/10/google-wallet-hack-shows-nfc-payments-still-arent-secure/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:30:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith Wagstaff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You probably won't see the Wallet Cracker app in the Android Market anytime soon. In a video posted by security firm Zvelo, the program exposes the pin number of a Google Wallet account within seconds.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=118291&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The (Fake) Consumer Electronics Show</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2012/01/13/the-fake-consumer-electronics-show/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 13:45:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harry McCracken</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At its CES booth in the Las Vegas Convention Center's North Hall, SecurityMan has been showing some products that don't work. I don't mean that as a criticism. Along with its security products, it had a whole wall of dummy cameras--budget-priced fakes designed to make intruders think that you're carefully monitoring your property when you aren't.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=114146&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Timeline Scams Show Why Facebook Should Be More Upfront with Policies</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2012/01/06/timeline-scams-show-why-facebook-should-be-more-upfront-with-policies/</link>
		<comments>http://techland.time.com/2012/01/06/timeline-scams-show-why-facebook-should-be-more-upfront-with-policies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 11:55:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith Wagstaff</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Facebook]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Don't like Facebook Timeline? Too bad, because you're stuck with it. And cynical scammers are taking advantage of those looking to revert back to the old design.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=112670&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Is Your Cell Phone Listening in on You?</title>
		<link>http://ideas.time.com/2011/12/15/is-your-cell-phone-listening-in-on-you/</link>
		<comments>http://ideas.time.com/2011/12/15/is-your-cell-phone-listening-in-on-you/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 16:30:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lori Andrews</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Carrier IQ and other smartphone apps allow for unprecedented surveillance. And it's all legal.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=109983&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>British Secret Service Creates Website to Recruit Self-Taught Hackers</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2011/12/01/british-secret-service-creates-website-to-recruit-hackers-without-their-knowledge/</link>
		<comments>http://techland.time.com/2011/12/01/british-secret-service-creates-website-to-recruit-hackers-without-their-knowledge/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 16:30:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Graeme McMillan</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[hackers]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://techland.time.com/?p=108252</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It had to happen; after years of science-fiction stories where heroes are recruited through video games that are actually tests of their abilities, a secret service has gone all <em>Last Starfighter</em> and set up a fake website designed to recruit potential hackers, ensuring that they only use their powers for good.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=108252&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Can You Crack It?</media:title>
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		<title>The 25 Most Popular (and Worst) Passwords of 2011</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2011/11/22/the-25-most-popular-and-worst-passwords-of-2011/</link>
		<comments>http://techland.time.com/2011/11/22/the-25-most-popular-and-worst-passwords-of-2011/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 13:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erica Ho</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Security & Privacy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[passwords]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://techland.time.com/?p=107336</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[SplashData, a company that offers a “complete password management and security solution,” culled from data stolen and posted online by hackers some of the most awesomely bad (and yet commonly used) passwords of all time.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=107336&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Consequences of Apple&#8217;s Walled Garden</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2011/11/14/the-consequences-of-apples-walled-garden/</link>
		<comments>http://techland.time.com/2011/11/14/the-consequences-of-apples-walled-garden/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 15:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jerry Brito</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At the SysCan conference in Taiwan this week, security researcher Charlie Miller will describe a flaw he discovered in the iPhone’s web browser that allows a malicious app installed on the phone to download executable code from a remote server. Miller is well-known for finding security flaws in Apple software, and this latest instance could be the most serious flaw he’s uncovered yet.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=104816&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Is Valve&#8217;s Steam Hack as Bad as the Sony PlayStation Debacle?</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2011/11/11/is-valves-steam-hack-as-bad-as-sony-playstation-debacle/</link>
		<comments>http://techland.time.com/2011/11/11/is-valves-steam-hack-as-bad-as-sony-playstation-debacle/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2011 15:45:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Peckham</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Apps & Web]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gaming & Culture]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[When Valve revealed last night that its Steam online gaming service had been hacked and a database with user login and credit card info gutted, was anyone surprised?<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=102817&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Men More Likely to Befriend Sexy Strangers in Facebook Scams</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2011/11/11/men-more-likely-to-befriend-sexy-strangers-in-facebook-scams/</link>
		<comments>http://techland.time.com/2011/11/11/men-more-likely-to-befriend-sexy-strangers-in-facebook-scams/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2011 11:55:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith Wagstaff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Reviews & Features]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://techland.time.com/?p=102430</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A poll of 1,649 internet users found that 64.2% of women rejected friend requests from strangers, while only 55.4% of men did, with men more likely to accept a request if it came from a "hot-looking woman."<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=102430&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Vice President of Global Security Quits Apple</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2011/11/07/vice-president-of-global-security-quits-apple/</link>
		<comments>http://techland.time.com/2011/11/07/vice-president-of-global-security-quits-apple/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 17:39:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Graeme McMillan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Apple]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://techland.time.com/?p=102100</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In the last few months, Apple&#8217;s security has been called into question more than once—not only for losing a pre-release iPhone 4S, but also for allegedly getting involved with the San Francisco Police Department&#8217;s investigation into the missing phone. It may come as no surprise, then, that Apple&#8217;s VP of Global Security recently left the company. The 9to5Mac blog is reporting that John Thirault has left Apple after four years of heading the company&#8217;s security efforts, including a rumored &#8220;World Wide Loyalty Team.&#8221; A former FBI agent, he came to Apple following more than a decade as Chief Security Officer at Pfizer. No official reason has been offered for his resignation, and Apple has declined to comment on his departure. MORE: Wanted: Apple Security Staff Capable of Actually Securing Stuff Graeme McMillan is a reporter at TIME. Find him on Twitter at @Graemem or on Facebook at Facebook/Graeme.McMillan. You can also continue the discussion on TIME’s Facebook page and on Twitter at @TIME.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=102100&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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	<primary_category>Business</primary_category><primary_category_link>http://techland.time.com/category/news/business/</primary_category_link>
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		<title>Facebook Announces New &#8216;Trusted Friends&#8217; Security Feature</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2011/10/28/facebook-announces-new-trusted-friends-security-feature/</link>
		<comments>http://techland.time.com/2011/10/28/facebook-announces-new-trusted-friends-security-feature/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2011 16:30:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith Wagstaff</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://techland.time.com/?p=101268</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Now you can get back into your Facebook account with a little help from your friends: Facebook just announced a new feature called Trusted Friends, which uses—surprise, surprise—your social network to log you back in if you forget your password. This is how it works: First, you pick five Facebook friends you trust. If you get locked out, you can arrange it so those friends get a code. Afterwards, call them, collect three of the codes, enter them, and voila—you&#8217;re back in business. Facebook likens it &#8220;to giving a house key to your friends when you go on vacation.&#8221; (PHOTOS: Around the World With Facebook) Apparently, this is all in honor of National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, that joyous time of year when we all change our passwords and tell grandma &#8220;No, don&#8217;t open that!&#8221; So, why would you need this when you can simply reset your password via email? Because the email you register with might not be the email you use in two years when you forget your password. This very writer had that experience back in 2008, when he realized he still had a Friendster account he created in 2003 with a long-defunct Hotmail account. Friendster&#8217;s advice: Scan a photo ID and then email, fax or mail an image of it back to its customer service department. Needless to say, it wasn&#8217;t very convenient. The point is, technology changes fast, and you never know what social media site or email account you&#8217;ll be using in the future. Plus, you can always just forget your email password. Facebook also announced app-specific passwords for when you log into third-party apps with your Facebook account. MORE: 25 Facebook Profiles You Should Subscribe to Right Now<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=101268&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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	<primary_category>Social Networking</primary_category><primary_category_link>http://techland.time.com/category/apps-web/social-networking-apps-web/</primary_category_link>
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		<title>After Sesame Street, Microsoft&#8217;s YouTube Account Gets Hacked</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2011/10/24/after-sesame-street-microsofts-youtube-account-gets-hacked/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2011 18:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Graeme McMillan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Any Microsoft fans who were hoping to catch up with the company&#8217;s latest YouTube videos over the weekend would have been in for an unpleasant surprise: All of the videos had disappeared, replaced by five videos soliciting advertisers for the channel, along with a message that read &#8220;I DID NOTHING WRONG I SIMPLY SIGNED INTO MY ACCOUNT THAT I MADE IN 2006 :/&#8221; The hack lasted a few hours, with Microsoft releasing a statement during that time saying simply, &#8220;We are aware that someone has altered the YouTube channel devoted to Microsoft videos.  We are working with YouTube to rectify the situation.&#8221; All of Microsoft&#8217;s official videos were removed as a result of the hack, as was the channel&#8217;s description, and the channel&#8217;s home country was changed to the United Kingdom. (MORE: YouTube to Launch 25 New Professionally-Created Content Channels?) Less than three hours after Microsoft&#8217;s initial statement on the matter, the company released a second statement, announcing that it had &#8220;regained control of the Microsoft channel on YouTube, and we are working to restore all of the original content.  We will continue to work with YouTube to ensure safeguards are in place for the future.&#8221; The hack is the second high-profile hack of a YouTube channel in as many weeks; while Microsoft may be embarrassed and frustrated at having to replace all of its content (It&#8217;s all back up now), at least it didn&#8217;t have to see its videos replaced by hardcore pornography. Clearly, it&#8217;s time for YouTube to reassess its security procedures. MORE: YouTube to Train, Fund &#8216;Next Chef&#8217; and &#8216;Next Trainer&#8217; [via GeekWire] Graeme McMillan is a reporter at TIME. Find him on Twitter at @Graemem or on Facebook at Facebook/Graeme.McMillan. You can also continue the discussion on TIME’s Facebook page and on Twitter at @TIME.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=100723&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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	<primary_category>Microsoft</primary_category><primary_category_link>http://techland.time.com/category/companies-2/microsoft/</primary_category_link>
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		<title>iPad 2 Smart Cover Exploit Breaks Through Passcodes</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2011/10/21/ipad-2-smart-cover-exploit-breaks-through-passcodes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Oct 2011 15:51:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jared Newman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Need to break into a passcode-protected iPad 2? All you need is a Smart Cover. The security exploit, reported by 9to5Mac, allows limited access to the iPad 2 running iOS 5, but could expose e-mails and iMessages, and allows the intruder to delete apps. Here&#8217;s how it works: 1. From the lock screen, hold the power button until the &#8220;slide to power off&#8221; screen appears. 2. Attach a Smart Cover to the iPad 2 and place it over the screen. 3. Lift the smart cover and press &#8220;cancel&#8221; on the power off screen. The iPad will then return to the home screen, or to whatever app was open before the device was locked. An intruder won&#8217;t be able to open any new apps, but as several 9to5Mac commenters point out, apps can be deleted. Also, the intruder could use the iPad 2&#8242;s spotlight search function to glean info from e-mails or iMessages. Big deal? Not really, because the exploit only allows limited functionality on the iPad 2. And if you&#8217;re really worried about it, you can go into the iPad&#8217;s General settings menu and disable Smart Cover unlocking. You&#8217;d essentially be making the Smart Cover dumb, but it&#8217;s a small price to pay if you&#8217;ve got some sensitive data stored in your e-mail or messages—at least until Apple releases the inevitable patch. MORE: Two Minute Video: Should You Buy the iPad 2?<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=100595&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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	<primary_category>Apple</primary_category><primary_category_link>http://techland.time.com/category/companies-2/apple/</primary_category_link>
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		<title>SEC Issues New Cybersecurity Guidelines for Publicly Traded Companies</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2011/10/18/sec-issues-new-cybersecurity-guidelines-for-publicly-traded-companies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2011 08:55:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Graeme McMillan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[How many publicly traded companies need to improve their cybersecurity? How much danger are those companies in of actually being hacked? The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission wants you to have a better idea, especially if you&#8217;re a shareholder of one or more of the companies. Late last week, the SEC introduced a new set of guidelines that, while not making it legally necessary for companies to disclose their online vulnerabilities, does make it easier for shareholders to launch legal action against those companies for withholding the information. (MORE: Pandora Issued a Subpoena for Possibly Violating Internet Privacy Laws) While the SEC is not suggesting that vulnerabilities be disclosed in detail, just the suggestion that disclosure may be necessary—and that the decision as to whether it is necessary or not lies with the corporations in question—opens the door to legal challenges, according to analyst Christopher Wolf: &#8220;This SEC Guidance is likely to result in public corporations engaging is a substantial and detailed assessment of their cybersecurity risks to determine if public disclosure is required, and may lead to a litigation trend of plaintiffs suing corporation following a data security breach, alleging that the risks of such a breach were not properly assessed or disclosed.&#8221; The guidelines were issued following a call from Senator Jay Rockefeller, who asked for such a move back in May. In a statement, he wrote: &#8220;For years, cyber risks and incidents material to investors have gone unreported in spite of existing legal obligations to disclose them. Intellectual property worth billions of dollars has been stolen by cybercriminals, and investors have been kept completely in the dark. This guidance changes everything.&#8221; He&#8217;s not wrong that cyber risks tended to go unreported; a report from McAfee earlier this year suggested that only 10% of companies reported all their breaches. As to whether this will change everything? Well, let&#8217;s wait and see how many lawsuits roll in as a result. MORE: Sony Reports &#8216;Massive&#8217; Hacking Attempt Against Networks &#160; [via TPM] Graeme McMillan is a reporter at TIME. Find<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=99978&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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	<primary_category>Business</primary_category><primary_category_link>http://techland.time.com/category/news/business/</primary_category_link>
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		<title>Sony Reports &#8216;Massive&#8217; Hacking Attempt Against Networks</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2011/10/12/sony-reports-massive-hacking-attempt-against-network/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 13:04:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doug Aamoth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sony has taken to its PlayStation blog, informing customers that &#8220;a massive set of sign-in IDs and passwords&#8221; have recently been tested against its PlayStation, Sony Entertainment and Sony Online Entertainment networks. The good news is that a) Sony appears to be pretty upfront about this, which is a nice change compared to how the initial summer hacks were handled, and b) it appears that the username and password combinations were stolen from somewhere else, since many of them didn&#8217;t work on Sony&#8217;s networks. (MORE: E3 2011: Sony Leads with Apology for PlayStation Network Outage) Says Sony: &#8220;These attempts appear to include a large amount of data obtained from one or more compromised lists from other companies, sites or other sources. In this case, given that the data tested against our network consisted of sign-in ID-password pairs, and that the overwhelming majority of the pairs resulted in failed matching attempts, it is likely the data came from another source and not from our Networks. We have taken steps to mitigate the activity. Less than one tenth of one percent (0.1%) of our PSN, SEN and SOE audience may have been affected. There were approximately 93,000 accounts globally (PSN/SEN: approximately 60,000 accounts; SOE: approximately 33,000) where the attempts succeeded in verifying those accounts’ valid sign-in IDs and passwords, and we have temporarily locked these accounts. Only a small fraction of these 93,000 accounts showed additional activity prior to being locked. We are currently reviewing those accounts for unauthorized access, and will provide more updates as we have them. Please note, if you have a credit card associated with your account, your credit card number is not at risk.&#8221; If your PlayStation or Sony Entertainment account has been affected, you&#8217;ll be receiving an e-mail from Sony prompting you to reset your password. If your Sony Online Entertainment account has been affected, it&#8217;s &#8220;been temporarily turned off,&#8221; says Sony, and you&#8217;ll be receiving an e-mail with instructions on how &#8220;to validate your account credentials and have your account turned back on.&#8221; MORE: Sony<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=99621&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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