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badBIOS: Next-gen malware or digital myth?

2013-11-01 18:59:07| InfoWorld: Top News

Security researcher Dragos Ruiu calls it "badBIOS." According to him, it's a strain of malware that has persisted amongst the machines in his laborato

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Is sustainability a dangerous myth fuelling over consumption?

2013-10-28 08:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: Tuesday 20 August 2013 was Earth Overshoot Day, the day every year when humanity exceeds the yearly ecological limits of the planet, and starts to consume and pollute more than the Earth can endure. Back in 1972, The Limits to Growth had warned that we would soon exceed the 'carrying capacity' of the planet, and by the mid-1980s the authors were proved right. Since that time, industrial civilization has been bankrupting future generations not just financially, but by stealing an unfair proportion...

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Security Pros: iMessage Security Is a Myth

2013-10-19 14:00:00| TechNewsWorld

Apple's iMessage instant messenger service, which has made headlines for being uncrackable by law enforcement, is not so secure after all, according to Quarkslab. An internal DEA document published in April stated that it was impossible to intercept iMessages between two Apple devices. Further, metadata about messages is sensitive, Cattiaux pointed out -- and Apple has that metadata.

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