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Google Gets Attacked By China?
Google Reveals Chinese Espionage Efforts January 13, 2010 Social Engineering techniques helped attackers orchestrate an attack on Google’s infrastructure from Chinese hackers working inside China. The middle of December 2009, Google’s infrastructure was attacked by a highly sophisticated operation originating from China. The attack resulted in theft of intellectual property from Google. Along with Google, there were 20 other large Internet, finance, technology, media and chemical companies also attacked. Google says the attackers tried to get into Gmail accounts belonging to human-rights activists around the world based on subject lines for the emails. The hackers targeted users within a targeted network system with carefully crafted emails full of personal information. The whole goal with the emails was to get the user to open the email PDF or Work document attachment full of malware. Once … Read entire article »
IM/Email App Launching 2010, the Next Big Thing from Google?
Google Wave promises a lot of online collaborative capabilities that appeal to the more technically oriented among us. But like any other new, online service, don’t get so carried away that you forget about privacy and security risks. When I first heard about Google Wave, I thought it sounded a little gimmicky and mostly ignored it. When next I heard about Google Wave, I heard some interesting things about what people will be able to do with plugins to add their own functionality. I looked into the promised capabilities a bit more, and found that I might have at least one use for it, as a tool for running an online Pathfinder RPG campaign. Because of the potential use for it as a gaming aid, I applied for an “invitation” for Google Wave … Read entire article »
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