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U.S. Govt. Apps Bundled Russian Code With Ties to Mobile Malware Developer

Krebs on Security

But that story omitted an important historical detail about Pushwoosh: In 2013, one of its developers admitted to authoring the Pincer Trojan , malware designed to surreptitiously intercept and forward text messages from Android mobile devices. company based variously in California, Maryland and Washington, D.C.,

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Visual Cues and Clues: Born-Digital Photographs and their Metadata

Unwritten Record

The Still Picture Branch at the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) accessions new photographic records from various Government agencies every year. In addition, in the tags is the name “Karney,” which is the photographer. In the “tags” we see a variety of related information: “Dr. Bae – Young Lee; Seoul.

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The History of Computer Viruses & Malware

eSecurity Planet

Though both governments have formally denied responsibility for the attack, Stuxnet is today commonly known to be the work of a joint effort between Israel and the United States, as reported by both “The New York Times” and “The Washington Post,” among others. Looking to Learn More About How to Defend Yourself Against Malware?

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This Is What Happens When Context Is Lost.

John Battelle's Searchblog

The government mostly stayed out of Google’s way during this period. By 2013 or so, Google had gotten into the personalization game, albeit most folks would admit it wasn’t nearly as good as Facebook’s, but still, way better than the offline world. The government mostly stayed out of Facebook’s way during this period.

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This Is What Happens When Context Is Lost.

John Battelle's Searchblog

The government mostly stayed out of Google’s way during this period. By 2013 or so, Google had gotten into the personalization game, albeit most folks would admit it wasn’t nearly as good as Facebook’s, but still, way better than the offline world. The government mostly stayed out of Facebook’s way during this period.

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This Is What Happens When Context Is Lost.

John Battelle's Searchblog

The government mostly stayed out of Google’s way during this period. By 2013 or so, Google had gotten into the personalization game, albeit most folks would admit it wasn’t nearly as good as Facebook’s, but still, way better than the offline world. The government mostly stayed out of Facebook’s way during this period.