Students pull off below-the-belt mailing list prank
According to local media reports, students at at a Florida high school successfully hacked into computer system in order to send an email …
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Taiwanese woman arrested after trying to hack a Trump resort
A Taiwanese woman has been arrested after illegally attempting to enter the Mar-a-Lago Resort owned by U.S. President Donald Trump with a …
Taiwanese woman arrested after badly attempting to hack a resort owned by Donald Trump
A Taiwanese woman has been arrested after attempting to illegally enter the Mar-a-Lago Resort, owned by U.S. President Donald Trump with a …
University of West Florida Meets Increased Cybersecurity Demand
The University of West Florida is launching three new degree programs in direct response to increased workforce demand in STEM fields. …
Will pay-for-privacy be the new normal?
Privacy is a human right, and online privacy should be no exception. Yet, as the US considers new laws to protect individuals’ online …
California to close data breach notification loopholes under new law
California, which has some of the strongest data breach notification laws in the U.S., thinks it can do ever better. The golden state’s …
A popular WordPress plugin leaked access tokens capable of hijacking Twitter accounts
A popular WordPress plugin, installed on thousands of websites to help users share content on social media sites, left linked Twitter …
There’s a Growing Population of Wild Monkeys With a Deadly Herpes Virus in Florida
Experts say that a population of rhesus macaques infected with a deadly herpes virus in central Florida is on the verge of doubling, which …
Lawmakers say Amazon’s facial recognition software may be racially biased and harm free expression
Amazon has “failed to provide sufficient answers” about its controversial facial recognition software, Rekognition — and lawmakers …
A leaky database of SMS text messages exposed password resets and two-factor codes
A security lapse has exposed a massive database containing tens of millions of text messages, including password reset links, two-factor …
Passcodes are protected by Fifth Amendment, says court
There was an underage driver at the wheel, driving on a Florida highway. Police say he was …
Florida Man laundered money for Reveton ransomware. Then Microsoft hired him
A former Microsoft network engineer will be spending a sojourn behind bars after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering. …