High-profile hacker arrested in Slovenia
A cyber mastermind was recently arrested in Slovenia. He was linked to the creation of the malicious Mariposa botnet. Police arrested some of the Mariposa hackers months ago in Spain. They are tracking down other participating hackers.
No-track list a possibility
The FTC is considering creating a no-track list for online advertising. This would let computer users opt-out of targeted ads. This could take the form of a browser plug-in.
Researcher collects data on 100 million Facebook users
A security researcher devised a program that collected data on 100 million Facebook users. The data was released in a file online. The researcher says it highlights Facebook's privacy issues. Only publicly available data was collected
Apple fixes Safari bugs
Apple just released 15 patches for the Safari browser. Fixed flaws include the recently disclosed auto-fill vulnerability. This was to be discussed today by hackers at the DefCon conference. Apple also enabled extensions by default
Britain's oldest Tweeter passes away
Ivy Bean passed away this week. At 104, she was Britain's oldest Twitter-user. Her death was announced on Twitter by her care-giver. When she was born, telegraphs were the prevalent form of communication
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