The Federal Government has confirmed its financial regulator has started requiring Australian Internet service providers to block websites suspected of providing fraudulent financial opportunities, in a move which appears to also open the door for other government agencies to unilaterally block sites they deem questionable in their own portfolios. Original post on delimiter.com.au Comments on reddit.com
Supremacist Gets 26 to Life in Killing of Molester Original post on abcnews.go.com Comments on reddit.com
Norway is taking steps to tackle websites like The Pirate Bay to eliminate online copyright infringement by amending the Copyright Act. The revisions are popular in parliament and if passed will grant authorities the right to block sites at the ISP level. Original post on rt.com Comments on reddit.com
Number of unique visitors falls in US and remains static in UK, but social media site’s profits show healthy growth Original post on guardian.co.uk Comments on reddit.com
shocked Muslims worldwide rushed to twitter, some to express their sympathies while others to pray that the perpetrator of the attack not be a Muslim. Original post on onislam.net Comments on reddit.com
Searches on Bing returned five times more links to malicious websites than Google searches, according to an 18-month study from German independent testing lab AV-Test. Though search engines have worked to suppress malicious results, the study concluded that malware infested websites still appear in their top results. Original post on pcmag.com Comments on reddit.com
Hacktivist group Anonymous has launched a second massive cyber attack against Israel, dubbed #OpIsrael. Original post on rt.com Comments on reddit.com
As the world waits with bated breath to see if Pyongyang will make good on its nuclear threats, the hacker collective Anonymous has made its own move in the increasingly cyber conflict between North Korea and the world. Original post on readwrite.com Comments on reddit.com
Reddit and Craigslist are just two of the more than 30,000 websites joining a Original post on mashable.com Comments on reddit.com
Compare monthly internet service provider speeds based on Netflix data collected from more than 33 million global members. Original post on netflix.com Comments on reddit.com
Even if it really was invited by Pyongyang “to fight our battles from their network”. Original post on hexus.net Comments on reddit.com
Office 2013′s licensing terms are draconian, obtuse — and documented incorrectly on Microsoft’s own website Original post on infoworld.com Comments on reddit.com
Social news and entertainment website Reddit has been told today that its use of advertisements meets the new ‘acceptable ads’ guidelines drawn up by the Adblock Plus open-source… Original post on thenextweb.com Comments on reddit.com
Anonymous appears to have published login and private information from over 4000 American bank executive credentials its Operation Last Resort, demanding US computer crime law reform. Original post on zdnet.com Comments on reddit.com
The U.S. Department of Justice still has two Federal websites down since Friday when Anonymous launched ‘Operation Last Resort’ demanding legal reform. Original post on zdnet.com Comments on reddit.com
WIKILEAKS founder Julian Assange says a film about his whistle-blowing website is propaganda designed to fan the flames of a war against Iran. Original post on news.com.au Comments on reddit.com
Want an easier way to log into your Gmail account? How about a quick tap on your computer with the ring on your finger? Original post on wired.com Comments on reddit.com
Hacktivist group defaces university pages after the school promises a full investigation into MIT’s role in events leading up to the Internet activist taking his life. Read this article by Steven Musil on CNET News. Original post on cnet.com Comments on reddit.com
A few years back, we had an interesting discussion over whether or not distributed denial of service attacks (DDoS) could be seen as a valid form of protest — the modern equivalent of a Original post on techdirt.com Comments on reddit.com
The government today said that it will post the photos, names and addresses of convicted rapists on official websites to publicly shame them. Original post on indiatimes.com Comments on reddit.com
Ted Turner’s $1 billion donation to United Nations causes 15 years ago changed a business culture and reshaped philanthropy. Original post on nytimes.com Comments on reddit.com
Commentary – Updated | The hacking collective known as Anonymous renewed their war on the Westboro Baptist Church today. After the haters from the infamous Original post on inquisitr.com Comments on reddit.com
Pirate Bay’s artist promotion platform – the Promo Bay website, despite being perfectly legal, is being blocked by several UK Internet service pro Original post on paritynews.com Comments on reddit.com
A year ago, it was ‘the fastest-growing company in the world’. Last week, the deals website’s founder barely survived a bid to throw him off the board, writes Dominic Rushe Original post on guardian.co.uk Comments on reddit.com
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Global hacking network Anonymous said it will shut down Syrian government websites around the world in response to a countrywide Internet blackout believed to be aimed at silencing the opposition to President Bashar al-Assad. Original post on chicagotribune.com Comments on reddit.com
The Court of Appeal of England and Wales has ordered Apple to pay the legal fees of competitor Samsung on an ‘indemnity basis’ after the company published a “false and misleading” notice in the wake… Original post on theverge.com Comments on reddit.com
