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Dell acknowledges security hole in new laptops

November 23, 2015 admin attacks, consumers-makes, dell, illustration, make-it-easy, picture-taken, sarajevo, security-hole, such-as-google, the-campaign

Major U.S. computer company Dell Inc [DI.UL] said on Monday a security hole exists in some of its recently shipped laptops that could make it easy for hackers to access users’ private data. A pre-installed program on some newly purchased Dell laptops that can only be removed manually by consumers makes them vulnerable to cyber intrusions that may allow hackers to read encrypted messages and redirect browser traffic to spoofs of real websites such as Google or those belonging to a bank, among other attacks.

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Cyber attacks loom as growing corporate credit risk: Moody’s

November 23, 2015 creative computer-screen, credit, make-it-easy, picture-taken, private, ratings-agency, said-on-monday, sarajevo

By Dustin Volz WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Cyber attacks on the private sector are an increasingly important risk in corporate credit analysis, U.S. ratings agency Moody’s Investors Service said on Monday.

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Massachusetts to ban fantasy sports for people under 21

November 19, 2015 creative attorney, college-sports, draft, over-the-past, picture-taken, ratings-agency, schneiderman, scrutiny-over, under-the-age, york

Massachusetts would prohibit people under the age of 21 from playing paid fantasy sports games under a proposed set of regulations for the fast-growing, multibillion-dollar industry laid out on Thursday by state Attorney General Maura Healey. The proposals would also ban fantasy competitions based on college sports, prohibit promotions of paid fantasy sports on high school and college campuses and bar professional athletes, agents and others connected to pro sports from taking part in paid fantasy contests related to their sports. The fantasy sports business, led by DraftKings and FanDuel, has drawn increasing regulatory scrutiny over the past few weeks with state regulatory officials debating whether the paid daily games are gambling.

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Matchmaking seen as potential game changer in online job search market

November 19, 2015 admin approach, career, college-sports, compatibility, dating-website, draft, experts-say, internet, pairing-couples, picture-taken, schneiderman, the-approach

By Patricia Reaney NEW YORK (Reuters) – Just as social media changed how people find love and marriage, with research showing about 22 percent of U.S. couples now meet online, an Internet dating website is betting its matchmaking techniques will help people find the perfect job. In March 2016, eHarmony plans to launch Elevated Careers, an online employment service that will put the compatibility matching techniques it has used in pairing couples to the test in the career market.

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Exclusive: IBM looking at adopting bitcoin technology for major currencies

March 12, 2015 publisher allowing-users, behind-bitcoin, bitcoin, currency-system, digital, expand-the-use, paris, person-familiar, picture-taken, tech-companies, york

By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss NEW YORK (Reuters) – International Business Machines Corp is considering adopting the underlying technology behind bitcoin, known as the “blockchain,” to create a digital cash and payment system for major currencies, according to a person familiar with the matter. The blockchain – a ledger, or list, of all of a digital currency's transactions – is viewed as bitcoin's main technological innovation, allowing users to make payments anonymously, instantly, and without government regulation.

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Bitcoin exchange Bitstamp suspends service after security breach

January 6, 2015 admin bitcoin, bitcoin-reserve, digital, digital-bitcoin, largest, maison, majority, paper-wallet, paris, picture-taken, posted-on-its, security-breach, slovenia, slovenia-based, small-fraction

LJUBLJANA (Reuters) – Bitstamp, one of the largest exchanges for trading the digital bitcoin currency, said it has suspended its service after a security breach on Sunday, resulting in loss of around 19,000 bitcoins. The breach represented a small fraction of its total bitcoin reserve and the majority was held in secure offline systems, the Slovenia-based firm posted on its website on Tuesday.

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