Google wants to patent technology used to 'snoop' Wi-Fi networks
From Computer World
Lawyers in class-action suit link patent application to Street View data sniffing
Google's secret Wi-Fi snooping was powered by new sniffing technology that the company wants to patent, court documents filed Wednesday alleged.
A just-amended complaint in a class-action lawsuit first submitted two weeks ago claims that a patent Google submitted to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in November 2008 shows that the search giant purposefully created technology to gather, analyze and use data sent by users over their wireless networks.
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Botnets Target Websites With 'Posers'
From Dark Reading
Tens of thousands of bots are cracking CAPTCHAs and joining websites in order to steal information, extort mone
Botnets increasingly are creating phony online accounts on legitimate websites and online communities in order to steal information from enterprises.
This alternative form of targeted attack by botnets has become popular as botnet tools have made bots easier to purchase and exploit. Merrick Furst, botnet expert and distinguished professor of computer science at Georgia Tech, says bots are showing up "en masse" to customer-facing websites -- posing as people.
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