|
December 25, 2013, 9:25 AM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| Reuters: |
Exclusive: Target hackers stole encrypted bank PINs - source — (Reuters) - The hackers who attacked Target Corp (TGT.N) and compromised up to 40 million credit cards and debit cards also managed to steal encrypted personal identification numbers (PINs), according to a senior payments executive familiar with the situation.
More:
CBS New York, TIME and TwinCities.com
| Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security: |
Rescator.la, a major marketplace for cards stolen in Target hack, linked to Ukrainian man — Who's Selling Credit Cards from Target? — The previous two posts on this blog have featured stories about banks buying back credit and debit card accounts stolen in the Target hack and that ended …
More:
Computerworld, The Verge, NYT Bits, Business Insider, Wall Street Journal, TechCrunch and WebProNews
Tweets: @0xali, @mattbraga and @briankrebs
| Nitasha Tiku / Valleywag: |
Google's Investigating Rap Genius For Using Spammy SEO to Grow Traffic — How has Rap Genius distinguished itself all the other lyrics sites? With sweet, sweet old school spam techniques, or at Silicon Valley likes to call it “growth hacking.” The tactic is so shady that Matt Cutts … | Rap Genius: |
Rap Genius apologizes for SEO tactics, asks Google to investigate whole lyrics search business — Open Letter to Google About Rap Genius SEO — On Rap Genius, userAnnotates and the artists themselves explore lyrics interactively via line-by-line annotations that they can read, create, and edit.
More:
SEO Book, TechCrunch, Business Insider and Search Engine Land
Tweets: @melissatsang, @startupljackson and @bmilleare
| Jeff John Roberts / Gigaom: |
Google sues to protect Android device makers from Rockstar patent infringement suits — Google sues to protect Android device makers from Apple-backed patent hell — Google has filed a new lawsuit to challenge an Apple-backed consortium known as Rockstar that is using dubious patents …
More:
The Verge, Forbes, PhoneArena, Engadget, SlashGear, BGR, Mashable, VentureBeat, Electronista, Cult of Mac, iDownloadBlog.com, iPhone in Canada Blog and Bloomberg. Tweets: @paulg
| Steven Sinofsky / Learning by Shipping: |
Designing for exponential trends of 2014 — Rather than predict anything that will suddenly appear at the end of 2014, this post offers some trends that are likely to double by some measure this next year. — This will turn out to be an exponential year in many technologies … | Violet Blue / ZDNet: |
Researchers publish Snapchat code allowing phone number matching after exploit disclosures ignored — Summary: Snapchat's previously undocumented API and code for two exploits have been published, allowing mass name/phone number matching, and mass creation of bogus accounts. — Violet Blue
Tweets: @violetblue
| Chris Williams / The Register: |
Snowden to warn Brits on Xmas telly: Your children will NEVER have privacy — Ex-NSA man tries political pressure in Channel 4's Christmas Day speech — Celebrity whistleblower Edward Snowden will hit Britain's TV screens tomorrow to warn families: “A child born today will grow up with no conception of privacy at all.”
More:
Guardian, Gigaom, The Next Web, The Verge, The Huffington Post, Talking Points Memo, Boing Boing and Mediaite. Tweets: @davewiner. See also Mediagazer
| Jonathan Cheng / Wall Street Journal: |
Samsung Phone Studied for Possible Security Gap — Israeli Researchers Point to Alleged Vulnerability in Galaxy S4 — SEOUL—The security platform for Samsung Electronics Co. 's best-selling Galaxy S4 smartphone suffers from a vulnerability that could allow malicious software to track emails … | Elizabeth Goitein / Al Jazeera America: |
NSA review group's report is an auspicious starting point for national discussion of reform — Bringing intelligence agencies to heel … It is rare for Congress or the federal courts to offer significant pushback against assertions of authority by the intelligence community.
Tweets: @ajam
| Dennis Fisher / Threatpost: |
More:
Web Policy, ResearchBuzz, Digital Trends, DSLreports and TechEye
| Jeff Bercovici / Forbes: |
Justine Sacco And The Self-Inflicted Perils Of Twitter — A few weeks ago, I had a drink with my friend Justine Sacco and we talked about what makes for a good Tweet. — Justine is an easy person to like — frank, funny, quick to laugh. To a reporter, she's the kind of flack who's all too rare …
More:
NYT Bits, Salon, CNN, msnbc.com, BuzzFeed, Mediaite, AdAge, Business Insider, Gigaom, The Wrap, Variety, PerezHilton, NPR, The Nation, The Huffington Post, The Technology Chronicles, Daily Mail and memeburn
Tweets: @gregacaldwell, @mattbuchanan, @tcarmody, @adrianchen, @kashhill and @pkafka
| Ben Dummett / Wall Street Journal: |
BlackBerry co-founder Lazardis cuts stake to under 5%, won't pursue bid for company — BlackBerry Co-Founder Lazardis Cut Stake to Under 5% — Lazardis Indicated He Doesn't Plan To Pursue Bid for Company — TORONTO— BlackBerry Ltd. co-founder Michael Lazaridis disclosed …
More:
Globe and Mail, DealBook, Tech Trader Daily, Bloomberg, Associated Press and Reuters
| Liana B. Baker / Reuters: |
SoftBank gets closer to buying T-Mobile: report — (Reuters) - Japan-based SoftBank Corp (TYO:9984) is in final stages of talks with T-Mobile (TMUS.N)parent company Deutsche Telekom (DTE.DE)about acquiring the U.S.-based wireless carrier, the Nikkei news service reported on Tuesday, citing anonymous sources.
More:
asia.nikkei.com, BGR, Digital Trends, PhoneArena, Los Angeles Times, Engadget, The Verge and TmoNews. Tweets: @zpower
Sponsor Posts
Soxton:
Fast, affordable law for startups — Soxton automates startup legal so founders can move faster and sleep better. We handle incorporation, advisor, employment and commercial contracts. Join the waitlist for early access!
Fast, affordable law for startups — Soxton automates startup legal so founders can move faster and sleep better. We handle incorporation, advisor, employment and commercial contracts. Join the waitlist for early access!
F5:
Accelerate AI Adoption at F5's AI Virtual Summit — Learn how to architect, secure, and scale AI for production with real-world insights from industry leaders on June 23. Register now to save your spot.
Accelerate AI Adoption at F5's AI Virtual Summit — Learn how to architect, secure, and scale AI for production with real-world insights from industry leaders on June 23. Register now to save your spot.
Zoho:
Zoho RPA named a Leader in the 2026 RPA Technology Value Matrix by Nucleus Research — Zoho RPA has been named a Leader in the 2026 RPA Technology Value Matrix, published by Nucleus Research …
Zoho RPA named a Leader in the 2026 RPA Technology Value Matrix by Nucleus Research — Zoho RPA has been named a Leader in the 2026 RPA Technology Value Matrix, published by Nucleus Research …
IDrive:
Protecting your Cloud Applications Data — Backing up Office 365, Google Workspace, Dropbox & Salesforce data is critical to preventing data loss or corruption, complying with laws and avoiding critical downtime in case of a disaster.
Protecting your Cloud Applications Data — Backing up Office 365, Google Workspace, Dropbox & Salesforce data is critical to preventing data loss or corruption, complying with laws and avoiding critical downtime in case of a disaster.Featured Podcasts
Access:
A top iPhone app developer reacts to Apple's new Siri
A show about the tech industry's inside conversation, hosted by tech reporter Alex Heath and founder whisperer Ellis Hamburger.
Subscribe to Access.
Hard Fork:
'Hard Fork' Live, Part 1: Satya Nadella and Cindy Cohn
The future is already here. Each week, journalists Kevin Roose and Casey Newton explore and make sense of the latest in the rapidly changing world of tech.
Subscribe to Hard Fork.
The Upstarts Podcast:
TBC's Alex Ksendzovsky: The Neurosurgeon Using Brain Cells To Build Better AI
Veteran tech reporter Alex Konrad sits down with breakout entrepreneurs taking on the status quo to shake up their fields in AI, design, nuclear energy, space, and more.
Subscribe to The Upstarts Podcast.
BG2 Pod:
The SpaceX IPO, Fable 5, AI Capex Update & Market Check w/ Gavin Baker, Andrew Fox & Clark Tang
Open-source podcast on all things tech, markets, investing, and capitalism, hosted by Brad Gerstner.
Subscribe to BG2 Pod.
The Nick, Dick and Paul Show:
All about Interest Rates
Nick Bilton, Dick Costolo, and Paul Kedrosky pull back the curtain on AI, startups, and the future rushing toward us, all with healthy dose of irreverence.
Subscribe to The Nick, Dick and Paul Show.
Tools and Weapons with Brad Smith:
AI's Mythos Moment: Rishi Sunak on preparing governments for AI
Microsoft Vice Chair and President Brad Smith speaks with leaders in government, business, and culture to explore the most critical challenges at the intersection of technology and society.
Subscribe to Tools and Weapons with Brad Smith.
About This Page
This is a Techmeme archive page. It shows how the site appeared at 9:25 AM ET, December 25, 2013.
The most current version of the site as always is available at our home page. To view an earlier snapshot click here and then modify the date indicated.
From Mediagazer
Yasmin Khorram / Politico:Janko Roettgers / The Verge:
Malcolm Ferguson / New Republic:
Upcoming Tech Events
More News
| Brian X. Chen / NYT Bits: |
| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
More:
ZDNet, The Register, InfoWorld and OStatic blogs
| Michael Crider / Android Police: |
Earlier Picks
| Jeremy C. Owens / Mercury News: |
| Jonathan Stempel / Reuters: |
More:
VentureBeat, Reuters, SlashGear, Hollywood Reporter, MediaPost, The Next Web and Electronista. Tweets: @samschech