Evan Schuman: Google eyes the preteen set

Computerworld Security: August 27, 2014
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Evan Schuman: Google eyes the preteen set

No marketer wants to leave a potential market untapped, and Google hates to
disappoint marketers. That could explain why Google is going to start offering
Gmail, YouTube and other accounts to kids younger than 13.
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IN THIS ISSUE

1. Feds issue bulletin warning about malicious 'Google dorking' cyber actors
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/9005827/823929835/689089/19/

2. Hackers prey on Russian patriotism to grow the Kelihos botnet
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/9005827/823929835/689090/20/

3. Calif. passes smartphone kill switch law
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Feds issue bulletin warning about malicious 'Google dorking' cyber actors

If using advanced search techniques on Google or Bing is considered suspicious,
what does that make Shodan users who specifically target SCADA, ICS, VoIP,
routers, switches, webcams and printers to name but a few?
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Hackers prey on Russian patriotism to grow the Kelihos botnet

The cybercriminal gang behind the Kelihos botnet is tricking users into
installing malware on their computers by appealing to pro-Russian sentiments
stoked by recent international sanctions against the country.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/9005827/823929835/689090/31/

Calif. passes smartphone kill switch law

Smartphones sold in California will soon be required to have a kill switch that
lets users remotely lock them and wipe them of data in the event they are lost
or stolen.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/9005827/823929835/689091/32/



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