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Münchhausen Syndrome by Internet: Deceiving the sympathetic

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Münchhausen Syndrome by Internet: Deceiving the sympathetic
A recent development along these lines that may concern tech-savvy readers is a similar disorder that some specialists are calling "Münchhausen Syndrome by Internet." Some disturbed people have been found to lie about their real or even nonexistent illnesses, apparently to obtain attention and psychological support from well-meaning participants in mental-health or illness-related support groups online. Read More


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5 ways to stay safe from fake anti-virus malware attack on Macintosh
Macintosh users are finding out the hard way what Microsoft Windows users have known for a long time: Criminals want to sell them fake anti-virus software by scaring them with lies that their computer is infected. Read More

Checking In On Check Point
I attended the Check Point analyst event on Monday of this week in Chicago. It's been a while since Check Point got the analysts together so there was plenty of catching up to do. Read More

Department of Energy brings public electric car recharging stations online
The Oak Ridge National Laboratory today said it had completed the first 25 of 125 solar-assisted electric vehicle charging stations between Knoxville and Memphis, Tenn. Read More


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Google patches critical Chrome bugs
Google on Tuesday patched several vulnerabilities in Chrome, including two a French security company said could be used to bypass the browser's anti-exploit technology. Read More

An EU firewall won't protect kids, says top legislator
The European Union's top legislator on digital issues has said that education and awareness are the best way to protect children online, dealing a blow to plans for a so-called European Union firewall. Read More

PlayStation Network and Cloud Security
Pundits around the industry are using the repeated – and successful -- attacks on Sony's Playstation Network as proof clouds aren't secure. But what's "cloudy" about PSN? It is the antithesis of the cloud: a closed architecture, which happens to use the internet to connect locked-down clients (PS3s) to a closed, proprietary server (PSN). Read More


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Russian company cracks iOS 4 hardware encryption
Having cracked Apple iPhone backups last year, Russian security company ElcomSoft appears to have found a reliable way to beat the layered encryption system used to secure data held on the smartphone itself. Read More

Lawmakers question Obama cybersecurity proposal
Critics question parts of the Obama administration's new cybersecurity proposal. Read More

NASA will end communications with Mars rover Spirit
NASA today said it will make one last attempt on Wednesday to communicate with its long-lived Mars Exploration Rover Spirit, which last communicated with scientists on March 22, 2010. Read More



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