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Alan Woodward

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Name: Alan Woodward

First reported Jun 18 2013 - Updated Jun 18 2013 - 1 reports

Land is needed for new allotments

A parish council wants to identify pieces of land which can potentially be used to accommodate new allotments.Haworth, Cross Roads and Stanbury Parish Council has applied to take on responsibility for managing allotment sites within its parish. These ... [Published Telegraph and Argus - Jun 18 2013]

Entities: Allotment, Alan Woodward, Bradford Council

First reported Jun 15 2013 - Updated Jun 16 2013 - 2 reports

Google Inc

Google Launches Balloons to Bring Internet to World's Remotest Areas

Google launches Project Loon in New Zealand. Google is testing a project to provide millions of people in the world's most remote areas with internet access using giant balloons in the Earth's stratosphere. Developed by experts in the internet giant's ... [Published International Business Times Australia - Jun 15 2013]

Entities: Google Inc, Loon, Project Loon

First reported Jun 14 2013 - Updated Jun 15 2013 - 1 reports

Microsoft Corporation

Microsoft Gives Vulnerability Data To US Intelligence Before The Public

US being supplied with troves of data that could be used in cyber attacks, thanks to tech firms’ vulnerability disclosure policiesMicrosoft is giving preference to US intelligence agencies by sharing software vulnerability information with them before ... [Published TechWeekEurope UK - Jun 14 2013]

Entities: Vulnerability, Microsoft Corporation, United States Government, Intelligence

First reported Jun 11 2013 - Updated Jun 12 2013 - 1 reports

University of British Columbia

Google says pulling faces could become Android's security of the future

Pulling faces could become the next type of password used to unlock Android phones and tablets.Google filed a patent for the technology last year, but it has only just been published. The document suggests that the software could use a "facial landmark" ... [Published ITProPortal.com - Jun 11 2013]

Entities: Google Inc, Security, Facial Nerve, Alan Woodward, University of British Columbia

First reported Jun 08 2013 - Updated Jun 08 2013 - 1 reports

Google Face Gesture – No Need For A Password

Do you turn your nose up at having to remember yet another password? Well, maybe in future that’s all you’ll have to do to unlock your Android phone or tablet! It has been announced that in June last year, Google filed a patent suggesting that users ... [Published Tech Beat - Jun 08 2013]

Entities: Google Inc, Patent, Alan Woodward, Security

First reported May 28 2013 - Updated May 29 2013 - 1 reports

Chinese Hackers Stole U.S. Military Secrets

/p> (click image for larger view) br />Advanced weapons systems including the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter and V-22 Osprey, as well as cutting-edge military technology relating to satellite communications, directed energy weapons and missile ... [Published militaryfeed.com - May 28 2013]

Entities: Military/Armed Forces, Defense Science Board, China, Security, Information security

First reported Mar 27 2013 - Updated Mar 28 2013 - 6 reports

'Biggest cyber-attack in history' slows down global internet after row between web host and anti-spam group

A row between an anti-spam group and a web-hosting company has caused a slowdown in the global internet after what experts are calling the biggest cyber-attack in history. Internet services across the world have been disrupted and widespread congestion ... [Published The Independent - Mar 27 2013]

Entities: The Spamhaus Project, anti-spam, Cyber Attack, CyberBunker

First reported Feb 28 2013 - Updated Feb 28 2013 - 1 reports

Report: Stuxnet Cyberweapon Older than Believed

The sophisticated cyberweapon which targeted an Iranian nuclear plant is older than previously believed, an anti-virus firm said Tuesday, peeling back another layer of mystery on a series of attacks attributed by The New York Times to U.S. and Israeli ... [Published NewsFactor Network - Feb 28 2013]

Entities: Stuxnet, Cyberweapon, Centrifuge, Iran

First reported Feb 26 2013 - Updated Feb 26 2013 - 1 reports

Priority Pass Offers A Glimpse Of High-Tech Airport Lounges For Business Travelers In 2030

Increasing demands on the business traveller and rapid advances in technology will give rise to a new breed of personalised, ultra high-tech, yet relaxed airport lounges over the next 15 years. Priority Pass, the world’s largest independent provider of ... [Published PRWeb - Feb 26 2013]

Entities: Alan Woodward, University of Surrey, Near Field Communication

First reported Jan 27 2013 - Updated Jan 27 2013 - 1 reports

Best of the Week – January 27, 2013

This week I found some articles about updates and new analysis of some important old topics. In the following lines you will find a selection of the best articles and resources.Hope you enjoy it! A couple of articles on Shamoon... Team Cymru ‏ @teamcymru ... [Published Security Bloggers Network - Jan 27 2013]

Entities: Shamoon Virus, DigiNotar, Trusteer

First reported Jan 20 2013 - Updated Jan 20 2013 - 1 reports

Best of the Week – January 20, 2013

This week my post is almost completely devoted to malware, cybercrime and espionage. What a tough time this is!Hope you enjoy my list. @hdmoore : @kaspersky 's Red October report is amazing: http://www.securelist.com/en/blog/... I confirmed C&C ... [Published Security Bloggers Network - Jan 20 2013]

Entities: Damballa Inc, Cybercrime, Ryan Naraine, Malware, Alan Woodward

First reported Jan 15 2013 - Updated Jan 15 2013 - 1 reports

Kaspersky finds 'Red October' virus targeting EEurope

Paris (AFP) Jan 14, 2013 -Kaspersky Lab said Monday it had identified a new computer virus it dubbed "Red October" targeting eastern European countries that appeared to be collecting classified files using NATO and EU encryption. "The primary focus ... [Published News About Cyber Warfare - Jan 15 2013]

Entities: Kaspersky Labs, Virus, Cyber Attack, Malware, Antivirus Software

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"the practicalities of controlling lighter-than-air machines are well known because of the vagaries of the weather" said Prof Alan Woodward, visiting professor at the University of Surrey's department of computing

Google Launches Balloons to Bring Internet to World's Remotest Areas [Published International Business Times Australia - Jun 15 2013]

...about this for a long, long time -- the better part of a decade," said Alan Woodward, a computer science professor at the University of Surrey. "it really points to a very clever bunch of people behind all of this."

Report: Stuxnet Cyberweapon Older than Believed [Published NewsFactor Network - Feb 28 2013]

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Land is needed for new allotments [Published Telegraph and Argus - Jun 18 2013]
Google Launches Balloons to Bring Internet to W... [Published International Business Times Australia - Jun 15 2013]
Google beams internet from balloons [Published BBC - Jun 15 2013]
Microsoft Gives Vulnerability Data To US Intell... [Published TechWeekEurope UK - Jun 14 2013]
Google files patent to let you unlock your phon... [Published Sophos Anti Virus - Jun 12 2013]
Google says pulling faces could become Android'... [Published ITProPortal.com - Jun 11 2013]
Google Face Gesture – No Need For A Password [Published Tech Beat - Jun 08 2013]
State adopts new pot rules [Published Wicked Local Stoneham - Jun 06 2013]
State adopts rules on medical marijuana [Published Wicked Local Danvers - May 29 2013]
Chinese Hackers Stole U.S. Military Secrets [Published militaryfeed.com - May 28 2013]
'Biggest cyber-attack in history' slows down gl... [Published The Independent - Mar 27 2013]
What you need to know about the world’s biggest... [Published GigaOM Network - Mar 27 2013]
What you need to know about the world’s biggest... [Published GigaOM Network - Mar 27 2013]
What you need to know about the world’s biggest... [Published GigaOM - Mar 27 2013]
Internet slows as historically unprecedented cy... [Published SlashGear - Mar 27 2013]
'Biggest cyber-attack in history' slows down gl... [Published The Independent - Mar 27 2013]
Report: Stuxnet Cyberweapon Older than Believed [Published NewsFactor Network - Feb 28 2013]
Priority Pass Offers A Glimpse Of High-Tech Air... [Published PRWeb - Feb 26 2013]
Best of the Week – January 27, 2013 [Published Security Bloggers Network - Jan 27 2013]
Best of the Week – January 20, 2013 [Published Security Bloggers Network - Jan 20 2013]
Kaspersky finds 'Red October' virus targeting E... [Published News About Cyber Warfare - Jan 15 2013]
MIS Training Institute Announces its 2nd Mobile... [Published PRWeb - Oct 23 2012]
Attackers behind Flame virus sought confidentia... [Published Topnews.in - Jun 05 2012]

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Chinese Hackers Stole U.S. Military Secrets [Published militaryfeed.com - May 28 2013] /p> (click image for larger view) br />Advanced weapons systems including the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter and V-22 Osprey, as well as cutting-edge military technology relating to satellite communications, directed energy weapons and missile ...
What you need to know about the world’s biggest... [Published GigaOM Network - Mar 27 2013] The last week has seen probably the largest distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack ever. It’s being reported in fairly dramatic terms, with the New York Times and BBC talking about the internet getting jammed or slowed down. So what’s actually ...
What you need to know about the world’s biggest... [Published GigaOM Network - Mar 27 2013] The last week has seen probably the largest distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack ever. It’s being reported in fairly dramatic terms, with the New York Times and BBC talking about the internet getting jammed or slowed down. So what’s actually ...
What you need to know about the world’s biggest... [Published GigaOM - Mar 27 2013] The last week has seen probably the largest distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack ever. It’s being reported in fairly dramatic terms, with the New York Times and BBC talking about the internet getting jammed or slowed down. So what’s actually ...
Internet slows as historically unprecedented cy... [Published SlashGear - Mar 27 2013] This week you may well have thought your connection to the internet was slowing down – in fact you would be right, and it’s not just you! According to security specialists Spamhaus, a multi-national group based in both London and Geneva, there’s a war ...