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Et tu, PDF? A cybercrook’s go-to for dodging your firewall

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PDF files are not the trusted file format people believe them to be anymore. Data reveals that cybercriminals are using...

Technology

Prevent your start-up or small businesses from becoming a target for hackers

Piers Dillon Scott9 years ago

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This year Symantec expects that small companies, start-ups & individuals will become targets for hackers. Threatscape tell us how you can protect yourself

Social Media

Report: This year, spammers & hackers will target your social media & smartphone data

Piers Dillon Scott9 years ago

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We'll see more spam, hacking attempts, and phishing threats targeting social web and mobile users this year, according to Symantec's annual report.

Social Media

Just like Twitter, Facebook admits it was a victim of a “sophisticated” zero-day hack in January

Piers Dillon Scott9 years ago

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Facebook has admitted that it was victim of a zero-day hack, targeting Java, in January, similar to the one that targeted Twitter in the same month.

Business

10 tips for protecting your identity & bank account this Cyber Monday

Piers Dillon Scott9 years ago

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Data protection experts Threatscape tell us how you can protect your identity and wallet when shopping online this Cyber Monday.

Web

Up to one million malware-infected users face internet blackout on July 9

Darren McCarra10 years ago

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Up to one million users face an internet blackout on July 9 as managed malicious DNS servers are due to be shut down. The rogue DNS servers are currently in the control of the FBI, having been commandeered late last year.

Mobile

Mobile security firm, Lookout, releases Carrier IQ detector for Android devices

Piers Dillon Scott10 years ago

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Mobile security & data privacy firm Lookout has released a standalone app designed to detect if Carrier IQ has been installed on your smartphone.

Business

Let’s be adult about it – the .XXX domain landrush begins

Piers Dillon Scott11 years ago

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Irish hosting company Blacknight is allowing members of 'Adult "sponsored" Community' to pre-register .XXX domains before registration is opened to the general public.

Social Media

Twitter forces all tweeted links to become t.COs, will its analytics system launch soon?

Piers Dillon Scott11 years ago

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Twitter is now forcing all links posted on the social network to redirect to its t.co service rather than link directly to external websites.

Brains Byte Back

We explore how our brains, psychology, and society are impacted by the ever-evolving technology that surrounds us. If you want to be better prepared for the new information age, have a healthier relationship with technology, and get more out of life using top technology and psychology hacks, this is the podcast for you! Every other Friday we bring you interviews with leading experts in the fields of technology and psychology combined, with past guest speakers such as New York Times journalists, MIT Professors, and C-suite executives of top tech companies.

You may have heard of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh and his followers, commonly known as Rajneeshees or sannyasins, from the incredibly popular Netflix documentary “Wild, Wild Country.”

Well in today’s episode we speak with a former follower of the Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh cult to get a better understanding of how this society functioned, what it was like to live in normal society as a member of the cult, and what it was like on the famous Oregon ranch.

With our guest, Annie (who has asked to remain anonymous but showed her mala that she wore during her time as a Rajneshee to prove her affiliation with the cult), we find out how she first find out about Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh and the Rajneeshees, and what inspired her to join their cult, where she goes into great detail about how she found them when she was 16 at an Alcoholics Anonymous event.

She also shares why life as a Rajneeshee was difficult off the ranch in normal society, as society often treated them with a mixture of suspicion, curiosity, and fear. In fact, she was fired from all of her jobs due to her membership in the cult, but she also explains how she saw this as a positive, “a trial by fire” as she claims.

Annie also goes into detail about what it was like visiting the ranch in 1983, when, she believes, much of the footage used in the documentary was filmed. She talks about the important role meditation played in being a Rajneeshee and what a normal day was like on the ranch.

She also shares her thoughts on how accurate the documentary was, how close she came to meeting Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, and finally, how she left the cult in the end.

Overall, Annie explains why she doesn’t see the following as a religion or cult, but instead as a community and how this community had such an overall, lasting positive experience in her life.