Last update: Sunday 2/22/15 @ 12:05 am
This week's cover = "Death Star" from tweet that Kaspersky Labs identifies Equation Group, a/k/a NSA, as cybercriminals
... Other top stories ==> NSA hacks smartphones... Lenovo preloads malware ... and Samsung buys LoopPay
Below find links to the Digital Learning Lab's "Dozens" of favorite news items about HBCUs' use of information technology to enhance their teaching, research, and community services ... plus news about hackathons and issues related to coding & coding literacy... in HBCU media and Tech media ... for the week ending Saturday 2/21/15 @ 5 pm ... Links to previous editions of the Dozens can be found ==> Back issues.
Cover Story ++++++++++++
Equation Group: The Crown Creator of Cyber-Espionage http://www.kaspersky.com/about/news/virus/2015/equation-group-the-crown-creator-of-cyber-espionage … via @kaspersky... DLL Editor's Note -- This report was discussed by ZDNET, NY Times, Wired, ... Some infer that the "Equation Group" cybercrime gang might be a U.S. espionage operation, e,.g. NSA, because of links to Stuxnet
MT @kashhill This is why you should never describe a shiny new security technology as "NSA-proof" httparstechnica.com/security/2015/02/how-omnipotent-hackers-tied-to-the-nsa-hid-for-14-years-and-were-found-at-last/ … … DLL Editor's Note -- This article contains detailed discussion of the specific findings of the Kaspersky report on the "Equation Group" a/k/a NSA
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A. HBCU Media ... Dozen
Dr. Jane Cooke Wright, a pioneering cancer researcher and surgeon noted for her contributions to chemotherapy. #STEM http://fb.me/77fIXyYI9
#HBCU Websites & Profiles of Undergraduate Programs -- 2015 ... #hbcus #highered ==> http://hbcu-levers.blogspot.com/p/hbcu-lists-profiles-2015.html …
Today, we recognize Dr. Charles R. Drew, surgeon, Howard University professor and medical pioneer, who dedicated... http://fb.me/6wKLp75N3
First African American MIT Grad to be Immortalized on Limited-Edition Stamp http://ow.ly/2UVOJt
Interview with Alondra Nelson: Race + Gender + Technology + Medicine http://daily.jstor.org/interview-with-alondra-nelson/ …
President of Hampton disappointed and saddened by Obama Administration's declining support for HBCUs ==> http://www.crewof42.com/politics/chair-of-obamas-board-of-advisors-on-hbcus-disappointed-and-saddened/ …
#NCCU Receives $600,000 to Research Therapies for Ebola, West Nile Virus and Rabies http://bit.ly/1EuE3M8
Black History Month: 20 Leading Black Innovators in Technology http://ow.ly/2UTm3z
CFP: Black Code Studies—The Black Scholar Special Issue on Digital Black Studies http://newblackman.blogspot.com/2015/02/cfp-black-code-studiesthe-black-scholar.html
Bronx Woman Becomes First Black Female U-2 Pilot In History | Welcome2TheBronx - http://go.shr.lc/1FHDi3d via @Shareaholic
Higher Education Grants of Interest to African Americans http://www.jbhe.com/?p=48909
What's moving in mobile #edtech? http://bit.ly/1DEwMwo
College faculties have a serious diversity problem: http://wrd.cm/1G9tEqm
What happens when computers, not teachers, pick what students learn? - The Hechinger Report http://ow.ly/JlBQl
Increasingly used in research, platforms like Mechanical Turk pose new ethical dilemmas http://chronicle.com/article/Intellectual-Piecework/190039/ …
College groups (some of which oppose the Obama ratings plan) offer ideas on how to structure the system:
http:/bit.ly/1A9tJtd
On The Way To An IPO, Education Technology Startup Instructure Is Close To Ra... http://tcrn.ch/1Lei686 by @sarahbuhr
Venture Investors Put $2 Billion Into The Blackboard Jungle http://tcrn.ch/1AFyz3w by @c_magee27
New research suggests the STEM pipeline is just as "leaky" for men as for women:
http://bit.ly/1LazmsS
Today, more than 150 colleges offer some form of competency-based ed. programming, compared to only 50 colleges in 1990. #highered
Two-year colleges in Washington State expand competency-based project:
http://bit.ly/1AzTRQ1
UVA launches "education accelerator" that could one day grow to become a Consumer Reports for ed-tech market http://bit.ly/17aKBo9 #edtech ... DLL Editor's Note -- This story also covered by EdSurge
NSA hacks smartphones +++++++++++
The NSA has the master key to unlock your phone's secure messages http://gizmo.do/wxZMuqO ... DLL Editor's Note -- This story also covered by ZDNet, TechCrunch, Ars Technica, Computerworld, The Verge, -- All of these articles are based on a report from The Intercept that analyzed some Snowden files
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Lenovo preloads malware +++++++++++
If you own a Lenovo PC, you need to know about Superfish—bloatware that poses a security risk: http://on.wsj.com/1EXILC9 ... DLL Editor's Note -- Lenovo's malware (and how to remove it) are also covered by Computerworld, Wired, NY Times, ZDNet, Mashable Tech, Ars Technica, TechCrunch, Bloomberg, The Verge, Gizmodo, Computerworld, Re/code,
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Samsung buys LoopPay ++++++++++++
Samsung buys LoopPay, all but confirming it will launch a new Apple Pay rival http://cnet.co/1ATDa0x ... DLL Editor's Note -- This story also covered by NY Times, Ars Technica, Mashable Tech, Wall Street Journal (contains explanation of how Loop Pay mimics a credit card), ZDNet, The Verge, VentureBeat, Re/code, TechCrunch, Bloomberg
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Just a $30 billion difference between the Nos. 1 and 3 companies in the Billion Dollar Club. http://bit.ly/1hO9arI
EXCLUSIVE: Apple wants to start producing cars by 2020 http://bloom.bg/1vkt7Ro ... DLL Editor's Note -- Rumors about the iCar also covered by TechCrunch, Fast Company, The Verge, VentureBeat, CNET, Re/code, Wired,
Second coming: The first HTTP update in 16 years, HTTP/2, is finished http://gizmo.do/u1KGjLQ ... DLL Editor's Note -- A related story also covered by VentureBeat, ZDNet, The Verge, Ars Techinca, Mashable
Bank Hackers Steal Millions via Malware http://nyti.ms/1AB11C4 ... DLL Editor's note -- This story also covered by the Wall Street Journal, Gizmodo, ZDNet, ... These stories also based on a Kaspersky Lab report
Directory ==> HERE
DLL Storify of #MBKHack in Oakland, CA -- 2/20/15 to 2/22/15 ... @Qeyno #hackathon #DiversityInTech 1 ==> http://hbcu-levers.blogspot.com/2015/02/dll-storify-of-mbkhack-in-oakland-ca.html …
#Programmer turns to #crowdsourcing #cop reviews to help provide #police dept transparency http://bit.ly/1Ju42tO
Check out this great guide from @switchorg on choosing a bootcamp! (feat. @lighthouse_labs!): https://www.switchup.org/research/best-coding-bootcamps …
We crunched the numbers on international participation in the #HourOfCode http://codeorg.tumblr.com/post/111405777678/half-of-all-hour-of-code-events-werent-in-the-us …
DLL Storify of IGNITE International Girls #Hackathon -- 2/13/15 to 2/15/15 ,,, @blackgirlscode ==> http://hbcu-levers.blogspot.com/2015/02/ignite-international-girls-hackathon.html …
#ProjectDiane disrupts pattern-matching in tech by identifying black women tech founders. Know one? Submit to http://projectdiane.com
.@Google and @BilldeBlasio unveil new plan giving computer coding lessons to 100K city kids http://nydn.us/1Dmgx6Q
How, and why, Y Combinator got serious about diversity http://f-st.co/SHTfw55
Listening to @6gems describe what 2 people with a "reckless disregard for the impossible" can accomplish. Inspiring! http://live.femalefoundersconference.org/
More white women does not equal tech diversity http://fb.me/1XyyDuaNe
"I did then what I knew how to do. Now that I know better, I do better" - #MayaAngelou http://www.mbkhack.com #hackathon
Can tech conservatories save the day? http://tinyurl.com/nbhettr
The Woman who is Trying to Fix Tech's Diversity Problem http://ow.ly/Jkbho via @FastCompany
Coding Movements -- Mainstream vs. Grassroots ... #DiversityInTech #HBCU #hbcus ==> http://hbcu-levers.blogspot.com/2015/02/it-works-but-it-doesnt-scale-vs-it.html …
Cybersecurity in 2015: What to expect http://zd.net/1HpRiDf via @charlesmclellan
It's the end of personal privacy as we know it (and we don't feel fine) http://f-st.co/wkD2P8I
Oxford University academics also think AI could be a threat to humanity http://cnet.co/19xf5lQ
All of the events that announced this week can be found on the DLL's calendar ==> HERE
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