"Hoax devices" behind Boston security alert: report
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Suspicious packages found in four separate locations around Boston on Wednesday turned out to be "hoax devices," local WCVB television reported, quoting the Boston Police Department.
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Wireless devices are being used to perform background checks at Boston's airport.
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One of the speakers at a Toorcon security conference session last weekend has admitted that claims he and an accomplice made regarding an "unfixable" flaw in Firefox, and a video of the two purportedly exploiting this flaw, were a not-so-elaborate hoax.
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A bomb threat that caused the evacuation of a Wal-Mart and led employees to wire $10,000 to the caller appears to be part of a broader scam targeting other businesses around the country, authorities said.
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New details have emerged about the attack over the weekend; some speculate it was automated.
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OCTOBER 25, 2004  - Linux vendor Red Hat Inc. is warning customers about an e-mail hoax that urges them to download security patches that actually contain malicious payloads.
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Makers of security equipment are the  most likely to benefit from the heightened alert at airports  after British police foiled a plot to blow up planes flying  between Britain and the United States.
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Airport and transit authorities responded to an FBI report of a possible terrorist attack against Boston by boosting security &#151; adding patrols, activating radiation detectors and posting pictures of some of the suspects.
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A possible problem with the latest version of RealPlayer surfaces after a Russian security company claimed to have found a way to exploit a critical flaw.
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The Federal Bureau of Investigation is looking into a spate of bomb threats phoned in to businesses that resulted in employeesâ wiring thousands of dollars overseas.
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Have you fallen for the Google TV beta pitch, the fake nuclear bomb explosion or the UFO over Haiti? If not, plenty of others believed these spoofs, con jobs and tricks.
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FBI agents are helping investigate an  explosion at a Boston-area laboratory specializing in stem-cell  research, and a newspaper said on Friday the blast was caused  by a pipe bomb.
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This holiday season's hottest gadget gift for music-loving athletes might also be a potential security nightmare, the likes of which might have come straight from the latest James Bond film, according to researchers at the University of Washington.
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Federal authorities are seeking to  question four Chinese nationals amid unconfirmed reports of a  possible "dirty bomb" threat in Boston, authorities said on  Wednesday.
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Gov. Mitt Romney said he has become "less concerned, not more concerned" about a potential terrorist threat against the city of Boston. The FBI, meanwhile, is exploring possible theories for the reports &#151; including a possible revenge motive.