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Illinois Facebook bill stops employers from requesting into workers’ passwords
As of January 1, employers who ask for workers' social networking passwords can be fined $200+ in Illinois.
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Review of Android security: AVAST the best bet
Nice review hereDigitaltrends.com from of top Android security apps. And the winner is: avast! Free Mobile Security! I love this quote: “if you do want to go ahead and get an Android security app,...
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A category for quantum mechanics jokes
As a follow-up to yesterday's post, I realized that it might be a good idea to start a new category on this blog. Maybe something like "quantum mechanics jokes." Then you'd know exactly where to go to...
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AppSec Weekly News Roundup 8/3/2012
// Dropbox Email Spamming: Posted by Aditya Agarwal in the Dropbox blog, a post titled “Security update & new features,” addresses user complaints about spam they were receiving at email addresses...
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Quick start guide on doing good deeds (in your office and community)
Go back in time for a moment: Do you remember when you were in school, say, as a 9th grader? You were probably thinking about who you’d like to be in the future, what high school would be like, what...
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Poisoned DOC file used in targeted malware attack against military contractor
Firms and organisations are recommended to check hat they are keeping up-to-date with their security patches, in the light of a malware attack that was seen today - targeting a defence contractor.
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Star Trek Crypto: Where Men Have Gone Before
Astonishing well wrought screed, targeting the strikingly flawed information security infrastructure within Star Trek story lines. ᴨ
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The Economist Examines Supply Chain Risk
Posted by: Jeff Jones, Director, Trustworthy Computing If you are part of senior management in any company, you probably spend a lot your time mitigating risk. Is the economy going to help or hurt our...
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Weekly Rewind – Defcon Days, Password Problems & More…
Welcome to another edition of our Weekly Rewind – where we summarize all our posts from the last week. The top stories this week were 3) “Defcon Day 2 Talk Note – The DCWG Debriefing”, 2) “Defcon Day...
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OTOH: Big Tax Breaks for Apple’s Big Data Center in Nevada . My first of a...
OTOH: Big Tax Breaks for Apple's Big Data Center in Nevada.My first of a new series for +Forbes / +NetApp... ...by +Richi Jennings $AAPLOTOH: Big Tax Breaks for Apple's Big Data Center in Nevada - Forbes
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In the News
Here are three security articles we found rather interesting this week. Researcher Wows Black Hat with NFC-based Smartphone Hacking Demo (CIO) Accuvant Labs researcher Charlie Miller has figured out...
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An oldie but a goodie! #007riday Thomas Morffew originally shared this...
An oldie but a goodie! #007riday Thomas Morffew originally shared this post: Classic and always worth a repost, especially on #007riday
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Financial Fraud By Malicious Insiders Is Unsophisticated, Yet Costly
Dramatic bank heists may make for good movies, but a sneakier class of thieves are taking a “low and slow” approach to stealing financial data that allows them to go undetected for long periods of...
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Arms dealing in cyberspace: Questions we need to answer
Alex Sanchez, Research Fellow at the Council on Hemispheric Affairs, and participant in the International Cybersecurity Dialogue, introduces the issues surrounding cyber arms dealing, especially as...
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Why the Cybersecurity Bill Failed
The bill, it seems, is a no go. With all the cyber attacks, why did it fail? It was all sticks, no carrots. If the government wants to impose regulations and compliance, it should at...
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What We’re Reading, Week of 7/30
InfoWorld – Android malware made easy with modular kit SearchEnterpriseWAN – Securing the Internet-connected branch office eWeek – BYOD Initiatives Grow, but Security Remains a Challenge TechCrunch –...
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DropBox Security Breach: What it means to your business
Image via CrunchBase In what seems to be a common trend in Cloud service businesses, Dropbox announced a security breach this week in which an user e-mail addresses and passwords were obtained from an...
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Cybersecurity Act Blocked by Senate
We’ve covered all this cyber legislation stuff before and the big news yesterday was that the Cybersecurity Act of 2012 did not gain the 60 votes needed in the Senate to bring the measure up for a...
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