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Thursday, February 10, 2011

IBM, in mobile security drive, teams with Juniper on smartphone protection services

Microsoft cripples USB drive worms with new XP, Vista update | Adobe patches 42 bugs in Reader, Flash

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IBM, in mobile security drive, teams with Juniper on smartphone protection services
IBM today unwrapped a variety of mobile security initiatives to help corporate customers better protect and manage the mass of intelligent devices coming to their networks. Read More


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Microsoft cripples USB drive worms with new XP, Vista update
Microsoft has released an optional update for Windows XP and Vista that promises to prevent AutoRun-based attacks like those used by the Conficker and Stuxnet worms. Read More

Adobe patches 42 bugs in Reader, Flash
Adobe issued patches for 42 vulnerabilities, many rated critical, in its popular Reader and Flash products. Read More

8 unsexy Valentine's iPhone apps
For many guys, Valentine's Day is an occasion to show their special lady how much they care about her by buying her jewelry or expensive clothing or by treating her to a nice dinner. This, however, isn't for those guys. Read More


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Ambitious U.S. electronic records project face rising costs, delays
The government's all-encompassing digital federal records keeping system is costing a lot more - perhaps as high as 41% more -- than originally planned and could top $1.4 billion if estimates from the Government Accountability Office are correct. Read More

NASA's investigation of Toyota problems may force electronics changes
NASA, NHSTA find no link between Toyota sudden acceleration and electronicsWhile NASA and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration engineers did not find anything wrong with Toyota's auto engineering, the investigation may prompt changes and perhaps new design standards for auto electronics. Read More

Oracle issues emergency Java patch
Oracle has issued an emergency patch for a Java vulnerability that can cause systems to hang and that can be exploited by remote attackers without authentication. Read More


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Intel core processors to get strong authentication security
Looking to help customers strengthen data security, Intel said it will include stronger one-time password authentication in its upcoming 2nd Generation Intel Core Processor platforms. Read More

Social engineering: 3 examples of human hacking
Chris Hadnagy gets paid to fool people, and he's gotten pretty good at it over the years. A co-founder of social-engineering.org and author of Social Engineering: The Art of Human Hacking, Hadnagy has been using manipulation tactics for more than a decade to show clients how criminals get inside information. Read More

Cisco's Tandberg gear vulnerable
Some room systems and personal units enable root access by defaultCisco has issued a security advisory on some of its recently acquired Tandberg video products. Read More

Domestic Spying: Is the Price Worth the Sacrifice of Privacy?
The extremely high cost of domestic spying is very hard to determine since most of it is classified information with classified budgets, but is the sacrifice of privacy making us any safer?Mike German suggested that more people should report on the extreme cost of domestic spying. In the security vs. civil liberties arena, we continue to sacrifice privacy even though there is really no evidence that all this surveillance is making us any safer. Read More



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