DARPA calls for powerful, secure wireless system to link space satellites

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	DARPA calls for powerful, secure wireless system to link space satellites Getting a series of small satellites to communicate and act as one unit in space while taking commands from Earth-bound command centers is a gargantuan wireless task. But the researchers at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) are looking for technology that does just that. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: SafeNet Future Proof Your Authentication Strategies Remember when strong authentication meant a token for VPN? Now, you've got a full workforce of road warriors, new Cloud applications, and employee iPads on the network. Throw in the current "breach of the day" climate and you have to ask yourself, am I ready for the future? Prepare yourself for the road ahead with SafeNet Authentication. In this Issue FAQ: What's the big deal about Duqu? Busted! 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FAQ: What's the big deal about Duqu? The recently discovered Duqu Trojan has gotten a lot of attention in the security research community. Here's why. Read More Busted! DOJ says you might be a felon if you clicked a link or opened email We may be doomed and you are probably a felon if you ever used a fake name online, used a bogus birthday to register on a site, or fibbed about your height or weight on an online dating profile, named a different town or city in a profile, or basically didn't tell the exact truth anywhere online. Never done that? Read More It's Time To Child-Proof Our Networks As the old security cliche goes, "people are the weakest link in the security chain." ESG tested this theory in its recently-published research report, "U.S. Advanced Persistent Threat Analysis." http://www.enterprisestrategygroup.com/2011/11/apt/?utm_source=Homepage&... 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Read More FBI investigating intrusion into university records system to alter grades The computerized records system at Santa Clara University in California was compromised to alter student grades, an official of the university said. Read More Why Law Enforcement Can't Stop Hackers On July 19, 2011, FBI agents in nine states rounded up 14 men and two women ranging in age from 21 to 36 for their alleged involvement with the international hacking group Anonymous. Fourteen of these individuals were arrested for allegedly plotting and executing a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack in December 2010 that took down PayPal's Website. Read More WHITE PAPER: i365 Trusted Data Assurance in the Cloud Cloud-based services are here to stay. Cloud services are even more attractive for companies who are being hit with the high cost of meeting compliance requirements - especially for small and mid-size companies that have shrinking or no information security budget. Read now! Apple secures iTunes update checking to address man-in-the-middle vulnerability Apple's iTunes 10.5.1 update addresses a weakness in the application's update mechanism that could be exploited to trick users into visiting malicious websites. Read More Researchers find new way to hide messages in VoIP Researchers have devised a new scheme for hiding secret data within VoIP packets, making it possible to carry on legitimate voice conversations while stolen data piggybacks on the call undetected, making its way to thieves on the outside. Read More W3C releases draft online privacy standards The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has released the first draft of two standards intended to protect the privacy of Web users and allow them to opt out of Web tracking systems. Read More Facebook users flooded with adult images in mystery hack For the past several days, many Facebook users have been seeing adult images in their news feeds that feature pornography, violence and animal abuse -- the result of what security analysts say is a mystery attack. Read More iOS, Android to get federal-strength authentication Businesses also gain a new Android app management and provisioning tool Read More
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