Federal safety board wants nationwide ban on cell phone use in cars

	SMS attack on Windows Phone forces reboot, disables messaging | FBI rejects FOIA request for Carrier IQ info
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	Federal safety board wants nationwide ban on cell phone use in cars The federal National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) called for the first-ever nationwide ban on the use of any personal electronic devices while driving a car. The NTSB recommendation calls for the ban the nonemergency use of portable electronic devices for all drivers. The safety recommendation also urges law enforcement to use high-visibility techniques to support the ban. The recommendation... Read More WHITE PAPER: Meraki Application Traffic Shaping in a Campus WLAN Meraki is the only wireless LAN to include a Layer 7 application-aware traffic shaper, empowering organizations to limit apps like BitTorrent while prioritizing critical services. Learn how Rainbow School District utilized this technology to control iPads and facilitate learning activities. Learn more. In this Issue SMS attack on Windows Phone forces reboot, disables messaging FBI rejects FOIA request for Carrier IQ info What's next with hypervisors? Do we need data-loss prevention for printers and copiers? Lulzlover Hacked Coalition of Law Enforcement, Data Dumped for 2,400 cops and feds Microsoft spins Android malware into Windows Phone giveaway Carrier IQ moves to allay fears of its tracking software 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! SMS attack on Windows Phone forces reboot, disables messaging Attackers can send a maliciously-crafted SMS to a Windows Phone, causing it to reboot and disable messaging functionality. "The flaw appears to affect other aspects of the Windows Phone operating system too," reported WinRumors. Read More FBI rejects FOIA request for Carrier IQ info The FBI has denied a request for the release of information regarding its use of Carrier IQ's software, saying that releasing such information could interfere with ongoing law enforcement operations. Read More WEBCAST: ForeScout Technologies CISO in the Know - Mitigating Modern Attacks This webcast examines sophisticated and targeted threats, security gaps, techniques and new technologies with regards to understanding and defending against zero-day threats, propagating worms, low-and-slow attacks and advanced persistent threats (APT). Learn more. What's next with hypervisors? The world of hypervisors is complicated by the fact that there are proprietary and open source tools and the latter are often pressed into service in different ways, say nothing of the fact that the whole market is evolving quickly. To get a handle on recent developments, Network World Editor in Chief John Dix corralled a panel of experts to assess where we are today and where we're going. The experts included Al Gillen, an analyst IDC who tracks virtualization developments, Kerry Kim, director of solutions marketing at SUSE, and Adam Jollans, program director of IBM's Linux and Open Virtualization Strategy. Read More Do we need data-loss prevention for printers and copiers? By now, the idea of using data-loss prevention (DLP) technologies to detect and block unauthorized transit of sensitive information across a network at host and gateway points is well accepted. As applied to peripherals such as printers and copiers, the idea is quite novel. But Canon, a longtime maker of printer-fax-copying machines, says DLP can and should be applied to this, too. Read More WEBCAST: IBM InfoSphere MDM Solution for Product Information Management Learn how leading retailers, distributors and manufacturers leverage IBM InfoSphere Product Information Management solutions to boost supply chain productivity and deliver an optimal customer purchase experience. Learn More Lulzlover Hacked Coalition of Law Enforcement, Data Dumped for 2,400 cops and feds There's been no shortage of OWS video footage and some of the outrageous stunts the cops have pulled, but it caused another Anonymous hacker to lock and load on the police. From a land of cracked hashes, located somewhere over the rainbow tables, comes an AntiSec dump of the "entire member database" from C.L.E.A.R. Coalition of Law Enforcement and Retail. The hacker, Exphin1ty, claimed to be a part... Read More Microsoft spins Android malware into Windows Phone giveaway Microsoft is using the latest malware campaign aimed at rival Android to give away new Windows 7 Phones to the five Android users who tell the best tales of woe. Read More Carrier IQ moves to allay fears of its tracking software Carrier IQ last night released a 19-page document describing its technology in what appears to be a belated attempt to quell continuing concerns over its controversial tracking software. Read More
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