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Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Civil liberties groups praise revised cybersecurity bill

Gov't surveillance 'unreasonable' & violated the 4th amendment 'at least once' | Black Hat demo: Google Bouncer can be beaten

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Civil liberties groups praise revised cybersecurity bill
Five U.S. senators have introduced a revised version of cybersecurity legislation unveiled earlier this year, with digital liberties groups praising changes that limit the type of cyberthreat information that can be shared between private companies and the U.S. government. Read More


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Gov't surveillance 'unreasonable' & violated the 4th amendment 'at least once'
It's official; the government's spying efforts exceeded the legal limits at least once, meaning it is also "unreasonable under the Fourth Amendment." Read More

Black Hat demo: Google Bouncer can be beaten
Bouncer, the Google technology meant to check Android Market apps for malicious code, can be circumvented, according to a briefing at Black Hat. Read More

Amazon opens up about its cloud security practices, joins CSA registry
Amazon Web Services has shed some light into the security features of its IaaS cloud offering by submitting an entry to the Cloud Security Alliance's Security, Trust and Assurance Registry (STAR). Read More


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Beyond Dropbox: Security is only part of the cloud's problem
Microsoft might want you to "Take it to the Cloud" but a whole lot of people are wishing they had stayed on the ground. The recent news that Dropbox accounts may be exposed, again, to attack should raise alarms for any IT manager considering cloud services. Read More

Hacker Arrested for 2008 DDoS Attacks on Amazon.com
A 25-year-old Russian hacker has been arrested for allegedly orchestrating two denial of service attacks on Amazon.com and eBay in 2008. Read More

Syria disappears from Internet for 40 minutes
Syria's presence on the Internet suddenly went dark for around 40 minutes on July 19, Net analysis firm Renesys has reported. Read More


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Cisco's Roller Coaster July
It seems that so far July 2012 has been a bit of a microcosm of what Cisco has been like the past few years. They've taken huge leaps forward with technology and the potential doors they can open for users, but taken some steps backward in the handling of their business practices. And security might be an issue. Read More

Domestic drones: security and privacy game changer
University of Texas Prof. Todd Humphreys testified to Congress about how his team "repeatedly took control" of a civilian drone from a remote hilltop at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico in front of Homeland Security and FAA officials. Read More

Black Hat blames phishy email on volunteer's error
A phishy looking email sent over the weekend to attendees of this week's Black Hat security conference turns out to have been an innocent mistake by a volunteer, according to the event organizer. Read More



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