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Quick look: The NSA security quagmire

  Breaking down the OWASP Top 10 security flaws for 2013 | Does encryption really shield you from government's prying eyes?
 
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Quick look: The NSA security quagmire
Since the messy and precarious news broke recently that details from a classified National Security Agency terrorist surveillance program had been leaked by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden, the security firestorm that has ensued has only gotten worse by the day. Here we take a look at the details of the growing morass. Read More


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Breaking down the OWASP Top 10 security flaws for 2013
By: Jonathan Lampe The OWASP Top 10 list publicizes the most critical web application security flaws as determined by the Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP), a nonprofit, vendor-independent IT security organization formed in 2001. In this article, we preview the 2013 edition of this popular security resource. (This review is based on the 2013 release candidate.) Read More


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Does encryption really shield you from government's prying eyes?
If you're thinking about encrypting email in light of revelations about U.S. government spying, you may be wasting your time. Read More


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Oracle to ship 40 security fixes for Java SE
Oracle is set to release a patch set for Java SE that targets 40 security vulnerabilities. Read More

Businesses slow-walk classified data-sharing efforts with feds
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The New York City Board of Elections is hoping to replace state-of-the art optical scanning voting machines with decades-old mechanical-lever machines for the city's mayoral primary in September. Read More

 
 
 

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