| What Obama won't be using: Sectera Edge There was a lot of speculation that President Obama would have his BlackBerry replaced with the Sectera Edge, a secure, rugged Windows Mobile smartphone built by General Dynamics. Bloggers wonder: Is Obama's BlackBerry super-encrypted? Bloggers are now speculating that President Barack Obama will have access to a BlackBerry wireless device equipped with a super-encryption package, although -- not surprisingly -- no one is sure whether the president actually is using one. Symbian malware takes money from phone Hackers have discovered a new way to steal your money: texting it out of your phone. Networking Geek to Geek with Jimmy Ray Purser: GSM hacking - the next big thing I was asked by one of dudes at my monthly hackers meeting if I have been hacking GSM lately. I told them the equipment to monitor 850MHz and 1800MHz to gather enough info is too much for me to expense. He told me, no gear is required to find a hole, just use a pencil. Heartland breach raises questions about PCI standard's effectiveness While it's not yet known if Heartland Payment Systems' data breach will count as the largest card heist ever, some analysts say what is clear is that the Payment Card Industry (PCI) data security standard isn't sufficient. Podcast: Heartland hit by massive data breach Heartland Payment Systems, a New Jersey based provider of credit and debit card processing services this week said unknown intruders planted malicious software to steal card data on as many as 100 million accounts sometime last year. Derek Manky, who leads the global threat research team at Fortinet, shares his take on what may be the biggest data fraud scheme of all time. (11:15) Virtual desktops getting security boost Businesses looking for safer virtual desktops can cut the risk of attacks if they run their virtual-machine hypervisors directly on computer hardware, eliminating reliance on separate operating systems that can be... Mac Trojan Horse found in pirated Apple iWork '09 Intego, a maker of antivirus and firewall software, has issued an alert to warn Mac users not to download Apple iWork '09 installers from sites offering pirated software. Clerical error foiled Sumitomo bank hack The largest near heist in banking history failed because the men accused of trying to carry it out didn't properly fill in a single field in an electronic transfer form. Microsoft Security Response Center gets new boss The point man for security bug fixes at Microsoft has stepped down as director of the Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC). Sophos may lay off up to 5% of staff Security vendor Sophos plans to lay off up to 5% of its staff, the company said Thursday. From fighting toxic chemicals to fixing cyber nfrastructure: The government’s top 10 trials and tribulations Watchdogs at the Government Accounting Office periodically assess the Fed’s most high-risk areas or areas that are prone to fraud, waste, abuse, and mismanagement that can directly impact all of us. On the GAO hit list which was sent to the 111th Congress this week are all manner of issues from repairing the nation’s cyber infrastructure and keeping taxpayer information private to how to effectively move the IRS and financial regulatory systems into the future. Seagate warns of firmware problem with Barracuda hard drives Seagate has confirmed a potential firmware problem with some of its Barracuda 7200.11 hard drives, along with related Serial ATA (SATA) hard drives based on the same... Who goes there? Identity management is all about who you are and what you should be allowed to do. This Product Guide describes the technology and how it works. January giveaways from Cisco Subnet and Microsoft Subnet
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