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	Hackerazzi man pleads guilty to targeting celebrities Scarlett Johansson, Mila Kunis, 50 others In a highly publicized case last year, a Florida man this week pleaded guilty to hacking into the personal e-mail accounts of more than 50 actors including Scarlett Johansson, Mila Kunis, Renee Olstead. Specifically Christopher Chaney, 35, pleaded guilty to nine felony counts of a 28-count indictment, including unauthorized access to protected computers, wiretapping and wire fraud, unauthorized damage... Read More WHITE PAPER: SonicWALL Smart Security for Escalating Challenges This eBook examines how CSOs and IT managers are solving these issues using next-generation firewalls. Read now. In this Issue Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen's identity stolen by AWOL soldier Are Open Source Libraries Any More Vulnerable Than Closed Source? Counterterrorism database stores all Americans as potential domestic terrorists 16 ultimate SSH hacks Security Firm AVG Releases Do-Not-Track Feature for Windows Facebook making the right noises on password privacy FTC chairman: Do-not-track law may not be needed A quick look: The Angry Birds phenomenon If it ain't broke, don't fix it: ancient computers in use today WHITE PAPER: NetIQ SANS Review of NetIQ Sentinel 7 A SIEM solution fully installed and capturing logs in under 15 minutes! Read how SANS analyst Jerry Schenk did it, and why he feels NetIQ Sentinel 7 is a great solution for the most pressing security problems facing enterprises today. Learn More! Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen's identity stolen by AWOL soldier An AWOL soldier living in Pittsburgh has been charged with stealing the identity of Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen and using his credit card account to make a $658.81 payment on a loan from Armed Forces Bank. Read More Are Open Source Libraries Any More Vulnerable Than Closed Source? My friend and Network World editor, Ellen Messmer posted an article yesterday about the results of an analysis by Aspect Security of the Central Repository maintained by Sonatype. The study was announced by Aspect and Sonatype yesterday. Read More Counterterrorism database stores all Americans as potential domestic terrorists Terrorism is not a 4-letter cuss word, but it might be a curse word . . . a five year curse on every American citizen that is. By using terrorism as a justification, the government will collect and store personal information on Americans who have absolutely no ties to terrorism and are suspected of no crime. Your info will be dumped into a database and stored for five years. Why? So U.S. Read More WHITE PAPER: Oracle Sustainable Compliance for the Payment Card Industry This white paper explains the essentials of a PCI DSS compliance program, focusing on the critical but problematic areas that comprise much of the heart of the requirements. Learn More! 16 ultimate SSH hacks So you think you know OpenSSH inside and out? Test your chops against this hit parade of 16 expert tips and tricks, from identifying monkey-in-the-middle attacks to road warrior security to attaching remote screen sessions. Follow the countdown to the all-time best OpenSSH command! Read More Security Firm AVG Releases Do-Not-Track Feature for Windows If the recent debates around the Federal Trade Commission's call for a Do-Not-Track tool have you concerned about online privacy, computer security firm AVG recently announced a new do-not-track feature for Windows. AVG's new tool is available to users of its free and paid security products as a free update. New users can get the tool by downloading AVG Anti-virus Free Edition, and then running a program update to get the new do-not-track feature. The new tool works as an add-on with Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome browsers. Read More Facebook making the right noises on password privacy Facebook has a message for creepy bosses who ask their workers for their Facebook passwords: You're icky, we don't like you, and we reserve the right to sue you. Check out this note posted late last week by Facebook chief privacy officer Erin Egan: Read More WHITE PAPER: Tripwire Responding to New Threats in More Complex IT Environments As organizations today face the challenge of protecting their valuable data, they must balance that protection with giving business users and customers access to the data. Learn More! FTC chairman: Do-not-track law may not be needed A do-not-track law focused on protecting Web users' privacy may not be necessary, with private groups working to implement recommendations from the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, the agency's chairman said Monday. Read More A quick look: The Angry Birds phenomenon From space to Rio, the Angry Birds game seems to be out to conquer the world Read More If it ain't broke, don't fix it: ancient computers in use today From 1970s minicomputers used for military programs (including nuclear weapons) to an IBM punch-card system still keeping the books at a Texas filter supplier, these are the computers that time forgot. Read More
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