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	Hacking to rig college election earns one-year prison term Matthew Weaver, a 22-year-old former business student at California State University San Marcos, was sentenced to one year in prison this week for using keylogging software to steal 750 fellow students' passwords and vote himself and four of his fraternity brothers into the student government's president and vice president roles. The five positions would have combined to bring the students a combined... Read More WEBCAST: IDG Mobile Device Performance in High-Density Environments Industry analyst Joanie Wexler explores this topic with Özer Dondurmacıoğlu from Aruba Networks and Bruce Miller from Xirrus, discussing how a high-density Wi-Fi design can handle the flood of traffic from smartphones, tablets and other mobile devices. View now. In this Issue Microsoft researcher on 'special class of user/adversary:' children Colliding, exploding stars may have created all the gold on Earth Google Glass in the NFL? … Two words: Jadeveon Clowney Electronics that will be "Born to Die" Tumblr issues security update, asks users to change passwords Hijacking Office 365 and other major services via cookie re-use flaw How Google and Blue Box sparked an important open source discussion Is Microsoft starting from scratch with Windows Phone 9? 'FBI Ransomware' spotted on Mac OS X Products of the week 7.15.13 WHITE PAPER: F5 ScaleN: Elastic Infrastructure Elasticity is considered superior to traditional scalability because it attempts to exactly match resources to demand. Take a closer look at a ScaleN technology that offers a more efficient, elastic, and multi-tenant approach to meeting the challenges and demands of modern data center architectures. Learn More Microsoft researcher on 'special class of user/adversary:' children Next week at the SOUPS 2013 security and privacy conference in England, Microsoft researcher Stuart Schechter will discuss his latest paper entitled: "The user IS the enemy, and (s)he keeps reaching for that bright shiny power button!" The subtitle reads: "The security and privacy impacts of children and childhood on technology for the home." Read More Colliding, exploding stars may have created all the gold on Earth Two dead stars smashing into each other and releasing massive amounts of energy may have created all of the heavy elements such as gold found on Earth. Read More Google Glass in the NFL? … Two words: Jadeveon Clowney ESPN the other day did a segment where reporter Katie Linendoll had quarterback Sam Bradford and wide receiver Tavon Austin of the St. Louis Rams throw and catch a pass while wearing Google Glass. "What about the latest tech buzz, Google Glass: Could it work in the NFL?" Linendoll asks introducing the segment. And the answer is why yes, yes it could, at least if you're talking about one NFL player... Read More Electronics that will be "Born to Die" The idea behind "Born to Die" electronics is that mist gadgets now have pitifully short lives. Tech products such as cell phones and pads now have useful lives measured in months and the result is landfills and recycling facilities overwhelmed with electronic gadgets that need to be broken down and safely disposed of. Read More Tumblr issues security update, asks users to change passwords Tumblr, the blogging site recently acquired by Yahoo, has released a security update for its iPhone and iPad apps that it said addresses an issue that allowed passwords to be compromised in certain circumstances. Read More Hijacking Office 365 and other major services via cookie re-use flaw How to use cookies to hijack accounts for Office 365, Amazon, eBay, and plenty more. Read More How Google and Blue Box sparked an important open source discussion Although its threat level is relatively low, the Android exploit disclosed by Blue Box launched a very important discussion for the open source community. Read More Is Microsoft starting from scratch with Windows Phone 9? Windows Phone 8 is what can best be described as a slow-moving success. Each quarter, it gains just a little more ground, and now sits at about 5% of the smartphone market. Considering that it has essentially one OEM, that's not too shabby, but it does pale in comparison to Samsung and Apple. Microsoft moved rather quickly with Windows Phone 8 and 8.5, bringing the same kernel and vital code from the... Read More 'FBI Ransomware' spotted on Mac OS X The so-called "FBI Ransomware" that has targeted Microsoft Windows users for years is now striking Mac OS X computers, security researchers warn, but add that the Mac version of the malware is technically different and much easier to remove. Read More Products of the week 7.15.13 Our roundup of intriguing new products from companies such as Sophos and Symantec Read More
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