Global Security Watch > February 04, 2012
Google Chrome Blog: German Federal Office of Information Security ...
[Google Chrome Blog] Today the BSI, Germany's Federal Office for Information Security, released a best practice guide for Windows users as part of their overall guidelines and recommendations for Cyber Security. Security has always been a core .
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February 04, 2012
...Application Security...: Security for a Greater Good
[...Application Security...] Working with Ushahidi is a rare opportunity to use our technology and security skills to protect the well-being of individuals that are attempting to report oppression or violence against their fellow citizens.
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Posted at 02:34 PM
October 08, 2011
DHS: Secretary Napolitano Kicks Off National Cyber Security ...
[Department of Homeland Security News] Secretary Napolitano highlighted the importance of engaging the entire society - including government, law enforcement, the private sector and most importantly, members of the public - to protect our critical cyber infrastructure and create a safe and secure cyber environment. DHS continues to expand the Department's Stop.Think.Connect.â™
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Posted at 02:38 PM
First Read - Perry: 'There is no security without border security'
[First Read] And for a Governor to not take offense and to let stand the comments by the Pastor when introducing him. For the life of me I cannot understand when I hear that the only true believers of Christ are the "born again Christians." What about all of the Christians in this world who were Christians before the term "born again Christians" arose as the only believers.
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Posted at 02:35 PM
October 01, 2011
AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II lock screen security flaw, and how to fix it ...
[Android Community] But if you rapidly turn the screen off and on again, eventually you see Samsung’s TouchWiz unlock screen, and you can just swipe the screen up to access anything on the phone. Strangely, the bug doesn’t affect the lock screen immediately after the phone powers on, or users with Microsoft Exchange security in place.
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Posted at 02:35 PM
Major security flaw lets anyone bypass AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II ...
[BGR: The Three Biggest Letters In Tech] BGR has uncovered a major security flaw on AT&T’s version of the Samsung Galaxy S II that renders Android’s security lock feature completely useless. Using a simple workaround, the security hole allows anyone to bypass the unlock pattern, which normally denies users access to an Android device unless a preset pattern is drawn on a grid of nine dots spread across the device’s lock screen.
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Posted at 02:34 PM
September 27, 2011
Microsoft releases Security Advisory 2588513 - MSRC - Site Home ...
[TechNet Blogs] Later versions of TLS (1.1 and 1.2) are not susceptible to this approach; our Security Advisory gives guidance on how to enable TLS 1.1 and 1.2 for customers who believe themselves to be at significant risk from this issue.
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Posted at 02:05 PM
Should Social Security Be Progressive? « The Baseline Scenario
[The Baseline Scenario] The footnote on the graph highlights the reason that Social Security MUST become slightly more progressive. According to the Social Security trustees the program is currently in the red and is likely to remain so for the foreseeable future.
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Posted at 02:04 PM
September 24, 2011
Mac OS X Trojan hides behind malicious PDF ... - Naked Security
[Naked Security - Sophos] When the malicious Macintosh application file is run it tries to drop a PDF embedded inside it onto the user's hard drive. The Chinese language PDF file displayed is about a controversial topic, "Do the Diaoyu Islands belong to Japan?"
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Posted at 02:35 PM
Security in West Bank under control but tensions remain high — RT
[News RSS : Today] Palestinians are now concerned that the Israeli army will now crack down heavily in terms of security in the West Bank and make it more difficult for them to pass through security checkpoints. Also, they fear that the Israelis, as a form of punishment, will withhold taxes that they collect on behalf of the Palestinian authority.
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Posted at 02:34 PM
September 10, 2011
Egypt: Protesters Bring Down Israel Embassy Security Wall and Flag ...
[Global Voices] Soon, crowds of young men swarmed to the Israeli Embassy, where they tore down a security wall built to protect the Embassy, and brought down the Israeli flag, as chaos continued into the night. Here's a snippet of how the events played out on Twitter.
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Posted at 02:35 PM
Apple's Strict Security Measures for Pre-Release Hardware - Mac ...
[MacRumors: Mac News and Rumors - All Stories] They had these custom frames built around them so we couldn't even tell what the iPads looked like. We could plug into them so we could code to them and we could touch the screen and play with that, but we couldn't see the form factor.
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Posted at 02:33 PM
September 01, 2011
iPhone 5 giveaways on Facebook – a scam or what? | Naked Security
[Naked Security - Sophos] So if you simply assume ALL "free" iPads and iPhones offered online are scams, you're missing out on a one-in-a-ten-million chance. In other words, you're missing what is mathematically almost indistinguishable from nothing, zero, zilch.
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Posted at 02:40 PM
Reawakening Virtues: Social Security and The Virtue of Saving - Big ...
[Big Government] We, the people who constructed Social Security with our own money, have always done what has been required of us and PAID INTO the system; if the federal government had done the right thing and left the money alone in a dedicated fund to be used to offset the financial burdens of retirement we'd be all right…but the federal government is made up of shady bureaucrats and liars….and they stole our money to support their habits!
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Posted at 02:34 PM
August 30, 2011
Fraudulent *.google.com Certificate at Mozilla Security Blog
[Mozilla Security Blog] Not quite: Mozilla (and Google, and Debian…) are killing a CA for issuing a fraudulent certificate (lack of security), failing to detect and revoke the fraudulent cert in their db until it was discovered in the wild (lack of audit) and most importantly failing to provide any detail on what the hell happened (lack of trust).
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Posted at 02:04 PM
Microsoft Releases Security Advisory 2607712 - MSRC - Site Home ...
[MSRC] We continue to work with the certificate authority to understand the scope of this issue, and have taken steps to further help protect customers by removing the DigiNotar root certificate from the list of trusted root certificates on Windows. Web sites with certificates issued by DigiNotar will no longer be trusted by Windows Vista and above.
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Posted at 02:04 PM
August 27, 2011
Cross-border attack: 26 security personnel killed in Chitral – The ...
[The Express Tribune] The Talibans are launching attacks from the areas (Noristan etc.) vacated by the U.S and NATO forces as they are trimming down their presence in Afghanistan. Once drone attacks are halted and Afghanistan is fully vacated by US forces, Talibans would attempt to conquer not only Afghanistan but also Pakistan giving reality to the dreams of these guys who otherwise cann’t ascend to power in Pakistan through democratic means.
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Posted at 02:35 PM
Make WordPress More Secure [Security] - Lifehacker
[Lifehacker] If you want to keep your WordPress blog safe from intrusion two ways to eliminate basic attacks are to move your wp-config.php file up one directory to a non-public area and to delete the admin user account. Neither of these will stop a determined and skillful malefactor, but like using a bike lock, they will keep the basic thugs out.
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Posted at 02:34 PM
August 18, 2011
Savvy Consumers Experiment With More Security Products, Forrester ...
[ReadWriteWeb] Forrester used data from its Technographics survey over 16 major world markets to note that users are indeed more savvy about the threats to their computers and what they can do about it. The benefactors are the major players in security, most of which have been operating since the mid-1990s, when the first criminal hacker scare and spam started to weed into the mind share of the Internet populace.
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Posted at 02:35 PM
BART Police database hacked – names and addresses ... - Naked Security
[Naked Security - Sophos] Last week, in a highly controversial move, several BART stations in San Francisco halted their cellphone service for a few hours. It was believed that people protesting about the fatal shooting of a homeless man by BART police, might be co-ordinating their protest via mobile phone.
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Posted at 02:34 PM
August 11, 2011
Apple Store security plan irks merchants, locals | TUAW - The ...
[TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog] Apple has a gorgeous retail store in the swanky community of Greenwich Connecticut. The beautiful facade and lovely arched windows may...
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Posted at 02:35 PM
New Microsoft Security Program & Vulnerability Data Now Available ...
[Site Home] For me, some of the most interesting new data in the report is on the Exploitability Index that gets included with security bulletins from Microsoft. If you use the exploitability index to help manage risk associated with Microsoft security bulletins, it could help you with deployment decisions and potentially reduce the number of reboots you need to perform in your environment.
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Posted at 02:34 PM
