Researcher reveals Twitter 'follow' bug
Attackers can exploit a bug in Twitter to force victims to follow the hacker's account, a security researcher said Thursday
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Email is a Practice
Being information security professionals, we have obligation to follow good e-mail practice, by this we can operate with due care in our profession and that will make us look good. In my earlier job, colleague of mine [a security expert] had sent me an e-mail describing how he broke the weak encryption of an application. Inadvertantly, in his...
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Most switches help in complying with secure management best practices
In assessing switch management and security, we sought to answer three questions: Did devices follow current best practices by default? Could users configure switches to follow these best practices? And could switches be wiped clean of any sensitive information before being taken out of deployment
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NASDAQ Symbology Change
In talking with one of my clients the topic of special characters came up and one of the things they mentioned being worried about was symbology changes at NASDAQ. For those of you who dont follow this kind of stuff, the old ticker symbols constituted a fairly small subset of possible combinations. The symbology change was designed to allow...
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C, I .... Hey!!! Where is my 'A'???
Now, I have to apologize for sneaking up to my esteemed colleague Michael Farnum and sticking him with a scalpel :-) I had to board a plane to London to present at CESG /GCHQ tomorrow and so I dropped out of the mayhem .... eehhh .... discussion that ensued
As I am sitting in hotel in Cheltenham with sheep wondering around the place, I am...
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Bomb Squad Defuses Turnip
Props to the writer who came up with the first sentence of the story : A raw turnip was at the root of a bomb scare that last for hours at a law office
And a follow-up
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10 tips for a successful video rollout
Here are 10 tips network managers should follow for a successful video deployment
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More RIPA Creep
I previously blogged about the UK's Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA), which was sold as a means to tackle terrorism, and other serious crimes, being used against animal rights protestors . The latest news from the UK is that a local council has used provisions of the act to put a couple and their children under surveillance , for...
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Managing Mobile Data with Endpoint Security for Laptops
Source: Absolute Software) A NetworkWorld survey of IT professionals found that only 1 in 100 employees consistently follow data security policy. This paper outlines endpoint security for laptops that restricts data access beyond encryption to safeguard against insider threats and user error.Read this whitepaper to learn lessons from recent data...
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Iron Man Cameo - Samuel L. Jackson is Nick Fury
Late Friday night, I was one of the millions of weekend viewers that help make Iron Man the second-best premiere ever . I am surprised by those results, but only because Iron Man isn't so well-known as other Comic Book heroes like Superman or Batman
Yes, I liked it and was pretty sure I would even before I wnt. However, Robert Downey J