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The Pirates Can't Be Stopped

2008-01-16 19:20:07 by Editor in Digg / Security
 
Ethan and I had first started talking over an untraceable prepaid phone...He eventually agrees to speak in person...He hands me a flash drive containing documents...He also pulls out a...sheet of paper bearing my name, the first five digits of my Social Security number, a few pictures...and addresses going back 10 years. "I had to check," he said
 
Tags: untraceable prepaid phone, social security, flash drive, agrees, documents, sheet, hands, check, addresses
 
 
 
 
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How to stop laptop theft

2008-01-22 00:00:00 by HASH0x8473a9c in Network World on Security
 
If you run a small business, your biggest IT worry is probably not when or whether to upgrade to Vista; it's how to keep your valuable equipment--and the even more precious data it contains--out of the hands of thieves. Laptops and mobile gadgets like cell phones, PDAs, and USB flash drives have become a necessity in many business settings. And...
 
Tags: business settings, business, valuable equipment, equipment, usb flash, precious data, mobile gadgets, cell phones, necessity
 
 
 
 
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Ask.com Rises to Top of the Pack in Search Privacy

2008-01-30 00:00:00 by HASH0x8b7764c in Network World on Security
 
Hats off to Ask.com for its new hands-off--or eyes-off--search option. The AskEraser feature will prevent the search company from saving your data in its logs
 
Tags: askeraser feature, prevent, hands-off, data, logs, eyes-off, hats, option, company
 
 
 
 
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Cops with guns...what will they think of next?

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2008-01-12 06:27:00 by John Sexton in The Bullet Proof Blog
The recent article in the Arizona Republic regarding Campus Police Officers now being able to carry guns, is made to sound like some kind of "breaking news" flash In a way, I suppose it is, since campus officers in Maricopa County were unarmed prior to this. The State law which came into effect in October takes the decision out of the hands of...
 
Tags: campus authorities, campus, campus police, campus officers, campus police officers, officers, guns, security officers, police officers
 
 
 
 
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Pranksters Fighting for MySpace Page of Woman at Center of Spitzer Scandal

2008-03-13 19:30:00 by Threat Level in Wired Security
 
The MySpace address formerly occupied by the 22-year-old alleged call girl passes through dozens of hands after she cancels her account, as MySpace struggles to keep up
 
Tags: call girl passes, myspace address, myspace struggles, dozens, account, cancels, hands, 22-year-old
 
 
 
 
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Hidden Dangers of Automatic Encryption

2008-03-20 00:00:00 by HASH0x8b62c80 in Network World on Security
 
Every business has data that needs protecting. You don't have to be a MasterCard, with tens of millions of financial records at risk, to worry about data security. Whether it's your customer lists or your corporate credit card accounts, you have some information that shouldn't get into the hands of the bad guys
 
Tags: data, credit card accounts, data security, customer lists, bad guys, financial records, tens, mastercard, information
 
 
 
 
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Customer information vulnerable in the hands of corporates

2008-03-31 00:00:00 by HASH0x8b7f1d8 in Network World on Security
 
Privacy agreements are being scrapped as fingerprints, iris scans and voiceprints are at risk of being hocked off through business acquisitions
 
Tags: iris scans, business acquisitions, privacy agreements, fingerprints, voiceprints, risk
 
 
 
 
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Mobile Post: Utility Poles and Backhaul

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2008-04-04 13:01:02 by Glennf in Wi-Fi Networking News
You can't ignore physical realities: Much as we might not like it, the hard work of attaching devices to utility poles and bringing in backhaul to cell and Wi-Fi sites can't just be handled by waving your hands around. Photo by Chris Chan
 
Tags: utility poles, ignore physical realities, wi-fi sites, chris chan, backhaul, photo, hands, devices, cell
 
 
 
 
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Visualizing Viruses

2008-04-12 01:00:00 by Ryan Singel in Wired Security
 
Internet threats ruin hard drives and clog inboxes. But in the hands of an MIT graduate student, viruses and Trojans become menacing beauties. Art goes viral, really
 
Tags: viruses, clog inboxes, art, beauties, hands, student, viral, mit, trojans
 
 
 
 
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Harvesting YouTube Usernames for Spamming

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2008-05-07 03:21:17 by HASH0x8afedf0 in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge
With a recently distributed database of several thousand YouTube user names, spammers continue trying to demonstrate their interest in establishing as many contact points with potential receipts of their message, or even malware given the harvested user names database ends up in someone else's hands Buil