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2010 Digital Forensics and Incident Response Summit, (Fri, May 21st)
One of the big events of the year for digital forensics practitioners and incident responders is com ...(more)...
Foxit Reader update http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/reader/whatsnew331.htm, (Fri, May 21st)
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IBM distributes malware at AusCERT!, (Fri, May 21st)
Just in case you were at AusCERT this week and missed the delegate message from IBM.
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DARPA Internet security initiative seeks to guarantee military safe, anonymous access to the Web
LinuxSecurity.com: Internet security experts at the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) in Arlington, Va., are asking industry to develop ways to guarantee the military safe and anonymous access to the Internet amid hostile attempts to disrupt government cyber communications.
Facebook's Privacy Battle: How to Put Your Profile on Lockdown
LinuxSecurity.com: Over the past few months, Facebook has repeatedly found itself in hot water over its privacy protocols. But in the past week, the simmering resentment of many users burst into flames as the site's privacy protocol became even more complicated and it began linking user information to other sites.
Un-Cryptic NSA Talks Crypto on IE Radio
LinuxSecurity.com: Does business really have anything to learn from government? I pondered this notion, listening to Margaret Salter, one of the top encryption policy experts at the National Security Agency, on IE Radio this week.
Our growing security quagmire
LinuxSecurity.com: Information security was always an esoteric field but with personal computing came personal security issues, culminating in the identity theft problem that concerns even the most techno-phobic of consumers. It's about to get much worse.
76% Of Users Exposing Their Browsing Histories
LinuxSecurity.com: This is actually a very old flaw as it's part of the core HTTP standards, it's exploiting the very way in which the Internet works. Basically most browsers expose browsing history if probed in the right way, the fact was that it was just too resource intensive to get any useful data.
Using Linux to Disinfect Windows
LinuxSecurity.com: Are you responsible for one or more Windows computers? If yes then the odds are really good that you have had to deal with cleaning viruses and malware. Did you know F-Secure offers a free Rescue CD built on Knoppix for just this purpose? Let's take a look at how easy the F-Secure Rescue CD is to use.
Quantum key security hacked for first time
LinuxSecurity.com: An important weakness has been discovered in the technology of quantum key distribution (QKD), which is increasingly being used by military and government to secure sensitive communications.
