Fatal flaws found in terrorism databaseOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 51 days ago (http://news.cnet.com) | related links
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"Congressional investigation reveals one of the country's most important terrorism databases is suffering from mismanagement and technical flaws." read more »
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Free HTML Credit Card Images LogosOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by smart303 90 days ago (http://www.creditcardimagelogos.com) | related links
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Free credit card logos in HTML code for your website. Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Discover, and Paypal image logos in html code to cut and paste to your website. animated .gif .jpeg images of read more »
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Airport security part 4: Attack of the body scanners!Open in New Window
Avatar Posted by MargaretM 101 days ago (http://feeds.feedburner.com) | related links
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Nathan McFeeters laments the use of full-body scanners. Nicole Wong of the Boston Globe reported that Boston’s Logan International Airport will be the next airport to institute the use of full-body read more »
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News on 1.6: distributed testing to improve quality of detectionsOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 122 days ago (http://www.spybot.info) | related links
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The upcoming 1.6 release of Spybot will include distributed testing for malware allowing for enhanced detection. They are currently looking for beta users. read more »
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Safari 'carpet bomb' attack code releasedOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 124 days ago (http://www.networkworld.com) | related links
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"A hacker has posted attack code that exploits critical flaws in the Safari and Internet Explorer Web browsers." read more »
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EU mulls intervention over BT's secret Phorm trialsOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 124 days ago (http://go.theregister.com) | related links
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Chris Williams at The Register writes, "The European Commission is considering intervening over the failure of UK data watchdogs to punish BT for the way it secretly co-opted tens of thousands of customers into trials of Phorm's profiling system to serve them targeted advertising." read more »
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Cram this: an updateOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 124 days ago (http://arstechnica.com) | related links
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Nate Anderson over at Ars Technica discusses the problems arising from phone companies allowing third parties to tack charges onto their bills, reducing the complexity of charging an individual for a purchase they may not have made. read more »
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Proof of Concept “carpet bombing” exploit released in the wildOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 124 days ago (http://feeds.feedburner.com) | related links
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"In what appears to be an attempt to provoke Apple to reconsider its currently passive position on the severity of the dubbed as %u201Ccarpet bomb%u201D flaw, a working Proof of Concept exploit code..." read more »
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