Security-as-a-service growing "When you ask IT professionals if they use cloud computing or software-as-a-service, most start by saying "no"...." (more) | Military social security cards & other papers found in dumpster "It was an identity thief's dream--original birth certificates, social security cards and high school diplomas all found in a dumpster...." (more) | Badly configured networks are a hacking dream: survey "Badly configured networks are the main cause of security breaches, accounting for more than three-quarters of attacks, according to a new survey...." (more) | Russian Forest Defenders' Website Suffers Cyberattack "The website of Russia's Khimki Forest Defenders movement has been attacked by hackers and is accessible only intermittently, RFE/RL's Russian Service reports...." (more) | Microsoft Patents OS Shutdown "You would think that shutting down software could be fairly simple from an end user's view...." (more) | One in three people believe that the internet is riddled with security threats "A survey of computer users has found that one in three believe that all websites pose a security threat...." (more) | Islamic hackers invade website of Belvoir Castle in protest over Israeli foreign policy "Computer hackers left tourists bemused after replacing a stately home's website with a message protesting Israeli foreign policy...." (more) | Boeing s Secret Robot Space Plane Vanishes& For Almost Three Weeks "Boeing s unmanned space vehicle, the X-37B (also known by its prototype designation, OTV-1), launched in April...." (more) | Ninth Circuit Court: Secret GPS Tracking is Legal "According to the latest ruling out of the Ninth Circuit Court, it s perfectly legal for federal agents to secretly plant a GPS locator on your car in the middle of the night, even if it s parked in your driveway, and then use said locator to track your movements as they see fit...." (more) | International Phone Fraud Reported in Batavia "Batavia police are investigating two strange cases of apparently international crimes involving telephones...." (more) | Michael Hayden Discusses the Wild West Nature of Cyberspace "Imagine cyberspace as a lawless frontier, the kind John Ford or Sergio Leone breathed cinematic life into, minus the natural geographic boundaries...." (more) | Potomac Officers Club Luncheon - Tuesday, Oct 05 2010 11:30 AM - 01:15 PM "Event DetailsDate: Tuesday, Oct 05 2010Time: 11:30 AM - 01:15 PMLocation: Tyson's Corner Ritz Carlton, Salon 3 - 5th floorLunch & SpeakerMember Price: $80...." (more) | Gmail, Skype now in India's crosshairs "India is apparently taking issue with any communication service that doesn't give it easy access to data...." (more) | Internet security laws will be focus of new program "Law school students, prosecutors and homeland security agents will have the chance to learn more about cybersecurity law an emerging area concerning online terrorism as part of a project sponsored by the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office...." (more) | Russian Trojan Blamed for Credit Card Losses at U.S. Diner "Hundreds of lunchtime customers of a diner in the US city of Memphis are believed to have had funds stolen from their debit and credit cards after PCs at the venue became infected with malware...." (more) | 3PAR Sued for Patent Infringement "Within hours of 3PAR maybe finding out who its daddy's gonna be, it got sued by a little Austin, Texas outfit with a litigation trail behind it by the name of Crossroads Systems...." (more) | Russian Trojan blamed for credit card losses at US diner "Hundreds of lunchtime customers of a diner in the US city of Memphis are believed to have had funds stolen from their debit and credit cards after PCs at the venue became infected with malware...." (more) | Are Hackers Targeting Your Online Banking? "Online banking allows you to streamline financial transactions, but it also could make you a likely target for hackers...." (more) | Google, Skype and Virtual Private Network operators gets legal notice "After bending BlackBerry makers Research In Motion (RIM) for access to data for security reasons, Indian government is now targeting all networks operating in India...." (more) | NIST IT Security Automation Conference runs from September 27-29 "The Sixth Annual IT Security Automation Conference, co-hosted by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), focuses on applying and integrating emerging cyber security automation technologies and software assurance into a wide range of application areas such as cloud computing, health care information technology and compliance...." (more) | The Best Security for Wireless Email "To me, the important lesson derived from the recent dust-up between the United Arab Emirates, India, Saudi Arabia and RIM, the company behind the BlackBerry, is that governments can spy on almost all wireless email...." (more) | Cell phones and American adults "Texting by American adults has increased substantially over the past year, but still does not approach the magnitude of text messages exchanged by adolescents...." (more) | FCC reacts to Google/Verizon deal with decisive action more questions "The FCC's plan for network neutrality ideas which Chairman Julius Genachowski made central to his tenure, and which were backed by President Obama has been under direct assault for the last month...." (more) | 'BadB' Now Charged In RBS WorldPay ATM Case "A Russian man recently arrested for allegedly spearheading a global online identity theft trafficking operation has now also been charged in the RBS WorldPay ATM case, where cloned cards were used to steal nearly $10 million in less than 12 hours...." (more) | Police: Google committed no crime with Wi-Fi data grab "Police have found no evidence Google committed a criminal offence by gathering personal wireless internet data during its street view operation in New Zealand...." (more) |

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