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on : Friday, 18 Nov, 2011

The International Conference on Digital Information and Wireless Communications (ICDIWC2012)

The International Conference on Digital Information and Wireless Communications (ICDIWC2012) Get invitation.
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on : Thursday, 17 Nov, 2011

Windows 8 patch process to introduce smart updates and messaging

Microsoft aims to streamline the update and provide smart messaging as part of it's new Windows 8 release next year (2012). Redmond aims to reduce the number of restarts to updates - hopefully removing the need for changes to 'code in use' having to reboot the OS. Windows restarts are disruptive to user experience especially if you are working on something important. Apart from smart updating, Windows 8 will also no longer show 'on-the-desktop notification's (those annoying pop-ups on the taskbar). When one or more updates require a restart, Windows 8 will alert users in a message on
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on : Thursday, 17 Nov, 2011

Hackers posting porn on Facebook in major attack on social network

Facebook has been under attack from violent images and porn on several users' profile pages. It appears to be one of the most prolific breaches of Facebook security since it was first launched. Users have been tricked
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on : Thursday, 17 Nov, 2011

The QR code mobile malware and phishing threat

QR codes (sometimes referred to as 'tags') which is an abbreviation for 'Quick Response' allows mobile users to use a smartphone's camera to read a barcode (see image opposite - this is the QR code for my
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on : Thursday, 17 Nov, 2011

Facebook to make retroactive privacy changes ‘opt-in’

After the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) investigation, Facebook is about to change the way it uses your personal information. Facebook is now close to reaching an agreement with the FTC to change its privacy in order
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on : Wednesday, 16 Nov, 2011

ISSE 2011 – 22-23 November, Prague

This year's Information Security Solutions Europe (ISSE) conference will be held in Prague on 22-23rd  November. ISSE is the only independent, interdisciplinary security conference in Europe. World-leading industry experts will speak about a number of most actual topics
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on : Monday, 14 Nov, 2011

Hakin9 Extra – Rootkit 06/2011

Rootkits Hidden in Hardware of PC by Anibal Sacco Let's think like an attacker for a second. There are multiple applications dedicated to find malicious code both in user and in kernel space. So new places have to be found to
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on : Thursday, 10 Nov, 2011

Thieves using Facebook and Twitter to identify targets

Most of Julian's (http://julianevansblog.com) readers probably have a Facebook account, and some of you might also have a Twitter and foursquare account. Given Julian's blog is all about protecting your online and offline identity you
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on : Thursday, 10 Nov, 2011

Critical TCP/IP flaw fixed in November Patch Tuesday release

Microsoft released their November Patch Tuesday on the 8th November which also included a critical TCP/IP fix. The TCP/IP component affects Windows 7, Server 2008 and Vista. Microsoft said an attacker could use a specially crafted UDP
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on : Thursday, 10 Nov, 2011

Apple release critical Mac OS X 10.6 and 10.7 updates

Apple has updated vulnerabilities in Java for Mac OS X 10.6 and 10.7 systems, some of which could allow an attacker to execute code outside of the secure Java sandbox. Vulnerabilities in Shockwave and Java are becoming
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on : Thursday, 10 Nov, 2011

Adobe release critical ShockWave security update

Critical vulnerabilities have been identified in Adobe Shockwave Player 11.6.1.629 and earlier versions on the Windows and Macintosh operating systems. These vulnerabilities could allow an attacker, who successfully exploits these vulnerabilities, to run malicious code on the
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on : Thursday, 10 Nov, 2011

Machine Learning Forensics for Law Enforcement, Security, and Intelligence

ISBN: 978-1439860694 RRP: $69.95 The first time that I quickly browsed through this book, I thought that maybe I was reading this in a slightly different language as there were new acronyms and different ways of thinking on how to process
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