security
Spaceport America Begins Construction
eldavojohn writes “While a lot of people are wondering if commercial spaceflight will ever make it, Spaceport America is holding its groundbreaking ceremony today. You can watch it live at their site at 11am MST. The spaceport is aiming for a diverse clientele including the delivery of small national security purpose satellites into Earth orbit as well as research and development for tech purposes. After getting their FAA license and securing funding, the 27 square mile development project has officially begun. The target date for completion is the end of 2010, let’s all hope for success in the milestone goal!”
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Spaceport America Begins Construction
eldavojohn writes “While a lot of people are wondering if commercial spaceflight will ever make it, Spaceport America is holding its groundbreaking ceremony today. You can watch it live at their site at 11am MST. The spaceport is aiming for a diverse clientele including the delivery of small national security purpose satellites into Earth orbit as well as research and development for tech purposes. After getting their FAA license and securing funding, the 27 square mile development project has officially begun. The target date for completion is the end of 2010, let’s all hope for success in the milestone goal!”
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ACLU Sues DHS Over Unlawful Searches and Detention
gavron writes “The ACLU has filed suit against DHS to stop the TSA from conducting illegal searches and detention. In the case at hand, TSA detained a Ron Paul staffer who was carrying ,300 in cash in a metal box. The suit seeks to focus TSA searches on things having to do with increasing security on aircraft, instead of their current practice of 4th-amendment-violating searches, such as those of laptops, iPods, etc.”
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Why Enterprises Shouldn’t Limit Web Traffic
Web surfing attacks like Nine-Ball cause companies to limit employee Web traffic, citing security and productivity. However it is only a bandage since people look for ways to circumvent the system and it only takes one mistake to create damage. Rather, companies should look at employee education as ways to improve IT security.
Microsoft Launches New "Get the Facts" Campaign
ko9 writes that M|cr0s0ft has re-launched its “‘Get the facts’ campaign, in an attempt to promote Internet Explorer 8. It contains a chart that compares IE8 to Firefox and Chrome. Needless to say, IE8 comes out as the clear winner, with MS suggesting it is the only browser to provide features like ‘privacy,’ ’security,’ ‘reliability.’ It even claims to have Firefox beat in ‘customizability.’”
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iPhone 3.0 Update Delivers Prodigious Patch Batch
CWmike writes “Apple patched 46 security vulnerabilities in the iPhone and iPod Touch, half of them in the Safari browser and its WebKit rendering engine, as it released iPhone OS 3.0 on Wednesday. One of the patched WebKit vulnerabilities stands out because of the attention it received in March, when a German college student, Nils, walked away with a ,000 cash prize for hacking Safari at the Pwn2Own challenge. Nils used a bug in WebKit’s handling of SVGList objects to crack Safari.”
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Friend or Fraud? Security and Social Networks
Back in January, friends of Seattle, Wash., resident Bryan Rutberg were stunned when they read e-mails from his Facebook account accompanied by his photo. In the messages, Bryan appeared to claim he was in big trouble and that he needed their help. At least one friend wired him money. However, Rutberg wasn’t really in trouble and was in no need of assistance — his Web page had been hijacked by cybercriminals. This is just one of the cyberscams that have hit Facebook, the world’s leading social networking site.
Quantum Secrets: A New Standard in Crytopgraphy?
Quantum cryptography has been a Holy Grail for security researchers since the idea was proposed, the promise of a new standard in absolutely unbreakable communications. But it’s a new standard in the M|cr0s0ft sense: “Use our brilliant new system, because we’re making sure the old one doesn’t work anymore.”
Microsoft Security Essentials [Full Review]
M|cr0s0ft Security Essentials is the name of M|cr0s0ft’s latest Anti-Virus/Anti-Spyware software for Windows operating system. It is already being tested internally at M|cr0s0ft and is rumored to launch in September of this year. Check out this Amazing Review of the app itself.
Microsoft Security Essentials [Full Review]
M|cr0s0ft Security Essentials is the name of M|cr0s0ft’s latest Anti-Virus/Anti-Spyware software for Windows operating system. It is already being tested internally at M|cr0s0ft and is rumored to launch in September of this year. Check out this Amazing Review of the app itself.