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ISSA-LA's Security Summit IV is tomorrow

May 15, 2012 |   I'm in sun-kissed L.A. today, wrapping up some tasks before attending what promises to be an eventful meeting of security minds tomorrow: Security Summit IV, organized by the local chapter of the Information Systems Security Association (ISSA). The event runs from 7:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the...

Application Security Inc. vows to 'give away' up $1 million in database security software

May 15, 2012 |   I got an interesting press release from Application Security Inc. saying the company is willing to donate up to $1 million in security software to help enterprises avoid data breaches. Here's what they said:

Many blacklisted sites were hijacked, says Zscaler ThreatLabZ

May 15, 2012 |   An interesting nugget of research from Zscaler suggests that many blacklisted sites were fine until someone hijacked them.

McAfee-Intel eye critical infrastructure protection

May 15, 2012 |   On the heels of a recent cyberattack against natural gas pipelines in the U.S., McAfee and Intel are announcing a new initiative to protect critical infrastructure.

Not your older brother's security landscape

May 14, 2012 |   A good friend drove me to the airport this morning for my trip to LA for ISSA's

That was stupid, Adobe

May 14, 2012 |   Adobe has decided to issue free security patches for eight critical vulnerabilities in

'Apocalypse Now' meets #infosec

May 11, 2012 |   Being a pop culture junkie, I often find myself comparing the fictional world with the real-life world of information security. If I wrote about plumbing, I suppose I would find myself comparing some movie or musical piece to that. But security is my subject, and the movie I can't help but...

#FFSec: Security pros to follow on Twitter, May 11

May 11, 2012 |   Follow these names on Twitter. Together, they make cyberspace a more secure place. (copy and paste)

I didn't need the FBI to tell be hotel Internet is bad

May 10, 2012 |   That hotel Internet connections are dicey at best is not surprising to those of us who travel frequently. In that respect, fresh warnings from the FBI about an uptick in hotel Internet-based malware is a bit of a yawner. But it is a good excuse to review some defensive measures.

Twitter hack hits me where I live

May 10, 2012 |   News that 58,000 Twitter usernames and passwords were posted online by a hacker claiming to be part of Anonymous really hits me where I live. I recently wrote about how I fell for the oldest social engineering trick in the book through a bogus tweet, and that's one of the ways this stuff...

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