General Security
National Cybersecurity Awareness Month Launch Event

Hear from the nation’s leaders on cybersecurity from government, industry and nonprofits as we launch National Cybersecurity Awareness Month from Ypsilanti, MI on October 7th during the Michigan Cyber Summit.

PLEASE NOTE: The live stream will now be from 8:15am ET-11:30am ET

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General Security
Apple founder Steve Jobs dies

Steve Jobs co-founded Apple died Wednesday at 56. Steve Jobs' family has issued the following statement: In his public life, Steve was known as a visionary; in his private life, he cherished his family. We are thankful to the many people who have shared their wishes and prayers during the last year of Steve's illness; […]

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Child Safety
GOVERNOR AND FIRST LADY O’MALLEY TO JOIN FACEBOOK AND TIME WARNER’S CARTOON NETWORK FOR NATIONAL BULLYING PREVENTION MONTH KICK-OFF

On Thursday, October 6th, Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley and First Lady Judge Katie O’Malley will join Facebook’s Vice President for U.S. Public Policy Joel Kaplan and Cartoon Network President/COO Stuart Snyder, State and local education leaders, and other special guests for a special National Bullying Prevention Month kick-off event at Arundel High School in Anne Arundel County, MD.

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General Security
Revir Malware for OS X Undergoes Revision

Recently a new PDF-based malware threat for OS X was discovered that displays a Chinese PDF file while it installs and runs its malicious code in the background. While the initial version of this malware (OSX/Revir.A) was detected over a week ago, the criminals developing the code are busy revising and refining it, and over the weekend a variant has been identified (OSX/Revir.B). As with all malware, new versions of these threats are likely to surface in the future, and as they do, expect malware detection utilities (including Apple's XProtect) to follow close behind and label them alphabetically as they appear.

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Conference
The Secure Enterprise Mobility Conference & Expo

Registration is now open for the Secure Enterprise Mobility Conference & Expo on December 8 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC.

Mark your calendar today and plan to attend this full day event focused on secure mobile implementation for government.

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General Security
October 2011 is National Cyber Security Awareness Month & National Stop Bullying Month

The month of October has been designated as National Cyber Security Awareness Month and National Stop Bullying Month. securityorb.com/ plans to publish security tips on how to protect yourself, your information, and your computing devices as well as provide useful information on how to deal with cyber bullying.

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General Security
DerbyCon 2011 Review

DerbyCon is a new hacker’s conference held this past weekend in Louisville, Kentucky. Hans Bosch of NY, a securityorb.com/ contributor had the opportunity to attend and shared some positive feedback with me about the conference.

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