General Security
Doing More Than Paying Risk Management Lip Service

A posting from Dark Reading in there risk management section:  While the majority of CISOs may profess a commitment to managing security based on risk management principles, the truth about how they execute on those principles may be a lot more imperfect. The unfortunate reality, say experts, is that many organizations simply pay risk management […]

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Mobile Security
Android Phone Numbers Leaked By Facebook App

An interesting article from information week: Facebook has fixed a bug in its Android app, following reports that the app was inadvertently leaking users' phone numbers to the social network. The "privacy leak" was spotted by Symantec, which said that the latest version of Norton Mobile Security, which includes a new Mobile Insight tool that […]

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General Security
Snowden is now considered liable for the Biggest Leak in US

Edward Snowden, former CIA employee and System Administrator at ‘Booz Allen Hamilton’ is now considered liable for the biggest leak in the US history; Snowden is staying the Moscow Airport since the US government revoked his passport.

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General Security
Email Security & Usage Around the World (Infographic)

In the following part of the article we will study some stats and facts about the email security and the usage across the globe. It has been seen that around 25% of the people send email at late night just to prove their commitment. There are 57% of the users whose half of the working day is spent on email. Email is also relied as a search tool by around 86% of the people.

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Web Security
Safety and Security of WordPress Blog (Infographic)

WordPress is one of the most popular content management system (CMS) in use and around 17% of the websites that are present on the internet these days are powered by this CMS. With the growing use of WordPress its security and safety has also become one of the major issues to deal with. In the year 2011 more than 144,000 word press sites were hacked and this number reached to 170,000 in the year 2012.

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Hack
If you fear about US Spying STOP using Google and Facebook NOW, says Germany

If you are worried about the US spying on you, you need to stop using Google and Facebook, Germany’s top security official has warned.

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General Security
Google: Lots of legit websites can infect your computer

Google: Lots of legit websites can infect your computer

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General Security
Game Company Ubisoft Hacked, Passwords Compromised; Change your Password NOW

Game Company Ubisoft Hacked, Passwords Compromised; Change your Password NOW

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General Security
List of Organizations Hacked under “NSA PRISM”; it never ends

US NSA reported to Hack on China and European countries, in one of the biggest scandals for the Obama administration, the program is called PRISM and the list of hacked organizations never ends:

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Conference
SummerCon 2013 Review by @Hans_Bosch

SummerCon celebrated its third year in the New York metropolitan area with a baptismal rain fall that consumed the entire day. Luckily for us, a delicious spread of NY style deli meats, vegetables, and various types of salads where plentifully provided by IOActive. Thank you IO! We managed to have plenty of food until late in the day.

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