Mobile Security
Privacy Threat Model for Mobile

Evaluating privacy vulnerabilities in the mobile space can be a difficult and ad hoc process for developers, publishers, regulators, and researchers. This is due, in significant part, to the absence of a well-developed and widely accepted privacy threat model.

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Windows Security
Microsoft Urges Customers to Install Security Tool

Microsoft Corp urged Windows users on Monday to install a free piece of security software to protect PCs from a newly discovered bug in the Internet Explorer browser.

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General Security
Laptop Security Tips: How to Keep it From Getting Lost or Stolen

Treat your laptop like cash

Get it out of the car, don't ever leave your laptop behind

Keep it locked, use a security cable

Keep it off the floor, or at least between your feet.

Keep passwords somewhere else, not near the laptop or case

Don't leave it “for just a sec” no matter where you are

Pay attention in airports, especially at the security check

If you have an alarm, turn it on

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Review
An Annotated Bibliography of Human-Computer Interaction Security (HCISec) Body of Works 3/3

An annotated bibliography is a bibliography that gives a summary of a body of work such as an article, research or thesis. HCISec is the study of interaction between humans and computers, or human–computer interaction, specifically as it pertains to information security.

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Review
An Annotated Bibliography of Human-Computer Interaction Security (HCISec) Body of Works 2/3

HCISec is the study of interaction between humans and computers, or human–computer interaction, specifically as it pertains to information security. Its aim, in plain terms, is to improve the usability of security features in end user applications.

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Review
An Annotated Bibliography of Human-Computer Interaction Security (HCISec) Body of Works 1/3

An annotated bibliography is a bibliography that gives a summary of a body of work such as an article, research or thesis. HCISec is the study of interaction between humans and computers, or human–computer interaction, specifically as it pertains to information security.

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Conference
FedCyber.com Cyber Security Summit - Confronting the Next Generation of Cyber Security Challenges and Opportunities

The Second Annual FedCyber.com Cyber Security Summit provides a venue for our nation's most seasoned cyber security practitioners to come together to work issues of common concern.

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Mobile Security
Mobile malware surges this year, almost 700 percent over 2011 numbers

Mobile malware has exploded this year, growing almost 700 percent over 2011 numbers. Almost all of it, perhaps 85 percent, targets smartphones running Android.

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General Security
Democrats push for open Internet, cybersecurity

Democrats late Sunday reiterated support for open Internet policies that protect free speech and consumer choice, stronger cybersecurity laws and the protection of movies and songs from online copyright violations.

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General Security
Small-business tech security can be had at lower costs

Nasty things began happening at Jones & Wenner not long after the Fairlawn, Ohio, insurance brokerage decided it had grown large enough to handle company e-mail in-house. The free Web mail services the firm's 20 employees had used to conduct business no longer cut it. So the company purchased a Microsoft Outlook Exchange e-mail server. […]

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