SAINT 7.9 Product Release

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Key New Features in SAINT 7.9 Vulnerability Scanner Microsoft Patch Tuesday scan policy - This scan policy checks for the latest published Microsoft Patch Tuesday vulnerabilities (2nd Tuesday of each month) New Vulnerability Check Type Coverage now includes - Blind SQL injection

Security Innovation Introduces Software Security Summer Series

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Security Innovation today introduced its inaugural Software Security Summer Series, where the company will offer six free eLearning courses from its industry-leading curriculum over the next six weeks. The courses are part of TeamProfessorTM, the company’s computer-based training library with an emphasis on the software development lifecycle and defensive coding techniques. The courses were developed to train developers, architects, designers and group managers on how to build security into the core, fixing the systemic issues of insecure software.

Mobile Security Summit l Free Online Event

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Consumer-oriented devices are used to access the enterprise network, email and applications on the move. While the productivity gains and strategic opportunities of accessing data remotely are real, enterprise decision makers are increasingly challenged by cost and security. Join industry experts, analysts and end users as they identify the key vulnerabilities you should be aware of and the solutions that will allow you to keep your business running securely.

PRIVACY PAPERS FOR POLICY MAKERS 2011

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The Future of Privacy Forum (FPF) invites privacy scholars and authors with an interest in privacy issues to submit papers to be considered for FPF’s second edition of “Privacy Papers for Policy Makers.”

Fox News Politics Twitter Account Hacked, Reports President Obama Had Been Assassinated

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On Monday July 4th, a hacker group called the “Script Kiddies” hacked into the Fox News Politics Twitter account and posted six tweets reporting that President Obama had been assassinated.

FCC and FTC holds Location-Based Services Forum

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The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is holding a public forum on privacy concerns about cell phones and their ability to track the location of users. The forum is being held between 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. EDT at the FCC Headquarters, 445 12th Street, SW, Washington DC 20554. Audio/video coverage of the meeting will be broadcast live with open captioning over the Internet from the FCC’s web page at www.fcc.gov/live. The FCC’s webcast is free to the public. Those who watch the live video stream of the event may email event-related questions to livequestions@fcc.gov. Depending on the volume of questions and time constraints, the panel moderators will work to respond to as many questions as possible during the workshop.