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Tag Archives: security
BlackBerry Security Advisory
Research In Motion has released security advisory KB18327 to address multiple vulnerabilities in the PDF distiller of the BlackBerry Attachment Service. By convincing a user to open a specially crafted PDF file on a BlackBerry smartphone, an attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code on the computer hosting the BlackBerry Attachment Service. US-CERT encourages [...]
Obama Creating A “Cyber Czar”
Washington, DC — President Barack Obama considers computer security a top priority. Immediately after taking office, the President ordered the National Security and Homeland Security Advisors to conduct an immediate Cyber Security Review. The creation of the positioin “Cyber Czar” is a direct result of the security review. —————————————— President Obama Directs the National Security [...]
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Obama Creating A "Cyber Czar"
Washington, DC — President Barack Obama considers computer security a top priority. Immediately after taking office, the President ordered the National Security and Homeland Security Advisors to conduct an immediate Cyber Security Review. The creation of the positioin “Cyber Czar” is a direct result of the security review. —————————————— President Obama Directs the National Security [...]
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EPA Invests $2 Million To Secure Philadelphia’s Drinking Water Supply
PHILADELPHIA (Feb. 23, 2009) – - Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency presented a $2 million grant to Philadelphia to help the City address the risk of intentional contamination of its drinking water. The total funding available to the City for this project could be as high as $9.5 million, contingent upon EPA’s budget over [...]
Protecting Portable Devices: Data Security
National Cyber Alert System Cyber Security Tip ST04-020 Why do you need another layer of protection? Although there are ways to physically protect your laptop, PDA, or other portable device (see Protecting Portable Devices: Physical Security for more information), there is no guarantee that it won’t be stolen. After all, as the name suggests, portable [...]
Oracle National Cyber Alert System
Oracle Updates for Multiple Vulnerabilities Original release date: January 15, 2009 Source: US-CERT Overview Oracle products and components are affected by multiple vulnerabilities. The impacts of these vulnerabilities include remote execution of arbitrary code, information disclosure, and denial of service. I. Description The Oracle Critical Patch Update – January 2009 addresses 41 vulnerabilities in different [...]
Microsoft Vista And Windows 7
Microsoft continues to have problems with their Vista opperating system. Consumers complain about the problems that plague the software. The next service package to help fix the problems continues to be delayed. No official release date has been set. Security and privacy issues should be of concern to anyone using a Microsoft based computer to [...]
Google’s Chrome Web Browser Helps Protect Your Privacy
Full Article Did you think Google.com was just a search engine? Well, they do lots of other things, such as, invented a cell phone, mapping and aerial photos. Now, they have developed a web browser that helps protect your personal information. Your browsing history, cookies and other Internet activity are treated with special care.
Safe Web Surfing
Full Article Firefox is the safest way to surf the world wide web according to Mozilla. It is an open source project by the same group that invented one of the web’s first browsers, Netscape. Some years ago AOL purchased the Netscape brand, but the Mozilla group remained independent.
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