Archive for February, 2010
Researchers Highlight PDF Risks
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010Vulnerabilities related to Adobe PDF files could be emerging as hackers’ favorite target, according to some security researchers. Some users might consider taking steps to lessen the rising risk, they say.
EU Condemns Fraudulent Use of Passports in Dubai Killing
Monday, February 22nd, 2010
The European Union today condemned the fraudulent use of European passports and credit cards, obtained through the theft of EU citizens’ identities, in the murder of a senior Hamas official in Dubai last month, according to media reports.
Morning Security Brief: Aghanistan update, State Grant Questions, and Google Privacy Issues
Saturday, February 20th, 2010
► The L.A. Times reports on the tough fight Marines are facing in their Aghanistan offensive in Marja. "Surprisingly accurate fire by Taliban marksmen, together with intricate webs of improvised explosive devices, or IEDs, has slowed the progress of the offensive, now in its seventh day," the report says.
Cockroaches to Sniff Out Radiation?
Thursday, February 18th, 2010
The next time you see a cockroach on your floor, think twice before you step on it. You might be killing an integral part of the homeland security infrastructure.
Jury Awards $1.5 Million in Retaliation Case
Thursday, February 18th, 2010
After a protracted legal battle, a woman has been awarded .5 million by a Tennessee jury. The case had gone all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, which had remanded it back to the Tennessee lower court for retrial. The jury found that Vicky Crawford’s employer wrongfully terminated her after she gave negative information about a coworker during an internal investigation into a sexual harassment allegation.
Morning Security Brief: More Taliban Leaders Rounded Up, Serious Cyberattack is No Drill, and Geolocation Risks Highlighted
Thursday, February 18th, 2010Olympic Security Costs May Top $1 Billion
Wednesday, February 17th, 2010Morning Security Brief: Cyberdisaster Exercise, Software Security, Pandemic Tools, and More
Wednesday, February 17th, 2010
► Facebook page criticizing a teacher is constitutionally protected speech, rules a U.S. Magistrate, allowing the case to proceed in a lawsuit brought by the student who originally posted the page when in high school. The then honor student was at the time suspended for several days for cyberbullying and removed from honor classes. The suit seeks to expunge the record and establish the principle the principle of the student’s right in such as case, says the student’s lawyer, according to the CNN report.
Morning Security Brief: Indian Bombing’s U.S. Connection, Illegal Immigrant Detentions Trends, Al Qaeda Financing, and More
Tuesday, February 16th, 2010
►The weekend attack on a bakery in the Indian city of Pune "will again raise questions over the role of David Coleman Headley, an American who went from being a American government informer to an alleged reconnaissance agent for the group that carried out the Mumbai attacks in 2008," says TimesOnline. Healey visited the Pune area twice in checking potential terrorist targets, the story reports. After a 1997 heroine bust, Healey reportedly became an informant for the U.S.
