Archive for July, 2010
URL Shortened Spam Continues to Grow
Friday, July 23rd, 2010
Spammers are increasingly using url shortening services to disguise links in spam and lure e-mail users to click on links they normally wouldn’t, according to MessageLabs Intelligence July 2010 report (.pdf).
Cell Phone Contraband Bill Passes House
Thursday, July 22nd, 2010
The effort to make it illegal for federal inmates to possess cell phones and other wireless devices cleared another hurdle yesterday as the House passed a revised version of a Senate bill to designate cell phones as contraband in prison.
Cell Phone Contraband Bill Passes House
Thursday, July 22nd, 2010
The effort to make it illegal for federal inmates to possess cell phones and other wireless devices cleared another hurdle yesterday as the House passed a revised version of a Senate bill to designate cell phones as contraband in prison.
Managing the Risk of Catastrophic Weather
Thursday, July 22nd, 2010
***** At War With the Weather: Managing Large-Scale Risk in a New Era of Catastrophes. By Howard C. Kunreuther and Erwann O. Michel-Kerjan; published by The MIT Press, mitpress.mit.edu (Web); 448 pages; .
Managing the Risk of Catastrophic Weather
Thursday, July 22nd, 2010
***** At War With the Weather: Managing Large-Scale Risk in a New Era of Catastrophes. By Howard C. Kunreuther and Erwann O. Michel-Kerjan; published by The MIT Press, mitpress.mit.edu (Web); 448 pages; .
Morning Security Brief: Suburban Spooks, War on Terrorism Expenses, HLS Appropriations, Stuxnet Worm, and DHS Dog Days
Thursday, July 22nd, 2010Aviation Security Features Prominently in 9-11 Commission Progress Report
Thursday, July 22nd, 2010
On the sixth anniversary of the release of the 9-11 Commission Report, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) today released another progress report on its efforts to meet many of the report’s recommendations made law in 2007 (.pdf).
Aviation Security Features Prominently in 9-11 Commission Progress Report
Thursday, July 22nd, 2010
On the sixth anniversary of the release of the 9-11 Commission Report, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) today released another progress report on its efforts to meet many of the report’s recommendations made law in 2007 (.pdf).
