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Current Security Issues

Defense Department creates helpful online hub for social media

Published July 24, 2010

Although designed for the DoD community, the new Social Media Hub has helpful information for all Internet users. More...

Stuxnet malware targets SCADA systems; Siemens distributes fix

Published July 23, 2010

Siemens is distributing a tool that removes the Stuxnet malware threatening many vital components of our national infrastructure. More...

Watch Out–Facebook “OMG” Scam Thrives

Published July 22, 2010

The “OMG” (short for Oh, My God!) scam takes advantage of Facebook’s “like” feature to spread. More...

Cash For Keys Scam

Published July 22, 2010

Kimberly Miller of The Palm Beach Post highlights recent rash of scammers using 'cash for keys' ads to prey on unsuspecting renters. More...

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News

Law.com Legal Technology

Use dtSearch Publish for EDD Production

If you lack the ability or budget to create load files suitable for e-discovery review, or the intended recipient does not have the facilities for document review, dtSearch Publish can create in five easy steps a production set that can be viewed by anyone, says consultant Bruce A. Olson. More...

Piloting E-Discovery Rules in the 7th Circuit

What should the bench do to help lawyers navigate EDD disputes? Courts need to borrow from a 7th Circuit program, which states that "zealous representation of a client is NOT compromised by conducting discovery in a cooperative manner," says an attorney on the circuit's EDD committee. More...

Sophos Security News

Sophos provides free tool to protect against Windows .LNK zero-day vulnerability

Windows Shortcut Exploit Protection Tool protects against high profile vulnerability. More...

Windows Exploit and Default Passwords put Critical Infrastructure at Risk

Critical Infrastructure Caught Exposed by Widely Available Default Passwords and Questionable Guidance More...

The Register - Security

Social-engineering contest reveals secret BP info

Hacking human gullibility at Defcon Defcon  A hacker competition that challenges contestants to trick employees of large companies into divulging potentially sensitive information aims to show how human gullibility is the biggest security vulnerability of all. During its first day at the Defcon hacker contest in Las Vegas, it had clearly achieved its goal.… More...

MS preps emergency patch for Windows shortcut peril

Attacks on rise Warning of an uptick in attacks, Microsoft plans to issue an emergency update to patch a critical Windows vulnerability that hackers are exploiting to seize control of PCs.… More...