Mobile phones and other electronic devices under higher scrutiny at airports

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	Android bug lets apps make rogue phone calls A vulnerability present in most Android devices allows apps to initiate unauthorized phone calls, disrupt ongoing calls and execute special codes that can trigger other rogue actions. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: IT Roadmap Boston IT Roadmap Boston – 7/17 Register Now! IT Roadmap is the one day, cost free, professional-level conference and expo that's full of job-ready solutions you can put to work now. IT Roadmap Boston is the place where IT leaders come to explore high-priority IT issues -- and learn how to meet today's requirements for anytime, anywhere business interactions. Click to continue In this Issue Mobile phones and other electronic devices under higher scrutiny at airports Ruby on Rails gets patches for SQL injection vulnerabilities Big data security analytics mantra: Collect and analyze everything French police question three over bitcoin website Australian teen accepts police caution to avoid hacking charge Encrypted instant messaging project seeks to obscure metadata Attack on Dailymotion redirected visitors to exploits Secret code indicates NSA tracks users of privacy tools, report says Dimension Data to expand Earthwave security services worldwide Privacy group files FTC complaint over Facebook's 'emotional contagion' study How did Microsoft cause millions of No-IP.com domains to go down? WEBCAST: CA Technologies The End of Data Protection As We Know It. A fundamental change is necessary to fix data protection. It requires the adoption of a modern architecture that has been designed to solve today's complex problems, as well as provide a highly scalable platform for the future. Learn more! Mobile phones and other electronic devices under higher scrutiny at airports The U.S. Transportation Security Administration has said it may ask air travelers headed to the U.S. on direct flights to power up some electronic devices, including cell phones, as part of enhanced security measures at certain airports abroad. Read More Ruby on Rails gets patches for SQL injection vulnerabilities Two SQL injection vulnerabilities were patched in Ruby on Rails, a popular open-source Web development framework used by some high-profile websites. Read More Big data security analytics mantra: Collect and analyze everything Sampling security data is no longer adequate or necessary – CISO mindsets are due for a change. Read More French police question three over bitcoin website French police have questioned three people in connection with a Bitcoin exchange that, police say, handled 2,750 illicit transactions. Read More Australian teen accepts police caution to avoid hacking charge An Australian teenager has accepted a caution from police rather than face charges for discovering a vulnerability in the website of one of the country's public transport authorities late last year. Read More WHITE PAPER: Gravitant, Inc. Addressing Common Challenges of Cloud Cloud promises dramatic cost savings and greater agility. But, like any new technology, cloud also brings new complexities. Learn how Gravitant cloudMatrix brokerage solution can help you manage the complexity and take a practical path to cloud. Learn More Encrypted instant messaging project seeks to obscure metadata Security researchers have a working prototype of an instant messaging application that aims to thoroughly obscure and scrub evidence that two parties have been chatting. Read More Attack on Dailymotion redirected visitors to exploits Attackers injected malicious code into Dailymotion.com, a popular video sharing website, and redirected visitors to Web-based exploits that installed malware. Read More Secret code indicates NSA tracks users of privacy tools, report says A NSA spying tool is configured to snoop on an array of privacy programs used by journalists and dissidents, according to an analysis of never-before-seen code leaked by an unknown source. Read More Dimension Data to expand Earthwave security services worldwide Dimension Data plans to expand worldwide a managed security service offering it brought under its wing with the acquisition of Sydney-based Earthwave last year. Read More Privacy group files FTC complaint over Facebook's 'emotional contagion' study Facebook "purposefully messed with people's minds" in a "secretive and non-consensual" study on nearly 700,000 users whose emotions were intentionally manipulated when the company altered their news feeds for research purposes, a digital privacy rights group charges in a complaint filed with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission. Read More How did Microsoft cause millions of No-IP.com domains to go down? I know that Microsoft is a big company with lots of capabilities, but how did they take down all of No-IP.com's domains? From what I've read, that wasn't Microsoft's intention, and they were trying to combat Windows targeting malware, which is an admirable goal. Read More
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