Security Briefing: January 25th

Monday morning is upon us and I find myself sitting in traffic. Or at least by the time this is posted I will be. Had some bad news over the weekend but, one can only soldier on. I hope everyone has a great week!

cheers,
Dave

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And now, the news…

1. FireStarter: APT—It’s Called “Espionage”, not “Information Warfare” | Securosis
2. Computer security: fraud fears as scientists crack ‘anonymous’ datasets | Guardian
3. Full-body scanner blind to bomb parts | The Register
4. Iraq to probe bomb detection unit: MPs | France 24
5. Websense Introduces First Real-Time Security Application for Facebook | Websense
6. U.S. warns against having same airport security systems | Reuters
7. Tor Project infrastructure updates in response to security breach| List
8. China fires back at cyber attack charges | CNN
9. Chinese human rights sites hit by DDoS attack | Computer World
10. Johnny Depp is not dead, but hackers exploit false Twitter rumors | Sophos
11. Feds to boost fines for health data breaches | San Francisco Busines Times
12. Hospital Trust Criticised Over Data Record Theft | eWeek Europe
13. Mystery Aussie in Ladbrokes breach Herald Sun

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