Security Briefings – November 10th

Good morning and thank you for joining us!
After writing about voting machines and election controversies for months on end, apparently the internet went wild this weekend with a wide variety of interesting and useful articles. Pour yourself a fresh mug and find something good to read.
Enjoy the day!

Signed,

The Intern

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And now, the news…

1. android executes everything you type – hack a day
2. DIY Phising Pages With Command and Control Interfaces – Dancho Danchev
3. We’ve Reached the Application Security Tipping Point – Veracode
4. CTO of the United States? – Emergent Chaos
5. I Was on NPR, an Unmasking of Sorts – Emergent Chaos
6. The Origins of Progress – Kevin Kelly
7. 15+ FREE iPhone Apps to Help to Navigate Your World – Mashable Especially for the Boss, who has an iPhone, unlike me, who doesn’t.
8. Digg Quirk = Malicious Trap? – Mashable
9. 6 Reasons to Start Coworking – Mashable
10. Malaysian court frees ‘detained’ blogger – The Register
11. Inmate hacked prison network, broke into computer database – The Register
12. Wi-Fi phobes hijack disability legislation – The Register At least if it’s WPA2, this guy will feel secure… for now.
13. Hackers breach White House system – The Financial Times
14. Some headphones may interfere with heart devices – The Globe and Mail
15. EMC’s cloud technology erupts into view – The Register
16. Buffer overflow bug bites Linux wireless component – The Register
17. Of Dell’s self-encrypting laptop – The Register

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