Air Pulse - Computer hackers are always looking for ways to exploit vulnerabilities inherent in your computer’s operating and security software. These vulnerabilities act like ‘open windows’ to your computer that savvy intruders can use. To combat these

Contractors Are A Security Threat — Both Active And Passive
Information Week - Call it closing the barn door after the horses have gone — and that’s generally the proper analogy when investigating computer security breaches. What’s upsetting is that Unisys was awarded a $1.7 billion contract to build and maintain the Homeland

Police: Armed Bandits Break Into Francis Ford Coppola’s Buenos Aires
FOX News - BUENOS AIRES, Argentina Armed bandits raided Francis Ford Coppola’s Argentine headquarters and stole a computer with the after Stolen Neckbone Implanted in Neck Navy to Modify Barracks Complex That Resembles a Swastika From Air Myanmar Security

Paying for goods on the fly
Globe and Mail - The resistance may in part lie with security concerns. Last year, University of Massachusetts computer scientists found that hackers could skim the devices using a wireless frequency. If the card is stolen, there is no signature or PIN

U.S. government probes cyber attacks
Globe and Mail - WASHINGTON A top homeland security lawmaker has called for an investigation into possible cyber attacks on computer systems at the Homeland Security Department. Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., said he believes Unisys Corp the company that

Video: US power grid could be seized by hackers
Raw Story - In 2002, the current Director of National Intelligence, Mike McConnell, and former CIA Director James Woolsey, were among more than 50 computer and security experts who begged President Bush for a massive cyber defense program to avoid a national

City University of Seattle Unveils New Computer Systems Courses
Forbes - Computer Security, Database Technology, Java Programming, Managing with Technology, MS SQL Server Administration, and Video Game Design and Testing. Redesigned certificates include: Networking/Telecommunications, Object-Oriented Programming C++/C#

Mouse click could plunge city into darkness, experts say
CNN - Woolsey, along with other prominent computer and security experts, signed a 2002 letter to President Bush urging a massive cyber-defense program. “Fast and resolute mitigating action is needed to avoid a national disaster,” the letter said. But five

Protected Money Not Off Limits To Seizure
CBS News - They have computer systems that are very sophisticated, and the idea that they can’t figure out if an account contains Social Security, only Social Security, is preposterous, Tyler said. If your exempt account is frozen, consumer advocates say the

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