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LANDesk Interchange 2011, Poison Ivy, and US Incidents

12

Nov

2011

LANDesk Interchange 2011 is winding down in Las Vegas today. The event gathered partners and displayed newer technologies offered by the decade old systems management company. It was interesting hearing from IT “old-timers” that have worked with the technology, describing the company’s impact on the industry – its spinoff from Intel, the original LANDesk AV […]

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Socialbot Network finds it easy to harvest data from Facebook users

01

Nov

2011

Researchers have claimed that Facebook’s inbuilt security systems are “not effective enough” at stopping automated identity theft, after running a large-scale infiltration of the network using Socialbots. In their paper, “The Socialbot Network: When Bots Socialise for Fame and Money”, researchers from the University of British Columbia describe how they managed to collect private data […]

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Hackers may face 20 years in jail if seen to threaten US national security

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Jun

2011

The Obama administration has been lobbying congress to increase sentences for those who break into government computer networks, or potentially endanger the country’s national security. The request includes doubling the maximum prison sentence to 20 years behind bars, according to Reuters.Talks on changes to the cybersecurity bill have being going on for over a year.Recent […]

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