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As a blogger, both personally and professionally, I was astounded when I read news reports that NJ state Superior Courts have ruled that bloggers, as they are not journalists, are not protected by New Jersey’s Journalist Shield Law. This means that the sources bloggers use in writing their articles are not classified as privileged information the way they would be for a news reporter. Shellee Hale was sued by Too Much Media, LLC for defamation, slander, false light, invasion of privacy and trade libel for a post she wrote on Oprano.com referring to a security breach in one of TMM’s software products.

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NJ Law- NJ Bloggers Are Not Protected by Journalist’s Shield

Twitter, everyone’s favorite micro-sharing website, seems to have a small open security hole in its design. There is a simple, if very noticeable way, for a third party application that you have green-light for your Twitter account to …

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Small Twitter Security Hole Could Leave Your Profile Open To 3rd …

Information Security By Damien Ramé As the messaging and communication landscape continues to evolve over the years, new communication channels appear and with them, new threats. What used to be a simple mail server configuration handled by local administrators has become a new industry requiring specific skills and expertise. Spammers are using sophisticated techniques to lure end users …

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Email security best practices to reduce information theft risk

Thousands of laptops stolen during nine-hour heistTAMPA, Fla. — Thousands of laptops have been stolen from the Florida office of a private contractor for the US military’s Special Operations Command.

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US military says no security breach in theft of thousands of …

Microsoft today released software updates to fix at least five security vulnerabilities in computers running its Windows operating system and Office applications. Today also marks the planned end-of-life deadline for Windows XP Service …

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Microsoft Security Updates, and a Farewell to Windows XP Service …

In deciding to merge the July event with an August concert instead, Hard Events’ Gary Richards cites extra rules and costs created in the wake of a death after the Electric Daisy Carnival. In the wake of controversy after the…

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Security not a factor in Hard L.A. cancellation, promoter says …

There was heightened security Tuesday at Truro provincial court as Dustan Joseph Preeper was arraigned on a charge of second-degree murder.

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Security tight at Truro murder arraignment

MS10-042 resolves a publicly disclosed and actively exploited vulnerability discussed in Security Advisory 2219475. The update addresses an issue in the Windows Help and Support Center feature included in Windows XP and Windows Server …

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July 2010 Security Bulletin Release – The Microsoft Security …

A security officer talks to a driver outside of St.

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A security officer talks to driver outside of St. Joseph’s Hospital in Tampa Florida where New York Yankees’ George …

Wren , a provider of physical security solutions that create safe learning environments, announced today it has selected School Resource Officer (SRO) Cody Myers of the Riverton, Wyoming Police Department as the 2010 recipient of its second annual $2,500 SRO Scholarship award .

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Security Solutions Provider Wren Awards Wyoming School Resource Officer with $2,500 Scholarship

RALEIGH, N.C. GFI Software , an international firm with an office in Raleigh, has acquired Florida-based Sunbelt Software, which is focused on Windows enterprise security.

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GFI Software, with U.S. operation in Raleigh, buys Florida-based Sunbelt Software

eCommerce Card Fraud – Visa CodeSure to the rescue Giving all the anti-fraud mechanism put in place by banks and credit card companies, you would think online fraud and credit card fraud will be a thing of the past.

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Hi-tech credit card to combat online fraud – Visa CodeSure

Following the kidnapped of the Chairman of the Lagos State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Wahab Oba and three others, Minister of Information and Communication, Prof Dora Akunyili, yesterday in Abuja said the incessant cases of kidnapping in the country leading to the ugly incident involving four Nigerian journalists over the weekend is a challenge to national security.

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Akunyili: Journalists Kidnap, Challenge to National Security

A security guard was in the right place at the right time to thwart what evidently was an attempt to set an apartment on fire at a local complex.

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Security Guard Thwarts Arson Attempt At Local Apartment Complex

In the wake of a teenager’s death at the Electric Daisy Carnival last month, the electronic-centric HARD LA concert at downtown’s Los Angeles State Historic Park has been canceled due to security concerns. James Valdez, a state park …

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Citing increased security requirements, HARD L.A. canceled …

The security appliance market has improved over the first quarter of 2010with a revenue increase of 0.8 per cent to £266.6m quarter on quarter.

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Security appliance market grows

Kaspersky Mobile Security 9.0 for protection of mobile devices. The product provides the following functionality to the users File system scan for viruses or other malicious programs by user’s demand or according to the schedule On-access anti-virus file scan Opportunity to quarantine infected objects and disinfect some of them Anti-virus databases update by user’s demand or according to the schedule via GPRS, Wi-Fi, EDGE or ActiveSync (for Windows Mobile version) Blocking unsolicited SMS messages and calls Opportunity to block the user data in case the device is lost or stolen Opportunity to delete user data in case the device is lost or stolen Device protection against network attacks via TCP/IP Opportunity to create a folder for saving files in the encrypted form (except for smartphones running Symbian OS 9.4) Opportunity to identify the phone location remotely (if the device is equipped with a GPS receiver) Opportunity to block outgoing calls and messages to the specified numbers Opportunity to send Anti-Theft commands to manage other devices with Kaspersky Mobile Security 9.0 installed Opportunity to temporary hide/restore personal information & More….

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Kaspersky for Mobile Security

This week Microsoft announced a new set of entry level certifications that may be of interest to many schools and colleges/universities. Personally I think that this is just the sort of program that many career/technical high schools have been waiting for.

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Microsoft Technology Associate (MTA) Certifications

CABEM has a customer who uses Active Directory internally to authenticate users. A web application we wrote for them ties into their Active Directory setup using LDAP to authenticate internal users to the application, using their email as a login name

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Web-App Authentication in a Multi-Domain Active Directory Environment

WEP continues to rear its ugly head: Researchers from Core Security Technologies have found a way to force Cisco Aironet 1200 Series access points to use WEP for broadcast communications if a mixed-mode WEP/WPA security model is set. I’m not surprised

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Researchers Can Force Mixed-Mode Cisco Routers to Spit Up WEP