Wednesday, April 13th, 2011
Dropbox is a popular tool used to sync files between multiple computers and devices that a user owns. A user installs the software, designates a folder to keep syncronized, and is able to access those files among other machines that they own. The tool was even picked as one of ...
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Monday, April 11th, 2011
TCHunt is a small portable application that can be used to find encrypted True Crypt volumes on the system. It has been specifically designed to demonstrate the possibility of finding True Crypt volumes even if they are not mounted and well disguised by the user. With True Crypt, it is ...
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Monday, April 11th, 2011
Susan Combs, Comptroller for the state of Texas announced a massive data leak that resulted in 3.5 million peoples social security numbers, names, addresses and in some cases their birth date and drivers license number being exposed.
Unlike private companies who have had large releases of PII (Personally Identifiable Information) recently, ...
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Saturday, January 29th, 2011
Microsoft is investigating new public reports of a vulnerability in all supported editions of Microsoft Windows. The vulnerability could allow an attacker to cause a victim to run malicious scripts when visiting various Web sites, resulting in information disclosure. This impact is similar to server-side cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities. Microsoft ...
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Monday, January 17th, 2011
In a move sure to have privacy advocates up in arms, Facebook will now allow apps to access a user's current address and mobile phone number.
The new ''feature'' was quietly introduced in a blog post by Facebook platform developer relations employee Jeff Bowen late last Friday night. The Atlantic spotted ...
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