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Tuesday, June 26, 2012

DARPA spends $21.4M for Android mobile device security development

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DARPA spends $21.4M for Android mobile device security development
The military continues to get ever-more serious about securing mobile smartphones and tablets. The latest example: the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and the US Army Research Laboratory awarded a multi-year, $21.4 million contract to security start up Invincea, to lock down Android-based mobile operating system devic Read More


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Defining Next-Generation Network Intrusion Prevention
This HP newsletter on Next-Generation Intrusion Prevention features a recent report by Gartner, "Defining Next-Generation Network Intrusion Prevention," that outlines their view of what "next-generation" IPS means and the security features it needs to deliver. View Now

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The more you encrypt, the more the government breaks into your cloud
Your online privacy has never been less private; try to protect it with encryption and the government steps around you via stored records in the cloud. While not everyone encrypts data stored locally on their hard drive, encryption is becoming the default for Internet communications. If it is encrypted, then it seems to be interpreted as a threat by government and law enforcement agencies. In fact,... Read More

Legal developments affecting network surveillance technology: Ignore them at your peril
Political and social events highlight the immense benefits of technology, but also reveal technology's dark side. Consider Arab Spring. The uprisings demonstrated, on the one hand, how innovations such as social media can be used to evade and challenge repressive regimes and promote democracy, but on the other hand, the ability of the same regimes to capitalize on improved surveillance technology to counter those threats and suppress their citizens. Read More


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Sourcefire FireSIGHT: Context-Aware and Adaptive Security
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On Saturday, British mathematician Alan Turing would have turned 100 years old. It is barely fathomable to think that none of the computing power surrounding us today was around when he was born. Read More

Going Dark in the Golden Age of Cyber-Surveillance?
To justify increased cyber-surveillance, time and again we've heard government "going dark" arguments claiming that if more surveillance and backdoors are not allowed, then child pornography will run rampant, cybercrime will flourish, and terrorism will thrive. Read More


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Firewall Buyers Guide
Palo Alto Networks has asked IANS Research, an independent IT security, risk, and compliance research organization, to set the context for this Firewall Buyers Guide by evaluating how aspects of today's network security operations are changing, how user behaviors are shifting and the complexity of threats is increasing, and more. View Now

Track the trackers with Collusion: Interview with Mozilla's Ryan Merkley
There are many flavors of privacy add-ons for different browsers, but to get the global tracking "big picture," if you haven't already then you really need to try out Collusion. The "interactive, real-time visualization of entities that track your behavior" when you are surfing says a lot. Read More

50 Years later US Marshals remind Alcatraz escapees: We're still after you
It has been 50 years since the only prisoners to escape the US Penitentiary Alcatraz in San Francisco pulled off one of the most legendary unsolved crimes in American history. Still 50 years later the US Marshals Service says it remains "diligent in the manhunt for Frank Morris and brothers Clarence and John Anglin as they are the only men to escape from Alcatraz Island in San Francisco who remain... Read More

 
 
 

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