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A local baker wants to warn other businesses about a scam in which someone almost cheated her out of a thousand dollars’ worth of cupcakes.

“I’ve had big orders, but not that big — it’s huge,” Sarah Johnson recalled herself saying when she received an e-mail order for 450 cupcakes.
Johnson works out of her Cobb County home producing “Sarah’s Heavenly Cupcakes.” She was also surprised the …

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Mac Malware Underscores Why You Can’t Ignore Web Security Threats

May 17, 2012 – 2:43 pm | Comments Off

Looks like the Mac is finally getting what’s been coming: malware. And lots of it just recently with the Flashback infection that apparently impacted up to 700,000 Macs. We’ve all heard it from the Mac …
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ProtectMyID: “The ultimate #security is your understanding of reality.” – #HStanleyJudd #ThoughtsDay

May 17, 2012 – 2:41 pm | Comments Off

ProtectMyID: “The ultimate #security is your understanding of reality.” – #HStanleyJudd #ThoughtsDay
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Morning Security Brief: Chicago Braces for NATO Protests, House of Representatives Burglaries, License Plate Scanners, and More

May 17, 2012 – 1:38 pm | Comments Off

►Chicago authorities are on high alert as the city prepares to host the NATO summit, which is expected to being both thousands of dignitaries and thousands of protestors. Police officers from as far as Philadelphia are expected to provide additional support. Downtown offices are encouraging workers to wear causal clothes instead of business attire for fear protestors would target them. Others have upped security on …

InfosecIsland: Who Are You Preaching to Anyway? – Hard core security conferences continue to happen and continue to be successful, … http://t.co/ddkIjGyy

May 17, 2012 – 10:15 am | Comments Off

InfosecIsland: Who Are You Preaching to Anyway? – Hard core security conferences continue to happen and continue to be successful, … http://t.co/ddkIjGyy
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InfosecIsland: Security Automation by Hand – Batch/Bash/FOR – This series of articles will be entry points and ideas on how to mana… http://t.co/csXOhWHl

May 17, 2012 – 8:02 am | Comments Off

InfosecIsland: Security Automation by Hand – Batch/Bash/FOR – This series of articles will be entry points and ideas on how to mana… http://t.co/csXOhWHl
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Big Security Data – Hawkeyed Snake Abatement (Part 3)

May 17, 2012 – 6:59 am | Comments Off

In my two previous entries, I discussed the security concerns around implementing Big Data for companies and how Big Data is used to provide Security Intelligence that recognizes bad behavior and reputation for files and connections. But what can companies do today to get ahead and implement Big Security Data? With more and more connections, Read more…
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InfosecIsland: Smart Grid Security: An Inside View from Patrick C. Miller – A March survey revealed that two-thirds energy security… http://t.co/uo5Qn7LO

May 17, 2012 – 5:45 am | Comments Off

InfosecIsland: Smart Grid Security: An Inside View from Patrick C. Miller – A March survey revealed that two-thirds energy security… http://t.co/uo5Qn7LO
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Chrome 19 Patches Over 20 Security Flaws

May 17, 2012 – 3:31 am | Comments Off

For the browser update, Google paid security researchers $7,500 in bug bounties.
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Smartphone security is heading for ‘apocalypse’

May 17, 2012 – 2:25 am | Comments Off

The meteoric rise in the smartphone market is creating a dangerous vulnerability in smartphone security — one that may not be patched until the problem expands into what has been dubbed an “apocalypse.”
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Network Security Engineer – TEKsystems – San Diego, California

May 17, 2012 – 2:24 am | Comments Off

TEKsystems San Diego is looking for a Network Security Engineer. JOB DUTIES – Network security architecture engineering, analysis, and…JOB REQUIREMENTS + CISSP + Network Security Engineering – Cryptography and associated…
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idtheftprotect: Apple security update fixes QuickTime Media Player vulnerabilities. http://t.co/plaXOdiN

May 17, 2012 – 1:18 am | Comments Off

idtheftprotect: Apple security update fixes QuickTime Media Player vulnerabilities. http://t.co/plaXOdiN
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Pros of managing security in cloud make it attractive

May 17, 2012 – 1:18 am | Comments Off

A move to the cloud means spending less on managing security for small to midsize companies, says a new report.

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QuickTime for Windows Update Patches Security Flaws

May 17, 2012 – 1:17 am | Comments Off

The update patches 17 vulnerabilities in versions of the software for Windows 7, Windows Vista and Windows XP.
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MS12-034 – Critical : Combined Security Update for Microsoft Office, Windows, .NET Framework, and Silverlight (2681578) – Version: 1.1

May 16, 2012 – 11:16 pm | Comments Off

Severity Rating: Critical
Revision Note: V1.1 (May 16, 2012): Added a link to Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 2681578 under Known Issues in the Executive Summary. Also added Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 Service Pack 1 to the Non-Affected Software table and corrected the update replacement information for Microsoft Office. These were informational changes only. There …

Afternoon Security Brief: Remote Viewing, The Dip Chip Tests Toxicity, NCCD Web Site Goes Live, and More

May 16, 2012 – 11:16 pm | Comments Off

►Security engineers from Gotham Digital Science say they were able to get remote access to surveillance cameras and view “exceptionally interesting and explicit footage” because many network set-ups are connected to the Internet and cameras still use factory default passwords for remote viewing. The vulnerability can be found in three of the top makers of standalone CCTV systems. Seventy percent of systems tested by …

Security Now 353: DMARC – eMail Security

May 16, 2012 – 11:16 pm | Comments Off

Hosts: Steve Gibson with Leo Laporte
Google Chrome 19, improving email security with DMARC, and more.
Download or subscribe to this show at twit.tv/sn.
We invite you to read, add to, and amend our show notes.
For 16kpbs versions, transcripts, and note s (including fixes), visit Steve’s site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6.
Audio bandwidth is provided by Winamp, …

Peter Kuper: VCs renewing their love affair with security companies

May 16, 2012 – 11:12 pm | Comments Off
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Information security spending is thought to be recession proof, but does it have the legs to outrun the current downturn? In-Q-Tel partner Peter Kuper thinks so, but there are still some rough times ahead.
Kuper, who has handled some high-profile IPOs in the security market, told Information Security Decisions 2012 attendees this week in New York City to stop spending on technology that doesn’t work. …

idtheftprotect: Kickstarter security vulnerability leaked data on 70,000 projects. API in-house bug testing folks? http://t.co/tqEVavGx

May 16, 2012 – 7:00 pm | Comments Off

idtheftprotect: Kickstarter security vulnerability leaked data on 70,000 projects. API in-house bug testing folks? http://t.co/tqEVavGx
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No Sleep for Security – McAfee ePO and Intel vPro

May 16, 2012 – 6:17 pm | Comments Off

You are not scanning your enterprise for malware often enough. Nobody is. Informal polls of customers and security professionals show that “Wednesday at noon” is the typical schedule for a full virus scan. The explanation for this timing boils down to “people are usually in the office on Wednesday and eating lunch around noon.” Some Read more…
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Android security model doing best to enable mobile malware spread

May 16, 2012 – 4:36 pm | Comments Off
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At Information Security Decisions 2012, Dan Guido put the mobile malware focus on the Android security model and Google?s mobile app vetting process.

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Network Security Administrator – TEKsystems – San Antonio, Texas

May 16, 2012 – 3:35 pm | Comments Off

TEKsystems is currently seeking a 2nd shift Network Security Administrator for a Direct Placement opportunity…server hosting client in their efforts to provide 24×7 network security and monitoring of their next generation global network…
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Cloud security issues: Provider transparency, data-centric security

May 16, 2012 – 3:27 pm | Comments Off
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At an event last week in San Francisco that covered a variety of cloud security issues, infosec expert Kevin Walker told attendees to be aggressive with cloud service providers and hold them accountable when it comes to security.
“The key for us practitioners is to go into this with eyes wide open,” said Walker, who has held senior security positions at Symantec and Cisco, among …

Apple Security Update Fixing QuickTime Vulnerabilities

May 16, 2012 – 11:02 am | Comments Off

Guest post from Rodrigo Branco, Director of Vulnerability and Malware Research at Qualys
Apple just released an advisory addressing 17 security flaws in QuickTime Media Player. The update is rated critical as several of the fixed vulnerabili…
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InfosecIsland: Software Security: A Chief Financial Officer’s Perspective – Surprise, you woke up today and found that 10% of the v… http://t.co/u8kcwWhJ

May 16, 2012 – 4:17 am | Comments Off

InfosecIsland: Software Security: A Chief Financial Officer’s Perspective – Surprise, you woke up today and found that 10% of the v… http://t.co/u8kcwWhJ
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BeyondTrust Buys eEye Digital Security

May 16, 2012 – 1:59 am | Comments Off

The company will integrate eEye’s Retina CS Vulnerability Management and Analytics solutions with BeyondTrust’s PowerBroker family of products.
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Kickstarter Security Flaw Leaked Data on 70,000 Projects

May 16, 2012 – 12:51 am | Comments Off

Accessible data included the project description, goal, duration, rewards, video, image, location, and more.
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