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Daily Archives: February 4, 2009
Large Number of Windows Security Breaches Caused by Administrative Privileges
An article linked today on Slashdot revealed that a vast majority of security breaches could be prevented if users were not logged in with administrative priveleges. While this is not terribly surprising, the numbers were rather shocking. The report suggests … Continue reading Continue reading
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Security Review: GPeerReview
GPeerReview is a new project that attempts to create a web of trust for scientific publications. The goal is to have people read papers, leave comments, and digitally sign them with GPeerReview. The review could then be sent to an … Continue reading
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Security Review: Google Latitude, tracking friends on Google Maps
A recent article on slashdot purports that Google will soon release new software, dubbed ‘Latitude’ enabling users to broadcast their geographic location via Google Maps. This information can be gathered either from mobile phones, via GPS or local cell phone … Continue reading