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Current Event: ITunes vulnerability leak user credentials

Posted on March 13, 2009 by levya

The recently released ITunes 8.1 closed two major security gaps from the previous version. According to Apple, until the latest release, maliciously crafted podcasts could cause ITunes to ask user for credentials but send the username and password to a … Continue reading →

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Current Event: Google’s new behavioral based ads v.s. Privacy

Posted on March 13, 2009 by alexmeng

Recently, Google released a new way for it to perform interest-based advertising to its users. It utilizes its users’ behavior to send them targeted ads. The question that arises is how do they obtain the users’ behavior? Google saves previous … Continue reading →

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Taxpayer Data at IRS Remains Vulnerable

Posted on January 16, 2009 by yonderin

The Government Accountability Office (GOA) realeased a report last week stating vulnerabilities in the security system used by the IRS to protect taxpayer data. The report showed the IRS has number of security issues in the way that it protect … Continue reading →

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Current Events: Wikileaks

Posted on March 16, 2008 by alpers

Something that really piques one’s curiosity are the documents and reasons why governments and institutions choose to go in the paths they do.  One site that caters to uncovering these sensitive documents is Wikileaks, which has been frequently featured on … Continue reading →

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