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Alarm systems at risk: UL establishes a higher security requirement for magnetic switches
Underwriters Laboratories recently updated UL 634 to address the insecurity of current magnetic switches that are used in alarm systems.

Twitter phishing scam may be spreading
Beware this bogus direct message: "Hey! check out this funny blog about you..."

'Curse of silence' smartphone flaw disclosed
German security researcher has demonstrated a denial-of-service attack that could affect Symbian-based smartphones made by Nokia and others.

Defense contractors eye cybersecurity bonanza
Boeing, Lockheed, Raytheon, and others are getting ready for an expected boom in federal outlays to protect government computer networks.

Photos: Apollo 8's mission round the moon
Seven months before the first astronauts landed on the moon, Apollo 8 made a key round-trip into lunar orbit.

Web browser flaw could put e-commerce security at risk
Key piece of Internet technology that banks and e-commerce sites rely on to keep transactions safe suffers from a serious security vulnerability, an international team of researchers reports.

Microsoft denies vulnerability in Windows Media Player
Software giant says flaw is a "reliability issue with no security risk to customers" and criticizes researcher for not contacting the company.

SF engineer to stand trial in hijacked network
A network administrator will stand trial for allegedly hijacking the network he designed and maintained for the city of San Francisco.

Taking the classical approach to security
RSA chief scientist Ari Juels explains why classical literature has a place in IT security, and what to make of security in radio frequency identification.

MIT students to help Boston secure subway fare system
Transit authority and students it sued will work together to fix weaknesses in Boston's subway fare collection system now that lawsuit over RFID card hacking research has been dropped.

Year in review: Scams up, but big Net attack averted
The bad news: cybercriminals stepped up efforts to separate consumers from their money. The good news: a major flaw in Internet protocol got fixed.

Last Update: Mon, 05 Jan 2009 19:50:07 PST

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The RDV Group Inc. is a New York-based security consulting services firm, providing information systems training and consulting. We offer packaged seminars and custom certification training solutions, and provide computer and information systems security consulting services to government and private organizations.

Russell Dean Vines, CISSP, CISM, Security +, CCNA, MCSE, MCNE, is the president and founder of The RDV Group Inc., a New York-based security consulting services firm, and the author of seven best-selling information system security books published by John Wiley and Sons.

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