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Adobe launches sandboxed Flash Player for Firefox, hopes for fewer exploits

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Adobe has released a beta version of Flash Player for Firefox, which has better protection against vulnerability exploits because of a new sandboxed architecture.

Hackful Europe

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Copyright lawsuit targets owners of non-secure wireless networks

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A federal lawsuit filed in Massachusetts could test the question of whether individuals who leave their wireless networks unsecured can be held liable if someone uses the network to illegally download copyrighted content.

Armored-truck company entrusts tracking software to Windows Azure cloud

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U.K.-based cash-transport firm G4S is trusting the security of Microsoft's Windows Azure cloud service to keep safe the application that tracks where the money is as it travels to and from customers and the company's vaults in armored trucks.

Mobile device management: Apple’s extra little tricky requirement

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Anyone wanting to buy mobile-device management (MDM) software to manage Apple iOS devices will find they need a special digital certificate from Apple to activate it, a requirement that doesn't apply to the same MDM software that would be used to manage Google Android devices, for instance.

ISC StormCast for Monday, February 6th 2012 http://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail.html?id=2305, (Mon, Feb 6th)

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(c) SANS Internet Storm Center. http://isc.sans.edu Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 United States License.

BBC News – FBI probes Anonymous intercept of US-UK hacking call

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BBC News – FBI probes Anonymous intercept of US-UK hacking call

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Tech Pioneer Philippe Kahn to Star in Super Bowl Ad

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Philippe Kahn, an icon in the software and overall IT industry, is slated to talk about his invention of the camera phone as part of a Best Buy commercial that will air during the Super Bowl. - IT industry pioneer Philippe Kahn is set to star in a Super Bowl advertisement during the big game Sunday evening. Kahn, who founded software tools powerhouse Borland International and other concerns, is slated to take part in a Best Buy spot focusing on tech innovators during the Super Bowl...

BBC News – FBI probes Anonymous intercept of US-UK hacking call

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