Cyber Security News – December 26, 2011

Anonymous claims hack on security think tank A series of tweets claim that Anonymous has hacked Stratfor’s e-mail and client list, including snagging credit card numbers. Stratfor’s site is “undergoing maintenance.” Better Business Bureau cautions Wi-Fi hotspot users Wi-Fi hotspots are popping up everywhere, from coffee shops and libraries to airports and hotel rooms. Digest [...]

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Cyber Security News – December 21, 2011

Git Friendly The Metasploit project recently switched to Git/GitHub for source code management. Since then, there have been a number of questions from the community about using Git — both in general and in the context of the framework.  Let's try shining a little light.   Why did we change? Git makes it easier to [...]

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Cyber Security News – December 7, 2011

Facebook Security Flaw Exposed Users, Zuckerberg’s Private Photos Ironically, the very tool that was intended to help users police inappropriate and offensive content on Facebook was exploited to access images that users had marked private. – Some Facebook users gleefully exploited a security flaw in Facebook’s mechanism for reporting inappropriate or offensive images posted on [...]

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Cyber Security News – December 1, 2011

CIO Letter: Top Ten Tech Predictions for 2012 Michael Friedenberg, President and CEO of CIO magazine, weighs in with his top ten predictions for what will impact the IT-business landscape in 2012. New Facebook worm spreading Researchers from the Danish security firm CSIS, have intercepted a currently spreading Facebook worm. brycegalbraith: RT @chadtilbury: Build your [...]

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