Weekend Reading
Ubuntu Live: Mark Shuttleworth's keynote
The Ubuntu Live conference began yesterday in Portland Oregon with Mark Shuttleworth's keynote presentation. Shuttleworth, the Ubuntu project's charismatic leader, discussed a wide variety of topics relating to Canonical's business prospects and the future of the Ubuntu Linux distribution.
Read the article HERE.
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Dumpster-diving for e-data
Dumpster-diving - going through trash bins in hopes of finding paper records with valuable information like customer names or future product plans - is alive and well in the age of USB flash drives and portable music players.
Take a look HERE.
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Organized crime infiltrates financial IT
In Martin Scorsese's hit movie "The Departed," actor Matt Damon plays the part of a mole -- someone who helps his connected mob friends stay a step ahead of the cops by becoming one of the very law enforcement officials assigned to stop them.
A new report published by anti-fraud software maker Actimize on July 23 says a similar ruse is being carried out inside the walls of enterprise financial businesses, with the same employees and IT workers whose responsibility is handling and protecting sensitive information being trained and recruited by organized criminals to steal it.
Take a look HERE.
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Top 10 Most Serious Web Application Vulnerabilities in 2007
The primary aim of the OWASP Top 10 is to educate developers, designers, architects and organizations about the consequences of the most common web application security vulnerabilities. The Top 10 provides basic methods to protect against these vulnerabilities
Take a look HERE.
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Dearly Departed
Companies and Products That Didn't Deserve to Die : The computer industry is an unforgiving place. One slip, and today's darling becomes tomorrow's footnote, regardless of its previous track record. One lousy upgrade can be enough to do in a company, especially if a nimble-footed competitor leaps in with smart marketing and a usable product.
Take a look HERE.
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A fool and their money are soon parted
I received an email from the son of a rich farmer in Zimbabwe recently, the poor guy is in a terrible predicament. His father has been assassinated and he has been left a $7.7 million inheritance, but he’s worried that Africa isn’t a safe place to invest the money. This is where I come in. He wants to give me 35% of the total if I invest the money for him in the UK!!
Sound familiar. Take a look HERE.
The Ubuntu Live conference began yesterday in Portland Oregon with Mark Shuttleworth's keynote presentation. Shuttleworth, the Ubuntu project's charismatic leader, discussed a wide variety of topics relating to Canonical's business prospects and the future of the Ubuntu Linux distribution.
Read the article HERE.
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Dumpster-diving for e-data
Dumpster-diving - going through trash bins in hopes of finding paper records with valuable information like customer names or future product plans - is alive and well in the age of USB flash drives and portable music players.
Take a look HERE.
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Organized crime infiltrates financial IT
In Martin Scorsese's hit movie "The Departed," actor Matt Damon plays the part of a mole -- someone who helps his connected mob friends stay a step ahead of the cops by becoming one of the very law enforcement officials assigned to stop them.
A new report published by anti-fraud software maker Actimize on July 23 says a similar ruse is being carried out inside the walls of enterprise financial businesses, with the same employees and IT workers whose responsibility is handling and protecting sensitive information being trained and recruited by organized criminals to steal it.
Take a look HERE.
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Top 10 Most Serious Web Application Vulnerabilities in 2007
The primary aim of the OWASP Top 10 is to educate developers, designers, architects and organizations about the consequences of the most common web application security vulnerabilities. The Top 10 provides basic methods to protect against these vulnerabilities
Take a look HERE.
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Dearly Departed
Companies and Products That Didn't Deserve to Die : The computer industry is an unforgiving place. One slip, and today's darling becomes tomorrow's footnote, regardless of its previous track record. One lousy upgrade can be enough to do in a company, especially if a nimble-footed competitor leaps in with smart marketing and a usable product.
Take a look HERE.
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A fool and their money are soon parted
I received an email from the son of a rich farmer in Zimbabwe recently, the poor guy is in a terrible predicament. His father has been assassinated and he has been left a $7.7 million inheritance, but he’s worried that Africa isn’t a safe place to invest the money. This is where I come in. He wants to give me 35% of the total if I invest the money for him in the UK!!
Sound familiar. Take a look HERE.
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