With Cloud adoption on the rise, how will you secure your Cloud-bound data?[zdnet.com]

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Hilarious ...

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Looks like gangland to me ...

Research In Motion is introducing a software tool that gives corporate customers the option of linking employees' personal iPhones to the BlackBerry network without compromising security.[reuters.com]

If you need an 8GB USB stick that is both hardware encrypted and physically locked then you probably have a secret worth paying $130 to protect.[wired.com]

I'm not sure the physical security is all that useful but ...

The test launch of Russia's Bulava ballistic missile has been postponed until a later date, a source in the Defense Ministry said on Monday.[ria.ru]

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The suspect is seen attacking a 71-year old man in the building's lobby.[ny1.com]

Bastard appears to be barely able to pull that off ...

Witnesses describe the gunman who's been holding California banks with regularity as being in his sixties or seventies. But appearances can be deceptive, and the so-called "Geezer Bandit" might even be a "whippersnapper."[cbsnews.com]

Drone aircraft, best known for their role in hunting and destroying terrorist hide-outs in Afghanistan, may soon be coming to the skies near you.[latimes.com]

Out for work-space reconfiguration and Holiday

See you next Sunday evening ...

Defense giant Lockheed Martin plans to add 50 jobs over five years as it ramps up production of a robotic yellow submarine that can inspect underwater oil platforms.[palmbeachpost.com]

According to published reports, the Oct. 16 brouhaha began with an exchange of angry words in a dog park at Fort Walla Walla Park and ended with one man shooting the other in his leg.[examiner.com]

Interesting ...

I find myself at a strange place as far as weaponry goes these days. I’m open-minded enough to consider everything I come across at least somewhat objectively. And practical enough to imagine that I apply only the useful bits of information I find. Or…maybe not.[thetruthaboutguns.com]

Carrier IQ software, installed on more than 141 million mobile phones, tracks GPS location, websites visited, search queries, and all keys pressed.[informationweek.com]

This is certainly irritating ...

The Presentation Master is a secure USB drive—and minimalist multitool—that incorporates controls for Microsoft PowerPoint presentations via a Bluetooth connection.[gizmodo.com]

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The jinxed submarine HMS Astute has successfully fired its first missile during a test mission in the Gulf of Mexico, the Ministry of Defence has confirmed[dailymail.co.uk]

Authorities in Riverside County are investigating more than a dozen business robberies over the past month, and they say robbers are getting smarter about their disguises.[nbclosangeles.com]

The baddies are getting smarter so the goodies need to get smarter, too ...

Attackers in Brazil have found a way to sneak around antivirus programs by using cryptography.[pcworld.com]

The Taliban have published what they claim are the government's security plans for a national convention in Kabul that 2,000 elders are expected to attend this week to discuss Afghanistan's future relationship with the United States and peace talks with the insurgents.[independent.co.uk]

Ben Franklin pointed out that 3 people could keep a secret as long as 2 of them were dead ...

The guards were taken hostage about 10am (AEDT) by two inmates inside a cell in a highly secure maximum-security area for prisoners considered to be a risk to staff.[abc.net.au]

Gee, whillickers ...

The Middle East is so frequently embroiled in violence that the world failed to note the region’s descent into cold war. That blindness could have continued had it not been for several dramatic incidents that brought the depth of loathing between the Sunni Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Shiite Republic of Iran into sharp focus.[jpost.com]

Mugeerza thought a home alarm system and a network of security cameras would be enough to protect his property from thieves. Turns out, he was wrong.[abclocal.go.com]

Unless there's someone there to intervene, the alarms and cameras just tell the baddies that there's something there worth protecting with alarms and cameras ...

Al Qaeda and other terrorist groups could be targeting buses around the nation because they are easier to attack than airplanes, according to the Transportation Security Administration.[dailymail.co.uk]

Unless they can find a way to make them fall out of the sky, it sounds like it's a job for plain ole police work ...

 

More than 3,000 police and soldiers backed by armored personnel carriers raced into Brazil’s biggest slum before dawn Sunday, quickly gaining control of a shantytown ruled for decades by a heavily armed drug gang.[washingtonpost.com]

They've been working on this for about a year now. I think the main issue may be that they really don't have anything they can do with the tens or hundreds of thousands of people living this way ...

Even I get [infected] sometimes ...

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Thereare currently no workarounds users can follow to prevent getting infected byDuqu, other than to continue being vigilant and not open suspicious filesattached to emails.[eweek.com]

Anonymous, infamous for its ties to Wikileaks and for hacking bank and law enforcement websites, said it would publish the identities and addresses of Zeta members and their associates, like corrupt police officers, taxi drivers and journalists, if the ruthless drug cartel did not release the hacker, who was recently kidnapped at a street protest.[signalnews.com]

This should prove interesting to follow ...

Israeli aircraft Tuesday dropped leaflets warning residents of the Gaza Strip to stay away for 300 meters from the Gaza-Israel border, after three days of violence.[xinhuanet.com]

Four countries, including China, have agreed joint security operations on the Mekong River where 13 Chinese sailors were murdered last month.[xinhuanet.com]