The Beacon

Chrome Generating Passwords, Outdated Computers

Google continues to clean out the Android Marketplace. Employees don’t understand security practices.

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HURRICANE LABS
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* A New Kind of Terrorism
* Beacon Podcast – Episode 017

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SECURITY
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* Majority of employees don’t know or follow IT security policies
– “If only there were some sort of class to help them…” – Bill (@billford)

* First IPv6 DDoS attacks seen
– “Am I blind, or is there no mention of an actual IPv6 DDoS happening in the wild? It looks like only a tool has been found in some suite of tools.” – Brian (@delink)

* Visa criticizes the lackluster security measures for PayPal’s new mobile payment platform
* Google removes 37 rogue apps from Android Market

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GENERAL TECH
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* Ancient Computers in Use Today
– “I once heard (okay I heard it 100 times day, thanks Justin) that IBM used to make a huge profit off of OS/2 support because it was a dead product that places still used.” – Bill (@billford)

* Password generation from Google
* Google Bypassing User Privacy Settings in IE too?

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