According to the Wall Street Journal (pay link), the government (US Marshals Service) is flying “dirtboxes” in small airplanes to capture the signals from your cell phone. Basically, a dirtbox is a self contained cell tower with a strong signal. Since your cell phone will connect to the strongest signal, if the dirtbox winds up […]

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Experts Say This Month’s Microsoft Patches Should Be Applied Quickly

November 13, 2014 CyberCecurity

An article in SC Magazine recommends that organizations apply this month’s Microsoft patches very quickly. Among the patches: One vulnerability, CVE-2014-6332, had been remotely exploitable for 18 years prior to its patch, and could be used by an attacker to circumvent Microsoft’s free anti-exploitation tool EMET and its Enhanced Protected Mode (EPM) sandbox in Internet […]

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US Spy Programs Targeting Americans’ Mobile Phones

Experts Say This Month’s Microsoft Patches Should Be Applied Quickly