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News Bites For April 7, 2015

Researchers from the University of Virginia and Perrone Robotics recently completed testing of an anti hacking sensor for automobiles  from startup Mission Secure, Inc.  The sensor was able to detect several attempts to take over the braking, acceleration and collision avoidance systems of cars on a test track. This article says the tests went well, […]

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The Changing World Of Transaction Payments

If you either use credit cards or are a merchant that accepts credit cards (I think that covers most of us), your world is changing and changing rapidly. Sorry, this is going to be long, so you might want to get a cup of coffee and possibly some aspirin before you start reading. First, if […]

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TrueCrypt users panicked last year when the developers of the very popular semi-open source encryption program stopped supporting the product and issued a warning to users not to trust it. An independent group solicited donations and paid for an independent audit of the source code to TrueCrypt version 7.1a. Well, the audit is in and […]

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Government “Equities Process” For Zero Day Vulnerabilities

Wired reported on the process that the U.S. Federal Government, and more specifically, the Intelligence Community, uses to decide when to keep bugs secret and use them against systems they want to attack and when to reveal them to the vendors to fix. The bugs, known as zero days or O Days, are ones that […]

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Radio Shack Puts Its Customer Database Up For Sale

Remember when you bought that phone or USB cable at Radio shack and they asked for your name and email address?  CBS is reporting that Radio Shack listed that as an asset in their bankruptcy and has put it up for sale. That means your name, address, phone number and purchase information is up for […]

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