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Microsoft says "No!" to insecure certificate practices

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Twitter user passwords reset after accounts breached

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Summary: Many Twitter users are being warned to change their password after an unknown bug or hack has seen left some accounts with deleted tweets or scam-links posted to their feeds.Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's a password reset message from Twitter, and you should probably do what it says.An unknown number of Twitter users have received a genuine email from the company warning they should change their password as soon as possible. In the email, the micro-blogging company noted: "Twitter believes that your account may have been compromised by a website or service not associated with Twitter. We've reset your password to prevent others

Adobe Flash security update *is* coming to IE 10 (reportedly)

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New version of Blackhole exploit kit

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Will iPhone 5 have a fingerprint scanner? And will anybody use it?

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The Rise of Data-Driven Security

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The phrase "you're doing it wrong" is a common refrain in the security community these days as people wander around in various states of disillusionment with the technology and processes that have led to what many perceive as a systemic failure. But that refrain usually is not followed by any useful discussion of what's going wrong or what can be done about it. To researcher Claudio Guarnieri, one of the major problems is obvious: we're completely backward in the way we prioritize protection.On any given day, the headlines are full of dire warnings about new zero-days, another bug discovered in Android or a new flaw in a major database. Inside

Schneier on Security: Backdoors Built in to Barracuda Networks Equipment

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Let me just reset the password to the factory default of 123456. Then you can get in to fix it - just reset the password when you are done.Actually, no need to get Barracuda to actually give you the password. You have physical control of the device, replace the ssh binary with one that grabs the password for you, then call Barracuda for support. Done.

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