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Online Crime Map 'UCrime' Illustrates Campus Incidents

The Baltimore startup provides real-time data about the date, time, location, and type of crime on campuses.

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FEMA Phones Get Hacked
If you are going to hack a phone system, do you really want to hack DHS? That's what happened this weekend when someone made hundreds of illegal calls from a Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Private Branch Exchange (PBX) to the Middle East and Asia. It appears that it was the usual culprits of poor change control and misconfigurations that left FEMA's digital doors open.

The Security And Privacy Of Healthcare Data
Despite the aim of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act to bolster the security and privacy of patient information, a majority of health-care providers believe more should -- and can -- be done. And a newly formed consortium of industry leaders plans to do something about it.

Sneak Peek: New PCI DSS Rules
Updates to the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) have been released by the PCI Security Standards Council. The updates, hopefully, will bring some clarity to a number of areas which retailers, merchants, and auditors say are foggy.

As Google Android SDK Hits Street, Android Security Team Braces
It's been a big week for the Android phone platform. Most important, the Federal Communications Commission gave the all clear to the first Android-powered handset, which will be built by High Tech Computer and is currently expected to be called the Dream. Additionally, Google released an updated version of its SDK.

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