Subscription Options:

Subscribe via RSS

Experts Urge Computer Users to Disable Java, Citing Security Flaw

Computer users are being advised by security experts to disable Oracle Corp’s widely used Java software after a security flaw was discovered in the past day that they say hackers are exploiting to attack computers.

“Java is a mess. It’s not secure,” said Jaime Blasco, Labs Manager with AlienVault Labs. “You have to disable it.”

http://www.cisco.tv/news/experts-urge-pc-users-to-disable-java-cite-security-flaw

Do you still have Java turned on in your web browser?

If your answer is “Yes” or “I’m [...]

Rep. Michele Bachmann, ‘ Islamist group has infiltrated the U.S. government’

Rep. Michele Bachmann’s Muslim Brotherhood claims draw fierce fire

WASHINGTON — Accusations by Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., that an Islamist group has infiltrated the U.S. government are drawing fierce criticism from fellow lawmakers and religious groups.

Bachmann and four other GOP legislators have sent letters to five government agencies citing “serious security concerns” about what Bachmann has called a “deep penetration in the halls of our United States government” by the Muslim [...]

GOOGLE accused of invading privacy with house numbers

Telegraph.co.uk

Internet users are being asked to read random property numbers snapped by Google’s Street View cameras, as part of new security checks.

The tests weed out “bots” by ensuring that users are human. But Google has been accused of exploiting the data submitted in by the public for commercial gain – by adding the information to its own mapping system.

Campaign groups said that the use of pictures of real house numbers [...]

WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION, TAKE TWO

The State Department has begun coordinating with Syria’s neighbors to prepare for the handling of President Bashar al-Assad’s extensive WMD assets if and when his regime collapses, The Cablehas learned.

This week, the State Department sent a diplomatic demarche to Syria’s neighbors Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, and Saudi Arabia, warning them about the possibility of Syria’s WMDs crossing their borders and offering U.S. government help in dealing with the problem, three Obama administration officials confirmed [...]