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Google Pays $8.5M to Settle Buzz Privacy Lawsuit

Security - RSS Feed — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 11:05:01 +0000

Google will pay $8.5 million to settle a class-action lawsuit that argued its Google Buzz social Web service violated users' privacy when it launched in February. - Google will shell out $8.5 million to settle a class-action lawsuit with seven people who argued the Google Buzz social service violated users' privacy. Google appeared to launch Buzz Feb. 9 with good intentions, allowing users to opt in to a service that lets users share and discuss links, pho...

Wired: Insiders Doubt 2008 Pentagon Hack Was Foreign Spy Attack

Rootsecure.net — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 10:30:16 +0000

Wired: Insiders Doubt 2008 Pentagon Hack Was Foreign Spy Attack

Rootsecure.net — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 10:30:16 +0000

Wired: Insiders Doubt 2008 Pentagon Hack Was Foreign Spy Attack

ha.ckers: The Effect of Snakeoil Security

Rootsecure.net — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 10:30:16 +0000

ha.ckers: The Effect of Snakeoil Security

Wired: Censored! Craigslist Adult Services Blocked in U.S.

Rootsecure.net — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 10:30:16 +0000

Wired: Censored! Craigslist Adult Services Blocked in U.S.

Google Privacy Policy Update Targets Simplicity

Security - RSS Feed — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 00:22:15 +0000

Google is updating its privacy policy to make it "more transparent and understandable." The changes will go into effect next month. - Google is reworking its privacy policy in the name of simplicity. Google Associate General Counsel Mike Yang announced Friday that the search engine giant is making revisions to its policy to make it more comprehensible to regular users. “Long, complicated and lawyerly that's what most people th...

Infocon: green

SANS Internet Storm Center, InfoCON: green — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 19:47:10 +0000

What's not to Like about "Like?"

What’s not to Like about "Like?", (Sat, Sep 4th)

SANS Internet Storm Center, InfoCON: green — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 18:46:39 +0000

Get off of my lawn! I admidt that I have a suspicous, curmedgeonly strea ...(more)...

What’s not to Like about "Like?", (Sat, Sep 4th)

SANS Internet Storm Center, InfoCON: green — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 18:46:39 +0000

Get off of my lawn! I admidt that I have a suspicous, curmedgeonly strea ...(more)...

Investigating Malicious Website Reports, (Sat, Sep 4th)

SANS Internet Storm Center, InfoCON: green — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 17:18:28 +0000

This morning we received a report from Holger about a website that was triggering ale ...(more)...