January 5, 2010
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We already know that database passenger screening technologies won’t spot all prospective terrorists, but what about imaging technologies like millimeter wave and backscatter imaging? Will they do the trick? While these two technologies are lumped together as full body scanning, … Continue reading
December 28, 2009
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On this past Christmas Day, a holiday nightmare was averted when a passenger and good luck kept a terrorist from blowing apart Northwest Airlines Flight 253 as it prepared to land in Detroit. While this story has a happy ending, … Continue reading
December 23, 2009
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OK. I get it. Everyone wants to have the fastest possible computer. But, when Microsoft published a list of what files you shouldn’t bother to check for viruses, since looking in on them can really slow a PC down, they … Continue reading
December 18, 2009
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Yesterday, Mozilla fixed ten security bugs in Firefox. If you haven’t upgraded Firefox to 3.5.6 yet, you can do so now. I’ll wait for you. Done? Good. You’re better off than a friend of mine who, I discovered, was still … Continue reading
December 15, 2009
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Poor Adobe, they’re just not doing well with security lately. No sooner do they patch a bunch of serious Adobe Flash Player security bugs, than another zero-day exploit is unveiled. This time Adobe Reader and Acrobat are the targets, and … Continue reading
December 14, 2009
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There I was doing some research on a story, well actually looking for the latest Dr. Who episode, when I was presented with a message that my computer might be infected by a virus and it was being scanned. Yeah. … Continue reading