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• Obama will unveil new cybersecurity initiatives this week

  10-01-2015 20:50
  
  President Barack Obama is set to unveil a series of initiatives to bolster U.S. cybersecurity that he will detail in speeches this week.The U.S. president will lay out a series of legislative proposals and executive actions that will be in his State of the Union that will tackle identity theft and privacy issues, cybersecurity, and access to the Internet, reported the New York Times, quoting a White House official.The recent, high-profile hack into Sony’s corporate networks, which federal i
  
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• Internet Explorer Caused 2014 Surge in Microsoft Flaws, Research Finds

  10-01-2015 16:43
  
  Microsoft fixed a bumper crop of software vulnerabilities in 2014, overwhelmingly remote code execution (RCEs) exploits in the Internet Explorer family, a new analysis by security firm ESET has confirmed.
  On a brighter note, the complex security measures Microsoft introduced to secure Windows 7 and Windows 8 have raised the level of effort required to launch successful attacks on users, the firm said.
  Discerning trends in Windows Exploitation 2014 requires a steady eye, with the number publi
  
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• ThreatTrack Security Bolsters Executive Team with Veteran Product and Sales ... - The Providence Journal

  10-01-2015 13:32
  
  ThreatTrack Security Bolsters Executive Team with Veteran Product and Sales ...
  The Providence Journal
  Choudhary is an accomplished IT executive with nearly 20 years of leadership experience. Most recently, he was Senior Director of Engineering for NetIQ, where he was responsible for shaping the firm's security strategy and developing solutions for ...
  
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• Here Comes the 'Internet of Self'

  10-01-2015 13:13
  
  Two of the biggest trends at International CES this year are the quantified self movement and the Internet of Things (IoT).
  (Actually, the quantified self gadgets really took CES by storm last year, and the IoT will truly dominate CES next year. Still, both categories had a big presence this year.)
  But I've noticed a few announcements at CES that suggest a growing mashup between the two. Or, more specifically, the use of quantified self data to control IoT devices.
  Call it the "Internet of S
  
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• Zuckerberg could face gritty questions at Facebook townhall in Bogota, Colombia

  10-01-2015 03:15
  
  Facebook users in Latin America will have a chance to pepper Mark Zuckerberg with questions next week when he heads to Bogota, Colombia, for Facebook’s first international townhall Q&A.The social network has held two Q&A sessions so far, both in the U.S., but this third one could see some grittier topics raised, judging from questions submitted so far online.“Latin American countries have many problems like socioeconomic inequality, lack of education and violations against free ex
  
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• These IoT networks are 'unapologetically slow'

  10-01-2015 00:55
  
  While the International CES this week emphasized home networks and LTE-equipped cars, a different kind of network that can send tiny messages across a city crept toward a future that some people think may be huge.The concept is low-power, wide-area networks (LPWANs), which make up for extremely low data rates by going farther than a cellular signal and working in tiny devices that can last months on a small battery. They won’t carry TV shows or virtual reality games, but they may help to gr
  
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