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Special feature! Dennis and an initial presentation of the NOS Security Team.

Show Notes

• Good news from all

Dennis Houseknecht - Security Team Presentation - With Dennis, Charles, etc.

Dennis Houseknecht - Security News

• We have discussed the problems with Flash on a number of occasions. Firefox now checks for vulnerable versions (as if we needed another reason to use Firefox)

• Remember Conficker? It is still costing some folks a lot of grief (and a lot of money). A USB key was the vector in this case.

• Once your data is in “the cloud”, can it ever be “deleted”? “Vanish” is an interesting approach to limiting the life of data:

• We all advise clients to stay away from the “darker corners of he internet”, but here are seven reasons that even the well-lit areas can be problematic:

• On the lighter side – carrier pigeon vs. “broadband” in South Africa – pigeon wins and delivers the 4GB of data in less time:

David Redekop - twitter.com/davidatnos

• today's to-be-published Security Now on GSM cracking is REAL and SCARY and very little public news about it yet other than Security Now's dedicated episode 213

And to end on a good note:

• if you need some laughter, make sure you read this, it is John Harbarenko humour all the way and I dare anyone to read it and not be bent over in laughter

Chris Allen - twitter.com/chrisatnos

• Apple

• uQuery Search Engine for Apple App Store

• Open Source

• 5 Things Lifehacker Would Like in Ubuntu
• Tom Tom Anounces Open Source GPS Routing Sharing Tech OpenLR

• Business

• 10 Things That Make Great Companies

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