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Category: blogs | Posted by Avatar Staff 890 days ago
Via: http://blog.washingtonpost.com | Tags: how write geek wanted ad comments Discuss  
When you're trying to hire a computer security professional to manage the network for one of the nation's largest counties, it's probably not the best idea to advertise to the world the precise digital defenses you have in place to protect the region's virtual castle. Take, for instance, the following ad posted to business networking site LinkedIn. The hiring employer in this case is Riverside County, Calif., which claims to be the 16th largest county...Please click on the title to continue reading this en read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 772 days ago
Via: http://lists.jammed.com | Tags: isn geek girl helps mozilla safe scary times comments Discuss  
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/computersecurity/2008-06-17-mozilla-window-snyder_N.htmBy Jon SwartzUSA TODAYJune 17, 2008SAN FRANCISCO -- Window Snyder isn't your average security czar.As chief of security at Mozilla Foundation, the unconventional non-profit whose popular Web browser Firefox underwent a major facelift this week, Snyder cuts an unconventional swath.For starters, her title is "chief security something-or-other" (yeah, that's on her business card). It befits her wide-ranging role read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 772 days ago
Via: http://lists.jammed.com | Tags: re geek girl helps mozilla safe scary times comments Discuss  
Forwarded from: security curmudgeon <jericho (at) attrition.org>: http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/computersecurity/2008-06-17-mozilla-window-snyder_N.htm:: By Jon Swartz:: SAN FRANCISCO -- Window Snyder isn't your average security czar.:: As chief of security at Mozilla Foundation, the unconventional : non-profit whose popular Web browser Firefox underwent a major : facelift this week, Snyder cuts an unconventional swath.:: Snyder's rising star is sure to ascend even more this week, with the : rele read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 611 days ago
Via: http://feeds.infoworld.com | Tags: the geek gadget gift guide gatekeeper pico comments Discuss  
Why you must have it: Anti-malware software is annoying, what with all those alert pop-ups. Plus, it gobbles PC resources that would be better spent running a mobile simulator or 3-D game. So InfoWorld CTO Council member Marvin Anderson and his colleagues at Trexin have on their wish list the Gatekeeper Pico from Yoggie. It's a small Linux-based minicomputer that -- get this -- runs a baker's dozen of security apps, from anti-virus to stateful packet inspection, all from a USB token. Uninstall your current read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 50 days ago
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Impatient engineer called, but you were out, you f**kerGoogle engineer Tavis Ormandy is under fierce fire on security lists this afternoon for releasing code to exploit an unpatched hole in Windows XP and Windows Server 2003.… read more »
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