Shared Links (weekly) Oct. 12, 2025
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Saw this over at PocketPC Thoughts this morning. An article about the Air Marshals use of PDA’s: “The Transportation Security Administration spent $6.9 million to outfit the federal air marshal corps with voice-capable wireless handheld computers for in-flight use and then subsequently banned any voice usage because of potential interference with cockpit functions, according to…
From a Register article: “Symantec has turned off this auto-responder feature by default for the last two years but systems admins insist on turning it back on, according to Chris Miller, a Symantec mail security product manager.” Well I guess I can quit blaming Symantec for all those “virus bounce” messages and start blaming email…
Trust me, I’ve worked in the corporate legal world and been involved in enough cases of accused IP theft to know that this is true, and is a huge deal. “According to Osterman Research’s “Best Practices for Protecting Your Data When Employees Leave Your Company”, 69 percent of organizations have experienced data loss from employee…
It’s never a bad thing to stay safe online, but the holidays offer a time when hackers and others know that you might have your guard down, or be doing a bit more online shopping than usual. Given that, here’s an article with some good advice on staying safe! http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/ways-stay-safe-scams-holiday-season/ Follow these topics: Links, SocialNetworking,…
The growing supply of IoT malware is creating a tipping point in the denial-of-service domain that’s giving relatively unsophisticated actors capabilities that were once reserved only for the most elite of attackers. And that, in turn, represents a threat to the Internet as we know it. “The biggest threats as far as I’m concerned in…