"Research by Trend Micro said that the malware was found in POS systems at hotels and other businesses...However, it is unlikely that the malware is downloaded from malicious sites, as the POS systems are typically not used for web browsing."

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I’m a believer in using a PCI network card for the WAN port in an attempt to keep any harmful external influence(s) (i.e., sneak current, or high voltage, etc.) which might make its way into the appliance several components from the MB. I just think an added internal NIC is easier to replace then dealing with the ramifications of a bad NIC on the board itself...I’ve experienced damaged NIC’s on the MB even with a APC ProtectNet surge protector properly connected/grounded. Your thoughts?

"Video courtesy of www.spacecraftfilms.com"

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"According to Cockcroft, the problems are due to errors on Amazon Web Service’s Elastic Load Balancing API calls."

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"Spammers have amassed the first-known Android botnet, consisting of compromised devices running on all the major U.S. mobile networks, and it's being used to deliver SMS spam, researchers said this week."

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Can we really trust the FDA? Our foods are messed up! They've got us all consuming GM crops and livestock we shouldn't which is making us sick...the obesity epidemic is proof.

"A GM salmon which grows twice as fast as ordinary fish could become the first genetically-modified animal in the world to be declared officially safe to eat, after America's powerful food-safety watchdog ruled it posed no major health or environmental risks."

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"Encrypting data in the cloud is an important security step, but without the proper handling, it can make processing the data--from searching to number crunching--much more difficult"

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The enterprise is so screwed, short of complete lockdown a breach in even the simplest terms is unavoidable...

"While technology undoubtedly has made accessing medical information much easier and faster, it also has also provided an increased potential for medical data breaches especially as health personnel begin to use unsecure mobile devices for personal and work use. With an increase in health care employees using their own tablets and smartphones in the workplace, many healthcare companies are considering adopting a Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) policy. However, many companies have failed to implement mobile data breach protection, breaking the HIPAA Security Rule which requires healthcare companies to perform a risk analysis of the processes by which they protect the confidentiality of electronic patient health information maintained by their organization."

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"Cisco wants to sell Linksys as part of its strategy to exit consumer businesses while expanding in corporate software and technology services."

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"A University of Nevada, Las Vegas research team recently unearthed fossil remains from an extinct wolf species in a wash northwest of Las Vegas, revealing the first evidence that the Ice Age mammal once lived in Nevada."

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"Health-care providers, insurers, employers, the government, marketers, financial institutions, debt collectors and data miners are among the growing horde that can get access to your health-care information."

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Is the state is getting a little out-of-hand with their thorough and complete data grab and shouldn't you be concerned?

"Under the rules signed in March, the center can retain information on ordinary Americans for up to 5 years, even if they are not connected to terrorism or other crimes. While the monitoring system appears similar to those used by many companies to investigate compromises using forensic data, critics have worried that it undermines citizens' civil rights."

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Stay tuned to this one...

"Customers of remote PC administration service Logmein.com and electronic signature provider Docusign.com are complaining of a possible breach of customer information after receiving malware-laced emails to accounts they registered exclusively for use with those companies. Both companies say they are investigating the incidents, but so far have found no evidence of a security breach."

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"Vitamin I is all the rage—at least that is what you would think if you took a careful look into the medicine cabinet of any athlete, recreational or professional. The term Vitamin I is the new slang for Ibuprofen, or non steroidal anti- inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), a common staple in many American's diet."

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"New device ratchets up the speed with SSD caching and a much beefier CPU."

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