Navy Vice Admiral Discusses The Use of Approved Secure Removable Storage Devices at the Department of Defense

In November 2008, the US Department of Defense banned the use of USB flash drives and other removable medial on all Defense Department networks, after a DoD network was infected by a USB flash drive that had an autorun malware on it.

Today, Navy Vice Admiral Carl Mauney, deputy commander of the United States Strategic Command said: “After extensive testing of mitigation measures, DoD decided to make this technology available again on a strictly controlled basis on DoD computers. Since the order restricting use of removable media, DoD developed capabilities and processes that allow safe use of these devices. R

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Should We Ban Anonymity On The Internet: Schneier vs Ranum

Bruce Schneier and Marcus Ranum had an interesting debate this week regarding anonymity on the Internet. Bruce ascertains that anonymity will always be there (and I agree that the TOR project basically proves it), whereas Marcus argues that limited anonymity for whistle blowers is good, but should eventually be compromised.

What do you think?

Does Closing My Credit Card Hurt Me? (Read Situation)?

Im an 18 year old college student who has had a credit card for 8 months. I charge a few things every month and have paid it on time every month with no problems. I recently found a credit card that goes through Speedway that racks up rewards based alot on how much gas you buy. Long story short. I rack up about 10x as many rewards in a normal month. How much is it going to hurt my credit by closing this card?

Basically I know its a good account and it looks good but i feel the risk of identity theft and other things increases more and more as technology continues to improve.

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What sort of credit card is right for me? My details inside?

Ok, so I’m 18, out of school, and currently working a job to help ease the money my parents have to spend on me for college. I want to get a credit card but only because there are some things you just can’t buy via money order or cash, aka online buying. I’m well aware about only buying from reliable sites and identity theft too, so no need for the warnings. I do not want buy anything beyond my financial limits, as I only want to use it to purchase things I can’t buy locally and immediately after purchase pay it off.

Are there any recommended credit cards with my details or it is it pretty much anything works, as long as I don’t get into debt and pay everything off right? Thanks fo

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Company Sues Comerica Bank After Losing $550,000 In Phishing Attack Online

Experi-Metal Inc. (EMI) in Sterling Heights, MI is suing Comerica Bank to recover $550,000 that was stolen from the company’s online banking account. EMI alleges that Dallas-based Comerica opened its customers to phishing attacks by sending emails asking customers to click on a link to update the bank’s security software. EMI says even though the bank had two-factor authentication using One Time Password devices for its online banking portal, the scam was able to circumvent these measures.

EMI is complaining that the bank’s historical process of sending out emails to corporate customers, asking them to update security tools (in this case, digital certificates), effectively “trained” the customer to fall for phishing scams. In 2008 C

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