Security firms gathering data on hacker strategies to exploit Shellshock bug

While Apple Inc. tried Friday to reassure users of its Mac computers about the threat of the Shellshock bug, security firms started documenting efforts by hackers to exploit the newly disclosed programming flaw. “We saw the first attempts by criminals […] For more information go to http://www.NationalCyberSecurity.com, http://www. GregoryDEvans.com, http://www.LocatePC.net or http://AmIHackerProof.com View full post […]

This day in black history: W.E.B. Du Bois organized 1st Pan-African Congress gathering

 On February 19, 1919, civil rights leader William Edward Burghardt Du Bois led the first of seven Pan-African Congress sessions. Du Bois, who was one of the most influential intellectuals of the 20th century, was an editor, historian, sociologist, novelist, civil rights leader, socialist, and pan-Africanist. The Pan-African Congress was a series of meetings held in […]

Seoul to host largest international gathering on cyberspace

  Around 1-thousand IT experts from more than 90 countries will gather in Seoul next week to discuss ways to tackle cyber crimes. Under the theme of “Global Prosperity through an Open and Secure Cyberspace,” the Seoul Conference on Cyberspace 2013 will focus on six main issues: economic growth and development, socio-cultural benefits, cyber security,[continue […]

Privacy assessment discloses that TSA is gathering frequent flier data about airline passengers

Jacob Goodwin Top Priority Sector:  airport_aviation_security Image Caption:  Relaxing in loungefor frequent fliers DHS has unveiled the details of 15 separate “privacy impact assessments” of some of the department’s management systems and databases which its privacy office has issued between March and May of 2012, including one that reveals that TSA’s Secure Flight program has […]