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Legal flap over Defcon talk exposes divide on security flaws

Critics of the temporary restraining order issued last Saturday by a federal judge in Boston have labeled it an infringement of the students' U.S. First Amendment rights and an example of prior restraint on free speech

Microsoft patches, updates Mac Office

The 160MB update also fixed a flaw that had turned table text to boldface in Word; blocked users from opening Excel chart files, which are in the .xlc format, because of a possible security risk; and addressed a problem with recurring events in Entourage

Georgia cyber attacks by Russian gov’t? Not so fast

An Israeli expert says claims of Internet warfare are suspicious. There's no evidence the Russians are directly involved in denial of service attacks. Besides, he says, governments want to infiltrate foreign networks, not destroy them.

Unified security in central Melbourne

Frustrated with an old solution that was cumbersome, an Australian city shifted to unified threat management devices to improve security for remote users of its network

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Experts say that training can reduce security incidents by anywhere from 45% to 70%. "We asked ourselves why security training couldn't be fun as well as informative." IT World Canada and it's creative arm, Amazing! Agency have created some training materials which actually make security training engaging and interesting. Each unit starts with a fun video or interactive game and let's you get the interest of the group....

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Amazon Canada device lineup 2023: Alexa gets more ChatGPT-like; Echo series expands; FireTVs, Tablets, Ring and more

Generative AI, geeky new Echo features and smarter TVs and tablets headlined at Amazon’s annual fall hardware event. Here’s a list of everything coming...

30 valuable hidden iPhone features [Part 1]

Using these ten hidden iPhone features will make your iPhone experience more productive and valuable.

10 free cybersecurity awareness training courses you can take today

A list of 10 organizations that are offering free cybersecurity awareness training courses to help you understand and report security threats and breaches.

Has your iPhone been hacked?

We've listed 13 ways hackers can compromise iPhones and highlighted ways to protect yourself and your data.