Mozilla mulls early cutoff for SHA-1 digital certificates

Computerworld Security: October 22, 2015
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Mozilla mulls early cutoff for SHA-1 digital certificates

Mozilla is considering banning digital certificates signed with the SHA-1
algorithm in July 2016.
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1. U.S. legislators make new Safe Harbor agreement more likely
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2. Oracle slams door on Russian cyberspies who hacked NATO PCs through Java
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3. IDG Contributor Network: New identity alliance formed -- useful or just marketing spin?
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4. Attackers hijack CCTV cameras to launch DDoS attacks
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U.S. legislators make new Safe Harbor agreement more likely

In passing the Judicial Redress Act, U.S. legislators have extended to European
citizens in the U.S. the same rights to judicial redress as U.S. citizens have
in the case of data privacy violations by the police, removing one of the
obstacles to the creation of a new Safe Harbor agreement on transatlantic
transfers of personal information.
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Oracle slams door on Russian cyberspies who hacked NATO PCs through Java

Oracle fixed a vulnerability in Java that a Russian cyberespionage group used to
launch stealthy exploits against NATO member countries earlier this year.
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IDG Contributor Network: New identity alliance formed -- useful or just marketing spin?

New initiatives in the technology space seem to happen almost on a daily basis.
Is today's example useful for customers or just a marketing ploy?
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Attackers hijack CCTV cameras to launch DDoS attacks

A recently detected distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack was launched
from 900 compromised CCTV cameras that were hijacked by hackers.
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