General Petraeus Photo: RUSI
Former director of Central Intelligence Agency and US military leader conferred honorary role at world's oldest defence and security think tank.
The Council of the Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies (RUSI) has named General (rtd) David H Petraeus as Senior Vice President of RUSI.
Why Carberp, ZeuS, and Other Vintage Malware Have a Bigger Bite Than You Think
As a sales engineer working at FireEye, I spend my days running production pilots with prospects, discussing advanced persistent threats (APTs), customer’s security posture, and the current advanced threat. While the focus here at FireEye is all about detecting the zero-day or advanced targeted attacks, I’m constantly surprised by how much plain old “commodity malware” or “crimeware” I find in networks.
INTRODUCTION
Two critical items impacting mobile use are privacy and a positive user experience. The mobile app market is built on trust. Questionable mobile advertising practices, such as apps employing deceptive adware practices, negatively impact the end user’s perception of both privacy and the user experience. Doing things like capturing personal information such as email addresses, device IDs, IMEIs, etc. without properly notifying users and modifying phone settings and desktops without consent, is annoying and unacceptable for mobile users. While the majority of mobile ads are not malicious, they are undesirable for most.
Talking alarms are the future of vehicle safety and are saving hundreds of lives compared to ordinary reversing alarms, according to industry experts.
To expose official corruption in Nigeria, re-orientate the psyche of Nigerians and usher in the Nigerian renaissance
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