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- Worms, trojans and backdoors
- Insecurities in wireless connectivity
- Denial of Service attacks
- Specific problems (ActiveSync, autorun SD/CF cards, buffer overflows)
- PDA device as an attack platform
- Tips on securing your PDAs.

Seth Fogie is the VP of Airscanner Corporation where he oversees the development of security software for the Window Mobile (Pocket PC) platform. Seth recently earned his Masters Degree in Information Technology. He has co-authored five technical books on information security, including the top selling "Maximum Wireless Security" from SAMS, and the recently released "Security Warrior" from O'Reilly. He frequently speaks at IT and security conferences and training seminars, including Blackhat, Defcon (10/11/12), CSI, and Dallascon. In addition, Seth has co-authored the HIPAA medical education course for the Texas Medical Associate and is acting Site Host for Security at Pearson Education's "InformIT.com" website where he writes articles and reviews/manages weekly information security related books and articles.
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The security of WordPress plugins
Posted on 18 June 2013. | Checkmarx’s research lab identified that more than 20% of the 50 most popular WordPress plugins are vulnerable to common Web attacks, such as SQL Injection.

Information security executives need to be strategic thinkers
Posted on 17 June 2013. | George Baker, the Director of Information Security at Exostar, talks about the challenges in working in a dynamic threat landscape, offers tips for aspiring infosec leaders, and more.

Large orgs in denial about own security breaches?
Posted on 14 June 2013. | Over two thirds (66%) of large organizations said they either had not experienced a security incident in the last 12-18 months or were unsure if they had.

Vulnerability scanning with PureCloud
Posted on 12 June 2013. | nCircle PureCloud is a cloud-based network security scanning product built upon the companies' vulnerability and risk management system IP360.

Reactions from the security community to the NSA spying scandal
Posted on 11 June 2013. | Read on for comments on this scandal that Help Net Security received from a variety of security professionals and analysts.
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