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OS X Mountain Lion Pocket Guide
18.09.2012
Get the concise information you need to start using OS X Mountain Lion, the latest version of the Mac operating system.
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OS X Mountain Lion: The Missing Manual
17.09.2012
OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion comes with 200 new features like dictation, Notification Center, and Reminders—but not a single page of instructions.
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Publishing firm says leaked Apple IDs came from their servers
10.09.2012
BlueToad, a Florida-based digital edition publishing company, has announced that the recent massive Apple UDID leak originated from their own servers, and not an FBI laptop.
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Apple denies handing UDIDs over to FBI
06.09.2012
As the issue of the leaked million of Apple device IDs by the AntiSec hacker group and the alleged existence of a list of over 12 million of those and other personal information belonging to the users gets bigger by the day, the question is will we ever definitely know from where that list was stolen? The FBI has vehemently denied AntiSec's claim that it was extracted from on of its laptops and that they ever had the information in question in their hands.
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FBI denies collecting Apple device IDs
05.09.2012
Following yesterday's claim made by AnitSec hackers that they have gotten ahold of a document containing a list of over 12 million Apple iOS devices - including Unique Device Identifiers (UDID), user names, name of device, type of device, Apple Push Notification Service tokens, ZIP codes, cellphone numbers, addresses, and more - after breaking into a computer used by an FBI agent, the agency has issued a resounding denial via Twitter: It followed up with a statement saying that at this time there is no evidence indicating that an FBI laptop was compromised or that the FBI either sought or obtained this data.
Spotlight

Is it time to professionalize information security?
Posted on 23 May 2013. | The issue of whether or not information security professionals should be licensed to practice has already been the topic of many a passionate debate.

Review: Logging and Log Management
Posted on 22 May 2013. | Every security practitioner should be aware of the overwhelming advantages of logging and perusing logs for discovering system intrusions. But logging and log management comes with its own set of difficulties.

Experts highlight top data breach vulnerabilities
Posted on 22 May 2013. | Hidden vulnerabilities lie in everyday activities that can expose personal information and lead to data breach, including buying gas with a credit card or wearing a pacemaker.

A closer look at Mega cloud storage
Posted on 21 May 2013. | Once a novelty, nowadays many cloud storage services are fighting for their piece of the market in the virtual world. Mega offers 50GB of free space with great pricing on Pro accounts.

The CSO perspective on healthcare security and compliance
Posted on 20 May 2013. | Randall Gamby is the CSO of the Medicaid Information Service Center of New York. In this interview he discusses healthcare security and compliance challenges and offers a variety of tips.
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