Revolutionary fever may overwhelm Syria next | #arabspring #Assad #Libya

First Egypt, then Libya. Beloved, I am fairly confident Syria's aggressively violent and dictatorial rule against its own under-privileged and those who are at the top of the intellectual population is probably next to fall. 

Unfortunately, because of the horrible nature of this repressive regime and the terrorism they have used to hold on to power, I am also confident that it will take a much bloodier effort on the part of Syria's internal insurgents and their out-of-state friends around the world to uplift the current leadership from the seat of power.

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Microsoft patches 15 bugs, nukes more SSL certificates | #diginotar #comodo #windows

The company also dealt with more fallout from the June hack of DigiNotar by flipping the "kill switch" on SSL (secure socket layer) certificates issued by Dutch certificate authority, or CA.

But none of the information Microsoft released today about the five updates or the 15 bugs was news: On Friday, the company leaked drafts of the security bulletins, the term Microsoft uses for the advisories that accompany each update.

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Dutch Government Struggles to Deal With DigiNotar Hack | #ssl #infosec #comodo

Editor's note - The first lesson in crisis management is when you find a mistake or problem you must get it out in the open ASAP.   That's the reason why Comodo is still in business and why Diginotar is D.O.A.

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Has Apple handled the DigiNotar attack effectively? | #iPhone #iPad #ssl

Editor's note - Apple has been slammed in the past for their tardy approach toward security issues.  Perhaps they are still working under some old assumptions that they are invulnerable to hacker attacks.  

Researchers are once again slamming Apple [AAPL], this time for what they see as the firm's slow delivery of an essential security update to patch a problem caused byComodoHacker's recent subversion of small digital security certification provider, DigiNotar.

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Comodohacker: I can issue fake Windows updates | #diginotar #ssl #Microsoft

Editor note: Although I am skeptical about Comodohackers claim, who would have guessed that SSL certs could be forged or stolen a few months ago.  The drama around this story makes it worth the read anyway...

Following his recent attack against Dutch security company DigiNotar, the hacker known as Comodohacker is now threatening to exploit Microsoft's Windows Update service.

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Arrests During Test Run for #OccupyWallStreet | #sept17 #dayofrage #anonymous

Organizers of this event are now discouraging bringing tent due to legal issues, although sleeping bags would be OK.

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Dozens of BART protesters march along Market Street | #OpBART #SFBART #anonymous

About two-dozen anti-BART protesters marched along San Francisco's Market Street Monday evening in the fifth consecutive weekly rush-hour demonstration organized by the hacker group "Anonymous."

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Federal authorities take on Anonymous hackers | #FBI #DHS #cybercrime

The computer hackers, chat-room denizens and young people who make up the loosely affiliated Internet collective have drawn the attention of the FBI, the Department of Homeland Security and other federal investigators. What was once a small group of pranksters has become a potential national security threat, federal officials say.

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