Category Archives: software security

Droning on about computer security

Good grief. The US military’s unmanned Predator and Reaper drones are continuing to fly remote missions overseas despite a computer virus that has infected their US-based cockpits. Government officials are still investigating whether the virus is benign, and how it … Continue reading

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Boeing security

So the court said Matthew Neumann and Nicholas Tides were properly fired in 2008 for violating company policy of disclosing company information to the media, in this case the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, without company authorization. In 2007, the PI wrote: “Boeing and … Continue reading

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Wikileaks

Most of the diplomatic messages released by Wikileaks have been traced to a US defence department network, known as Siprnet, used for the exchange of classified information, media reports say. [..] It is thought about 2.5 million US military and … Continue reading

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