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XSS vulnerabilities discovered almost on demand
XSS vulnerabilities discovered almost on demand
The last week has seen multiple XSS vulnerabilities found almost anywhere and everywhere on the internet, lending early weight to predictions for 2012.
Feb. 29, 2012
Risky business: IT professionals use risky methods for access control
Risky business: IT professionals use risky methods for access control
A majority of information security professionals are employing risky methods to control access to enterprise servers, according to a survey by Fox Technologies and Echelon One.
Feb. 29, 2012
RSA 2012: BYOD often means ‘bring your own danger’
RSA 2012: BYOD often means ‘bring your own danger’
Three-quarters of IT professionals believe that personally owned mobile devices put their organizations at risk and only 39% have the necessary security controls to address the risk posed by the bring-your-own-device (BYOD) phenomenon, according to a Websense-sponsored survey by the Ponemon Institute released Wednesday at RSA.
Feb. 29, 2012
RSA 2012: Schneier on why Anonymous is not a group and why they’re certainly not as good as you think they are
RSA 2012: Schneier on why Anonymous is not a group and why they’re certainly not as good as you think they are
At the RSA Conference 2012 in San Francisco, February 29, Bruce Schneier and Davi Ottenheimer discuss Schneier’s latest book and how to enable the trust that society needs to thrive.
Feb. 29, 2012
Interview with the Chinese Hacker who hacked Microsoft India Store
Interview with the Chinese Hacker who hacked Microsoft India Store
There was an interesting interview taken by the representatives of  News.Softpedia.com   from the hacker who hacked Microsoft India website and leaked a steal
Feb. 29, 2012
IGF winner, Powerhead CEO opening Irish company with Digital Capital funding
IGF winner, Powerhead CEO opening Irish company with Digital Capital funding
Digital Capital, the newly created fund for downloadable game developers, has selected Independent Games Festival award winner and Powerhead Games CEO Jason Schreiber (Async Corp.) as its first partner.
Feb. 28, 2012
Hidden Chronicles user growth comes to a halt
Hidden Chronicles user growth comes to a halt
Every other week, Gamasutra examines the most popular Facebook games, this time looking at how audience growth for Zynga's hidden object game Hidden Chronicles has come screeching to a halt.
Feb. 28, 2012
Justin Bieber parody game suit could test video games' freedom of speech protection
Justin Bieber parody game suit could test video games' freedom of speech protection
App developer RC3 has filed a pre-emptive lawsuit against Justin Bieber, arguing that its parody game based on the pop artist is protected by the First Amendment and not a violation of his trademark.
Feb. 28, 2012
Apple all but confirms iPad 3 announcement for March 7
Apple all but confirms iPad 3 announcement for March 7
Supporting rumors that it will announce a new iPad model next week, Apple will hold a media event taking place at San Francisco's Yerba Buena Center for the Arts on March 7.
Feb. 28, 2012
Facebook Credits may break U.S. antitrust laws
Facebook Credits may break U.S. antitrust laws
Following recent criticisms from developers, Facebook's universal virtual currency Credits is now under investigation by two notable class action law firms for possibly violating U.S. antitrust laws.
Feb. 28, 2012
Kickstarter drive offers exclusive game from Atom Zombie Smasher dev
Kickstarter drive offers exclusive game from Atom Zombie Smasher dev
Atom Zombie Smasher developer Blendo Games is releasing its next game with a timed exclusive for contributors to the Kickstarter donation campaign of popular gaming podcast Idle Thumbs.
Feb. 28, 2012
Jumping from web to mobile: Planning and building a Flash to iOS game
Jumping from web to mobile: Planning and building a Flash to iOS game
In this reprinted #altdevblogaday in-depth piece, independent game programmer Amos Laber examines several considerations when planning a game with Flash as the primary platform and iOS as the secondary.
Feb. 28, 2012