The Data Security Podcast is the place for 30 minutes of news every week on data security, privacy, and the law.
This weeks program – Does that shiny new computer come pre-installed with malware? A new project fights viruses in home PCs FROM the cloud. And, our take on this week’s news.
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The Show Notes Page for this week’s The Data Security Podcast
–> Ira has a conversation with Pedro Bustamante, Security Researcher Advisor of Panda, about the testing of a cloud based anti-virus for home PC users. Check out the blog mentioned in the show at: http://blog.cloudantivirus.com .
Privacy advocates have launched a campaign against whole body imaging in U.S. airports
–> Tales From The Dark Web: Does that shiny new computer come pre-installed with malware?
–> From The News: The Fight Against Whole Body Imaging at US Airports. We were afraid nobody was going to object to this!
After a terrifyingly silent public response to news that TSA workers at six major American airports are using whole body imaging technology — Otherwise known as “naked pictures” — of airline passengers, CNN reports this week that privacy advocates have launched a campaign against the machines. You can read the petition here against the “virtual strip search” of citizens by Homeland Security.
–> From The News: 9 Month Old Critical Java Vuln. Still Not Patched in Mac OS X
–> From The News: C. Harwick’s Thrica.com blog posting on potentially harmful privacy issues with Safari 4 beta
