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  1. Net-SNMP SNMP GET Request Denial of Service Vulnerability. securityfocus.com/bid/53255
  2. Kind of out of the security talk, but interesting article non the less about social media and is place in society. it.toolbox.com/blogs/strategi…
  3. Interesting article about the security ramifications for SIRI and other Apple apps. eweek.com/c/a/Security/I…
  4. Very good SANS white paper about what types of information you can get by reviewing web log files. sans.org/reading_room/w…
  5. Australia's Telstra - a gaming division of theirs got hacked. Interesting read. theregister.co.uk/2012/05/23/gam…
  6. New version of SpyEye Trojan. Kind of cool, but really serious ramifications. h-online.com/security/news/…
  7. Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Upload/engine.php in Chevereto 1.91. web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/deta…
  8. More on the military dating site hack. It does beg concern for social media with secure users. gcn.com/articles/2012/…
  9. Android and Mac malware is on the rise, Windows is still a prime target, but for how long? gcn.com/articles/2012/…
  10. We are going to have more attacks against our infrastructures. Hopefully,we will start prioritizing security BEFORE something happens.
  11. Interesting white paper on cyber security trends from now thru 2020. What do you think? mcafee.com/us/resources/w…
  12. US Cyber Czar steps down while there is so much to be done, and attempting to be done on Capital Hill. clearancejobs.com/defense-news/6…
  13. NORTHCOM and NORAD launching joint cyber center. gcn.com/articles/2012/…
  14. Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in login-with-ajax.php in the Login With Ajax. web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/deta…
  15. Cross browser worm is affecting Facebook. networkworld.com/news/2012/0521…
  16. More on the DoJ hack by Anonymous. C'mon folks 1.7GB of data stolen? zdnet.com/blog/security/…
  17. A vulnerability has been found and corrected in sudo. securityfocus.com/archive/1/5228…
  18. Interesting article on BYOD, not sure where I stand with this, could work... but then again. gcn.com/articles/2012/…
  19. PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability. web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/deta…. Make sure to pay attention to this one.
  20. Social media and security, are they at odds with each other? Proper restrictions and security awareness training. networkworld.com/news/2012/0518…