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  1. Hacks of Valor foreignaffairs.com/articles/13738… via @ForeignAffairs
  2. ZDNet recently posted a good article about the state of data breach laws in Australia: bit.ly/z0v1LL
  3. The shadow server foundation have released a free online malware analysis service called malwr: bit.ly/ApSEj5
  4. Wikileaks has released another batch of documents, this time focusing on private companies involved in surveillance: bit.ly/sHnBQQ
  5. The Australian Government has invited input into a Cyber White Paper. Be sure to have your say! bit.ly/oE2dTU
  6. For one of the best insights into the Stuxnet cyber attack on the uranium enrichment plant in Natanz, Iran read Wired: bit.ly/qI9TFI
  7. We enjoyed the recent point counter-point between Eugene Kaspersky & Nigel Phair on the EU Convention on Cybercrime: http://bit.ly/kKxsy5
  8. Arcord had the pleasure of attending the AusCERT computer security conference last week. You can find coverage here: http://bit.ly/iub6AX
  9. We would like to share an excellent article on HBGary v Anonymous, which gets to the heart and soul of IT Security: http://bit.ly/dIpBEU
  10. The Age has published a good article on privacy titled "ID protection at crisis point". It is worth reading at: http://bit.ly/go7SoA
  11. A recent report encouraging the Australian Government to strike back against cyber criminals (http://bit.ly/hr5NT7) is shockingly naïve.
  12. Arcord has again signed a contract to provide information security and cyber security advice and assistance to the Victorian Government.
  13. There is news about US interest in a national internet identity system, for more info see the Open Identity Exchange: http://bit.ly/bh6nvN
  14. A new piece of malware named Geinimi is targetting mobile devices running Android via the Chinese app store. More info: http://bit.ly/e1niXg
  15. For a review of IT Security in 2010, check out the following article in eSecurity Planet: http://bit.ly/gqq1v8
  16. The following report by Infrastructure Australia may offer a glimpse of what the New Year(s) may hold: http://bit.ly/9ze1zD (PDF)
  17. This week in Foreign Affairs magazine we came across an excellent commentary on The Political Power of Social Media: http://fam.ag/gnRjqs