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For my readers in the United States, Happy Labor Day! I am sure there will be many families going to the beach or having a family BBQ to officially close out the summer fun. Hopefully there won't be any major malware outbreak or network security breach that sets your pager off and calls you away. This week I posted an article from The Register about the insecurity of PDA's as well as a review of the book PDA Security. I also added and updated some Top Picks to help people out with shopping as we approach the holiday season.
 
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Book Review: PDA Security
A review of the book PDA Security: Incorporating Handhelds Into The Enterprise by David Melnick, Mark Dinman and Alexander Muratov. PDA's are becoming quite ubiquitous and offer an avenue of access to many corporate networks...read more

 
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PDA Insecurity Threatens Networks
It seems that for every attack vector network and security administrators secure two new ones pop up. While many companies are still trying to handle "old" problems like insecure wireless networks, spam inundating employee inboxes, spyware infestations and keeping up with the breakneck pace of patch releases, PDA's (Personal Digital Assistant) such as the Palm Pilot...read more

 
More Top Picks
With the holidays approaching I thought it might help those shopping for the uberhackers or network security geeks in their life (or maybe someone they think just needs to know a little more about computer and network security) if I highlighted my Top Picks. I have added or updated Top Picks this week for Hacker Technique and Defense Books and for Wireless Network Security Books in addition to...read more

 
 
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