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For those interested in blogging but without the time to generate elaborate posts, ‘microblogging’ is a much better alternative. What is microblogging? Basically microblogging is blogging in a nutshell, or posting web logs in about 200 characters or less. Services such as Twitter, Jaiku and Pownce are popular with microbloggers who post updates about what they are doing, and the number of microblog users continues to grow exponentially.

With the increased number of microbloggers sharing posts, users are turning toward indexing services the help monitor microblog feeds. FriendFeed, twhirl, Quotably.com and Tweetscan are useful tools in keeping track of online public conversations within Twitter, Jaiku and Pownce. Hidden or ‘protected’ posts are not tracked, an added layer of security for bloggers wanting messages to be viewed only by privately selected users.

Current events have never before been so rapidly broadcast, with microblogs quickly becoming the new electronic wave pushing mainstream media to the wayside. What are you doing now anyway?

Identity theft is a growing problem worldwide, and Teknote Systems would like to help you minimize the risk by sharing the following tips offered by one of our business partners, American Express:

• Shred documents containing your sensitive information before
  discarding them.
• Secure your sensitive information at home and at work.
• Before disclosing any personal information, make sure you know why it is required and how it will be used.
• Obtain your credit report from each of the three major credit bureaus once every 6-12 months and review them for accuracy. (You can get a free copy of your credit report each year at www.annualcreditreport.com).
• Use caution when responding to e-mails requesting personal information. When in doubt, contact the sender of the request through a known, secure channel (phone number on back of credit card or a known website address).

Symantec’s Security Response Weblog talks about the latest ‘Spam Attack: Zipped Trojan’. Make sure those virus definitions are updated and read more below or at this link:

Security Response has seen a large spam run of what appears to be the latest in the line of Trojan.Peacomm variants. While this is nothing new, this time around the attachments are in the form of password-protected zip files. The recipient is tricked into unzipping the attachment with the included password, then running the unzipped file, to counteract activity related to an unknown worm (with which the recipient has undoubtedly been infected)…

URL: Security Bites Podcast: Highlights from Black Hat DC

Once again, a vendor attempted to block a security presentation at Black Hat. CNET News.com’s Joris Evers reports from Arlington, Va., where RFID-tag maker HID Global objected to some material in a presentation by researchers from IOActive. A redacted version of the presentation took place instead. Also at the conference, a security researcher from NGS Software showed that ROM memory could also be a hiding ground for rootkit attacks…

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