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Leadership Day Challenge: Connect, Curate and Contribute
The Challenge: Connect, Curate and Contribute! I’m very excited to take part in Leadership Day 2014! I feel it is important to consider all types of educational leaders, from classroom to campus level, from campus level to district level, and everyone in between. Our number one goal as educators should always be our students, and finding ways to support, engage, improve and transform the learning experience. Below are three challenges I have have for educational leaders.
Who needs hackers? 'Password1' opens a third of all biz doors
GPU-powered pen test yields more bad news about defences and passwords
Calling all bloggers! – Leadership Day 2014
10 Ways to Defeat Blood Sucking Vampires - Leadership Freak
Blood sucking vampires lurk in the shadows of your organization. If you don't stop them, they'll drain you.
The 8 scariest digital security stories of 2014 (so far)
The 10 most terrifying security nightmares revealed at the Black Hat and Def Con hacker conferences
Why the Security of USB Is Fundamentally Broken
Computer users pass around USB sticks like silicon business cards. Although we know they often carry malware infections, we depend on antivirus scans and the occasional reformatting to keep our thumbdrives from becoming the carrier for the next digital epidemic. But the security problems with USB devices run deeper than you think: Their risk isn’t \[…\]
Feds haven’t reached out about massive password cache – IT firms struggle t
IT firms struggle to fix busted Web padlock — Black Hat’s big idea: U.S. should buy zero days — Beijing says it won’t buy Apple products
So Google scans email for dodgy images - should we be worried about scannin
You could be forgiven for not having heard of John Henry Skillern. The 41 year old is facing charges of possession and promotion of child pornography after Google detected images of child abuse on …
‘Staggering’ data breach of 1.2B usernames and passwords could worsen: Expe
How to recover files from a CryptoLocker attack, without paying!
Boffins have created a free service to help anyone has fallen foul of the notorious CryptoLocker ransomware that encrypts computer files and demands a ransom be paid for the decryption key.
Technology SAMR Model for Administrators Part 4: Classroom Evaluations
Through the SAMR (Substitution, Augmentation, Modification, and Redefinition) model of technology, administrators can bypass the distractions and interruptions that often interfere with classroom evaluations.
New Protection Scheme Makes Weak Passwords Virtually Uncrackable
ownCloud 7.0.0 Private RSA Key Disclosure
Information Security Services, News, Files, Tools, Exploits, Advisories, and Whitepapers
Minilock, a simple but powerful file encryption app
File encryption comes to Chrome and ChromeOS
Terrorists are turning to Android encryption post-Snowden (Wired UK)
Synology users plagued by SynoLocker encryption malware, data at risk
Another Ransomware Menace
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Visit the Wrong Website, and the FBI Could End Up in Your Computer
How to Keep Data Out of Hackers’ Hands
For people worried about identity theft and privacy, the discovery by Hold Security of a giant database of stolen data is highly personal. But there are steps everyone can take to minimize the hackers’ impact.
Sharpen Your Workshop Routines: Setting up the Writer’s Notebook for a Year of Writing
Welcome back, readers! We have returned from our July break refreshed and ready for a new school year of sharing ideas, resources, and teaching practices here at Two Writing Teac…
Research 101: Taking Notes with Evernote
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How Credit Card Skimmers Work, and How to Spot Them
A credit card skimmer is a malicious device criminals attach to a payment terminal---most commonly on ATMs and gas pumps.
Bleep... BitTorrent Unveils Serverless & Encrypted Chat Client
BitTorrent Inc., the company behind the popular file-sharing client uTorrent , unveiled its serverless chat client today. BitTorrent Bleep allows users to communicate via text or voice, fully encrypted and without the need for central servers.
The Editor of Forbes on Grit
If you're not pretty or smart don't worry. Intelligence doesn't determine success.
'Signal' for iOS Lets Users Make Encrypted Voice Calls for Free
Open source software group Open Whisper Systems today released a new encrypted phone app called Signal, which is designed to allow its users to make...