Windows Vista security 'rendered useless' by researchers

SearchSecurity.com reports on some worrisome news coming out of Black Hat 2008 for Microsoft Windows Vista users.

Windows Vista security 'rendered useless' by researchers

See their coverage of Black Hat 2008 at this link

Black Hat Las Vegas 2008: News, podcasts and videos

which incldes an interesting take on security at the major social sites

MySpace, Facebook ignoring basic principles of security

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Caution Advised When Using Social Networking Web Sites for Recruiting, Background Checking

Workforce.com tells us that using sits such as Facebook and MySpace is being used as a tool for recruiters and employers, but it may be a risky one.

Quoting from the article, "By looking at the highly personal sites, employers can inadvertently learn about matters such as candidates’ age, marital status, medical problems and plans to start a family, Lenard says. These topics typically are off limits in job interviews because they can be grounds for discrimination suits if people aren’t hired. Seeing such information on a social networking site conceivably creates the same liability problem..."

Using the sites this way may also be a violation of the terms of use, which typically include a non-commerical use only clause.

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Caution Advised When Using Social Networking Web Sites for Recruiting, Background Checking

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