The bug known as Heartbleed illustrates that the Internet is still in its youth, and vulnerable to all sorts of unseen dangers, including simple human error.
April 9, 2014
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9:03 PM
Technological advancements such as direct deposit, ATMs and cell phone apps have changed the way people bank. A recent news report found that 50% of the population had not visited a bank branch in...
April 9, 2014
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Erle Ellis, geography and information systems, recently discussed how humans are changing the planet with Wisconsin Public Radio and Die Zeit. Ellis explains the idea of the Anthropocene, a term...
April 9, 2014
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8:18 PM
Who's going to be there?
This Saturday there is a New Student Fair from 8:00am to 11:15am in the RAC. Anyone interested please send me an email or a text so I know to make sure you're at our table and so I can make sure...
April 9, 2014
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8:18 PM
Lee Hawthorne Calizo, Director of Student Life, was recognized at the American College Personnel Association’s National Conference in Indianapolis in this years class of Diamond Honorees. Lee...
April 9, 2014
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8:14 PM
Issue potentially affects "https" web sites using Open SSL
A major security vulnerability named Heartbleed was disclosed Monday night. The vulnerability affects a large portion of websites on the Internet, and here at UMBC, that use the "https:" protocol...
April 9, 2014
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The chief technology officer of Elastica, a cloud security firm, helped explain the flaw in relation to open-source software and development.
April 9, 2014
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6:46 PM
Having tackled Web-based file storage and e-mail, Dropbox is going after photos with the new Carousel app.
April 9, 2014
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6:45 PM
On Sunday, April 6, 2014, UMBC Chess took second place in the President’s Cup, also known as the Final Four of College Chess. UMBC has won the President’s Cup a record six times, and this year...
April 9, 2014
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6:38 PM
Home automation systems and networking equipment vulnerable to a major encryption flaw are unlikely to be fixed. A security bug uncovered this week affects an estimated two-thirds of websites and...
April 9, 2014
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