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Petraeus tripped up by trust in supposedly anonymous email account

by Lisa Vaas on November 14, 2012 | 8 Comments
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The US's top spy guy, who resigned abruptly on Friday, conducted a romantic affair behind the thin sheet of a pseudonymous email account. It's a good reminder to us all that email headers often spill the beans, revealing IP addresses that lead to our webmail hosts and geolocation. It's a short hop from there to our identities.

Social media, the ultimate career-squasher

by Lisa Vaas on January 16, 2012 | 10 Comments
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A new survey finds that 56% are likely to check out the social media profiles of potential employees.

If you want to avoid limiting your career progression, it might be time to clean-up your social networking accounts.

Election-day cyber attack scandal rocks South Korea's ruling party

by Lisa Vaas on December 8, 2011 | 3 Comments
Election-day cyber attack scandal rocks South Korea's ruling party

Did governing politicians in South Korea approve an election-day cyber attack?

Three of South Korea's top seven leaders quit their posts over DDoS scandal.