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The petition on WhiteHouse.gov titled "Unlock public access to research on software safety through DMCA and CFAA reform" and ...well we talk about it with an attorney and some necessary skepticism

https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/unlock-public-access-research-software-safety-through-dmca-and-cfaa-reform/DHzwhzLD
My take: http://blog.wh1t3rabbit.net/2014/10/to-reform-and-institutionalize-research.html


A Marriott property in Nashville (Gaylord Opryland) will pay $600,000 in an FCC settlement for jamming/blocking guests' personal WiFi hotspots

http://www.fcc.gov/document/marriott-pay-600k-resolve-wifi-blocking-investigation


A Pakistani man has been indicted in Virginia for selling "StealthGenie", an app designed specifically as spyware

http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/pakistani-man-indicted-selling-stealthgenie-spyware-app


The code for the badUSB attack was published and released at DerbyCon - we discuss implications

http://www.wired.com/2014/10/code-published-for-unfixable-usb-attack/


Cedars-Sinai Medical Center loss of data is much worse than they thought, but it's actually worse than that - a teachable moment here-

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-cedars-data-breach-20141002-story.html