Props to Comcast and NOT to Congress if they pass either of these.

http://www.securityweek.com/dnssecs-time-here-sopa-presents-...

This bulletin fixes the "Hash Collision Attack Vulnerability" that came into the spotlight on Thursday: http://www.securityweek.com/hash-table-collision-attacks-cou...

Emergency out-of-cycle Patch being issued today by Microsoft:

http://www.securityweek.com/microsoft-issue-emergency-fix-ad...

Yeah, not very new. The idea of "homomorphic encryption" has been around for a while.

http://www.securityweek.com/making-use-sensitive-data-cloud-...

I agree, novelty is not a factor here but the performance is.

No, the FBI did NOT admit to using Carrier IQ data.

http://www.securityweek.com/fbi-carrier-iq-foia-denial-not-p...

One thing that Reuters failed to disclose while it continued to cover the NASDAQ breach, is that it offers a competing product. They finally added the disclosure after being called out and asked to by NASDAQ:

http://www.securityweek.com/reuters-accused-omitting-disclos...

The German government reportedly paid €2M to have the spying malware developed:

http://www.securityweek.com/german-government-paid-€2m-r2d2-...

Justin, dealing with HIPAA can be daunting, especially when it's not your primary function in terms of dealing with security and compliance issues that are constantly changing. There are a few companies that can help ensure your app is HIPAA compliant. There are also hosting providers like Firehost that offer HIPAA compliance ready hosting that may help as well. http://www.firehost.com/secure-hosting/hipaa

I have much respect for Meg Whitman, but she is not an ideal pick for HP. Her experience is with consumer companies -- eBay, P&G, Disney...Especially if HP spins off its PC business, that leaves the company as essentially a pure enterprise hardware/software play. Don't do it HP.

is the Autonomy acquisition finalized yet? it seems like maybe this is a signal that HP will attempt to refocus on its consumer products?

This paper is old. The media went running with numbers that are way outdated - The platform now has over 95,000 servers in 1,900 networks across 71 countries.