It is Thanksgiving Day week in the U.S. and that means a couple of days off. I decided to tack on an extra day and won't be working tomorrow either. Yay! Five days off in a row.
Anywho, I will also be taking those days off from the Interesting Bits posts so this one will have to tide you over until Monday 
Here are today's Interesting Information Security Bits from around the web.
- 10 things to think about not doing when on Facebook. This list will keep you safer.
Errata Security: 10 Facebook Don'ts
Tags: ( facebook ) - Is your iPhone infected with the Duh worm? Paul tells us how to clean it up.
How to clean up the Duh iPhone worm | Paul Ducklin's blog
Tags: ( iphone worm ) - Russel is looking for some collaborators on an research project he is working on. It looks to be very interesting. From his post: "The topic is the arms race between attackers and defenders from the perspective of innovation rates and "evolutionary success" - the Red Queen problem (running just to stand still). Here's a sample research question: "can bureaucracies (defenders) keep up with a decentralized black market (attackers)?", and similar." Read the rest of the post and drop him a line if you are interested.
Information Security as an Evolutionary Arms Race - Research Collaborators Wanted << The New School of Information Security
Tags: ( research ) - Shrdlu once again has penned an article that you should go read. Metrics are great, but they have to mean something.
The meaning of metrics
Tags: ( metrics risk ) - There is 0-day out there for IE 6 and IE 7. Microsoft's recommendation in some cases is to upgrade to IE 8. Um, oops.
Major IE8 flaw makes 'safe' sites unsafe
Tags: ( ie vulnerabilities ) - An interesting post that explores a conundrum that some organizations face when trying to comply with PCI. What happens when some of what I do requires me to be out of compliance with PCI-DSS?
Branden Williams's Security Convergence Blog >> Multi-Function Service Providers, What To Do?
Tags: ( pci ) - From the post: "We have uploaded the audio recording of select talks from the Ohio Information Security Summit that took place October 29-30, 2009 in Cleveland, Ohio." Looks like some good stuff is available. Check out the post for the details.
Security Justice >> Blog Archive >> Select Talks from ISS2009 Now Available for Download
Tags: ( audo conferences talks ) - A new tool is available that shows some interesting things about the internet.
Room362.com - Blog - SHODAN The Computer Search
Tags: ( tools )
That's it for today. Have fun!
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Kevin
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