Chief Information Security Officer Kim Cary types away at a large, black iMac in a sun-lit office, pointing at charts and graphs and tables. “It’s an arms race,” Cary said. “When the spammers learn what’s getting blocked by filtering mechanisms, they change the wording [of the emails]. Anywhere between a quarter-of-a-million connections and three-quarters-of-a-million … [Read more...] about Spammers phish online Waves
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No use crying over no 4GLTE
This week, tweets and statuses about the iPhone 5 flooded the Web, decrying a universal craving. It’s official: the iPhone 4S is now far inferior to a phone that hasn’t even been released. The iPhone 4S might as well have turned itself in to the Elusive Dinosaur Collection of Technology at the first sign of its 4G LTE incapability. The question is, how bad do people really … [Read more...] about No use crying over no 4GLTE
U.S. bomb threats heighten EOC awareness
On Friday, the university’s Emergency Operations Committee (EOC) canceled an annual luncheon with volunteer faculty and staff with the Emergency Response Team (ERT). In the wake of the attacks in Libya and Egypt and the bomb threats at various schools in the U.S., members of the ERT were kept in the dark about the strange mobilization of emergency personnel. Some faculty and … [Read more...] about U.S. bomb threats heighten EOC awareness
Malibu media moderates mock debate in Smothers
Dr. Dan Caldwell, distinguished professor of Political Science at Seaver College, and Dr. Robert Kaufman, professor of Public Policy at the School of Public Policy, faced off in a mock presidential debate. Caldwell represented the Obama-Biden position, with Kaufman representing the Romney-Ryan position. The Malibu Democratic Club and Malibu Bel-Air Republican Women Federated … [Read more...] about Malibu media moderates mock debate in Smothers
Law school tackles govt war tactics
The Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies invited two professors to give a presentation on the presidential “kill list” and other aspects of warfare Monday at the law school. Professor Michael W. Lewis of the Ohio Northern University College of Law and Pepperdine Associate Professor of Law Gregory S. McNeal discussed the advantages and disadvantages of … [Read more...] about Law school tackles govt war tactics