How can he be charged with mishandling of classified documents when he had no expectation of doing so? That is reserved for military, contractors, etc who work with classified information. They have the expectation to protect national security and classified information. Assange is simply a third party journalist who is an Australian/Equdorean citizen.

>18 U.S.C. 1924 says, âoe(a) Whoever, being an officer, employee, contractor, or consultant of the United States, and, by virtue of his office, employment, position, or contract, becomes possessed of documents or materials containing classified information of the United States, knowingly removes such documents or materials without authority and with the intent to retain such documents or materials at an unauthorized location shall beâ¦.â

> ... theft of thousands of data files and credit card numbers ...

This statement is an insult, because this is same ubiquitous credit card file that any want-to-be hacker had downloaded from their local BBS.

Anyway, I still have my signed bumper sticker, read all his books. He inspired me to become the security professional I am today.

Kevin, are finally free.

I believe they are releasing a patch for XP is because it is not specific to XP, but to IE. If there was a fundamental vulnerability within the XP core OS then they wouldn't bother.

No, really, it was my friend. I believe it was a one time only case/example.

To anonymize your writing all you have to do is translate your original text into a second language and then translate the secondary language back into the original language. Any nuance or personalization would be lost in translation.

According to a friend this works for plagiarizing papers.

This is how to get away using Wikipedia in college. Use Wikipedia as the main source/clearing house of information, but then cite the source information in the article and not Wikipedia directly. How easy is that?

The simulation is occurring in a hotel. It is being simulated to test the response of officials. Not to test the response of security professionals. There is a production company who is providing scripts to security professionals. So I am sure the officials will be asking the security professionals for updates or detailed information, which will be scripted. It is like a table read for a television show, (ie Saturday Night Live), where everyone sits around a table and reads the scripts, without actually being on a stage, with make-up, lights, and cameras.

This is both highly illegal and unethical. Illegal in that they accessed the PCs without the owners permission, they sent spam, and changed the settings on the computer.

Unethical even if their motive was not to do criminal intent.

It is like creating a "white worm" to patch servers from an unpatched vulnerability.

Helpdesk is not a dead end. Unless you have a victim mentality. I've worked my way up from the helpdesk at several companies and passed by a lot of the helpless helpdesk victims. Now I work at my dream job doing information security for a large government contractor. Some tips to pass on:

1. Find a company or industry you want to work in, then join their help desk.
2. Find a company with college tuition benefits and who will pay for certifications.
3. Get some certifications towards the area you want to work in.
4. Let them pay for your college and educate yourself into a better job!

Also, general company wisdom. If you have a problem with no solution, you are a troublemaker. If you have a problem with a solution, you are a mover and shaker!