But apps written to the protocol can be vulnerable to denial-of-service, session hijacking, and man-in-the middle attacks over the Internet, as well as an attacker actually able to "watch" the transactions, says David Goldsmith, CEO of Matasano Security, who will present the firm's new research on FIX at the upcoming Black Hat USA briefings later this month.

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Last week, Microsoft added a full-session security option to Hotmail, its e-mail service.

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It's a busy morning on Wednesday on the committee corridor, with the Science and Technology Committee (at 9.15am) holding a follow-up session on forensic science follow-up, with witnesses from the Crown Prosecution Service, the Criminal Bar Association and the Law Society.

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The Four Seasons Resort Bora Bora is planning to unveil a "Romance" room-service menu in August that will feature a couples' photo session.

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The idea for Bagram Batman emerged from a brainstorming session in the bullpen, the small office where military broadcast journalists think up ideas for public-service announcements.

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European stocks closed slightly lower in a choppy session marked by mixed economic data and after Moody's Investors Service downgraded a number of European sovereign-debt ratings, including Spain, Italy and Portugal, and cut its outlook on triple-A-rated France, the U.K. and Austria.

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According to a report on contingent elections by the Congressional Research Service, the procedures undertaken for that 1825 vote -- the House met in closed session without reporters, for instance, and voted anonymously by paper ballot -- would be "precedential, but not binding" for similar elections in the future.

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Earlier in the session, Alex Salmond and Sir John Elvidge, Scotland's top civil servant, gave evidence into civil service co-operation and communication.

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