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U.S. sold 3,500 fake networking parts: Contractors and subcontractors have ripped off the federal government for about $3.5 million in bogus networking parts, an FBI investigation has revealed. According to Reuters, Operation Cisco Raider revealed some 3,500 fake versions of Cisco equipment were sold to federal agencies. The counterfeit parts moved from companies...; Tags: U.S., Network, FBI, Investigation, Federal Government, Advertising & Promotion, Networking, Government, Marketing, Richard Koman; Blog posts 2008-05-11
Was Heathrow 777 crash caused by poltergeists?: Despite speculation also here and here that the January 17 crash of a BA airplane at Heathrow Airport was caused by defective software, the most recent Air Accidents Investigation Branch AAIB report does not draw this conclusion. Although the investigation has not yet unconvered the cause...; Tags: Software, Investigation, Aircraft, Accident, Analysis, Policies And Procedures, Aerospace & Defense, Tools & Techniques, Human Resources, Manufacturing, Management, Michael Krigsman; Blog posts 2008-03-01
Business First Video Series: Special Investigations in Green: Watch this short video to learn what defines a true green data center. This initial Business First investigation report helps answer these questions -- what is a green data center and why do I need one?; Tags: Data Center, Investigation, Video, IBM Corp., Data Centers, Corporate Communications, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Marketing; Presentations 2007-10-01
Dell restates financials; Says books were cooked: Dell is putting some past accounting issues behind it.Dell said Thursday that it will restate its financial results for the last four years and first quarter of fiscal 2007.The news comes as Dell wraps up a long audit.In a statement, Dell said it found evidence of cooking the books to...; Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Investigation, Adjustment, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2007-08-16
Ghost-Tech Paranormal Investigator (zip): Ghost-Tech P.I. is your free one stop resource for documenting your paranormal investigations. Features: track investigators, track equipment, document locations, document investigations per location, document investigation interviews, picture slide show, picture effects non destructive.; Tags: Investigation, Location, Ghost-Tech P.I.; Software downloads 2006-07-18

PI Professional Investigation Software (zip): The program, PI Professional Investigation Software is a user friendly database for private investigators, skip tracers, or anyone interested in locating information about anyone else. The software allows the user to access numerous investigational web sites to aid in locating a subject and/or assets for the subject. The database also...; Tags: Web, Phone, Investigation, Web Site, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Channel Management, Tools & Techniques, Telecom & Utilities, Databases, Internet, Marketing, Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management; Software downloads 2005-11-15
Testing TCP Westwood+ Over Transatlantic Links at 10 Gigabit/Second Rate: Introduction of 10 Gigabit Routers and 10 Gigabit Ethernet cards makes of great interest the issue of designing and testing new protocols capable of efficient utilization of 10 gigabit Internet paths. This paper reports a first investigation of the performance of Westwood+ TCP over large delay paths at 10 gigabit/second...; Tags: Investigation, TCP, Path, Ethernet, Tcp/Ip, Linux, Network Technology, Internet, Networking, Operating Systems, Software; White papers 2005-01-21
An Investigation of a Compromised Host on a Honeynet Being Used to Increase the Security of a Large Enterprise Network: The growth of network intrusions on large enterprise networks continues to increase, creating an epidemic of compromised hosts. The deployment of firewalls and intrusion detection systems has not slowed the growth of intrusions to an acceptable rate. Investigating the compromise of a production machine is both difficult and time-consuming due...; Tags: Georgia Institute Of Technology, Investigation, Enterprise Network, Network Security, Security, Viruses And Worms, Networking; White papers

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Microsoft joins 'patch DNS now' chant; Apple patch missing: On the heels of the release of weaponized exploit code for the DNS cache poisoning vulnerability, Microsoft has joined the chorus of security pros pleading with DNS server providers to immediately apply patches to protect users from malicious attacks. The Redmond, Wash. security...; Tags: Apple Macintosh, DNS, Vulnerability, Apple Inc., Exploit Code, Microsoft Corp., Attack, Dan Kaminsky, Domain Names, Apple Mac OS X, Networking, Security, Internet, Operating Systems, Software, Apple Mac OS, Ryan Naraine; Blog posts 2008-07-25
Romanian authorities arrest cybercrime suspects: Well, eight days, and a joint effort to help prevent phishing and two major arrests related to identity theft, and I feel like we've made a decent attack on the identity theft culture. Score one for the good guys for once. Just a day after reading...; Tags: Arrest, eBay Inc., Romania, Romanian, Phishing, Identity Theft, Cyberthreats, Spam, Viruses And Worms, Security, Spam And Phishing, Nathan McFeters; Blog posts 2008-07-17
Torvalds attacks IT industry 'security circus': The Linux creator has some harsh words for creators of the OpenBSD operating system, as part of a wider critique of what he sees as self-centered behavior in the IT security industry Linux creator Linus Thorvalds has labeled makers of the OpenBSD operating system a "bunch of masturbating monkeys",...; Tags: Information Technology, Industry, OpenBSD, Bug, Attack, Linux Creator, Torvalds, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Linux, Security, Software, Linus Torvalds, Linux kernel, Liam Tung, ZDNet Australia; News items 2008-07-17
Big Brother Getting Bigger Part 2: United Kingdom: In a move to bring direct competition to the US on who can be the bigger, badder, more blatant Big Brother, the United Kingdom has apparently decided to create a database holding the telephone numbers and email accounts of everyone in Britain. The details of every phone conversation, SMS, and...; Tags: Phone, Mr., Data Communications Bill, Internet, Storage, Databases, Telecom & Utilities, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Nathan McFeters; Blog posts 2008-07-16
Intel faces new antitrust charges in Europe: report: European regulators are preparing to file new antitrust charges against Intel, expanding a probe into the chipmaker's marketing and sales practices, according to a report. European regulators are preparing to file new antitrust charges against Intel, expanding a probe into the chipmaker's marketing and sales practices, The Wall Street...; Tags: Intel Corp., Corporate Law, Semiconductors, Security, Business Operations, Hardware, Reuters, Intel, antitrust, European Commission, AMD, processors; News items 2008-07-16
Airport security part 5: Snakes on planes? Check. Marshalls on planes? Nope.: Update: TSA has commented on the CNN story on their website. From our good friend Dave Lewis from Liquidmatrix Security Digest, and memorable quotes from Samuel L. Jackson, apparently we can draw the conclusion that we have snakes on planes, but not Federal...; Tags: Airport Security, Transportation Security Administration, Dave Lewis, Nathan McFeters; Blog posts 2008-07-14
Jobs, lawyer cleared of criminal charges: Steve Jobs is off the hook for options backdating charges, according to the Wall Street Journal. Not that he was ever really on the hook. More interesting is that former Apple lawyer Nancy Heinen has also been cleared on criminal charges although she still faces civil litigation with the SEC....; Tags: Job, Board, Hook, Lawyer, Apple Inc., Backdating, Corporate Governance, Litigation, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Richard Koman; Blog posts 2008-07-11
Late breaking news: Microsoft investigates reports of Office Word 2002 SP 3 exploited in the wild: From Bill Sisk, security response communications manager for Microsoft: Microsoft Security Advisory (953635) Vulnerability in Microsoft Word Could Allow Remote Code Execution Published: July 8, 2008 Microsoft is investigating new public reports of a possible vulnerability in Microsoft Office Word 2002 Service Pack 3....; Tags: Attacker, Vulnerability, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Word, Word Processors, Microsoft Office, Security, Office Suites, Software, Nathan McFeters; Blog posts 2008-07-08
Google trying to take privacy seriously: Google trying to take privacy seriouslyRE: Google trying to take privacy seriouslyThe whole thing is a legal can of worms which I did not see American judges opening. I hope this will be overturned for it has very serious implications all over the world.While the state may potentially be the...; Tags: SECURITY, Google Inc., privacy; Discussion threads 2008-07-05
What works, what doesn't: What works, what doesn'tYou forgot an important pointThat is, once any software base finally stabilizes, force an upgrade to a new super shiny alpha implementation down everybody's throats. This is called the bullsiht baffles brains scenario.Rough figures that I've come across are that 80% of people aren't really capable of...; Tags: Cellular phones, Telecom & Utilities, Asterisk PBX, cell phone, phone; Discussion threads 2008-06-24
Stanford University data breach leaks sensitive information of approximately 62,000 employees: A data breach resulting from a stolen laptop has leaked sensitive information including Social Security Numbers of approximately 62,000 as reported by Stanford University former and current Standford University employees. The Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, a site devoted to the collection of data breach information, reports this number as 72,000, and I'm...; Tags: Sensitive Information, Stanford University, Data, Information, Stanford, Laptop Computer, Kroll, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Nathan McFeters; Blog posts 2008-06-23
Mozilla confirms Firefox 3.0 flaw, says risk minimal: Mozilla security chief Window Snyder left has confirmed the existence of a serious code execution vulnerability in the brand-new Firefox 3.0 browser. Snyder's confirmation follows a public warning by TippingPoint's ZDI Zero Day Initiative that the flaw could lead to PC takeover hijacks if a user simply...; Tags: Mozilla Firefox 3.0, Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Corp., TippingPoint Technologies, Flaw, Snyder, Web Browsers, Internet, Ryan Naraine; Blog posts 2008-06-19