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- Researchers demo BIOS attack that survives hard-disk wipe
- Researchers demo BIOS attack that survives hard-disk wipeI wonder if EFI can be infected?This sounds like a pretty nasty problemlet's hope antivirus vendors find a way to defend bios.RE: Researchers demo BIOS attack that survives hard-disk wipeThe BIOS can be flasheddoes that fix it?Abut Linux is secureThey could not infect...
- Tags: BIOS, BIOS attack, hard drive, attack
- Discussion threads 2009-03-23
- Software and business method patents take a hit
- Software and business method patents take a hitIf you want to see technology take off...completely do away with patents and copyrights. Once you free new technology to be improved by all and not just its owner, technology will finally reach its potential.Good news for technology consultantsThe biggest winners from...
- Tags: Patent Reform, software, patent
- Discussion threads 2008-11-01
- Local root escalation vulnerability in Mac OS X 10.4 and 10.5 discovered
- Local root escalation vulnerability in Mac OS X 10.4 and 10.5 discoveredSurprise surpriseSo many of these, they are dime a dozen for all the operating system out there. Just do a little digging on the IRC channels if you want to see for yourself.RE: Local root escalation vulnerability in Mac...
- Tags: Desktops, Operating systems, UNIX, System 9, Apple Macintosh, X-WINDOWS, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Mac OS, Apple Mac OS X 10.4
- Discussion threads 2008-06-19
- Macs and iPhones: Reporting for duty
- Macs and iPhones: Reporting for dutyi agreeI mean Macs are more secure. If I was in the army I would expect only Apple or Linux.OsX is Apple's Killer AdvantageI've written in comments before that the iPhone's great advantage is OsX a modified version which runs the iPhone.A few months ago...
- Tags: SECURITY, Apple Macintosh, OSx, Apple iPhone, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-06-12
- Servers need TLC, too, right?
- Servers need TLC, too, right?Open Source AlternativeFor those interested, you will be able to save ALOT of time by using the Open Source project from www.amahi.orgIt automatically setups a server for use in the home likewise it can be used in an office or school environment, and delivers all the...
- Tags: Servers, server
- Discussion threads 2008-06-03
- Critical flaw in Cisco Security Agent for Windows
- Switching and networking vendor Cisco is warning of a critical vulnerability affecting the Cisco Security Agent for Microsoft Windows. The flaw, which carries a CVSS rating of 10.0 the highest possible severity score, can be exploited remotely and causes corruption of kernel memory, which leads to...
- Tags: Agent, Microsoft Windows, TCP, Cisco Systems Inc., Flaw, Real Estate, Tcp/Ip, Business Operations, Networking, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2007-12-06
- V-Kernel Capacity and Chargeback Virtual Appliance
- The folks from V-Kernel contacted me and asked if I was interested in learning more about their product. I, of course, said yes. I know, it's a disease. I can't help myself. I'm really interested in learning more about virtualization technology. Quick rundown of V-Kernel ...
- Tags: Appliance, Chargeback, V-Kernel Here, Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Change Management, Hardware, Storage, Tools & Techniques, Management, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2007-11-21
- The open source start-up dream still lives at Nagios
- The open source start-up dream still lives at NagiosDana, what is the best way to comercialize an open source project? I thinkthe answer will be in the size and type of project.But, in many cases, we have a non-profit group running the project, and it is commercialized by other for-profit...
- Tags: Nagios, MySQL, open source, open-source start-up
- Discussion threads 2007-11-18
- Leopard Poll 2: Thumbs up or down?
- Leopard Poll 2: Thumbs up or down?I'm running itI bought a family pack and have had almost no problems with the install. (had a weird issue with having my iPod connected during the install - caused an iTunes kernel panic)Now that it's up and running, I like it.voting actually have...
- Tags: Desktops, Leopard
- Discussion threads 2007-10-29
- Technology Shakedown: McAfee's A/V software runs amok on Windows Vista's tray
- Technology Shakedown: McAfee's A/V software runs amok on Windows Vista's trayGiven your previous problems with this kit...... you might be best re-installing with different software (like a different A/V) and whilst I don't approve of the Linux idiots around here (Move to Linux! Move to Linux! (repeat [i]ad nauseum[/i])) I'm...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, A/V, McAfee Inc., Microsoft Windows Vista, AVG, McAffe, software
- Discussion threads 2007-07-30
- MS Patch Tuesday: Vista dinged again
- The carefully crafted image of Windows Vista as the most secure operating system of all time is beginning to take a beating.For the second time this month, Microsoft has shipped a security bulletin with patches for a "critical" Vista vulnerability that puts millions of users at risk of code execution...
- Tags: Zero-day attacks, Windows Vista, Vulnerability research, Spyware and Adware, Rootkits, Microsoft, Metasploit, Exploit code, Viruses and Worms, Spam and Phishing, Responsible disclosure, Pen testing, Patch Watch, Hackers, Data theft, Browsers, Botnets
- Blog posts 2007-04-10
- Worm spreads through Symantec AV hole
- Worm spreads through Symantec AV holeSo.... I need to hurry up with that ReviewI have talked to a few people that are more at what we would call average users. They get on the computer, they surf, they email. After telling them about AV Gateways and how...
- Tags: Desktops, Cyberthreats, SECURITY, Zone Labs Inc., PC, Symantec Corp.
- Discussion threads 2006-11-28
- How many ways can you block malware?
- We all know and love to hate signature based blocking of malware but there are lots of other ways to tackle the problem of viruses, worms, and Trojans. Cisco Security Agent and Sana Security use a learning process and then block system calls that are outside the norm....
- Tags: Ken
- Blog posts 2006-10-27
- Who's afraid of identity?
- Solaris 10 contains two enormously significant new, user accessible, technologies: dTrace and ZFS. Both of these throw out years of accumulated work-arounds to deliver simple, elegant, solutions that fit right into the best Unix design tradition of doing one thing, and doing it extremely well. Identity management needs a...
- Tags: security
- Blog posts 2006-10-24
- Traditional development and open source
- "Everyone knows" what the only right way to do serious development is: start with a budget, then develop a formal set of requirements, write a specification, and ultimately progress to coding and testing as a kind of late stage after-thought. Duh. Except that essentially none of the worlds most technically...
- Tags: specification, Consider Linux, open source
- Blog posts 2006-10-10
- Interview with Mike Melanson, lead engineer on the Linux Flash Player team
- Mike Melanson, the lead engineer on Adobe's Flash Player team, and one of the talented people behind the Linux Flash Player agreed to do an email interview with me about Linux and Flash. You can keep up to date on development for the Linux player over on the teams blog...
- Tags: Linux
- Blog posts 2006-08-29
- Security and the Linux process
- Security and the Linux processApplying patches in Linux is nightmareAnyone who worked with Linux will know installing and patching Linux software is nightmare. In this department, Windows looks far better designed.I stopped patching and upgrading my Linux. There are far too many dependencies and you have compile so many things...
- Tags: UNIX, Patches, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, SuSE, security, Linux, patch management, service pack
- Discussion threads 2005-05-19
- IE slide: a blip or a bomb?
- IE slide: a blip or a bomb?lets hopeits a sign of things to come. two good things come of that:1) more people on a better browser, encouraging and enabling mozilla to keep up the good work2) more people on a better browser, forcing microsoft to finally get off their...
- Tags: Web browsers, Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2, market share number, Internet stat, Tabbed Browsing, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Web browser
- Discussion threads 2004-07-13
- IBM opens up high-end Windows options
- IBM opens up high-end Windows optionsWhat will this do for sales of high-end Windows?Also interesting that it's IBM vouching for Microsoft.And that Microsoft is getting up the datatcenter chain faster than Linux, so far at least.Being in business to make money isn't a bad thing.Message has been deleted.High end ....at...
- Tags: Data centers, Operating systems, UNIX, Storage, OPEN SOURCE, Microsoft SQL Server, Lindoze, Microsoft Windows, Linux, data center, IBM Corp., Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2004-06-04
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