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Malware-infected USB drives distributed at security conference: The folks at Australian mega-telco Telstra are wiping eggs from their faces after distributing malware-infected USB drives to attendees at this year's AusCERT security conference. AusCERT's marketing manager Claire Groves confirmed the USB sticks came certified pre-owned thanks Dan Geer and were given out at a tutorial...; Tags: Telstra Corp., AusCERT, Malware, USB Flash Drive, Conference, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Security, Viruses And Worms, Ryan Naraine; Blog posts 2008-05-23

Java flaw poses widespread security threat: Java flaw poses widespread security threatArticle needs more detail...NTI'm sure it's only java on windozejava on Linux is safe because of the security built into the OS.One more reason to switch to Linux.I use NOSCRIPT in firefoxso i can limit the sites which use java...Too late..Vuln affects only JRE 1.5.0_10...; Tags: Programming languages, security, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., job, VMware Inc., Java, applet; Discussion threads 2007-07-13
Schneier on ID theft: I am attending the IT Security Summit 2007 here in Johannesburg this week. It's a busy week for conferences with Interop in Vegas and AusCERT in session in Australia. While smaller than the other two this one is proving very interesting. I originally submitted my cyber crime scenario...; Tags: CyberCrime, Data Security, Trade Shows; Blog posts 2007-05-23
Fatal attraction--browsers and the beguiled: Fatal attraction--browsers and the beguiledSimple - Don't use IEI switched to Mozilla and turn everyone on to it and Netscape. Never go back to IE - it's pure garbage and not worth it.Since Netscape/Mozilla is much more secure and suffers from none of the exploits of IE it's only...; Tags: Web browsers, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Web browser, Microsoft Corp., Mozilla Corp., Netscape Communications Corp.; Discussion threads 2004-04-13