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How Browser Exploits Lead to Web 2.0 Hacking

Gone are the days when URL Filtering took care of all the issues that arise from a company's Internet bound traffic. With Web 2.0, dynamic and user-generated content is becoming the norm and hackers are using browser exploits to create backdoors. Every employee launching an Internet browser can open a...

Tags: Web, Back Door, Web Browser, Zscaler, Web 2.0, Web Browsers, Phishing, Internet, Security, Spam And Phishing

Webcasts 2009-01-01

Router Backdoors: Hacked by Chinese Part 2?

We all remember code red, right? Come on, you know you were hit with it..., ok, here's an image just in case you forgot: PCPro News out of the UK has written a story that I classify as xenophobic and unfair. PCPro spoke with the...

Tags: Router, Back Door, SecureTest, Routers & Switches, Network Technology, Networking, Nathan McFeters

Blog posts 2008-03-06

Perfect process 1.1 (Windows)

A Shield that Protects your computer from spyware, adware, trojans, backdoors, and other pests in real time. Scan Your network from a central point in your network Kill Spyware & backdoors on remote hosts. Scan local hardisk and Memory. Protects Your Startup form spyware & backdoors: Get rid of all...

Tags: Back Door, Microsoft Windows, VelociWare, Spyware, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security

Software downloads 2007-01-15

Placing Backdoors Through Firewalls

This paper describes possible backdoors through different firewall architectures. However, the material can also be applied to other environments to describe how hackers (you?) cover their access to a system. Hackers often want to retain access to systems they have penetrated even in the face of obstacles such as new...

Tags: Back Door, Hacker, Firewalls, Network Security, Security, Hacking, Networking

White papers 2006-12-20

Additional Resources

HTC Droid Eris (Verizon Wireless)

Editors' note: Portions of this review were taken from our review of the HTC Hero. The two devices share similar features. The HTC Droid Eris is the second Verizon Wireless' Google Android phone after the Motorola Droid. Where the Droid was flashy and high-end, the Droid Eris offers a simpler,...

Tags: Keyboards, Telecom & Utilities, Smart phones, Verizon Wireless, DROID ERIS, High Tech Computer Corp., phone, HTC Droid Eris

Product reviews 2009-11-06

2010 BMW X5 M

Photo gallery:BMW X5 MMost cars sporting BMW's vaunted M badge maintain a dual character: Clark Kent for everyday commutes and Superman for track days and weekend jaunts. But the all new 2010 BMW X5 M is more like Dr. Bruce Banner--it can never really hide the Hulk lying beneath the...

Tags: BMW AG, BMW X5, car

Product reviews 2009-11-05

Droid Preview: iPhone's first real competition has arrived

The MicroSD card is not only expandableIt is hot-swappable. So basically your storage is only limited to how many cards you can afford.Competition is GREAT!I am glad Android is taking off, the future is Linux driven devices/appliances.To the naysayers that Linux distro devices/appliances are a 'niche' I guess Google is...

Tags: Smart phones, Apple iPhone, Droid Preview, phone, card

Discussion threads 2009-11-05

(Philips Tapster--photos)

more information please ...The following introductory statement is lacking the beef: [i]"... the product will never set foot on a retail shelf."[/i]WHY will it never appear on the retail shelf?What is it, and why should I want it?Even cycling through the photographs, each with a little info about...

Tags: Philips Electronics N.V., Philips Tapster, photograph

Discussion threads 2009-11-03

Making a foundation a real solution to the mySQL mess

Sounds good. Too good?This sounds like a great solution to a problem that is probably costing Oracle, destroying what little credibility Sun has as a brand, while ensuring that every website on the planet virtually retains access to a free, secure and efficient database. If we don't do something, the...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Databases, Dana, MySQL, Oracle Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-10-30

With BlackBerry Storm2, RIM wins the battle but loses the smartphone war [review]

physical keyboards vs touch screensYour rant against physical keyboards was uncalled for and inaccurate. At this time, no "touch" phone exists that could capture the accuracy and speed of a physical keyboard. If you do a lot of emails, txt, or document processing, you will concede this point....

Tags: Keyboards, Monitors & displays, Smart phones, Handhelds, Research In Motion Ltd., keyboard, touch screen, RIM BlackBerry, physical keyboard, Apple iPhone, smart phone

Discussion threads 2009-10-28

Accelerating Business Performance: San Francisco & Frankfurt Enterprise 2.0 Conferences

Next week sees the inaugural West Coast iteration of the Enterprise 2.0 conference, which is also an annual June event in Boston on the east coast. Sameer Patel and I will be running a track throughout the event which is focused on Selling the Case for...

Tags: Performance, Use Case, Enterprise 2.0, Conference, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-10-26

HP Pavilion Elite m9515y

Buyer beware: Product Failed, Support Failed.This product was sold as a multimedia center and a type of DVR replacement. It has completely failed to function in that role. From day one core functions like, recording tv programs, playback of previously viewed programs, and burning Video DVD's from the...

Tags: Consumer electronics, TV & Home Theater, Video Error, Hewlett-Packard Co., HP Pavilion, DVD

Discussion threads 2009-10-23

Samsung Intrepid (Sprint)

The Samsung Intrepid made its debut at CTIA Fall 2009 as Sprint's first Windows Mobile 6.5 smartphone. Admittedly, we weren't particularly impressed by the handset's drab and slightly plasticky design when we saw it at the show but now that we've had some time to get to know the device,...

Tags: Keyboards, Monitors & displays, Handhelds, Sprint Communications, Samsung Intrepid, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., touch screen

Product reviews 2009-10-22

Windows 7 killer deals commence; 7 days of PC specials, $30 OS upgrade

That Best Buy deal ain't bad at all......stop Geek Squad at the door take the merchandise pop in the Ubuntu CD's and I'm ready to go. Thanks Win 7 for the cheap hardware.Apple should be offering deals now, tooJust to steal some thunder from the Win 7 (vista 2.0) over-hype.Fanboi...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Media Center PCs, Operating systems, PC, operating system, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, Snow Leopard, Media Center PC

Discussion threads 2009-10-22

Carry on blues and the blame game

7mgte is right(sorry, I can't reply to a posting, just the story)It's not like the airline saves any money on fuel if you carry it on, vs. check it. It still has to lug the weight around.Just Wait for the Other Shoe Charge to DropJust wait until the airlines "solve"...

Tags: ATM, Financial services, game

Discussion threads 2009-10-22

HTC Tilt 2 (AT&T)

Editors' note: Portions of the Features section were taken from our review of the HTC Pure since the two smartphones share a number of same features.After waiting in the wings, AT&T's business customers are finally getting their turn with the HTC Touch Pro2. Dubbed the HTC Tilt 2 (and obviously...

Tags: Keyboards, Smart phones, Handhelds, Cellular phones, High Tech Computer Corp., smart phone, AT&T Corp., Tilt2

Product reviews 2009-10-20

B&N's Nook e-reader: Weirdly unrevolutionary

In addition to this posting, please visit this clarifications posting to get the whole picture. It would be nice to say, as Matt Miller has, that the e-book and e-reader market was revolutionized today. It simply got more interesting. A careful reading of the $259 Nook's...

Tags: E-reader, Device, E-book, Amazon Kindle, Barnes & Noble Inc., Wireless, B&N, Nook, Cover-flow, Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, Wireless And Mobility, Mitch Ratcliffe

Blog posts 2009-10-20

Looking beyond Windows 7 and Office; Pondering the alternatives

Gartner is telling customers to upgrade to Windows 7 and the latest Office, but adds that it may make sense to at least ponder the alternatives and move toward a more operating system neutral stance. In a talk at the Gartner IT Symposium in Orlando, Gartner analyst...

Tags: Operating System, Gartner Inc., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., OpenOffice.org, Michael Silver, OpenOffice, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Office, Operating Systems, Office Suites, Software, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-10-20

SCO story ends with a whimper

William Shakespear should have expanded on his "first ... the lawyers" bit!It is hard to feel sorry for people who go crying all the way to the bank!BAH-HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!Good riddance.Someone remind meThis turned out exactly how Bitty/No Ax predicted, right?: o )SCO Xenix & UnixRather sad that their expertise at delivering...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, UNIX, Operating systems, SCO Group Inc., BSD, Linux, IBM Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-10-19

Testers to get Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2 this week; final by March 2010

Side-by-side installationYou said "Also unlike its predecessors, .Net 4 can be installed side-by-side with the previously released .Net 3.5"Notwithstanding the fact that .Net 4's predecessors actually was .Net 3.5, haven't all previous versions of .Net featured side-by-side installation?translations....[i]Microsoft is touting .Net 4 as being 81 percent smaller than its predecessors,...

Tags: .NET, Application servers, Middleware, Microsoft Visual Studio, Microsoft .NET

Discussion threads 2009-10-19