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Bagle virus makes a return

Bagle virus makes a returnExtra! Extra!!!!Hate to break the news, Baby, but Bagle never left. It's been hammering my filters nonstop from the beginning, and the filter log every month shows hundreds of the suckers heading off to that Big Bagle Oven in /dev/null.Stop making excusesOK, enough is...

Tags: Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, Spyware, adware & malware, virus, heuristics, Bagle virus, flaw rate, antivirus, software

Discussion threads 2005-01-27

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News to know: Cisco; Azure; Smartphones; Twitter lists; Facebook; Skype; Twitter device

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage.: Sam Diaz: Cisco unveils collaboration, e-mail and social tools for the enterprise Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft puts more...

Tags: Google Inc., Facebook, Twitter Inc., Dana Blankenhorn, Skype Technologies S.A., Cisco Systems Inc., Smartphone, Sam Diaz, E-mail, Web Browsers, Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Online Communications, Internet, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware

Blog posts 2009-11-09

VholdR ContourHD wearable camcorder

The ContourHD is a tube-style camcorder designed to be worn as a helmet camera for recording extreme activities. The ContourHD features an attractive design, but a limited feature set. Unlike the competition, it doesn't feature a still photography mode or a viewfinder, optical or digital. But what the Contour...

Tags: Corporate communications, Engineering, camcorder, Video Resolution, Recording Video, Recharging, ContourHD

Product reviews 2009-09-28

Snow Leopard might crash your apps

This just has to be a Microsoft plot.LOL...LOL. :DRE: Snow Leopard might crash your appsNonsense, the latest mac hunter ad said we didn't have to worry about that and that a mac just works. Are you calling them liars?How did Apple phrase it in their commercials?That sure sounds like [i]a...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Linux, PRODUCTIVITY, Desktops, Operating systems, OS X., Snow Leopard, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-08-26

Secunia: Average insecure program per PC rate remains high

Secunia: Average insecure program per PC rate remains highGeneralizations are always bad ;)I see Secunia quoted as saying "Failing to do so is playing Russian Roulette with your IT security ? it is only a question about time ? and luck ? when your system will be compromised."Yes, patching is...

Tags: Linux, Web browsers, Operating systems, PC, Secunia PSI, Secunia, insecure program

Discussion threads 2009-06-25

News to know: Nokia; Salesforce; Mozilla; Google; Facebook

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Sam Diaz: Salesforce opens Sites; offers free version to help push cloud adoption Dion Hinchcliffe: Cloud computing and open source face-off...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Google Inc., Facebook, Larry Dignan, Nokia Corp., Flaw, Palm Inc., Mozilla Corp., Keyboards, Cloud Computing, Hardware, Peripherals

Blog posts 2009-06-15

Windows 7 UAC flaw: "Pandora's box of all vulnerabilities"

The UAC flaw, a serious issue bubbling away underneath the surface of Microsoft's next operating system, has been described as the "Pandora's box of security vulnerabilities". But what is it exactly? Where did it all start from, what is the vulnerability and where do we go from here? Hopefully this...

Tags: Standard User, Microsoft Windows 7, Flaw, Vulnerability, Malware, UAC, Microsoft Windows, Security, Operating Systems, Software, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2009-06-12

Spammers harvesting emails from Twitter - in real time

Spammers harvesting emails from Twitter - in real timePeople still get spam??I think Gmail has made spam irrelevant, but let's test it and see.brett@brettschulte.comhttp://twitter.com/brettschulte/status/1789431680Fools plaster private data on a public domain PERIOD!Only a fool puts private data, pictures on a public domain for the world to see and manipulate ANYWAY...

Tags: spammer, e-mail, Twitter, spam

Discussion threads 2009-05-13

Conficker's estimated economic cost? $9.1 billion

In a recent blog post, the Cyber Secure Institute claims that based on their previous studies into the average cost of such malware attacks, the economic loss due to the Conficker worm could be as high as $9.1 billion. Despite that their analysis also considered a much...

Tags: Cost, Infection, Malware, Worm, Conficker, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2009-04-23

Samsung SyncMaster P2370

Like the Dell Crystal, the $299 Samsung SyncMaster P2370 would look perfect in any contemporary art gallery. Unlike with Dell however, Samsung doesn't require you take out a second mortgage to pay for style. If you're looking for a low-price 23-24-incher with very good performance that does not skimp...

Tags: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., bezel, display, Samsung SyncMaster P2370, monitor, Samsung SyncMaster, OSD, Dell Computer Corp., footstand

Product reviews 2009-04-20

Twitter hit by multiple variants of XSS worm

During the weekend and early Monday, at least four separate variants of the original StalkDaily.com XSS worm hit the popular micro-blogging site Twitter,  automatically hijacking accounts and advertising the author's web site by posting tweets on behalf of the account holders, by exploiting cross site scripting flaws at the site....

Tags: Flaw, XSS, Worm, Twitter, www.StalkDaily.com, Mikeyy XSS, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2009-04-14

Even large institutions not immune to Conficker

Even large institutions not immune to ConfickerWindows Software Update Service and NAPWSUS is what larger corporations, enterprises and larger institutions use to ensure stability of their platform.It basically lets the administrator decide which patches to apply when. He can also set up policies so that different patches are applied to...

Tags: Patches, Operating systems, Network Access Protection, ONE-Way, patch management, large institution, network, administrator

Discussion threads 2009-04-13

Inside Microsoft's February patch batch

Guest post by Eric Schultze It's a seemingly light batch of patches this month, trailing an even lighter, single patch release in January.  Two critical items were released -- including patches for Internet Explorer 7 and Microsoft Exchange Server.  Additionally, two "important" items...

Tags: Microsoft Visio, Attacker, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Exchange Server, Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, Patch Management, Microsoft Corp., MS09-002, MS09-003, MS09-004, MS09-005, Patches, Servers, Security, Databases, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2009-02-11

Report: 92% of critical Microsoft vulnerabilities mitigated by Least Privilege accounts

Report: 92% of critical Microsoft vulnerabilities mitigated by Least Privilege accountsRe:using pirated windowsThere is no reason that pirated versions of windows should be more vulnerable than genuine ones, this statistic only shows the lack of knowledge and common sense that the people using pirated windows have, since they don't seem...

Tags: Least Privilege account, standard user, Least Privilege, UAC, critical Microsoft vulnerability, Microsoft Vulnerabilities, standard User Account, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-02-10

Sony Alpha DSLR-A900 (body only)

Photo gallery:Sony Alpha DSLR-A900Sony makes a point of not calling this a "professional" camera, instead referring to it as the "flagship" model of its dSLR line. However, it's priced like a pro model, and its full-frame competitors--the Nikon D700 and the Canon EOS 5D Mark II--are widely, though not exclusively,...

Tags: A900, Sony Corp., camera

Product reviews 2009-01-20

The IT theme for 2009: simplify

The IT theme for 2009: simplifyWhat's your outlook for the cloud Murph?With the dismal economic prospects, does not the cloud factor in as a means of controlling cost and simplifying? Yes?I am a registered AWS provider.Thanks Murph.Dietrich T. Schmitz[url=http://www.dtschmitz.com/dts/blog/]Linux IT Consultant[/url]Mildly Surprisedhow much I relate to this post. e.g.:"and prayed...

Tags: Storage area networks (SAN), Storage, UNIX, Operating systems, SAN, Sun Solaris, information technology

Discussion threads 2009-01-10

Microsoft's incredible IE patch turnaround

Guest post by Eric Schultze Microsoft's latest Internet Explorer out-of-band patch release needs to be installed right away.  The number of infected websites is growing at an alarming rate -- even people visiting legitimate websites are getting hacked with this exploit. Patch it now...

Tags: Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., Web Browsers, Patches, Security, Internet, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2008-12-17

Apple's touch ecosystem taking off (and it may be more than fun and games)

Apple's touch ecosystem taking off and it may be more than fun and gamesCharts and report data have a flaw in sector definition of Touch EcosystemI see that report data for the Education sector is not in a Top rank. Your source may forget about the existing Educational Touch...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Game players, Operating systems, Monitors & displays, Apple Inc., Microsoft Windows Mobile, Apple iPhone, phone, game

Discussion threads 2008-12-08

With 256-bit encryption, Acrobat 9 passwords still easy to crack

Following ElcomSoft's claim that despite the 256-bit encryption Acrobat 9 passwords are susceptible to more efficient brute forcing than Acrobat 8 passwords -- a claim that Adobe confirmed citing usability trade-offs and urged users to take advantage of its improved passphrase mechanisms -- ElcomSoft's Dmitry Sklyarov and Vladimir Katalov provide...

Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Password, Adobe Acrobat, Encryption, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2008-12-04

Bullish Cross: Apple is an undervalued stock prize

Bullish Cross: Apple is an undervalued stock prizeuh... math skillz.8.23% of the internet using market has any mac.5.80 have intel2.43 have ppcit ain't half :Pheck its less than a third(29.5%)What absolute garbage...'objective' view?What absolute garbage, the only company which is “radically undervalued [company] in the tech sector on an objective...

Tags: Investment, Financial accounting, Much More Important, Apple Inc., stock, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-10-30