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ISC Infocon 1.1 (Windows)

ISC Infocon monitors the Internet Storm Center ISC Infocon. The purpose of ISC Infocon is best described on the ISC Web site. The intent of the Infocon is to reflect changes in malicious traffic and the possibility of disrupted connectivity. In particular important is the concept of change. Every host...

Tags: Internet Storm Center, Traffic, Microsoft Windows, Worm, Don C. Weber, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Internet, Security

Software downloads 2007-06-14

Worms could dodge Net traps

Worms could dodge Net trapsThe era of open IP is getting closer to an end....time is approaching for authenticated access to IP networks.... too bad the creeps took away this freedom But as a matter of fact it is the idiotic ms windows platform which has made it SO EASY...

Tags: Cyberthreats, NETWORKING, SECURITY, Internet, Microsoft Corp., IP network, IP, worm, Internet Storm Center

Discussion threads 2005-08-04

Additional Resources

News to know: Apple; FCC; Azure; Enterprise 2.0

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. Larry Dignan: Apple: 'Continues to study' Google Voice apps; AT&T: We played no part TechCrunch: The Truth: What's Really...

Tags: FCC, Google Inc., AT&T Corp., Apple Inc., Enterprise 2.0, Federal Government, Government, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-08-24

Microsoft WINS vulnerability under attack

Just one week after Microsoft issued a fix for a worm hole in the Windows Internet Name Service WINS, malicious hackers have started launching attacks against unpatched systems. The attacks, first spotted by the SANS Internet Storm Center, are hitting Microsoft Windows users who have not yet...

Tags: Vulnerability, WINS, Microsoft Corp., Attack, Security, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2009-08-19

Password-reset flaw haunts WordPress admins

Researchers are sounding the alarm for a serious administrator password-reset vulnerability affecting the latest version of WordPress, the popular open-source blog publishing platform. The flaw, which can be exploited via the browser, gives an attacker a trivial way to compromise the admin account of any WordPress of...

Tags: Administrator, Flaw, Wordpress, Security, Open Source, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2009-08-11

BriefingsDirect analysts debate the 'imminent death' of enterprise IT as cloud models ascend

who's going to maintain the workstationsyeah it's a cloud system, but the hardware at the desk still needs to be maintained. Waiting for your 3rd party IT people could waste valuable time in the office.RE: BriefingsDirect analysts debate the 'imminent death' of enterprise IT as cloud models ascendI think...

Tags: Thin clients, cloud computing, thin client, imminent death, enterprise-IT, Briefingsdirect

Discussion threads 2009-08-10

Cloudy day: Google falters; Packets lost in key cities

Updated: Here's how Google's outage unfolded on Thursday...  We're getting various reports via that Google services are down or at least sucking some serious wind. The service appears to be back as of noon-ish EDT in New York City. Google cites a "traffic jam" in Asia for...

Tags: Google Inc., AT&T Corp., Outage, Manufacturing, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-05-14

Our fancy Internet infrastructure operates on a wire and a prayer

Our fancy Internet infrastructure operates on a wire and a prayerYou're missing the pointWe should not permit single point of failure networks to be built. Besides, there's over 80 million miles of fiber in the U.S. alone, and it simply is not possible to monitor all that cable, or...

Tags: Network technology, WikiAnswers, cable, prayer, Internet-infrastructure

Discussion threads 2009-04-10

Fake "Conficker Infection Alert" spam campaign circulating

Researchers at Marshal8e6's TRACElabs have intercepted a spam campaign that's issuing bogus "Conficker Infection Alerts" and redirecting users to rogue security software upon clicking on the links. The event-based social engineering campaign is also impersonating various Microsoft security departments in order to improve its truthfulness. This is...

Tags: Infection, Domain, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Security, Operating Systems, Software, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2009-04-09

One-year-old (unpatched) Windows 'token kidnapping' under attack

Exactly one year after a security researcher notified Microsoft of a serious security vulnerability affecting all supporting version of Windows (including Vista and Windows Server 2008), the issue remains unpatched and now comes word that there are in-the-wild exploits circulating. The vulnerability, called token kidnapping (.pdf), was...

Tags: Attacker, Server, Microsoft Corp., Attack, Microsoft Windows, Security, Operating Systems, Software, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2009-03-16

HTC Touch HD (Unlocked)

Photo gallery:HTC Touch HD unlockedBack in October 2008, we received the unfortunate news (through Twitter, of all things) that HTC would not bring its HTC Touch HD smartphone to the United States. The company wrote "... by the time we could bring Touch HD to the States, it would be...

Tags: Smart phones, Keyboards, Monitors & displays, Cellular phones, Handhelds, High Tech Computer Corp., Touch HD, HTC Touch HD, HTC Touch

Product reviews 2009-03-09

Your guide to SxSW Interactive 2009

During the second week of March each year, there is a mass pilgrimage of geeks from the San Francisco bay area to the heart of Texas. Not for BBQ, not for a sun tan, but for probably the best interactive web conference in the history of the world. ...

Tags: Facebook, Barbecue, Twitter, SXSW, Scott Beale, Andrew Mager

Blog posts 2009-03-08

TurboTax Deluxe 2008 (Federal + State)

Photo gallery:TurboTax versus TaxCut 2008Nobody ever wants to do taxes, especially after a rough financial 2008. But as long as you have to, you'll need a straightforward tax-prep program to help you wade through tricky tax law. TurboTax 2008 continues to produce the most complete and understandable do-it-yourself tax software...

Tags: Taxes, Free trade, Personal finance, TurboTax, TurboTax 2008, tax

Product reviews 2009-02-05

Interwarn 4.1.9 (Windows)

InterWARN is weather warning software for Windows.InterWARN turns your regular internet connection into your own automated personal wire service for National Weather Service watches, warnings and statements including Storm Prediction Center watches and outlooks, and advisories from the National Hurricane Center. InterWARN's completely customizable and interactive interface allows you to...

Tags: InterWARN, Internet, Microsoft Windows, E-mail, Operating Systems, Software, Online Communications

Software downloads 2008-12-17

News to know: Microsoft; Linux failure; Mac clones; Chip shortfalls

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Mary Jo Foley: Does the Windows 7 team have too much Apple envy? Readers weigh in Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Argentinian Mac clone makes an appearance ...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Apple Macintosh, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Chip, Linux, Apple Mac OS X, Operating Systems, Wiki, UNIX, Desktops, Open Source, Network Technology, Software, Apple Mac OS, Online Communications, Hardware, Networking

Blog posts 2008-12-09

Samsung Omnia (Verizon Wireless)

Photo gallery:Samsung OmniaEditors' note: Portions of the Design and Features section were taken from our original review of the unlocked Samsung Omnia, since both models share a number of similarities.Back in late September 2008, we reviewed the unlocked version of the Samsung Omnia and at the time, we didn't know...

Tags: Keyboards, Smart phones, Monitors & displays, Handhelds, Cellular phones, Obviously IT, Verizon Wireless, Samsung OMNIA, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Omnia, touch screen, RIM BlackBerry, full-QWERTY

Product reviews 2008-11-25

Advantages of the iPhone over the Storm

Advantages of the iPhone over the StormMac Connectivity?This is honestly in the article about a Mac based phone and a blackberry, come on. First of all the fact that there are no Mac applications on the blackberry make it a very appealing product. And unless you are using...

Tags: Smart phones, Wireless LANs, Keyboards, Cellular phones, Handhelds, AppStore, Apple iPhone

Discussion threads 2008-11-21

News to know: Dell; Army bans USB drives; Salesforce; Microsoft

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Larry Dignan: Cost cutting pays off for Dell; IT spending, demand 'challenging' Sam Diaz: Salesforce bucks trend for Q3; shares rising. Unsealed court filing: HP's Hurd...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Larry Dignan, Dell Computer Corp., Microsoft Corp., USB Flash Drive, Internet, Open Source

Blog posts 2008-11-21

Hands On: The BlackBerry Storm

First off, a warning: Be very skeptical of any review you read in the next 24 to 48 hours that proclaims to be the definitive word on the Blackberry Storm. While clearly I have my own early impressions, the Storm is so different than any other smartphone...

Tags: Touch Screen, Apple iPhone, Phone, Screen, Network, Verizon Communications Inc., Customer, Video, RIM BlackBerry, Plan, Blackberry Storm, E-mail, Handhelds, Keyboards, Online Communications, Hardware, Peripherals, Josh Taylor

Blog posts 2008-11-19

Rigged PDFs exploiting just-patched Adobe Reader flaw

Just three days after Adobe shipped a patch with fixes for a critical Adobe Reader vulnerability, hackers are using booby-trapped PDF files to fire exploits against Windows users. [ SEE: Heads up: Patch your Adobe Reader now ] The in-the-wild attacks, first spotted by...

Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Adobe PDF, Flaw, Adobe Acrobat Reader, Microsoft Windows, Security, Operating Systems, Software, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2008-11-07