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- New VoIP-powered ooVoo 1.5 offers two hours of free calling, lots of other features
- Laptop Magazine's Joanna Stern writes me to enthuse about the newest version of VoIP-delivered ooVoo's 6-way video calling service. A freely downloadable new edition has just been released, which offers calling to landline and mobile phones as well. If you download...
- Tags: VoIP, Phone, Mobile, Call, Landline Phone, Laptop Magazine, Joanna, Advertising & Promotion, Telecom & Utilities, Marketing, Russell Shaw
- Blog posts 2008-02-07
- Rutkowska faces '100ò0undetectable malware' challenge
- Rutkowska faces '100ò0undetectable malware' challengeOh what would I do...She is given a choice between two identical laptops. After reading some of her research, the best way to tell would be to check the latency of the laptops and see which one lags more. I think that if anyone...
- Tags: Rootkits, PRODUCTIVITY, SECURITY, malware, JoAnna, Blue Pill, Red Pill, pill
- Discussion threads 2007-06-28
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- AOL Bebo-tizes its social properties; Forms People Networks unit
- AOL said Monday that it has closed the $850 million purchase of Bebo and has put Bebo CEO Joanna Shields in charge of the newly acquired social network, AIM and ICQ. Shields will be in charge of a new AOL unit dubbed "People Networks." The general theme...
- Tags: Bebo, Network, America Online Inc., Social Networking, Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-05-19
- Report: AOL ignored senior management doubts over Bebo buy
- Compared to many in the tech press and blogosphere, I came out quite positive on AOL's acquisition of Bebo -- citing its fairly modest price tag ($850M) compared to what News Corp. paid for MySpace nearly three years ago ($580M) and the ludicrously high valuation of Facebook ($15B) that Microsoft's...
- Tags: Bebo, America Online Inc., Social Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Steve O\'Hear
- Blog posts 2008-03-20
- AOL acquires Bebo for $850 million; Social networking field narrows
- AOL has made its social networking move, acquiring Bebo and getting access to its membership of 40 million worldwide. In a statement Thursday, AOL said Bebo is a "perfect complement to AOL's personal communications network and puts us in a leading position in social media." ...
- Tags: Bebo, Network, America Online Inc., News Corp., Social Networking, Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-03-13
- Debating the most influential security folks list
- Debating the most influential security folks listNo way...You really think any large company doesn't have cisco solutions as part of their security strategy? How could someone at cisco not be influential?Never been to SANS?Never been to NetOp?Never been to Usenix?Geez - someone outta get their out of the internet...
- Tags: influential security folk, security folk, security
- Discussion threads 2008-02-13
- Is there a rootkit stashed in your boot record?
- Is there a rootkit stashed in your boot record?You mean Apple Macs aren't affected?Fascinating. This has been 'known about for some time', Windows 2K affected, XP is affected, Vista partially affected, Apple Mac NOT affected. Imagine that, yet another security drop off which only affects Microsoft Windows. Vista, the OS...
- Tags: Rootkits, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), BIOS, Operating systems, rootkit, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, MBR
- Discussion threads 2008-01-09
- Is there a rootkit stashed in your boot record?
- The latest rootkit in the wild hides on your hard drive's boot sector and is starting to infect Windows PCs, according to security researchers. And the real kicker: The rootkit can't be detected by most antivirus applications. Symantec has been tracking the latest rootkit--Trojan.Mebroot--and...
- Tags: Symantec Corp., Microsoft Corp., SANS Institute, Trojan.Mebroot Kernel, Rootkits, Security, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-01-09
- Microsoft hacker summit tackles security veil of virtualization
- The Fall edition of Microsoft's Blue Hat hacker summit will kick off next week with a heavy focus on piercing the security veil of virtualization and process isolation. At Blue Hat v6, scheduled for September 27-28 in Redmond, external security researchers and internal Microsoft software engineers...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Rootkits, Hardware, Storage, Security, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2007-09-21
- Can Microsoft ever stop kernel tampering in Vista?
- I was just going through the slides from Joanna Rutkowska's Black Hat talk (127-page .ppt file) and discovered that there's another unpatched driver flaw that exposes Windows Vista to kernel tampering. This flaw, in NVIDIA nTune, is similar to the recent ATI Technologies driver issue that provides...
- Tags: Security, Tampering, Driver, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Kernel, PatchGuard, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2007-08-21
- UPDATE: ATI driver flaw exposes Vista kernel to attackers
- See update below for official response from ATIAn unpatched flaw in an ATI driver was at the center of the mysterious Purple Pill proof-of-concept tool that exposed a way to maliciously tamper with the Windows Vista kernel.Purple Pill, a utility released by Alex Ionescu and yanked an hour later after...
- Tags: Attacker, Driver, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., ATI Technologies Inc., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Kernel, Tool, Flaw, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2007-08-09
- Blue Pill Project extends VM rootkit cat-and-mouse tussle
- LAS VEGAS - The intellectual cat-and-mouse tussle over hiding and finding virtual machine rootkits has hit a new gear with a team of researchers dismissing the notion of "100 percent undetectable" malware and the release of source code for a new "Blue Pill" rootkit.As previously reported, Thomas Ptacek, co-founder of...
- Tags: Zero-day attacks, Windows Vista, Vulnerability research, Viruses and Worms, Spyware and Adware, Rootkits, Responsible disclosure, Pen testing, Patch Watch, Microsoft, Metasploit, Hackers, Exploit code, Data theft, Browsers, Botnets, Black Hat
- Blog posts 2007-08-02
- Let users virtualize Vista because hypervisor rootkits are no threat
- Ryan Naraine is on vacation. Guest editorial by Thomas Ptacek Several weeks ago, reports surfaced that the threat of super-sophisticated "hypervisor malware" was preventing Microsoft from allowing their Windows Vista Home Edition operating system from running within virtualization software. Now, Microsoft may have a lot of good reasons for restricting...
- Tags: Windows Vista, Vulnerability research, Rootkits, Responsible disclosure, Punditocracy, Pen testing, Patch Watch, Microsoft, Hackers, Exploit code, Data theft, Browsers, Botnets, Black Hat, Apple
- Blog posts 2007-07-05
- Blue Pill hacker challenge update: It's a no-go
- A quick update to the challenge handed down to hacker Joanna Rutkowska to prove that her Blue Pill technology creates "100% undetectable malware."Rutkowska says she is "ready to accept" the challenge but wants her two-person team to be paid $384,000 ($200 a day each for two people working full-time for...
- Tags: Uncategorized
- Blog posts 2007-06-29
- OpenBSD founder: Intel leaves open-source out in the cold
- OpenBSD founder: Intel leaves open-source out in the coldMust be the competitionBecause of the drastic changes in the processors over the last couple of years, more flaws in the design are probably more likely to show up. Still, this is an issue that should be addressed. Especially on...
- Tags: Processors, UNIX, Operating systems, Intel Corp., open source, processor, OpenBSD, cold calling
- Discussion threads 2007-06-28
- Rutkowska faces '100% undetectable malware' challenge
- At last year's Black Hat security conference, stealth malware researcher Joanna Rutkowska caused a stir with the introduction of Blue Pill, a new technology she claims can create malware that remains "100 percent undetectable."This year, a group of her peers will challenge Rutkowska to prove it, arguing that a...
- Tags: Zero-day attacks, Windows Vista, Vulnerability research, Viruses and Worms, Spyware and Adware, Rootkits, Responsible disclosure, Punditocracy, Pen testing, Patch Watch, Open source, Microsoft, Metasploit, Hackers, Exploit code, Digital rights management, Data theft, Browsers, Botnets, Apple
- Blog posts 2007-06-27
- Testing EQO's mobile VoIP with a BlackBerry Pearl
- Note: Because of the obvious subject overlap, this is a cross-post from my VoIP blog.Joanna Stern from Laptop Magazine is out with a review of a freek downloadable mobile VoIP-enabling software application from EQO (that's pronounced "echo.")After you sign up on the EQO site, an SMS link is sent to...
- Tags: BlackBerry Pearl
- Blog posts 2007-05-24
- Testing EQO's mobile VoIP with a BlackBerry Pearl
- Joanna Stern from Laptop Magazine is out with a review of a freek downloadable mobile VoIP-enabling software application from EQO (that's pronounced "echo."After you sign up on the EQO site, an SMS link is sent to your phone. Once you download and install the app, you'll note that...
- Tags: BlackBerry, Case Studies, Mobile
- Blog posts 2007-05-24
- Defeating UAC with a two-stage malware attack
- Defeating UAC with a two-stage malware attackHoly shyte!Now that is slick. ]:)Another suggestionHow about this simple suggestion to deal with the threat that was outlined: Don't allow idential shortcuts to exist as targets of start menu shortcuts).Am I missing something, or doesn't allowing duplication actually defeat the purpose of an...
- Tags: Terminal services, Advertising & Promotion, Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, malware, UAC, permission
- Discussion threads 2007-05-16
- Rutkowska launches Invisible Things Labs startup
- Polish hacker Joanna Rutkowska has branched out on her own, launching a new security services startup called Invisible Things Labs. Rutkowska, an elite hacker who specializes in offensive rootkit research, said the new company will focus mainly on operating system security -- system compromises, stealth malware, anti-virus and HIPS...
- Tags: Exploit code, Data theft, Browsers, Botnets, Black Hat, Hackers, Hirings and firings, Metasploit, Microsoft, Passwords, Patch Watch, Pen testing, Responsible disclosure, Rootkits, Vulnerability research, Windows Vista, Zero-day attacks
- Blog posts 2007-05-15
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