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Late breaking news: Microsoft investigates reports of Office Word 2002 SP 3 exploited in the wild: From Bill Sisk, security response communications manager for Microsoft: Microsoft Security Advisory (953635) Vulnerability in Microsoft Word Could Allow Remote Code Execution Published: July 8, 2008 Microsoft is investigating new public reports of a possible vulnerability in Microsoft Office Word 2002 Service Pack 3....; Tags: Attacker, Vulnerability, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Word, Word Processors, Microsoft Office, Security, Office Suites, Software, Nathan McFeters; Blog posts 2008-07-08
TJX whistle blower sacked?: TJX whistle blower sacked?...Correct me if I am wrong but I thought that whistle blowers had legal protection against this type of behavior. ]:)Why not whistle blower use a proxy?That way, his ISP's IP address can be shielded and may remain anonymous?It will make it harder for someone to track...; Tags: SECURITY, blower, TJX, Whistle Blower; Discussion threads 2008-05-22
Software morality: Software moralitythat dependquote(Economics implies a kind of social compact, and you can’t just impose the necessary restrictions from the center, as totalitarianism isn’t usually conducive to vibrant economies.)but you could inforce morality and good manner by revoking the business permit by forcing tthe acquisition of one you could penalize...; Tags: Tools & Techniques, software, morality, Booch, technologist; Discussion threads 2007-10-16
Police Blotter: Warrantless eavesdropping rejected: Police Blotter: Warrantless eavesdropping rejectedUpside down...Being the federal government's law enforcement arm, one would think that the Justice department would be concerned with enforcing and abiding the supreme law of the land.the ConstitutionAs it stands the Justice department is clearly an enemy of the Constitution.What would the Founders have expected...; Tags: Vertical industries, Franklin Quote, liberty, government, essential liberty, Police Blotter; Discussion threads 2007-09-26
Last bastion of trust falls: IT security practices have always been dominated by trust, often myopically. Specialized applications are still deployed with the assumption that end users, be they customers, contractors, or employees, would not attempt to abuse that trust. Lexis Nexis fell victim to this trust as did Choicepoint when they assumed paying...; Tags: Spyware; Blog posts 2007-07-20

Online crime unit boasts its 1,000,000th crime report: It's some sort of dubious milestone - the US Internet Crime Complaint Center (or IC3) has fielded its millionth complaint. Ars Technica reports that IC3, founded as a clearing house to help online crime victims find the appropriate law enforcement agency, is doing a brisk business these days.The IC3...; Tags: Law enforcement; Blog posts 2007-06-19
That's a lot of credit cards: The TJX data breach story keeps growing. I hope everyone can tell the difference between a false alarm data breach like the laptop theft at the VA that got so much attention and the Card Systems International breach and now the TJX incident. Thanks to California 1386 companies...; Tags: credit card, CardSystems Solutions Inc., TJX, gift certificate; Blog posts 2007-03-22
DNA review of old evidence in VA moving slowly: Last year two men convicted of rapes were freed from Virginia prisons after a DNA review of evidence - blood or semen - found that they were innocent. They were freed because a now-dead forensic examiner saved the physical evidence in 31 cases. As a result, Gov. Mark Warner ordered...; Tags: Law enforcement, State &, Local Govt, Government technology, DNA; Blog posts 2006-12-27
Broadband providers decry Net-wiretapping rules: Broadband providers decry Net-wiretapping rulesMoney talksWhile there is no simple solution to this of idiot legislators trying to pass laws for something that is way over their heads, there is a way to strike back besides voting the rascals out of the office:Encrypt everything.Okay, so a law enforcement agency intercepts...; Tags: TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Net-wiretapping, broadband; Discussion threads 2006-06-29
Verizon says it did not give NSA call records: Verizon says it did not give NSA call recordsCan we stop with the 'Me Too' journalism?First it was Qwest, then it was I think Bell South, now its Verizon. All claiming they didn't give records to the NSA. The fact is, if more than once telecom co. did,...; Tags: Telecom & Utilities, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Homeland security, NSA, Verizon Communications Inc.; Discussion threads 2006-05-17
Workflow makes you smarter: Yesterday, I wrote a short piece on my blog about a co-worker's experience getting on a White House tour. Essentially, his Senator's office wanted him to email his Social Security Number to them for the background check and they admitted that they were going to email...; Tags: congressional office, SSN; Blog posts 2006-04-12
Google Calendar details leaked - the Web Office Suite is nigh!: Google Calendar details leaked - the Web Office Suite is nigh!I'd like to see better design from GoogleI'd like to see better design from Google.Check out, SurveyFacile.comDocument Retention - ForeverThink Google is deleting its backups of your old data, which you deleted in accordance with the company's document retention policy?...; Tags: Backups, E-mail providers, Google Calendar, Web, Google Inc.; Discussion threads 2006-03-08
Laptop Anti-Theft (zip): Laptop Anti-Theft works with any type of Internet connection including dial-up, cable modem, DSL, T1 and wireless. It recognizes and traces through both internal and external networks for LAN/WAN configurations to pin point actual location of the lost or stolen laptop. Once installed invisibly on your laptop system, Laptop Anti-Theft...; Tags: Laptop Computer, Modems, Notebooks, Hardware, Components, Notebooks & Tablets; Software downloads 2005-11-22
IT Business Management: A Strategy for Customer Service in the Future: Established for over 20 years in Europe, the USA and Asia Pacific, Touchpaper is one of the most respected international providers of IT Service Management ITSM solutions. Operating with a secure financial platform and constantly profitable, Touchpapaer has built up a loyal customer base of 1,700 supporting over 3 million...; Tags: Strategy, Customer Service, Financial, Information Technology, Europe, Service Level Management, It Services, Financial Accounting, It Operations, It service Management, Finance; White papers 2005-11-09
Spyware Tricks: Spyware TricksDavid Fish is my new herohttp://www.livejournal.com/users/valiskeogh/882720.htmli love him. and i've emailed him about information on how to join the class action suits against direct revenue and 1800solutions.EVERYONE needs to joinValisCEOValis EnterprisesAN operating systemthat is developed to be easy to use and easy to program allows this "perfect storm"...; Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, spyware, operating system, security, security hole, SpySheriff; Discussion threads 2005-09-20
Hacking the hotel through the TV: Hacking the hotel through the TVAn idiot braging about his criminal behaviourHow much you want to bet that he is going to get a call from a local law enforcement agency??That's insane.A criminal like you for hacking into a Hotel's TV would get arrested.No offense taken but this is serious.Even...; Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, SECURITY, hacking, TV; Discussion threads 2005-07-31
Hackers reach beyond Windows, IE: Hackers reach beyond Windows, IEWould still rather just 5 people coming to break into my house....over 5 million! The "argument" that people should just stay with IE because eventually other browsers will succumb to the same nonsense is such crap, and an obvious testament to how far someone will go...; Tags: Linux, Desktops, Operating systems, Web browsers, Apple Macintosh, security, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Internet Explorer; Discussion threads 2005-03-21
U.S. leads the dirty dozen spammers: U.S. leads the dirty dozen spammersCompanies wishing to setup their own mail servers...should be required to have a certain level of skill needed to manage the server so their won't be an unedning source of open relay mail servers for spammers to use. 90% of spam which my customers...; Tags: Servers, E-mail servers, Spam, internt, server, e-mail server, spammer; Discussion threads 2004-12-24
Patent watch: a way for cops to intercept VoIP calls: Yesterday, I posted descriptions of three VoIP related U.S. patent applications published in the last three months.There are a total of nine. I promised you three more. Here they are:Stealth interception of calls within a VoIP network:Folks, this is a real biggie.You are not a bad person, but bad people...; Tags: VoIP; Blog posts 2004-12-08
MPAA seeks research, P2P cop role on Internet2: MPAA seeks research, P2P cop role on Internet2mpaa do your research all you want ...because is not going to make any different because we know the load of money you make every year, but again there is a solution to piracy lower the damn price, and i like the...; Tags: Peer to peer (P2P), Consumer electronics, MPAA, DVD, disk, P2P, Internet2; Discussion threads 2004-11-18