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Redmond Magazine Successfully SQL Injected by Chinese Hacktivists

Irony at its best. It appears that Redmond - The Independent Voice of the Microsoft IT Community, formerly known as Microsoft Certified Professional Magazine is currently flagged as a badware site, and third-party exploit detection tools are also detecting internal pages as exploit hosting ones, in this particular case Mal/Badsrc-A....

Tags: Redmond, SQL, SQL Injection, F**k, Mal/Badsrc-A, Programming Languages, Databases, Security, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2008-05-16

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Kevin Kelly looks to the next 5,000 days of the Web

Like most of us at Talis, I'm a big fan of the TED videos. There's always a wow moment lurking in each of these recordings, and many of them do a great job of challenging assumptions. More often than not, they're also powerful examples of how best to convey new...

Tags: Web, Kevin Kelly, Kevin, Channel Management, Semantic Web, Marketing, Internet, Paul Miller

Blog posts 2008-08-01

McAfee debunks recent vulnerabilities in AV software research, n.runs restates its position

McAfee debunks recent vulnerabilities in AV software research, n.runs restates its positionConflicts of Interests Are Common for Every IndustryAnd Thierry should certainly know, because n.runs has recently released it's own AV solution, aps-AV: http://www.nruns.com/_en/aps/ Oddly enough, this never seems to be mentioned during any discussions of n.runs research.RE: McAfee...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, SECURITY, Viruses and worms, N.Runs, AV software research, recent vulnerability, McAfee Inc., AV Software, software

Discussion threads 2008-07-23

Mozilla API aims to make embedding easier

Mozilla API aims to make embedding easierDouble-Edged Sword....If it is easier to implement embedded objects then it is also easier to create malware that will pass as a legitimate browser add-on.Has anybody started a pool on when the first mal-use of the API will be exploited?

Tags: Mozilla API, API, Mozilla Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-07-21

Spammers announce World War III with spam emails packing malicious payloads

Update: Dancho Danchev informed that this actually relates back to his article on from last week. Apparently I reposted with less information than the original, so I apologize to Dancho for that. Guess that's what I get for poking my nose into the malware realm. Dancho informed...

Tags: Spammer, Video, Iran, Corporate Communications, Media Players, E-mail, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Security, Marketing, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Nathan McFeters

Blog posts 2008-07-14

When did people forget how to spell? Or complete sentences? Or form thoughts?

When did people forget how to spell? Or complete sentences? Or form thoughts?I think you need some electrolytes.http://www.brawndo.com/;-)Just more proof......that the movie "Idiocracy" is the future of our country.Regression?You fail to take into account that this is just a more accurate reflection of our general population, with a...

Tags: INTERNET, Cellular phones, grammar, English Language

Discussion threads 2008-05-20

Google's blast from the past

Google has launched a new feature called "Custom Time" that lets you manipulate the headers on your email so it appears to have been sent in the past. The email will show up in the proper chronological order in your recipients inbox, and you can even have it marked as...

Tags: Google Inc., Virgin Galactic, E-mail, Online Communications, Ed Burnette

Blog posts 2008-04-01

So long ActiveX. Will I miss you?

So long ActiveX. Will I miss you?Done. Thanks Larry!ntYour screenshots are inaccurateThe shown settings actually do *not* disable ActiveX, if those are the only changes you've made. It's the "Run ActiveX controls and plug-ins" option that needs to be set to "Disabled". Or use the "High" security...

Tags: ActiveX/COM/COM+/DCOM, Middleware, Web browsers, ActiveX, security, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-02-04

Hollywood unions and the digital revolution

Hollywood unions and the digital revolutionMovies by 12 year oldsSeveral years ago I had to to some final quick edits of a short movie.Nothing spectacular there - except for the fact that the movie had been made and edited by a bunch of 12 year old kids in an everyday...

Tags: industry, movie, job

Discussion threads 2008-01-07

iReasoning MIB Browser Personal Edition (exe)

iReasoning MIB Browser is an indispensable tool for engineers to manage SNMP enabled network devices and applications. It allows users to load standard, proprietary MIBs, and even some mal-formed MIBs. It also allows them to issue SNMP requests to retrieve agent's data, or make changes to the agent. A built-in...

Tags: Agent, SNMP, iReasoning MIB Browser, Network Administration, Networking, Real Estate, Business Operations

Software downloads 2007-12-29

Google says closing gap with China rival

Google says closing gap with China rivalEin mal ist kein mal,as the Germans say ; it will take more than a single quarter's statistics to make plausible the proposition that [b]Google[/b], with 22.8 % of the Chinese market, is «closing up the gap» to [b]Baídu[/b], with 58.1 %....Henri

Tags: Google Says, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2007-10-05

Wal-Mart selling DRM-free digital music

Wal-Mart selling DRM-free digital musicNT I wonder if Bitty will buy some :o):o)Encoding quality?Any details on the encoding settings bit rate of these mp3s?TrackingHas Malmart added the tracking system that ZDNet reported in there article about Apple being sued by Emenem yesterday?Good Point about Mal-WartBoth the encode levels and Wartermarking...

Tags: Digital media, audio, music, digital music, Wal-Mart Stores Inc.

Discussion threads 2007-08-21

On deck: Critical Windows, Office, IE patches

On deck: Critical Windows, Office, IE patchesCool, good to see them on top of things.Like it or not, regardless of the OS and apps you use, patchs will always be with us.Wonder if they fixed this one."If you are running Windows Vista Sidebar Gadgets, they are subject to cross-site scripting...

Tags: Patches, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Web browsers, SECURITY, pity, Microsoft Corp., cigarette, Microsoft Internet Explorer, patch management

Discussion threads 2007-08-09

Congress: P2P networks harm national security

Congress: P2P networks harm national securityOK...I'll ask the question......Why are government employees within secure facilities or any workplace running Limewire clients? I must have missed something there.And wow....Congress is a fearful place these days. Evildoers?H-1B quota and War on TerrorismLets get real. The greater threat is H-1B contractors...

Tags: Peer to peer (P2P), Pentagon, network, P2P, Henry Waxman, U.S. Congress, national security

Discussion threads 2007-07-24

How to fully de-gunk a PC of Crapware

How to fully de-gunk a PC of CrapwareApple Troll keeps on his topic - NTNTUse X-Lite Mega pack to avoid installing QT and iTunesUse X-Lite Mega pack to avoid installing QT and iTunes or Real Player. Real Player is the most horrible application I've ever seen in the way...

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, TCP/IP, Apple QuickTime, TCP Optimizer, RealNetworks RealPlayer, Crapware, Quick Time, PC

Discussion threads 2007-06-18

Hackers use evasive manuevering to escape detection

Hackers use evasive manuevering to escape detectionThreatsThreats that have emerged over the years have followed a similar pattern: Attackers find a way to breach a system to gain access to valuable informational assets; in response, systems administrators and security professionals develop detection and prevention methods; attackers then find new ways...

Tags: Hacking, SECURITY, Financial accounting, Viruses and worms, manuevering, evasive manuevering, hacker

Discussion threads 2007-06-06

Microsoft to ship critical Windows, Office patches

Microsoft to ship critical Windows, Office patchesTime to waitWhy on earth does MS feel they have to stick to a constant timeline for updates. If the update is ready to go out now, then give us the damn thing so we can patch our stuff. Instead we have to wait...

Tags: Patches, information technology, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., patch management, operating system

Discussion threads 2007-05-03

Apple swats Airport Base Station security bugs

Apple swats Airport Base Station security bugsSure glad I don't buy from Apple!![i]These are the 63rd and 64th vulnerabilities fixed by Apple in 2007.[/i]Pathetic that they would release their products with so many vulnerabilities in them. Makes you wonder how many are still in there.Pleeease.. vista fixed 1 million b4...

Tags: Operating systems, AirPort Extreme, Security Fix, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., security, vulnerability

Discussion threads 2007-04-10

Politicians press for antispyware law yet again

Politicians press for antispyware law yet againSpy ware bites!I agree , the spyware is out of control and i have every reason to belive that it is linked with spamming as well, if we kill the spyware i think we will get rid of a lot of spam as well."unnecessarily...

Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, PRODUCTIVITY, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, Spy-ware, Computer #1, spyware, computer, anti-spyware

Discussion threads 2007-03-15

Video: Why administrative accounts are actually Limited User Accounts in Vista

Video: Why administrative accounts are actually Limited User Accounts in VistaI love that function of Windows VistaI love the function of Windows Vista where it asks for permission before it runs any Administrator program or lets something install in an administrator account.It's wonderfully designed, because it only comes up once...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Cyberthreats, Spyware, adware & malware, Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, video, UAC, root-class privilege, Microsoft Windows Vista, malware, user application, operating system, admin account

Discussion threads 2007-03-13