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Internet Explorer 'feature' causing drive-by malware attacks: Internet Explorer 'feature' causing drive-by malware attacksNo surprise hereEver single vulnerability in IE is due to a built in feature.In fact, IE itself can be considered a "zero day" attack friendly vector. The primary point of failure in IT security.what version?what version?RE: Internet Explorer 'feature' causing drive-by malware attacks[i]taking advantage...; Tags: Web browsers, Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, SECURITY, Microsoft Internet Explorer, malware, malware attack; Discussion threads 2008-06-27
How Snow Leopard can save Mac OS X from malware attacks: How Snow Leopard can save Mac OS X from malware attacksBrilliantWell played Dino. For all of the positive of Mac not having the rough history of M$ with regards to being hacked, there are some very real concerns there. It'd be great to see this new version take...; Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Desktops, Cyberthreats, Operating systems, Snow Leopard, malware attack, Apple Macintosh, malware, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Mac OS; Discussion threads 2008-06-23
Adobe Flash drive-by attacks redux: Adobe has finally issued an almost-definitive statement on the reports of a zero-day attack targeting its flagship Flash Player, suggesting kinda that the vulnerability is already patched. In a progress report posted to the official Adobe PSIRT blog, David Lenoe stops short of making definitive statements on...; Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Vulnerability, Macromedia Flash Player, Malware, Attack, Malware Attack, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Security, Viruses And Worms, Ryan Naraine; Blog posts 2008-05-28
Hackers seize Alicia Keys's MySpace page, launching malware attacks: Hackers seize Alicia Keys's MySpace page, launching malware attacksOK so what to do, if anything? Disable Javascript? What?nt; Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, Alicia Keys, malware attack, MySpace Page, MySpace, malware; Discussion threads 2007-11-08

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Spam coming from free email providers increasing: After analyzing three weeks of spam data between June 13 to July 3, 2008, Roaring Penguin Software Inc. found evidence that spam originating from the top three fre email providers (Gmail, Yahoo Mail and Hotmail) is increasing, with spammers in favor of abusing Gmail's privacy preserving feature of not including...; Tags: CAPTCHA, Google Gmail, Anti-spam, Spammer, E-mail Company, IP, Service, Cyberthreats, Spam, E-mail, E-mail Providers, Phishing, Viruses And Worms, Security, Networking, Spam And Phishing, Online Communications, Internet, Dancho Danchev; Blog posts 2008-07-18

Obama calls for comprehensive cyber-security measures; looks for a national cyber ninja: Update: It would seem that Richard Stiennon agrees with me on the concept of a group of experts to advise, also on keeping away from spending ridiculous amounts of money. Cyber-terrorism... ah, what a fancy buzz word that is. Defined on Wikipedia as: "The premeditated use...; Tags: John McCain, Cybersecurity, Security, Nathan McFeters; Blog posts 2008-07-18
Untrustworthy students: lighten your restrictions: You know the drill. You spend thousands, if not tens of thousands of dollars on higher education at your college or university of choice. But when you go to use your Internet connection or a public computer on campus, you login and it's locked down so tight, you can barely...; Tags: Software, Apple Macintosh, Network, IT Administrator, Operating System, Web Site, Computer, Productivity, Web Site Development, Networking, Internet, Zack Whittaker; Blog posts 2008-07-18
Tough love: Linux needs more haters: [The opinions expressed here are mine alone, and not those of Google, Inc. my current employer.] I've been spending far too much time reading a blog recently. Normally I dislike reading blogs, or as my friend from the IT News site "the Register" Andrew Orlowski calls them;...; Tags: Blog, LinuxHaters, LinuxHater, Linux, UNIX, Open Source, Operating Systems, Blogging, Software, Internet, Jeremy Allison; Blog posts 2008-07-18
Romanian authorities arrest cybercrime suspects: Well, eight days, and a joint effort to help prevent phishing and two major arrests related to identity theft, and I feel like we've made a decent attack on the identity theft culture. Score one for the good guys for once. Just a day after reading...; Tags: Arrest, eBay Inc., Romania, Romanian, Phishing, Identity Theft, Cyberthreats, Spam, Viruses And Worms, Security, Spam And Phishing, Nathan McFeters; Blog posts 2008-07-17
Torvalds attacks IT industry 'security circus': Torvalds attacks IT industry 'security circus'Torvalds attacks IT industry 'security circus'So Linus admits that there are security flaws in linux as well as other bugs? I've been saying that for a long time but the fanboys wouldn't believe me. Now that their leader finally admits to it perhaps...; Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, L.D., Name-calling, Linus, Torvalds, security, attack, IT industry, OpenBSD; Discussion threads 2008-07-17
Stay safe when you pull an all-nighter: 10 self-defense tips for techies: IT pros may be experts at protecting their systems from attack. But working late on short sleep, preoccupied with a tricky project, they may not be ready to protect themselves. Deb Shinder calls on her law enforcement background to provide techs with some self-defense basics.This download is also available as...; Tags: Deb Shinder, Blogging, Strategy, Security, Internet, Management; Download resources 2008-07-17
EyeSpy (exe): EyeSpy is a revolutionary approach to personal online security. Unlike traditional Internet security packages, EyeSpy has the ability to monitor and visualize all Internet traffic in a simple and intuitive manner. Any malware which attempts to steal and retransmit your personal information can be spotted in a matter of seconds...; Tags: Endpoint, Revealed Systems, EyeSpy, Internet, Productivity, Security; Software downloads 2008-07-17
The Techie Hall of Shame: The Techie Hall of ShameThe Florida architectural firm rampagehttp://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/01/24/disgruntled_employee_silent_rampage/RE: The Techie Hall of ShameAs far as this system in S.F. - If you have physical access to the machine, you should be able to get admin/root access. I'd be curious to know what OS they are talking about.RE: The Techie...; Tags: Social Security, Operational accounting, Most IT folk, Techie Hall, VSB; Discussion threads 2008-07-16
Ringleader of cybercrime group to be offered a job as cybercrime fighter: Ringleader of cybercrime group to be offered a job as cybercrime fighter.....All this does is re-enforces that accountability for ones actions are almost non-existent and will only serve to encourage other miscreants to follow in this punks steps.As for the level of knowledge in the law sector... you seem about...; Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Web browsers, cybercrime fighter, Ringleader, cybercrime group, job; Discussion threads 2008-07-16
Ringleader of cybercrime group to be offered a job as cybercrime fighter: Owen Thor Walker, a 18 years old ringleader of an international cybercrime group, known as AKILL, part of the A-Team, a group of 8 script kiddies which were all caught in a operation called "Operation Bot Roast II" bust executed by the FBI and several international law enforcement agencies in...; Tags: Job, Malware, Bot, Malware Bot, PRIVMSG, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Dancho Danchev; Blog posts 2008-07-16
Protocol handlers cause Mozilla Firefox 3 remote command execution vulnerabilities: Update 07/16/2008: Apparently I neglected to mention that this has been patched already.Â Reading over it again and a heads up from a reader pointed out the error to me.Â As always, great job by Window Snyder and the Mozilla Security Team for getting this patched quickly. ...; Tags: Mozilla Firefox 3.0, Mozilla Firefox, URI, Vulnerability, Mozilla Corp., Attack, Web Browsers, Security, Internet, Nathan McFeters; Blog posts 2008-07-16
New hybrid delivery security architecture: Secure Computing's Ken Rutsky tells how to integrate Software-as-a-Service SaaS, virtualization and appliance security offerings to let users get exactly what they want. “In the past, CIOs deployed their own self-contained application architectures on their own servers and storage systems. This old model is giving way to a hybrid...; Tags: Appliance, Software, Software-as-a-service, Platform, Information Technology, Advantage, Hardware, Model, Service, Architecture, Organization, Delivery Security Architecture, IT Security Professional, Delivery Platform, Software As A Service (SaaS), Tools & Techniques, Cloud Computing, Security, Emerging Technologies, Management, CIO, SaaS, virtualization, IT appliances, service delivery, IT management, Ken Rutsky, Secure Computing; News items 2008-07-16
Remote code execution through Intel CPU bugs: Remote code execution through Intel CPU bugsAnother attack path: Just what we need!Now that there are millions of instances of every type of microprocessor, ANY bug in one will be in millions of systems. Relying on bugs is---um---buggy, but just checking every system you can (as a criminal,...; Tags: Processors, Intel Corp., CPU; Discussion threads 2008-07-16
Ounce Labs finds 2 security vulnerabilities in Spring framework: Code inspector Ounce Labs has identified two vulnerabilities in the open source Spring framework that exposesÂ their enterprise applications to would-be hackers and hijackers. The two issues, ModelView Injection and Data Submission to Non-Editable Fields, affect only the MVC module of the Spring framework, which is used to...; Tags: Vulnerability, XSS, Framework, Ounce Labs, Spring, Security, Operational Planning, Databases, Business Operations, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Paula Rooney; Blog posts 2008-07-16
Windows Update versus Ubuntu Update: Windows Update versus Ubuntu UpdateAnd you will find some reason why Linux is worse.Just watch and enjoy the spin.They'll find some reason why Windows is worse.Just watch and enjoy their spin.RE: Windows Update versus Ubuntu UpdateI always did find it amusing at how the Ubuntu crowd simultaneously defend the sudo...; Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), OPEN SOURCE, Microsoft Windows Update, Microsoft Windows, operating system, Microsoft Windows Vista, Ubuntu, Linux; Discussion threads 2008-07-15