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- News to know: Nook; Yahoo; Sun; Net Neutrality; Apple; Windows 7
- 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. Ed Burnette: Meet Nook: Barnes and Noble's sexy new book reader Matthew Miller: B&N Nook ebook reader revolutionizes...
- Tags: Larry Dignan, Sun Microsystems Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Apple MacBook, Apple iMac, Apple Inc., Net Neutrality, Sam Diaz, Microsoft Windows 7, E-books, Microsoft Windows, Desktops, Notebooks, Personal Technology, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets
- Blog posts 2009-10-21
- News to know: Oracle; Sidekick; Win7 party; Google; Yahoo Hack day
- 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. Jason Hiner: Ellison rips IBM, shows off Sun-Oracle benchmarks, offers $10M prize Scott McNealy names Sun's top 10 tech...
- Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Oracle Corp., Information Technology, Yahoo! Inc., Dana Blankenhorn, Ryan Naraine, Sam Diaz, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Federal Government, Internet, Strategy, Operating Systems, Software, Government, Management
- Blog posts 2009-10-12
- The ultimate guide to scareware protection
- Throughout the last two years, scareware fake security software, quickly emerged as the single most profitable monetization strategy for cybercriminals to take advantage of. Due to the aggressive advertising practices applied by the cybercrime gangs, thousands of users fall victim to the scam on a daily...
- Tags: Search Engine Optimization, Web, Search Engine, Antivirus, Malware, Social Engineering, Security Software, Search, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Marketing Research, Marketing, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2009-09-13
- Snow Leopard's malware protection only scans for two trojans
- Much hyped by whom?Here's a quote from the first link you provided emphasis mine: "Apple has [b]quietly[/b] added a new Snow Leopard feature to scan software downloads for malware..."ZDNet Apple post have degenerated into a complete jokeMisinformation, untruths, fear and now pretend disappointment.Quite frankly it's embarrassing.RE: Snow Leopard's malware...
- Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, Spyware, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, malware, malware protection, trojan horse, Snow Leopard, Apple Macintosh
- Discussion threads 2009-08-28
- Source code for Skype eavesdropping trojan in the wild
- Earlier this week, Swiss programmer Ruben Unteregger who has been reportedly working for a Swiss company ERA IT Solutions responsible for coding government sponsored spyware, has released the source code of a trojan horse that injects code into the Skype process in order to convert the incoming and outgoing voice...
- Tags: Trojan Horse, Skype Technologies S.A., Source Code Corp., Spyware, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Government, Viruses And Worms, Security, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2009-08-28
- Microsoft admits the obvious but not the truth
- Microsoft admits the obvious but not the truthObviousMicrosoft reminds me is so many ways of General Motors of the 1970's. I suspect that the end result will be much the same. Companies, like countries and people have life cycles.Still not convinced about open sourceAs a consultant dealing with...
- Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, people resource, Microsoft Corp., Linux, open source
- Discussion threads 2009-08-05
- Three Waves, One Defense: How Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) Protects From an Ever-Broadening Threat Landscape
- Off late when the first worms began to assault networks worldwide, modern attackers of network security have been using a version of this ancient military tactic. To date, they have unleashed three successive waves of attacks, each managing to penetrate vulnerable parts of the network. However, one key difference between...
- Tags: Intrusion Prevention System, Network, Attack, Intrusion Prevention, Networking, Security
- White papers 2009-08-01
- Poll: Did Microsoft and Yahoo do the right thing?
- Poll: Did Microsoft and Yahoo do the right thing?SuccessfulI think that this agreement has the potential to be huge. When you combine all of Microsoft's and Yahoo's page views, you have a lot of people viewing a lot of pages. As an advertiser, having one platform to get...
- Tags: Software as a Service (SaaS), Managed hosting, cloud computing, SEARCH, Microsoft Corp., Yahoo! Inc., Google Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-07-29
- Another company signs Linux patent-protection deal with Microsoft
- Another company signs Linux patent-protection deal with MicrosoftIt's only news if ....... Google signs one.^o^RE: Another company signs Linux patent-protection deal with MicrosoftWe can conclude from this that linux does in fact violate Microsoft's patents. Its no suprise since linux is known for stealing and copying others work. In...
- Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Microsoft Corp., Linux, patent, Linux patent-protection
- Discussion threads 2009-07-16
- A CIO's take on the home PC support dilemma
- A CIO's take on the home PC support dilemmaGood ArticleYou're right. It's a slippery slope with personal computer repair. Even if you tell people that you don't have liability, it is assumed that you do. Many people also treat the job of repairing strangers' computers as if...
- Tags: Desktops, PC, home PC, laptop computer
- Discussion threads 2009-07-16
- Twitter API ripe for abuse by web worms
- A security researcher is warning that the Twitter API can be trivially abused by hackers to launch worm attacks. The red-hot social networking/microblogging service has been scrambling to plug cross-site scripting and other Web site vulnerabilities to thwart worm attacks but, as researcher Aviv Raff points out,...
- Tags: Web, API, Worm, Twitter, Twitpic, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2009-05-26
- China's 'secure' OS Kylin - a threat to U.S offensive cyber capabilities?
- China's 'secure' OS Kylin - a threat to U.S offensive cyber capabilities?Interesting! There is no way that you can start from scratch these days and have a usable OS in a reasonable time. Look how long it has taken Linux distros to catch up to Mac and Windows and they...
- Tags: Operating systems, operating system, OS Kylin, U.S, security
- Discussion threads 2009-05-13
- Linux Foundation: Let's kill Microsoft's FAT
- The Linux Foundation is ready and willing to help companies get Microsoft's FAT out of their products. In his blog posted today about TomTom's settlement with Microsoft that was announced yesterday, foundation executive director Jim Zemlin said the case only proves that Microsoft was taking aim against...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Linux Foundation, FAT, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2009-03-31
- Increasing Cyber Security Readiness With Adaptive Threat Management: Essential Insights for Strengthening the Federal Response to Cyber Attacks
- The U.S. Federal Government depends on the vast array of systems and networks in cyberspace to support all aspects of their operations. Unfortunately, this dependence on cyberspace leaves agencies vulnerable to cyber attacks. Threats are growing in number and sophistication, originating from both domestic and foreign sources and encompassing intentional...
- Tags: Juniper Networks Inc., Cyberattack, Threat Management, Cybersecurity, U.S. Federal Government, Security, Hacking
- White papers 2009-03-01
- Report: 92% of critical Microsoft vulnerabilities mitigated by Least Privilege accounts
- A recently released report by BeyondTrust entitled "Reducing the Threat from Microsoft Vulnerabilities" indicates that that according to the company's analysis of all the security bulletins Microsoft published in 2008, 92% of the critical vulnerabilities could have been mitigated by the principle of the least privilege. Despite...
- Tags: Web, Administrator, Vulnerability, Malware, Microsoft Corp., Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Security, Viruses And Worms, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2009-02-10
- Should open source boycott Cisco's contest?
- Should open source boycott Cisco's contest?Its open source!If it is open source code, why shouldn't a company try to use it and integrate it into their solutions? A contest like this is perfect for a company to be paid for their open source applications and try to get their...
- Tags: Cisco Systems Inc., open source, boycott
- Discussion threads 2009-01-07
- Despite what blogs (and Apple) say, Macs will eventually have malware
- Despite what blogs and Apple say, Macs will eventually have malwareWrong assumptions based on the negative Windows experiencesWindows has a lousy record for security, Microsoft should be ashamed and people in general should use something better. Thousands of different types of malware for Windows and virus-cleaning costs which are skyrocketing...
- Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, Desktops, Web browsers, Viruses and worms, blog, Apple Macintosh, malware, Apple Inc., Microsoft Windows, Fort Knox, Web browser, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-12-02
- Psystar OpenPro
- Ongoing lawsuits notwithstanding, Psystar remains the only desktop vendor other than Apple to offer PCs with Apple's Mac OS X operating system. Thanks to a new restore disc and improved software updating, this $2,660 Psystar OpenPro computer is much more secure than the lower-end Open Computer the company released back...
- Tags: Operating systems, Desktops, insurance policy, Psystar, Psystar OpenPro, Apple Inc., Apple Mac OS X, disc
- Product reviews 2008-10-11
- Cybercriminals syndicating Google Trends keywords to serve malware
- In an underground ecosystem that is anything but old fashioned when it comes to abusing legitimate web services, cybecriminals have started exploiting the traffic momentum, and by monitoring the peak traffic for popular search queries using Google's Trends, are syndicating the keywords in order to acquire the traffic and direct...
- Tags: Google Inc., Blog, Malware, News Story, Blogging, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Internet, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2008-10-02
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