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Managed File Transfer and the PCI Data Security Standards: The Payment Card Industry PCI Data Security Standards DSS are intended for use by merchants, financial processors, point-of-sale vendors, and banks, credit unions and other financial institutions that transmit, process and/or store credit cardholder data. Standard Networks is a Participating Organization of the PCI Security Standards Council and has written...; Tags: Ipswitch Inc., Payment, Financial, PCI, Standards, Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards, Operational Accounting, Quality, Financial Accounting, Finance, Business Operations; White papers 2007-08-28

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Live Webcast: Mid-Year Report: Malware, Spam and Web Threats in 2008: What's NOT happening in 2008? The web continues to be a vector for cyber threats. Incidents of spear-phishing continue to dupe users, and botnets are increasing in popularity amongst growing economies across the globe. Complex polymorphic viruses as opposed to the more mundane Trojan horses are getting...; Tags: Web, Webcast, Sophos Plc., Malware, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Channel Management, Security, Marketing; Webcasts 2008-07-24
Accenture gets deeper into the green IT services game: Need some outside perspective on the green status of your IT infrastructure? Accenture, which is one of Forrester Research's darlings when it comes to green IT services, has created a set of services called the Accenture Green Technology Suite that handle anything from basic green "maturity" assessments and modeling tools...; Tags: Game, Data Center, Accenture Ltd., Green IT, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2008-07-23
'Spam King' escapes from federal prison: Edward "Eddie" Davidson, a notorious e-mail spammer who was sentenced to jail time in April, has escaped from a federal prison camp in Florence, Colorado. Davidson left, also known as the "Spam King, made a run for it when his wife visited him last Sunday and is now officially...; Tags: Internal Revenue Service, Restitution, Federal Prison Camp, E-mail, Security, Online Communications, Ryan Naraine; Blog posts 2008-07-23
iPhone vulnerable to phishing, spamming flaws: Security researcher Aviv Raff left has discovered a pair of basic design flaws that could turn your iPhone into easy bait for malicious phishing and spamming attacks. According to an advisory from Raff, the iPhone's Mail and Safari applications are susceptible to a URL Spoofing vulnerability which...; Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple Safari, Vulnerability, Spamming, Flaw, Aviv Raff, Phishing, Spam, Security, Spam And Phishing, Ryan Naraine; Blog posts 2008-07-23

Researchers borrow from Google PageRank for network defense service: Using a link analysis algorithm similar to Google PageRank, researchers at the SANS Institute and SRI International have created a new Internet network defense service that completely revamps the way network blacklists are formulated and distributed. The service, called Highly Predictive Blacklisting (.pdf), will be unveiled next...; Tags: Google PageRank, Attacker, Network, DShield, Highly Predictive Blacklist, Internet, Networking, Security, Ryan Naraine; Blog posts 2008-07-23
MindTouch Deki: Kilen Woods release: Today, MindTouch Deki releases Kilen Woodds, its latest and biggest release. In conversation with co-founder Aaron Fulkerson I learned that Deki is rapidly transforming itself from being a smart wiki into what Fulkerson calls the 'connecting tissue' between applications. Others might call it mashup environment, still others a means of...; Tags: Microsoft Corp., Mashup, Aaron Fulkerson, Management Option, Wiki, Collaboration, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Databases, Online Communications, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Dennis Howlett; Blog posts 2008-07-23
Entellium puts a video game spin on CRM with a desktop RIA: Yesterday I sat down and talked with Entellium, an on-demand CRM company that has recently gone away from a purley browser-based model and moved into a desktop smart client application. In doing so they saw a big increase in conversion numbers and the customers have responded well to having the...; Tags: Entellium, Sun Java Studio Creator, Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation, Rich Internet Application, Video Game, Video, CRM, Desktop Application, Games, Desktops, Corporate Communications, Personal Technology, Hardware, Marketing, Ryan Stewart; Blog posts 2008-07-23
Inside the mind - and config - of Terry Childs: Terry Childs's lawyer, Erin Crane, offered the court some insights into the Childs' motivations in changing SF's network passwords. She will argue today for a reduction in his $5 million bail, perhaps to something closer to the bail set for common murderers ($1 mil.) In her written...; Tags: Password, Network, Backup, Terry Childs, Richard Koman; Blog posts 2008-07-23
Microsoft gives a new Xbox 360 experience: Despite having what is regarded as one of the best user interfaces of all the major consoles, Microsoft is reinventing the Xbox 360's look. Despite ostensibly having what is regarded as one of the best user interfaces of all the major consoles, Microsoft is reinventing the Xbox 360's look....; Tags: NetFlix Inc., Microsoft Xbox Live, Video, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Xbox 360, Microsoft Xbox, LiveParty, Spotlight Channel, Xbox Experience, Games, Game Players, Corporate Communications, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Marketing, Xbox 360, Microsoft, user-generated, video games, Xbox Live, Sarju Shah, Gamespot; News items 2008-07-23
NY gov signs game bill into law: New York State legislation that will have made it illegal to sell or rent some violent games to minors was signed was signed into law. A bill that will have made it illegal to sell or rent some violent games to minors was signed into law Tuesday by New...; Tags: Law, Minor, Games, Personal Technology, video games, video game violence, Nintendo DS, New York, Brendan Sinclair, GameSpot; News items 2008-07-23
Fortify sets off FUD flood: The Fortify study did not say enterprises must avoid open source because all open source is a security risk. But that's how lazy reporters played it. by Dana Blankenhorn; Tags: Open Source, Security, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-07-23
Microsoft turns to users for new wave of Xbox games: Taking a page from Facebook and YouTube, Microsoft will turn to users of its Xbox 360 to create new video games and broaden the types of games available on its console. SEATTLE--Microsoft will turn to users of its Xbox 360 to create new video games and broaden the types...; Tags: Microsoft Xbox Live, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Xbox, Games, Game Players, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Reuters, Xbox 360, Microsoft, user-generated, video games, Xbox; News items 2008-07-23
Another student hacks another police website: Oh the fun. Once again, another police website has been hacked by a student, showing that even the police aren't safe from all crimes. This is another link in the long chain of attacks over the years from egotistical teenagers trying to get a kick out of life without sticking...; Tags: Web Site, Attack, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Internet, Zack Whittaker; Blog posts 2008-07-23
AT&T's quarter hits mark; Wireless churn falls; iPhone 3G sells well: AT&T on Wednesday reported second quarter earnings of $3.8 billion, or 63 cents a share, on revenue of $30.9 billion. Adjusted earnings were 76 cents a share, a tally that met Wall Street estimates. In the second quarter a year ago, AT&T reported net income of $2.9...; Tags: Apple iPhone, AT&T Corp., Apple iPhone 3G, 3G, Wireless, Wi-Fi, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-07-23
McAfee debunks recent vulnerabilities in AV software research, n.runs restates its position: Several days after blogging about a research conduced by n.runs AG that managed to discover approximately 800 vulnerabilities in antivirus products, McAfee issued a statement basically debunking the number of vulnerabilities found, and providing its own account into the number of vulnerabilities affecting its own products : "A recent...; Tags: Software, McAfee Inc., Antivirus, Vulnerability, Vendor, Flaw, N.Runs, Dancho, Security, Viruses And Worms, Dancho Danchev; Blog posts 2008-07-23
News to know: Yahoo; VMware; Apple; DNS vulnerability: Notable headlines: Ryan Naraine: Vulnerability disclosure gone awry: Understanding the DNS debacle RIM ships fix for BlackBerry code execution bug Dancho Danchev: Georgia President's web site under DDoS attack from Russian hackers 75% of online banking sites found vulnerable to security design...; Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Larry Dignan, DNS, Yahoo! Inc., Vulnerability, Dana Blankenhorn, Health Care, Apple Inc., VMware Inc., App Store, Banking, Vertical Industries, Domain Names, Benefits, Healthcare, Security, Financial Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Internet, Human Resources; Blog posts 2008-07-23
75% of online banking sites found vulnerable to security design flaws: In a paper entitled "Analyzing Web sites for user-visible security design flaws" to be published at the Symposium on Usable Privacy and Security meeting at Carnegie Mellon University July 25, Atul Prakash and two of his doctoral students examined 214 financial institutions in 2006, finding that over 75% of all...; Tags: Bank, Online Banking, Flaw, Security, Financial Services, Dancho Danchev; Blog posts 2008-07-23
X12 Parser (exe): The X12 Parser allows you to convert X12 837 claims or 835 remittance files into a CSV or XML file. It is designed to be used either on the desktop or can be called from another application to convert an X12 file into a CSV file. It also allows users...; Tags: File, Com1 Software, X12 Parser, XML, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources; Software downloads 2008-07-23
Element Browser (zip): Element Browser is a full featured, fast and Web standards compliant Web browser for the Microsoft Windows platform. It features a intuitive, modern ribbon interface with tools that are designed to simplify every day browsing tasks. Element Browser has been designed from the ground up to be one of the...; Tags: Web Browser, Element Software, Web Browsers, Viruses And Worms, Internet, Security; Software downloads 2008-07-23