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Adobe patches 7 issues, including Pwn2Own contest flaw and DNS rebinding issues: Adobe published an advisory covering issues, includingÂ a fix for theÂ Pwn2Own flaw that we previously discussed here.Â Adobe's details are published here.Â One of the issues that was patched was discovered by myself and fellow researcher (and co-worker at Ernst & Young's Advanced Security Center)Â Rob Carter, see the picture to the...; Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., DNS, Domain, Lookup, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Web Browser, Domain Name, Flaw, Rob, Flash, XmlHttp Request, Kicker, Domain Names, Web Browsers, Networking, Internet, Nathan McFeters; Blog posts 2008-04-09

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Aviv Raff drops an 0-day for IE 7.0 and 8.0b on XP: I've been busy all day and just haven't been able to get to it until now, but Aviv Raff is a seriously bad man.Â I follow his blog religiously as he always has some cool stuff going on and a lot of it tends to be thought provoking for other...; Tags: HTML, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, Blog, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Aviv Raff, Blogging, Web Browsers, Internet, Nathan McFeters; Blog posts 2008-05-14
Security Researcher to release Cisco rootkit at EUSecWest: According toÂ good friend Robert McMillan of IDG News,Â Sebastian Muniz, a researcher with Core Security Technologies,Â has developed malicious rootkit software for Cisco's routers, which he will release on May 22 at the EuSecWest conference in London.Â This will mark the first time (at least publicly)Â that someone hasÂ released a...; Tags: Black Hat, Cisco IOS, Router, Cisco Systems Inc., Robert McMillan, Rootkits, Security, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Nathan McFeters; Blog posts 2008-05-14
Informatica is on the block say senior sources: I have heard from two senior sources in the software industry that Informatica [INFA] is on the block and it has approached Oracle [ORCL]. I don't know what the possible acquisition price would be or any further details. Informatica's share price closed at $16.45 on Friday May 9. It's...; Tags: Informatica, Oracle Corp., Pricing, Tools & Techniques, Business Intelligence, Databases, Enterprise Software, Marketing, Management, Software, Data Management, Tom Foremski; Blog posts 2008-05-11
Interview: IBM Cognos chief rob Ashe: Interview: IBM Cognos chief Rob AsheIBM is completely missing the SaaS BI trendI wasn't surprised by Rob's comment that "BI doesn’t lend itself to SaaS" (though I suspect that the folks from Cognos' Celequest acquisition were caught a bit off guard.) But, I strongly disagree. The notion that...; Tags: Sales strategy, Software as a Service (SaaS), Sales force management, Tools & Techniques, SaaS BI, sales, software-as-a-service, Cognos Inc., IBM Corp.; Discussion threads 2008-05-09

Seeking the iPhone in Adobe's annual analyst briefings: Even if you're not an analyst, Adobe's 2008 financial briefings available online make interesting viewing, from its showcase of new AIR tools to the "soul" of Adobe, Google and Microsoft. And then there's the iPhone. The recordings cover the morning and afternoon sessions...; Tags: Apple iPhone, Adobe Systems Inc., Google Inc., Corporate Communications, Advertising & Promotion, Financial Accounting, Marketing, Finance, David Morgenstern; Blog posts 2008-05-08
News to know: AMD; Oil and telecommuting; Verizon's EV-DO modem; Linux: Notable headlines: Jason O'Grady: Review: Verizon UM150 USB EV-DO modem Gallery (right). Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft Live Mesh to get more competition -- from Sun News.com: AMD revises server road map Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: How long can AMD...; Tags: Facebook, Larry Dignan, Oil, Telecommuting, Sun Microsystems Inc., EVDO, Verizon Communications Inc., Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Linux, Modems, WiMAX, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Federal Government, 64-Bit, Microsoft Windows, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Components, Wireless, Government, Processors, Semiconductors; Blog posts 2008-05-08
Competing with your own channel: Matt Asay has a truly fine piece out today about open source vendors competing with their own channels. What he's talking about are companiesÂ that sell support for "community" versions of your product. (I have no idea if John Wingert's sales techniques work, but his picture encapsulates the...; Tags: Matt Asay, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Open Source, Sales, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-05-07
Interview: IBM Cognos chief rob Ashe: Rob Ashe, general manager of IBM's business intelligence and performance management unit, has had a busy year. He sold his company, Cognos, to IBM for $5 billion and has stayed on as a member of IBM's leadership team. Ashe's role day to day hasn't changed too much....; Tags: Cognos Inc., Software-as-a-service, IBM Corp., Pricing, Tools & Techniques, Business Intelligence, Software As A Service (SaaS), Databases, Enterprise Software, Marketing, Management, Software, Data Management, Emerging Technologies, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-05-07
Can I interest you in a glass of Berry Blue Kool-Aid?: A recap of Microsoft Blue Hat v7: Hey all, I was fortunate enough to be invited to attend Microsoft Blue Hat v 7 as I had some research that Microsoft was interested in bringing me in to talk about.Â Microsoft got to have co-worker and fellow researcher Rob Carter and I in to talk...; Tags: Microsoft Corp., Blogging, Team Management, Internet, Management, Nathan McFeters; Blog posts 2008-05-06
OOXML expert: ODF standard is broken: OOXML expert: ODF standard is brokenI guess this guy is digging a deeper hole for himself...He's already been debunked (See http://www.robweir.com/blog/2008/05/odf-validation-for-dummies.html), and he may be in trouble in the UK for being one of the key figured in switching the UK vote on OOXML.Fair enoughPropose amendments to fix the flaws...; Tags: OpenDocument Format (ODF), OpenDocument Format, Office Open XML; Discussion threads 2008-05-02
AT&T hotspots free to iPhone users (updated): A couple of MacRumors readers have noticed that AT&T hotspots are now offering free WiFi access to iPhone users. Barnes and Noble, Starbucks and soon to be AT&T's 71,000 other Wi-fi hotspot locations are now offering iPhone users free WiFi. A special iPhone formatted page...; Tags: Apple iPhone, HotSpot, AT&T Corp., Wireless, Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, Jason D. O\'Grady; Blog posts 2008-05-01
Will tablets go the way of the Palm Pilot?: Will tablets go the way of the Palm Pilot?I doubt it ...While tablets have gained considerable traction in the vertical industries where they could be replaced by cheaper and more convenient alternatives, they are also gaining a foothold in other industries - namely, education - where their functionality is useful...; Tags: Tablets, Notebooks, Handhelds, tablet, Palm Inc., Palm Pilot; Discussion threads 2008-05-01
Why social software won't dethrone the incumbents: It's not often I find myself fundamentally disagreeing with Sam Lawrence. He's a smart guy with a great marketing head. But on this post he's over-reaching in my opinion. His basic argument says this: The big IT vendors aren't taking social software seriously. They can't. Not even if they...; Tags: Software, Oracle Corp., Value Chain, Vendor, SAP AG, IBM Corp., Sam, Austin Ventures, Dan, Web 2.0, Channel Management, Internet, Marketing, Dennis Howlett; Blog posts 2008-04-30
More URI handler issues to come: Rob Carter, Billy Rios, and I have been blogging about and speaking at conferences like Black Hat and ToorCon all year on the subject of URI handler abuse.Â One might think these types of flaws are soon to go away, butÂ one look at SecurityFocusÂ and FullDisclosure today and you can see...; Tags: Flaw, Security, Nathan McFeters; Blog posts 2008-04-25
News to know: Apple; Windows updates; Google mobile ads; Denial of service attack 101: Notable headlines: Larry Dignan: Apple blows through estimates; Ships 2.29 million Macs; Outlook light by design? Techmeme Jason O'Grady: Liveblogging: Apple's Q2 2008 financial results Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Why I won't be buying a "Hackint0sh" system Forbes: Apple Buys Chip Designer...; Tags: Denial Of Service, Google Inc., Advertisement, Microsoft Windows Update, Mobile, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Linux, Security, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-04-24
Good Microsoft, Bad Microsoft: On paper and in theory, Microsoft is a single corporation, with something like 80,000 employees worldwide. In the real world, it's actually a collection of dozens, maybe even hundreds, of small companies that appear to act without a lot of central supervision. That is the only possible...; Tags: MSN, Microsoft Corp., Entertainment, Advertising & Promotion, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Ed Bott; Blog posts 2008-04-23
Of course you realize, this means war.: Fanboys exist for every favored computing platform. When you've been writing about computing for any number of years, such as I have, you are eventually going become the target of kooks â€“ people who post completely random stuff on your blogs, send you crazy and inflamed emails, or write...; Tags: Apple Macintosh, PC, Apple Inc., Macalope, Jason Perlow, Apple Mac OS X, Desktops, Apple Mac OS, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware; Blog posts 2008-04-23
Linked Data on the Web, WWW2008: The main programme of this year's World Wide Web Conference gets underway here in Beijing today (Wednesday), but ahead of that yesterday was devoted to workshops. With my colleague Tom Heath one of the co-chairs, a paper (pdf) from colleagues Rob Styles, Nadeem Shabir and (the absent)...; Tags: Web, Tim Berners-Lee, Channel Management, Marketing, Paul Miller; Blog posts 2008-04-22
ToorCon Seattle 2008: Nuke plants, non-existent sub domain attacks, muffin diving, and Guitar Hero: *** Updated: ToorCon images uploaded.Â Click here!Â Alright, that title probably sounds pretty random... well, welcome to ToorCon!Â ToorCon has long been one of my favorite conferences for the easy atmosphere, laid-back presentations, and parties.Â This year's Seattle-based ToorCon was the best I've been to. ...; Tags: Researcher, XSS, Domain, Microsoft Corp., Conference, Attack, ToorCon Seattle 2008, John, Security, Nathan McFeters; Blog posts 2008-04-21