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- Fundamental Principles of Network Security
- Security incidents are rising at an alarming rate every year. As the complexity of the threats increases, so do the security measures required to protect networks. Data center operators, network administrators, and other data center professionals need to comprehend the basics of security in order to safely deploy and manage...
- Tags: Data Center, Network, Network Security, Security Incident, Data Centers, Networking, Security, Storage, Hardware, Data Management
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- Manchester City Council pays $2.4m in Conficker clean up costs
- How severe can the impact of the Conficker worm be on a single city council that has apparently not implemented basic security solutions in place? Pretty severe according to a recently released a report entitled "Service interruption resulting from ICT disruption in February 2009" which details the...
- Tags: Infection, Patch Management, Worm, Conficker, Cyberthreats, Security, Patches, Viruses And Worms, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2009-07-02
- CLEAR Airport Verified Identity Pass calls it Quits (UPDATED)
- In a brief email sent to customers at 10:45PM EST, Verified Identity Pass notified its 250,000 customers that the CLEAR service was no more click on photo to enlarge Well I can't say that it was unexpected, but it's definitely a...
- Tags: Clear, Identity, Steven Brill, Security, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2009-06-22
- Ireland: Shell's new Nigeria?
- Just as Shell brings to a close a difficult chapter in its troubled relationship with the Ogoni people in Nigeria, its relationship with community groups in the west of Ireland appears to be reaching new lows. Shell is the senior partner with Statoil and Marathon in an effort to bring off shore...
- Tags: Ireland, Community, Shell, Government, Vertical Industries, James Farrar
- Blog posts 2009-06-17
- Adobe piggybacks on Microsoft Patch Tuesday
- Adobe's first ever quarterly patch for the Reader and Acrobat product lines is set for June 9, the same day Microsoft is scheduled to deliver its batch of security updates. As previously announced, Adobe plans to deliver security updates for Adobe Reader and Acrobat versions 7.x, 8.x,...
- Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Microsoft Corp., Security Administration, Patches, Security, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2009-06-05
- U.S. Army servers breached by Turkish hackers
- U.S. Army servers breached by Turkish hackers A question that puzzles meWhy on Earth is an US Army's Ammunition Plant and an US Army Corps of Engineers running insecure software from M$, more precisely Microsoft SQL Server?Presumably there are many other critical US institutions running dangerous software from M$. The...
- Tags: Databases, SECURITY, Servers, server, SQL injection, Turkish Hackers, SQL, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Corp., vulnerability, U.S. Army
- Discussion threads 2009-06-01
- Gumblar attack worse than Conficker, experts warn
- Gumblar attack worse than Conficker, experts warn Someone will come up with...Microsoft doesn't supply patches for pirated software even though they do.True[i]If you run another OS then you will not get the Gumbar problem.[/i]And if you are talking about Linux then I say that's good. Moving to OS X to...
- Tags: Linux, Operating systems, SECURITY, Now Let, Gumblar, Gumbar, Conficker, attack, Gumblar attack, operating system, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-05-29
- Adobe plans quarterly Patch Day for Reader/Acrobat fixes
- Borrowing a few pages from Microsoft's playbook, Adobe today announced plans for a quarterly Patch Day for its Reader/Acrobat product lines and new initiatives to beef up its code hardening and security response processes. Starting this summer, Adobe Reader and Acrobat security patches will be released on...
- Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Adobe SPLC, Security, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2009-05-20
- TomTom XL 340 S
- The TomTom XL 340 S builds on TomTom's successful XL series of wide-screen portable navigation devices. The XL 340 S' features, such as advanced lane guidance, daily fuel prices, IQ Routes, and TomTom Map Share, work together to constantly update its map data and route-mapping algorithm. Therefore, in theory,...
- Tags: TomTom, XL 340, XL 340 S
- Product reviews 2009-05-13
- Office 2007 Service Pack 2 available for download
- Office 2007 Service Pack 2 available for downloadUpgrade Went SmoothlyI just completed the upgrade to Office 2007 SP2 and all went well. According to Firefox v3.5b4 the download was approx. 290MB and with a 15 Mbs download speed it happened rather quickly. Once downloaded it took about 15 to 20...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Office 2007 SP2, Service Pack 2, Microsoft Office 2007, Office 2007 Service Pack 2, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Office
- Discussion threads 2009-04-28
- MI5 searches for emerging tech scientists
- MI5 searches for emerging tech scientiststechnology breeds complexity....Until people get away from insecure operating systems aka 'windows' what is the point ofusing super secure devices when you millionsof worm spreading machines?Most of the UK Gov. including MI5 run WindowsSome behind the scenes Linux and open-source equipment, but the vast majority...
- Tags: Linux, Operating systems, Construction, Mi5, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-04-26
- Conficker infected critical hospital equipment
- Conficker infected critical hospital equipmentAnd still there are people pushing windows to areas other than gamingWindoze is good for gaming, that's all.Something as serious as hospital equipment needs a secure, reliable OS. One that has a UNIX basis.Laser Hair Removal - Windows based.Don't ask how I know...Awesome MS Software! ;)It...
- Tags: Linux, HEALTHCARE, Operating systems, UNIX, SECURITY, Most IT department, hospital equipment, hospital, Conficker-infected, IT Skills
- Discussion threads 2009-04-24
- RightNow's DoD play: a good antidote to the cloud security naysayers
- Earlier today I had a conversation with Kevin Paschuck, VP of Public Sector and Laef Olson, CIO of RightNow. We discussed their recent high security announcement which highlighted work being done with the US Department of Defense. The backdrop was this from the announcement: RightNow’s new hosting capabilities ...
- Tags: RightNow Technologies, U.S. Department Of Defense, Security, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2009-04-15
- Citizen journalism captures 11 students arrested in counter-terror raids
- Counter-terror police and intelligence service officers have arrested 11 students in Manchester, UK; one British national and ten Pakistani born nationals here in the UK on student visas, and a 41 year old man*. Raids on the central library at Liverpool John Moores University in the UK...
- Tags: British Broadcasting Corp., Student, U.K., Homeland Security, Government, Zack Whittaker
- Blog posts 2009-04-08
- Attackers pounce on Microsoft PowerPoint zero-day
- Attackers are using rigged PowerPoint files to exploit an unpatched vulnerability in Microsoft's presentation software, according to warning late Thursday from the software maker. In a pre-patch advisory, Microsoft described the attacks as "limited and targeted," the kind of language that suggests it is being used to...
- Tags: Attacker, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2009-04-02
- SIMBC - Cisco Security Information Management Boot Camp
- Instantly save $300 off the standard course price when you register on TechRepublic, ZDNet, or BNET! Offer ends June 26, 2009.View Available Dates and LocationsWe have taken our Authorized MARS and SMN courses and combined them into a custom Boot Camp where you will get the training you need...
- Tags: Information Management, Security Information Management, Cisco Systems Inc., Authorized MARS, Cisco Security Management Suite, Security
- Training 2009-04-01
- HIPAA Security Rule Assistant 8.2 (Windows)
- HIPAA Security Rule Assistant provides HIPAA covered entities a program to learn and understand the HIPAA Security Rule. It contains Risk Analysis worksheet, sample policy templates, sample disaster recovery plan, and a sample Incident Report form. It also has areas to tract actions taken and enter policies and procedures developed...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, REG Software, HIPAA Security Rule Assistant, Hipaa, Regulatory Compliance, Regulations, Healthcare, Government, Human Resources, Policies And Procedures
- Software downloads 2009-03-30
- Ballmer: Apple logo costs $500
- Ballmer: Apple logo costs $500Here's a caption...."He's right".Will that do?RE: Ballmer: Apple logo costs $500I'd do anything for MS, but I won't do that.hey its ballmer pleaseDont give any attention to monkey boy ....And just in case ok apple cost 500$ what about MS logo well .... than again its...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, Microsoft Corp., Apple Inc., Caption, Steve Ballmer
- Discussion threads 2009-03-20
- EPIC claim on Google Docs rings hollow
- In the aftermath of a security boo-boo, in which a "a very small percentage" of Google Docs users had their documents exposed to the worldunintended collaborators, the Electronic Privacy Information Center has officially asked the Federal Trade Commission to investigate whether Google engages in deceptive business practices. ...
- Tags: Google Inc., Google Docs, EPIC, Internet, Security, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2009-03-18
- Comcast responds to passwords leak on Scribd
- Comcast has responded to the recently found list of passwords hosted at the popular social publishing site Scribd. Originally claimed to be a list consisting of 8000 passwords for Comcast customers, the company now states that not only are 4000 of the passwords duplicates, but also, that only 700 of...
- Tags: Password, Comcast Corp., Password Management Practice, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2009-03-17
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