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Microsoft CardSpace killed before it really began?

According to Neowin, computing students at the University of Bochum, Germany, have worked out how to retrieve vital security tokens from Microsoft's CardSpace framework. CardSpace is highly tipped to be the successor to Windows Live ID Passport and making passwords a relic of the Cold War, using self-signed or certificate...

Tags: DNS, Microsoft Windows CardSpace, Security Token, Microsoft Corp., Domain Names, Digital Security, Security, Networking, Internet, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2008-05-31

TokenKey 1 (Windows)

TokenKey turns your regular USB key into an effective security token solution. Installed directly onto your USB key, TokenKey provides strong password protection that can be carried with you wherever you go. TokenKey provides strong and customized TokenKeys of various lengths and styles with symbols and lower case characters that...

Tags: Security Token, Microsoft Windows, USB, Strong Password, DefendGate, TokenKey 1, Digital Security, Security

Software downloads 2006-11-07

RSA turns everyday gadgets into security tokens

RSA turns everyday gadgets into security tokensSoooo many stolen phonesI doubt I would give my identity to a mobile phone or PDA. There are soooo many stolen phones and PDA, that I would really prefer a device like a classic smart card, that you ideally don't need to remove from...

Tags: PDAs, Telecom & Utilities, Digital security, RSA Security Inc., security, phone, PDA, mobile, cell phone, security token

Discussion threads 2006-02-14

Additional Resources

Process Hacker 1.7 (Windows)

Process Hacker provides a customizable tree view with highlighting showing you the processes running on your computer. You can see detailed performance graphs. A complete list of services and full control over them (start, stop, pause, resume, and delete). A list of network connections. Provides a comprehensive information for all...

Tags: Process, Performance, Microsoft Windows, Hacker, WJ32, Rootkits, Performance Management, Security, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Human Resources, Workforce Management

Software downloads 2009-11-17

Rohos Logon Key 1.7.3 (Mac)

Rohos Logon Key turns any USB drive into a security key for your Mac. Using Rohos Logon Key you can add hardware level protection for your MAC. Your security benefits: The Mac is protected but you don't need to enter your password manually each time you unlock your Mac; Automatically...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, MAC, Teslain, Rohos Logon Key, Desktops, Hardware

Software downloads 2009-10-17

The case of the fake money-mules: Inside the URLZone Trojan network

Security EvangelistHi, boy I sure wish people would stop using the word Evangelist in the wrong way. An Evangelist is someone you preaches the Gospel of Jesus Christ, not a secular title at all. Wikipedia recently removed the secular definition and Webster is researching it. Evangelist is from the Greek...

Tags: Spyware, Spyware, adware & malware, Banking, E-business/E-commerce, Viruses and worms, Cyberthreats, Personal finance, SECURITY, network, trojan horse, online banking, bank, virus

Discussion threads 2009-10-06

SMS Token 3.00.01 (Windows)

With SMS Token you add two extra security locks to your IT environment. The locks are controlled by your users via SMS send from there Mobile phones just before logging in. Works as a single application or in connection with MS-AD, Radius, Firewalls, Citrix, PowerFuse, Terminal Services. Enjoy zero user...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, SMS, SMStoken, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Telephony, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Networking

Software downloads 2009-09-01

RSA SecurID Aids Highly-Secure Remote Hard Drive Encryption

This government department ensures that the correct tax is paid at the right time, whether this relates to payment of taxes received by the department or entitlement to benefits paid. The challenge was to further improve the security of sensitive data, including Personally Identifiable Information and to deploy government-approved hard...

Tags: Hard Drive, RSA Security Inc., RSA SecurID, Encryption, Digital Security, Taxes, Network Security, Security, Financial Planning, Finance, Networking

Case studies 2009-09-01

IE6 casts a long shadow for Microsoft

Microsoft brought it on themselves :(Im stuck using IE6 in work because the web based application we primarily use had to be altered and so many work arounds put in for it to work nicely with Internet Explorer 5-6 that it won't even work with IE7, I'm stuck in a...

Tags: Web browsers, Channel management, Web technology, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Internet Explorer 6, Web browser, Web, Internet

Discussion threads 2009-08-14

Microsoft: Exploits likely for 'critical' Windows vulnerabilities

Who cares if exploit code will be released in the futureAs long as it is patched before the exploits are out, the exploits no longer count. Or something like that.Cue the double standards...PS I wonder which one of these was labeled "Bulletin 3" in the pre-patch announcement? According to some...

Tags: Patches, SECURITY, Microsoft Windows, exploit, patch, Microsoft Corp., LUA

Discussion threads 2009-08-11

Improving Security and Compliance, While Reducing Cost and Complexity

A specialist provider of transaction services, with an automated payment platform processing over 90 million transactions on a peak day and a switching platform connecting over 60,000 ATMs. The challenge was to improve the overall security and simplify support of the company's heterogeneous IT environment and to standardise and centralise...

Tags: RSA Security Inc., Compliance, RSA SecurID, Remote Access, Digital Security, Network Security, Security, Networking

Case studies 2009-08-01

RSA SecurID Ensures Strong Authentication for Secure Access to Criminal Justice Records

The Kansas Bureau of Investigation KBI is the criminal investigative arm of the State of Kansas. It is responsible for providing investigative and laboratory services to criminal justice agencies as well as preventing crime in the State of Kansas. The challenge was to provide employees with real-time online access to...

Tags: RSA Security Inc., Microsoft Access, RSA SecurID, Authentication, Digital Security, Network Security, Security, Networking

Case studies 2009-08-01

*SMobile Anti-Theft for Symbian (Mobile)

SMobile Security Shield offers the market-leading anti-virus/anti-malware product, VirusGuard, along with anti-spam and firewall features, plus backup and restore features, combined in a single easy-to-use application. Subscription-based licensing entitles the user to one year of automatic, OTA virus definition updates, with seamless license transfer when moving to a new device...

Tags: Virus Definition, Device, Mobile, Anti-theft, Symbian Inc., Virus, SMobile Systems, SMobile Security Shield, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Wireless LANs, Security, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Wireless And Mobility

Software downloads 2009-07-24

Like Santa, only greener. PecoBOO knows when your PC should be sleeping

I'd be lying if I didn't admit that this one creeps me out a bit. A green PC maker out of the United Kingdom VeryPC has rigged some facial detection software to work in conjunction with your system's power management features. As in, if the software doesn't "see" that you're...

Tags: Software, Power Management, Screen, PC, PecoBOO, VeryPC, Tools & Techniques, Management, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-07-10

Why is there no Windows 7 E upgrade for Europe?

Why is there no Windows 7 E upgrade for Europe?Can't blame Microsoft for doing what the EC wanted. ntntRE: Why is there no Windows 7 E upgrade for Europe?And this is the impact of the supposedly "consumer protecting" EC. Way to go EC, you just forced us to buy...

Tags: Web browsers, Operating systems, Microsoft Windows 7, Web browser, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Windows 7 E, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-06-25

SIM Card Based Security and Trust Management in Mobile Services

The paper describes an architecture for mobile services where the SIM card is integrated as a personal security token for providing basic services related to security, privacy, and trust. The presented work is part of a cooperative research initiative aiming at an open architecture for mobile services. The SIM is...

Tags: Security, SIM Card, Mobile, Mobile Service, Advertising & Promotion, Flash Memory, Cellular Phones, Marketing, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

White papers 2009-06-18

Microsoft patches 31 Windows, IE, Office security holes

Microsoft patches 31 Windows, IE, Office security holesWhat this article doesn't mention...How many of these 31 "security holes" are mitigated by configuring your server the way Microsoft recommends? Beyond trust released a good report based on last year?s stats on Microsoft Vulnerabilities and what percent of vulnerabilities are mitigated...

Tags: Web browsers, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Patches, security, Print Spooler

Discussion threads 2009-06-09

Microsoft ships fixes for Excel, WordPad malware attacks

Microsoft's April batch of security patches are out:  8 bulletins with patches for at least 20 documented vulnerabilities. The most serious of the flaws could lead to remote code execution attacks that give a malicious hacker complete ownership of a vulnerable machine.  This month's fixes cover several...

Tags: Vulnerability, Malware, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., Attack Vector, Microsoft Excel, Attack, Security, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2009-04-14

Online Information Management Provider Leverages a Synchronized Set of Security Services From VeriSign

Sydney, Australia-based innovator DocLocker Worldwide Pty. Ltd. has devised a secure, remote-hosted, online system for storing, managing and sharing files and documents. The challenge was to provide security for document transfer, management of information and data storage under its set of online services and to reassure visitors to its Web...

Tags: Information Management, VeriSign Inc., Ltd., Security

Case studies 2009-04-06

One-year-old (unpatched) Windows 'token kidnapping' under attack

One-year-old unpatched Windows 'token kidnapping' under attackMS should patch this but you do your readers a disservice by not mentioningMS should patch this but you do your readers a disservice by not mentioning that this requires IIS to be installed on the machine. Since the default install of Windows does...

Tags: cloud computing, SECURITY, Microsoft Windows, NonZealot, Microsoft IIS Server, Microsoft Corp., BAD MS, vulnerability, escalation flaw, Web application, desktop user, attack

Discussion threads 2009-03-16