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Notebook: Google/Orkut worm, Leaky HP laptops; Google text ad Trojan; Sun patches

Notebook: Google/Orkut worm, Leaky HP laptops; Google text ad Trojan; Sun patchesHp has released patch to stop hackersYou can check details here:http://laptopadvisor.blogspot.com/2007/12/hewlett-packard-releases-patch-to-stop.html

Tags: social networking, spyware, adware & malware, spyware, patches, cyberthreats, notebooks, google inc., sun patch, orkut.com, text advertisement, trojan horse, patch management, notebook, sun microsystems inc., hewlett-packard co., laptop computer, advertisement

Discussion threads 2007-12-21

Sun patches critical JRE security flaws

Sun patches critical JRE security flawsNo, not several patches for the issuethat's not common for other software makers, . . what is happening to the world, global software warming.I have said this before and i will say it againJava is evil and must be destroyed!Yes, it is indeed a patch...

Tags: patches, java, sun patch, patch management, jre, sun microsystems inc., security

Discussion threads 2007-01-18

Alert goes out on Sun patch

Alert goes out on Sun patchWell Sun, your a man nowgo out in the world and never let anyone exploit your image, or render you flawed.

Tags: sun patch, sun microsystems inc.

Discussion threads 2005-06-27

Additional Resources

The shine is off another apple

Techies to Apple: You treat us like indentured servants.In a lawsuit filed Monday that the plaintiff hopes to turn into class-action that could include all staff at retail stores, an Apple employee alleges that the company denied technical staffers overtime pay and other compensations required by state law. The network...

Tags: job, overtime, apple inc., recruitment & selection, human resources, workforce management, deb perelman

Blog posts 2008-08-07

MS Patch Tuesday: Critical IE, Office, Excel patches coming

Next Tuesday (August 12th), Microsoft will ship 12 security bulletins with fixes for serious vulnerabilities in a wide range of of widely deployed products. Seven of the 12 bulletins will be rated "critical," Microsoft's highest severity rating. The critical bulletins will cover remotely exploitable...

Tags: microsoft access, vulnerability, patch management, activex control, microsoft internet explorer, microsoft corp., microsoft excel, microsoft windows, activex/com/com+/dcom, microsoft office, security, operating systems, software, software development, software/web development, office suites, ryan naraine

Blog posts 2008-08-07

Talking Firefox security with Mozilla's Window Snyder

LAS VEGAS -- Mozilla security chief Window Snyder wants to open-source much more than the Firefox browser. During a sit-down chat at the Black Hat security conference here, Snyder announced plans to launch three new initiatives around threat modeling, training and vulnerability metrics that push the envelope...

Tags: mozilla firefox, window, training, web browser, mozilla corp., window snyder, web browsers, security, internet, ryan naraine

Blog posts 2008-08-06

Expert: SOA vulnerable to DNS security flaw, too

This just in from the Black Hat security confab currently taking place in Las Vegas: Dan Kaminsky, a well-known IT security researcher, disclosed his findings around the Domain Name Server flaw or DNS cache poisoning vulnerability, and where it can bite. Tim Wilson of Dark Reading reported on Kaminsky's presentation,...

Tags: security, dns, server, soa, flaw, domain names, service-oriented architecture (soa), networking, internet, web services, enterprise software, software, joe mckendrick

Blog posts 2008-08-06

Microsoft aims to close Patch Tuesday vulnerability window

Microsoft aims to close Patch Tuesday vulnerability windowThis is good, potentially anyway.MFST did not get to be where it is by being "stupid". Granted, they have their "flaws", but so does everyone on this Planet. The reason that "hackers" virus writers, etc. target Windows is clear. The OS is the...

Tags: construction, microsoft windows nt, security, viruses and worms, patch tuesday vulnerability window, patch tuesday, microsoft corp., window

Discussion threads 2008-08-06

The social media corporate identity crisis

The recent "hijacking" of the ExxonMobil brand for Twitter use made a whoosh as the news traveled around the socialsphere. It also brought into view a lot of questions around brand validity and responsibility in terms of social networking. Joel Postman, principal of Socialized, authored this guest piece on the...

Tags: brand, social media, twitter, joel postman, popeyes chicken, q., branding, social networking, marketing, online communications, advertising & promotion, jennifer leggio

Blog posts 2008-08-06

IBM should spend another $1B to drive consumer adoption of its Symphony OpenOffice-Linux desktop

IBM should spend another $1B to drive consumer adoption of its Symphony OpenOffice-Linux desktopIbm should spend 1% of its revenueeach years to help , expend and monitor/sponsored open sourceUp to a certain point IBM OS/3 "pay back" linux or bsd flavor since we are into the "if/why not"...

Tags: unix, operating systems, open source, servers, desktop, ibm corp., linux, microsoft corp., symphony, server

Discussion threads 2008-08-06

IBM should spend another $1B to sell its Symphony OpenOffice-Linux desktop to the masses

IBM is enlisting the help of the top three Linux distributors to help its desktop Office and messaging software gain ground. It's a small step forward but Big Blue must reach out to the masses to win this game. At LinuxWorld, IBM announced that Canonical/Ubuntu, Novell and Red...

Tags: microsoft office, ibm corp., linux, open source, unix, operating systems, desktops, software, hardware, paula rooney

Blog posts 2008-08-06

It's not good for everything, therefore it's not good for anything

It's not good for everything, therefore it's not good for anythingScientific vs. Data Processing: Did you just switch sides?Even in a research institute, most of the people will use boring finance and word processing applications that are well supported on all the major computing platforms. On the other hand, niches...

Tags: internet, desktops, operating systems, nich, sun ray, mission critical, institute, pc, sun microsystems inc., research institute

Discussion threads 2008-08-06

Why x86 is perfectly fine for now

Why x86 is perfectly fine for nowAgreed - But demand drives progressEverything you say is true, but the more people who say I want 64bit and I want it now, the more progress you will see in 64bit apps and drivers. If 64bit demand is low, companies will turn...

Tags: intel x86, x64, x86 is, vista x64

Discussion threads 2008-08-05

Who's responsible?

Who's responsible?Murph finds a kindred spiritCongratulations. You found a quote with a Murph-style error in logic.Here's the situation: People eat enough bread to satisfy their need for calories, then use their remaining food money on meat. Less effective, more enjoyable.The price of bread goes up. The...

Tags: anton, bread, murph, meat

Discussion threads 2008-08-05

Adobe: Beware of fake Flash downloads

Adobe: Beware of fake Flash downloadsJudicious editing"First off, do not download Flash Player from a site other than adobe.com"Close, but let's try this instead:"First off, do not download Flash Player."Ah, much better.RE: Adobe: Beware of fake Flash downloadsThose fake malware infested downloads have been in various newsgroups for a while.They...

Tags: microsoft windows, adobe systems inc.

Discussion threads 2008-08-05

Microsoft aims to close Patch Tuesday vulnerability window

Microsoft is upping the ante in an effort to head off hackers at the Patch Tuesday pass. Ryan Naraine reports: The new Microsoft Active Protections Program MAPP, which will be formally announced at Black Hat USA 2008 here, will give anti-virus, intrusion prevention/detection and corporate network...

Tags: window, security company, microsoft corp., security, larry dignan

Blog posts 2008-08-05

Microsoft makes daring vulnerability sharing move

LAS VEGAS -- Starting in October, Microsoft will start sharing details on software vulnerabilities with security vendors ahead of Patch Tuesday under a daring new program aimed at reducing the window of exposure to hacker attacks. The new Microsoft Active Protections Program MAPP, which will be formally...

Tags: vulnerability, security company, exploit code, microsoft corp., security, ryan naraine

Blog posts 2008-08-05

Everywhere I look, I see Clouds

No, not a comment on the weather in East Yorkshire this 'summer,' but rather a reflection on the recent eruption of content related to Cloud computing. Having taken a long weekend away from the computer, punctuated by occasional iPhone-powered checking of my feeds to sate the addiction, it really did...

Tags: software, web, cloud computing, web 3.0, cloud, linked data movement, channel management, marketing, paul miller

Blog posts 2008-08-05

Are lower oil prices the death knell for cleantech energy?

We've been watching oil prices drops during recent weeks. You and I and our fellow Americans are drivng fewer miles. And then the Chinese shut down many of the Beijing-area industries to keep from choking Olympic athletes on particulates. They are even rationing auto driving: odd license plates...

Tags: clean technology, natural gas, energy, natural gas production, telecom & utilities, harry fuller

Blog posts 2008-08-04

How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Windows Vista

How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Windows VistaKubuntu on main desktop ...... Windows XP SP2 in the VMware sandbox, same for Vista if someone sends me a copy gratis. I've been burned too many times with malware to even think of going back to Windows as my main...

Tags: microsoft windows vista (longhorn), operating systems, microsoft windows vista, love windows vista, love windows, stop worrying, operating system

Discussion threads 2008-08-04