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SMM Rootkits: A New Breed of OS Independent Malware

The emergence of hardware virtualization technology has led to the development of OS independent malware such as the Virtual Machine Based Rootkits VMBRs. This paper draws attention to a different but related threat that exists on many commodity systems in operation today: The System Management Mode Based Rootkit SMBR. System...

Tags: Operating System, Malware, Association For Computing Machinery, System Management Mode, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Rootkits, Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Operating Systems, Security, Hardware, Storage, Software

White papers 2008-09-25

Intel ships BIOS fix for Rutkowska's Black Hat flaw

Intel has shipped a BIOS update with a fix for a privilege escalation vulnerability that was used by rootkit researcher Joanna Rutkowska to bluepill the Xen hypervisor. The vulnerability was discussed by Rutkowska at the Black Hat briefings earlier this month but details on the exploit were...

Tags: Black Hat, Hypervisor, Motherboard, BIOS Update, Intel Corp., Flaw, System Management Mode, Level Privilege, BIOS, Virtualization, Hardware, Components, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2008-08-27

Additional Resources

What should open source do in a car?

Engine Management...The owners should be able to tweak the engine management settings.There is no reason I should be forced to stick with the 'safe' mode settings from the factory. Other Ford enthusiasts could tweak their cars and post their engine profiles online and people could adjust their cars engine...

Tags: car, Ford Motor Co., open source

Discussion threads 2009-10-30

Antitrust: Time to break apart the phone companies -- again?

Actually,those 'guaranteed revenue' companiesAre not so rare. Food companies, oil and gas companies, phone companies, electric companies, water utilities.... the list goes on and on if I had enough time to think of them all.That is why we need to break up any company that gets more than a 10%...

Tags: Corporate law, Telecom & Utilities, Network technology, Food & Beverage, 360Networks Corp., phone company, phone, antitrust

Discussion threads 2009-10-21

AudioFinder 4.9.7 (Mac)

AudioFinder is the digital musician's workflow accelerator, sample management system, and music production hub. AudioFinder gathers all the most useful tools in one quick and intuitive application, enabling you to be more creative by handling all the time consuming tasks that slow down your music production. AudioFinder can build a...

Tags: Playback, Apple Macintosh, Tool, Iced Audio, AudioFinder, Productivity, Business Process Automation, Digital Music, It Operations, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-10-19

FxFactory 2.1.1 (Mac)

A revolutionary visual effects package for Final Cut Studio, Final Cut Express and Adobe After Effects, powering hundreds of GPU-accelerated plug-ins. FxFactory is based on FxPlug, Apple's new plug-in architecture which guarantees the best integration with Final Cut Pro, Motion and Final Cut Express. FxFactory uses the graphics card in...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Plug-in, Noise Industries, FxFactory

Software downloads 2009-10-15

Radmin Server and Viewer 3.4 (Windows)

Radmin Remote Administrator is a popular, award winning secure remote control software which enables you to work on a remote computer in real time as if you were using its own keyboard and mouse. You can remotely access the same computer from multiple places, using file transfer, text and voice...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Computer, Famatech, Productivity, Telnet, Networking

Software downloads 2009-10-14

Keyword Manager 1.5.3 (Mac)

A brand new way to assign keywords to your photos Keyword Manager introduces a brand new way of assigning keywords to your photos in a simple and efficient way. Keyword Manager expands the functionality of your familiar iPhoto setup, and will greatly enhance your photo management experience. Download a fully...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Photograph, Keyword, Bullstorm

Software downloads 2009-10-02

Aussie power grid threatened by virus

Nasty virusInfects and corrupts several file typesspreads in network sharesOne of the few virus I've encountered that can only be cleaned up by reloading windowsRE: Aussie power grid threatened by virusIf there's "absolutely no way it could make its way onto the grid" then don't use a sensational headline like...

Tags: Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, Spyware, Spyware, adware & malware, power grid, virus, tool

Discussion threads 2009-10-01

LinkByLink 1.0.13.1 (Mac)

Even when using a CMS Content Management System checking websites for broken links is an issue. By far not everybody uses a CMS, and for finding broken links to external web pages or for identifying invalid e-mail addresses more specialized tools are needed. LinkByLink addresses this and other tasks. The...

Tags: HTML, Apple Macintosh, Web Site, Content Management System, Seimet Software, LinkByLink, Web Site Development, Content Management, Web Technology, Enterprise Software, Internet, Software

Software downloads 2009-09-27

Shouldn’t services firms have their own ERP?

I caught up this week with Morris Panner, CEO of OpenAir now part of NetSuite. One aspect of our wide-ranging conversation concerned the continuing evolution of businesses, the economy, etc. towards a greater services orientation. Drawing on that, we discussed how services firms need their own version of ERP. ...

Tags: Staffing, ERP, Services Firm, Service Firm, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Sales Strategy, Enterprise Software, Software, Sales, Brian Sommer

Blog posts 2009-09-25

HTC Touch Pro2 (Verizon Wireless)

Photo gallery:HTC Touch Pro2 Verizon WirelessThe HTC Touch Pro2 is making the rounds to the various carriers; first showing up at T-Mobile, then to Sprint, and now Verizon Wireless. Verizon's version of the Windows Mobile smartphone isn't all that different from the other models, delivering a powerful business device capable...

Tags: Smart phones, Handhelds, Cellular phones, Verizon HTC Touch Pro2, Verizon Wireless, High Tech Computer Corp., HTC Touch, HTC Touch Pro2, Verizon Communications Inc., smart phone

Product reviews 2009-09-22

Advanced File Manager 3.4.4 (Windows)

Advanced File Manager is a toolbox for file and disk management, analysis, and reporting. It allows you to manage and monitor disk space on your network computers and servers. It indicates the size of each folder on your local, network, and removable drives without the need for you to reference...

Tags: Disk, File Manager, Microsoft Windows, AdvexSoft, Advanced File Manager

Software downloads 2009-09-21

HTC Hero (Sprint)

Sprint was one of the first carriers to join the Open Handset Alliance when it was founded in November 2007 to promote Google Android. However, unlike T-Mobile, which released the T-Mobile G1 and the T-Mobile MyTouch 3G, the carrier wasn't so quick to offer an Android handset to its customers...

Tags: 3G, Cellular phones, Smart phones, HTC Hero, High Tech Computer Corp., T-Mobile, Sprint Communications

Product reviews 2009-09-17

Bopup Communication Server 3.3.5.7785 (Windows)

Bopup Communication Server is a secure messaging suite designed to provide efficient and private communication over networks of any size. The server meets most of the critical business needs, such as centralized management, the Active Directory LDAP support, message and file transfer logging. It can be easily deployed over the...

Tags: Server, Microsoft Windows, Messaging, B Labs, Bopup Communication Server, Instant Messaging, Groupware, Internet, Online Communications, Enterprise Software, Software

Software downloads 2009-09-16

AggreGate Network Manager for Windows 4.30.01 (Windows)

AggreGate Network Manager is an enterprise-grade network management and monitoring platform. It tightly integrates with other smart building management systems, such as physical access control, HVAC, lighting, and time/attendance control. The system has common scalable architecture based on the core of AggreGate Device Management Platform, providing unique abilities for...

Tags: Network, Monitoring, Microsoft Windows, Tibbo, AggreGate Network Manager, Networking

Software downloads 2009-09-09

Europe can stick a fork where its mouth is

Problem with your thinking...Sun owns the copyright. That means that they can rebrand the license. If you fork it, it is GPL forever. Thus you are definitely loosing out.Your argument would have made sense if Sun would have said, "hey we are going to release this under the Apache license."...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Databases, MySQL, mouth, Sun Microsystems Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-09-08

Helix RADE 6.1.4 (Mac)

Helix RADE Rapid Application Development Environment enables the creation, deployment and maintenance of customized solutions to information management problems on the Macintosh platform, via a proprietary graphical development environment that does not require traditional programming skills. Helix RADE, the development tool, gives the user complete capability to develop applications that...

Tags: Information Management, Client-server, Apple Macintosh, Environment, Development Environment, Development Tools, Servers, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Hardware

Software downloads 2009-09-01

How desktop virtualization will end IT client hardware maintenance (and kill off Best Buy's Geek Squad)

Blah, ha ha ha haOh yeah, I can just see my son playing Garry's Mod on a virtual desktop. Blah, ha, ha, ha.... Yeah, right.Oh, oh, and I can just see virtualizing several thousand clients, all churning their spreadsheets, personal databases, e-mail, web browsers, compilers, graphics programs.There's a reason...

Tags: Rootkits, PRODUCTIVITY, Virtualization, Desktops, Best Buy Co. Inc., Geek Squad, rootkit, desktop virtualization, computer, desktop, information technology

Discussion threads 2009-08-28

India outsourcing workers stressed to the limit

This applies to America as well"Workers are suffering from obesity, sleep disorders, depression and broken relationships - problems which can lead to more serious conditions such as diabetes or heart disease. In a country where a public healthcare system is virtually non-existent, overworked outsourcing employees could present a health crisis...

Tags: Managed hosting, Benefits, outsourcing, outsource, health care, job, information technology, worker

Discussion threads 2009-08-26