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Hold developers accountable, not liable, for flaws

Hold developers accountable, not liable, for flawsaccountable is fine;;; ---- liable for ?How many of the early cars built could go 1000 miles without breaking down. The engine when running made the sound of exploding fireworks. This was the early days of the automobile industry....

Tags: Development tools, Cyberthreats, Tools & Techniques, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, vunerability, programmer, accountability, software, industry, virus

Discussion threads 2005-10-13

Attackers may lurk inside the firewall

Attackers may lurk inside the firewallDCOM Heresy"And e-mail-borne worms and Trojans aren't the primary drivers behind the new trend. It is directly related to the growing family of Distributed Component Object Model DCOM vulnerabilities discovered in Microsoft's Remote Procedure Call RPC implementation, according to Symantec. The new varieties of attacks...

Tags: RPC, Operating systems, UNIX, ActiveX/COM/COM+/DCOM, OPEN SOURCE, Microsoft Corp., vunerability, Linux, firewall

Discussion threads 2003-10-15

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PayPal may ban Safari for being unsafe (updated)

PayPal may ban Safari for being unsafe updatedLinux didn't fall because no-one botheredI remember reading a report from one of the participants. Linux didn't fall becuse none of the teams invested any time into it until after the others fell. Whether that was out of the feeling that...

Tags: Cyberthreats, Spam, Linux, Apple Mac OS X, SECURITY, Viruses and worms, PWN-TO-OWN, PayPal, Apple Safari, phishing

Discussion threads 2008-04-18

When application failure is not an option

When application failure is not an optionWe have just completed a conversion to virtual.Since you've asked, we have just completed switching over from a large data center of discrete servers to a virtual environment. We now use VMware ESX servers running on HP blade hardware. Each frame holds...

Tags: Utility computing, Storage management, Blade servers, Servers, virtualization, application failure, blade

Discussion threads 2007-12-05

Report: Windows has fewest security holes

Report: Windows has fewest security holesBut Redhat and Apple won't be hijacked into zombiesviruses and exploits may past through their systems onto Window users, but the vulnerabilities they suffer few and far between have no mass attack ability in their installed and networked bases. So even if the turnaround...

Tags: Operating systems, Viruses and worms, Microsoft Windows, security hole, fewest security hole, security, Microsoft Corp., Linux

Discussion threads 2007-03-23

Firefox 2 is no dud

Firefox 2 is no dudSpot On!Thanks Ed! :)FF/2Both FF/2 and IE/7 have features and benifits but with the people they have working onthem I expected more. Where are all of those high priced educations being used not at either FF/2 of IE/7.. Maybe next versions will impress.Very...

Tags: Web browsers, Mozilla Firefox, Web browser, Microsoft Internet Explorer, FF/2, Mozilla Firefox 2.0, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2006-10-24

Hackers try to crack Windows PowerShell

Hackers try to crack Windows PowerShellRep told me not to worry...Our CSO called me in and demanded an answer to this bogus claim. I calmly whipped out my Windows Mobile Phone, flipped it open and dialed my rep. My rep then told my CSO this malicious code was FUD and...

Tags: Cyberthreats, Operating systems, Viruses and worms, Microsoft Windows PowerShell, security, rep, powershell, worm, Microsoft Windows, operating system

Discussion threads 2006-08-01

Microsoft releases SQL Server 2005 SP1

Microsoft releases SQL Server 2005 SP1Only fools use SQL Server. The smart money is with MySQL PostgreSQL IngresWhy pay for an inferior product???SQLServer vs OracleIf you need a high end product go for oracle. Why pay for SQL Server lock-in when you can get cross platform mysql or postgress SQL....

Tags: Databases, Enterprise software, Servers, SAP partner program, Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle Corp., server, SAP AG, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2006-04-19

Microsoft fixes can cause Windows Media Player trouble

Microsoft fixes can cause Windows Media Player troubleGee, I'm shocked!Who wuda thunk - a MICROSUCKS Patch that corrups defective code.That really sucks....when a patch fixes one problem, and causes another. I suppose Microsoft will issue some patches for the patches to solve the problems. But isn't that one of those...

Tags: Patches, Digital music, Digital media, Media players, Comcast DVR, Microsoft Corp., patch management, Microsoft Windows Media Player, Windows Media Player trouble, media player, Microsoft Windows, Windows Media

Discussion threads 2006-03-09

OS X users celebrate first wild worm

OS X users celebrate first wild wormANOTHER intelligence testCall it the "clueless worm" or the "stupid worm" or at the very best, the "ignorant worm".Mac OS X is full of exploitsThis is the first Trojan example that got some news coverage, and it isn't even a real exploit. There...

Tags: Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, Desktops, worm, Apple Macintosh, window, Apple Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2006-02-17

Experts question Windows win in flaw tally

Experts question Windows win in flaw tallyMikey has a brother Mark at Redhat?This explains everything.Mikey has a middle child complex and it turned him to the dark side."Markey works for RedhatI hate Markey, Markey gets everythingI think I'll sell my soul to microscrooge just to get even with mylousy brother"...

Tags: Operating systems, SECURITY, OPEN SOURCE, flaw, Unix, Microsoft Corp., CERT, Mikey, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2006-01-06

Hackers race to expose Cisco router flaw

Hackers race to expose Cisco router flawChildishFrom the article:"The reason we're doing this is because someone said you can't," said one hacker, who like the others spoke on condition of anonymity.This sounds like the same behavior exhibited by 2 year olds. Perhaps Cisco should have tried reverse psychology and...

Tags: SECURITY, Cisco Router, Cisco Systems Inc., flaw, hacker, arsonist, router

Discussion threads 2005-07-31

France puts a damper on flaw-hunting

France puts a damper on flaw-huntingWay to go France...MS loves youI don't even want to think of the legal implications behind this, but I'm willing to bet 10:1 or greater odds that MS seriously considers moving their R&D Dept. to France.The right way to do this ...I think the right...

Tags: Patches, Now IT, security, vulnerability, software

Discussion threads 2005-03-09

ChoicePoint hit with ID theft lawsuit

ChoicePoint hit with ID theft lawsuitExcellentI am of the opinion that companies should be held responsible for security breaches that results in theft of personal data. Note I'm not talking about the software vendors, but the companies doing the hosting themselves, ESPECIALLY if the breach was caused by something other...

Tags: SECURITY, ChoicePoint Inc., private information, identity theft

Discussion threads 2005-02-23

Samba servers vulnerable to denial-of-service attacks

Samba servers vulnerable to denial-of-service attacksPatchs for everyone!Pick your favorite OS/App and download the patch of the day...I had these patches installed yesterday...Where's your nose for news? These packages were available yesterday..... apt's pretty cool :) automating it is even better ;)I'd like to see their exploit, how they found...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Patches, Linux, Servers, Operating systems, SECURITY, Samba, SAMBA Server, server, denial of service

Discussion threads 2004-09-14