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Samy opens new front in worm war

Samy opens new front in worm warApplication SecurityFrom a MSSP side, we are seeing more attempts of this type of attack. Anyone concerned with this type of attack anyone with an ecommerce presence should consider the CONSISTENT use of a Web Application Security Scanning tool. If you are concerned testing...

Tags: Web technology, PRODUCTIVITY, SECURITY, worm war, attack, samy, Samy

Discussion threads 2005-10-24

Watch out for worm wars

Watch out for worm warsWatch out for worm warsRecent surge in worms? There has only been one in like the last year, and that has already been patched. Sorry but this scare tactic won't work for anyone in the know. ZDNet journalism, sensationalizing the smallest things.I do have...

Tags: Cyberthreats, Operating systems, Basic Security, worm war, worm, Internet, Unix, laptop computer, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2005-08-17

Additional Resources

Second iPhone worm behaves like botnet

That'll teach them what happens to jailbreakers!This only hits those who deliberately climbed the fence and ventured into the dangerous would outside Apples walled garden.Victims of this have nothing on Apple for this. The vulnerability was introduced by their own incompetent actions, but knowingly non-sanctioned by Apple.The learning: You better...

Tags: Smart phones, Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, Apple iPhone, worm, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-23

Does social media reward whining?

The worm is turningIt's taken a while, but it's clear the social media world is waking up to the fact that companies using Twitter as a back-door customer service channel staffed by PR personnel isn't a sustainable practice.I think it's great that PR people I am one are using social...

Tags: Public relations, Twitter Inc., social media

Discussion threads 2009-09-24

Survey: 45% of IT departments will move to Windows 7; 43% refuse to migrate off Windows XP

Survey: 45% of IT departments will move to Windows 7; 43% refuse to migrate off Windows XPPenny wise, pound foolish.XP is unsecurable. Enterprise AV, all the tools, etc, it is fundamentally broken. All these enterprises deal with constant and unrelenting security threats. It really has no place...

Tags: Operating systems, survey, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7

Discussion threads 2009-07-01

Iranian opposition launches organized cyber attack against pro-Ahmadinejad sites

Approximately 24 hours ago, the Iranian opposition coordinated an ongoing cyber attack that has successfully managed to disrupt access to major pro-Ahmadinejad Iranian web sites, including the President's homepage which continues returning a "The maximum number of user  reached, Server is too busy, please try again later..." message. ...

Tags: Denial Of Service, Web, Server, Web Site, Site, Cyberattack, Distributed Denial Of Service, Tool, Iran, Attack, Presstv.ir, SupportIran.php, Web Site Development, Security, Internet, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2009-06-15

News to know: Google Search; iPod Touch; Pre launch date; Yahoo; Zune; AMD

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily.  For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Larry Dignan: Google: Understanding is the next frontier of search; Meet Wonder Wheel, Google Squared Tom Foremski: How...

Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Apple iPod, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Zune, Andrew Nusca, Mary Jo Foley, Microsoft Corp., Google Search, Apple iPod Touch, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Apple Mac OS X, Apple Mac OS, Microsoft Windows, Piracy, Telecom & Utilities, Digital Music, Digital Media, Operating Systems, Software, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-05-13

The IBM-Sun saga: Can McNealy let go? Should he?

The IBM-Sun saga: Can McNealy let go? Should he?Scott McNealy is worm ridden filthHe only cares about two things.HimselfHis holy war against MicrosoftHe is a certifiable nutjob who should have been put into an institution long ago. Hey Scott, you lost, Bill Gates won. Take that to your grave scum...

Tags: Servers, IBM Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., Arg, Scott McNealy

Discussion threads 2009-04-06

Firefox inches towards 50%, Safari holds steady

Firefox inches towards 50%, Safari holds steadyFirefox is the one and onlyIf only for the add-ons. Adblock Plus, NoScript, MediaPlayerConnectivity. NoSquint on my netbook.Nevertheless, I occasionally use Epiphany and even Opera (I hate Opera's GUI though). Mainly for viewing websites that refuse to work properly in Firefox.Write for Firefox and...

Tags: Apple Safari, Fennec, IE8, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Open-Source Technology, Opera Software ASA, Web browser, WebKit

Discussion threads 2009-03-20

Open source patent law panhandling

Open source patent law panhandlingthen someone should help thenIBM should step up and provide aid just the step up to MS ..you Wanna war punk ill give you one and push it until the case is done prove it one and for all .... prepare the way...

Tags: Operating systems, Tom-Tom, Microsoft Corp., TomTom, Linux, SCO Group Inc., patent, Octoshaft, open source

Discussion threads 2009-03-05

News to know: Google antitrust; Bin Laden; Yelp Mafia; HP pay

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily.  For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage Garett Rogers: Will Google be targeted by new Attorney General for Antitrust? Sam Diaz: Where's Bin Laden? New theory,...

Tags: Google Inc., Osama Bin Laden, Hewlett-Packard Co., Antitrust, Dana Blankenhorn, Matthew Miller, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Sam Diaz, Advertising & Promotion, Corporate Law, Pricing, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Public Relations, Marketing, Business Operations, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Corporate Communications

Blog posts 2009-02-20

Under worm attack, US Army bans USB drives

Under worm attack, US Army bans USB drivesIf our Army is under attack......isn't that war?Um...good luck on that!!Do they not realize that the cost of lost productivity from completely un-networking and banning shared media FAR outweighs the cost of security s/w and remediation from time to time? Ever hear...

Tags: Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, Flash memory, SECURITY, US-Army, USB flash drive, virus, worm attack, USB, Linux

Discussion threads 2008-11-20

Hundreds of Dutch web sites hacked by Islamic hackers

In what appears to be a mass defacement, where several hundred domains take advantage of a shared hosting provider, starting as of this Friday, an Islamic hacker known as nEt^DeViL -- this is not the NetDevilz team that hijacked the DNS records of the ICANN and Photobucket in June --...

Tags: Web, Web Site, Hacker, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Channel Management, Hacking, Security, Internet, Marketing, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2008-08-25

Storm Worm says the U.S have invaded Iran

Storm Worm says the U.S have invaded IranA little more convincing....Maybe if the storm worm article didn't sound as such a blatantly obvious fabrication some idiot who didn't know how far a was from z on a keyboard would have fallen for it. With all the things the storm worm...

Tags: Cyberthreats, Broadband Internet, Network technology, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Storm Worm, U.S, storm worm

Discussion threads 2008-07-09

Storm Worm says the U.S have invaded Iran

Right after the U.S Independence Day fireworks, Storm Worm latest campaign launched a couple of hours ago, is back online this time attempting to once again exploit client-side vulnerabilities, this time serving iran_occupation.exe by spreading false rumors of U.S invasion in Iran.  The text reads : "Just...

Tags: Worm, Iran, Phishing, Cyberthreats, Corporate Communications, Spam, Viruses And Worms, Security, Spam And Phishing, Marketing, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2008-07-08

News to know: Open Office; Google; Security metrics; IT jobs

Notable headlines: Dana Blankenhorn: What could Open Office do with a business model? Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: First look at Ubuntu 8.10 - Intrepid Ibex. Gallery right Paul Murphy: Internet abuse and Cloud Computing An IT productivity horror story ...

Tags: Job, Security, Google Inc., Power Management, Information Technology, Photograph, OpenOffice, Office Suites, Software, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-07-07

Security metrics and issues

Security metrics and issuesGeneralizingThe problem is, the populations are self-selected and different.An example: people who decide to use Linux tend to be more technically sophisticated than people who use Windows. Technical sophistication increases the likelihood that the necessary steps will be taken to improve security. Therefore, Linux...

Tags: Operating systems, Linux Flaws, Microsoft Windows, security, Unix, Anton, Linux

Discussion threads 2008-03-25

Military ready to defend and conduct cyberwar

The Pentagon is well-aware of the importance of the computer networks -- known as cyberspace to the media and the "Global Information Grid" to the Defense Dept. -- to national security and is actively working to shore up defenses. That was the news from Gen. Kevin P....

Tags: Network, Adversary, Pentagon, Computer, Joint Information Operations Warfare Command, Productivity, Networking, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-03-04

News to know: Apple's notebook strategy; Talking malware; Vista SP1

Notable headlines: Ryan Naraine: Talking malware with Eugene Kaspersky. David Morgenstern: Do switchers now rule the Mac? Jason O'Grady: An analysis of Apple's notebook strategy. Russell Shaw: New solution enables really, really cheap intl. calling from your iPhone OR iPod Touch. Gallery: The Big...

Tags: Strategy, Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Notebook, America Online Inc., Microsoft Windows Vista, Malware, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista SP1, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Viruses And Worms, Security, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software

Blog posts 2007-12-07

Skepticism on denial of a Microsoft-Linux suit connection

Skepticism on denial of a Microsoft-Linux suit connectionWhen you run out of ideas, you sue.Or in Microsoft's case, they try to get other groups to do the dirty work for them.Much like the Recording Industry that has lost sight of what it should be doing in getting products to the...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Microsoft Corp., hill, SCO Group Inc., Microsoft-Linux, Linux

Discussion threads 2007-10-18