logo

big

Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 295 days ago
Via: http://lists.jammed.com | Tags: isn dns inventor warns big threat comments Discuss  
http://www.darkreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=145663By Kelly Jackson HigginsSenior EditorDark ReadingFebruary 11, 2008The industry is just one multi-million-dollar corporate data breach away from waking up to the serious and often-silent threat of corrupted DNS resolution servers, says DNS inventor Paul Mockapetris.Mockapetris -- who is also chief scientist and chairman of the board for network naming and address vendor Nominum -- says the recent research on corrupted DNS resolution servers by researchers read more »
addto Add this link to... report Bury 
Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 267 days ago
Via: http://lists.jammed.com | Tags: isn counterfeit chips raise big hacking terror threats experts say comments Discuss  
http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/industry/4253628.htmlBy Glenn Derene and Joe PappalardoPopular MechanicsPublished in the April 2008 issueThis past January, two brothers from Texas, Michael and Robert Edman, appeared in court to face federal charges of selling counterfeit computer equipment to, among others, the Air Force, Marine Corps, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Energy, numerous universities and defense contractors such as Lockheed Martin. According to prosecutors, the pair, read more »
addto Add this link to... report Bury 
Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 239 days ago
Via: http://www.infoworld.com | Tags: crimeware service big thing comments Discuss  
'Crimeware as a service', where criminals use online cybercrime services instead of running their own servers and software, is the latest development in Internet crime, according to a report. read more »
addto Add this link to... report Bury 
Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 197 days ago
Via: http://lists.jammed.com | Tags: isn big brother database phones emails fwd comments Discuss  
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/telecoms/article3965033.eceBy Richard FordThe TimesMay 20, 2008A massive government database holding details of every phone call, e-mail and time spent on the internet by the public is being planned as part of the fight against crime and terrorism. Internet service providers (ISPs) and telecoms companies would hand over the records to the Home Office under plans put forward by officials.The information would be held for at least 12 months and read more »
addto Add this link to... report Bury 
Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 193 days ago
Via: http://feeds.ziffdavisenterprise.com | Tags: cas big response debian encryption flaw comments Discuss  
Enterprises aren't rushing to accept offers from some CAs to replace affected SSL certificates free of charge.... read more »
addto Add this link to... report Bury 
Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 179 days ago
Via: http://feeds.ziffdavisenterprise.com | Tags: the big bullseye adobe comments Discuss  
As the company's software becomes more important to many companies, the attack surface of their products grows.... read more »
addto Add this link to... report Bury 
Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 170 days ago
Via: http://lists.jammed.com | Tags: isn big bucks drew kid hacker cyber crime comments Discuss  
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Ahmedabad/Big_bucks_drew_kid_hacker_into_cyber_crime/rssarticleshow/3132064.cms16 Jun 2008, Parth Shastri, TNNAHMEDABAD: His face is cherubic and his mannerisms childish. But, when he talks to police officials, they find it hard to catch up with this whiz-kid. Ajay (16) is a perfect example of what parents should watch out for when they encourage their children to use computers. Being a teenager from a modest background, he wanted to achieve all the good things in read more »
addto Add this link to... report Bury 
Category: blogs | Posted by Avatar Staff 148 days ago
Via: https://forums.symantec.com | Tags: network processing units big botnet housing boom comments Discuss  
Network processing units (NPUs) are likely the next biggest thing in computer networking. NPUs are computer processors specifically designed to handle network-related functions. These little processors are typically found on embedded systems, but recently there have been moves to bring read more »
addto Add this link to... report Bury 
Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 112 days ago
Via: http://www.infoworld.com | Tags: microsoft fixes ie office big month security updates comments Discuss  
Microsoft released patches to fix 19 critical vulnerabilities in its software Tuesday, including five flaws in its Internet Explorer browser that security experts advise IT administrators to patch immediately. read more »
addto Add this link to... report Bury 
Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 111 days ago
Via: http://feeds.ziffdavisenterprise.com | Tags: big questions openid vulnerabilities comments Discuss  
A variety of security issues have conspired to make OpenID an unreliable authentication method. It will remain that way unless some things change soon. - In light of some recent vulnerability announcements, research has shown OpenID to be an untrustworthy system. This is disappointing; I really liked OpenID. But it also conforms to some suspicions I had about it from early on.OpenID is a protocol for authentication. One party, the OP (OpenID Provid... read more »
addto Add this link to... report Bury 
Category: vulnerabilities | Posted by Avatar Staff 90 days ago
Via: http://secunia.com | Tags: freebsd icmpv packet big mtu denial service vulnerability comments Discuss  
FreeBSD has acknowledged a vulnerability, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).Be sure to check if your system is missing security updates or have insecure applications installed:http://secunia.com/software_inspector/Feature Overview - The Secunia Software Inspector: * Detects insecure versions of applications installed * Verifies that all Microsoft patches are applied * Assists you in updating your system and applications * Runs through your browser. No installatio read more »
addto Add this link to... report Bury