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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 702 days ago
Via: http://lists.jammed.com | Tags: isn usenix leet workshop raises questions storm botnet size comments Discuss  
Forwarded from: Kristian Erik Hermansen <kristian.hermansen (at) gmail.com>I was one of about 75 people to attend the highly academic conference put on by USENIX and sponsored by Google this Tuesday in San Francisco. Large-Scale Exploits and Emergent Threats was a gathering of mostly security researchers interested in the future of malware. During most of the talks, researchers focused on analysis and information gained from penetrating the Storm botnet. By the end of the day, it became clear to ne read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 674 days ago
Via: http://www.infoworld.com | Tags: eu raises privacy issue google street view comments Discuss  
Europe's data protection supervisor, Peter Hustinx, urged Google Thursday to respect local privacy rules  as it prepares to launch its Street View function this side of the Atlantic. read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 645 days ago
Via: http://feeds.ziffdavisenterprise.com | Tags: new iphone raises smartphone security concerns comments Discuss  
Enterprises should keep an eye on managing smart-phone security in preparation for the arrival of the new iPhone.... read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 626 days ago
Via: http://www.infoworld.com | Tags: ibm mainframe acquisition raises antitrust concerns comments Discuss  
IBM has acquired Platform Solutions, a vendor of mainframes and other computer hardware, in a move that raised antitrust concerns from one IT trade group. read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 571 days ago
Via: http://www.infoworld.com | Tags: update us bordercrossing database raises concerns comments Discuss  
A plan by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to collect personal information on every traveler coming into the country and keep that information in a database for 15 years could have huge privacy implications for U.S. residents, one privacy group said. read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 474 days ago
Via: http://lists.jammed.com | Tags: isn cyberattack defense department computers raises concerns comments Discuss  
From: InfoSec News <alerts_at_private>Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 03:11:11 -0600 (CST)http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-cyberattack28-2008nov28,0,6441140.storyBy Julian E. BarnesLos Angeles TimesNovember 28, 2008Reporting from Washington -- Senior military leaders took the exceptional step of briefing President Bush this week on a severe and widespread electronic attack on Defense Department computers that may have originated in Russia -- an incursion that posed unusual concern among com read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 233 days ago
Via: http://go.theregister.com | Tags: meter insecurity raises specter free parking hacks comments Discuss  
Cloned card could allow unlimited parkingBlack Hat Hackers have figured out a way to trick San Francisco's computerized parking meter system into giving away unlimited free parking by cloning the smart cards used to pay fees.…Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legoland turnstyles ringing read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 226 days ago
Via: http://go.theregister.com | Tags: twitter meltdown raises questions site stability comments Discuss  
Micro-blogging site knocked over by stiff burst of windThe paralysing effect of an internet attack against Twitter has raised questions about the site's apparent fragility.… read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 158 days ago
Via: http://feeds.ziffdavisenterprise.com | Tags: oracle database security shortcomings raises red flags comments Discuss  
A recent survey of 316 members of the Independent Oracle Users Group paints a troubling picture of database security. As it turns out, respondents this year have taken a number of steps back when it comes to protecting sensitive data, even as a higher percentage reported experiencing a data breaches. The key issues failure to manage privileged access, a lack of encryption and an overreliance on manual or ad hoc approaches to database security.Overall, the level of security has slipped when compared to las read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 153 days ago
Via: http://feeds.ziffdavisenterprise.com | Tags: review dell r poweredge raises server bar comments Discuss  
The Dell R710 PowerEdge 2U rack-mount server is a worthy combination of compute and performance power, and the first system I've seen that provides an alternative to BIOS for power-on system setup and configuration. Many of the Dell R710 PowerEdge's most compelling characteristics are driven by the need to optimize the data center for virtualization tasks. - The Dell R710 PowerEdge 2U rack-mount server is a worthy combination of compute and performance power, and the first system I've seen that provides read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 148 days ago
Via: http://feeds.ziffdavisenterprise.com | Tags: windows uac security feature raises concerns comments Discuss  
The User Account Control feature in Microsoft Windows 7 is irking some in the security community who say Microsoft may have traded security for usability. - Concerns about the User Account Control feature in MicrosoftWindows 7 have surfaced. UAC first appeared in Windows Vista as a way to bolsterWindows security by limiting standard user privileges until an administratorauthorizes a privilege level increase. InWindows 7, Microsoft adjusted the... read more »
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