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Despite having a greater awareness of the security risks posed by careless computing habits and personal Internet activity carried out on corporate laptops, many remote workers continue to do things that imperil the safety of themselves and their employers, according to a new report from Cisco. read more »
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http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/02/05/Remote-worker-security-still-lax_1.htmlBy Matt HinesInfoWorldFebruary 05, 2008Despite having a greater awareness of the security risks posed by careless computing habits and personal Internet activity carried out on corporate laptops, many remote workers continue to do things that imperil the safety of themselves and their employers, according to a new report from Cisco.As part of its annual study on the security awareness and online behavior of remote workers -- b read more »
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Luigi Auriemma has discovered a vulnerability in RPM Remote Print Manager, which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.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 read more »
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CraCkEr has reported a vulnerability in GROUP-E Collaboration Software, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system. 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 * Ru read more »
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Luigi Auriemma has discovered a vulnerability in ASUS Remote Console, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.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 y read more »
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Researcher's guns spikedIntel has fixed a pair of flaws in its chips ahead of a planned demonstration of remote attacks on them by security researcher Kris Kaspersky.… read more »
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Nortel hopes to tackle the security of remote work with an "office on a stick," a USB drive that can link an employee's PC with a corporate VPN and keep all the information from a session encrypted. read more »
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From: InfoSec News <alerts_at_private>Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2008 04:42:00 -0500 (CDT)http://www.techworld.com/security/news/index.cfm?newsID=103984By Grant GrossIDG news service05 September 2008Microsoft is to release four critical updates next Tuesday.The patches to be released on so-called Patch Tuesday include fixes for a vulnerability that allows remote code execution in Windows Media Player 11 on various Microsoft operating systems and for a vulnerability that allows remote code execution in various read more »
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Security vendor Symantec adds a remote access solution to its SAAS portfolio. The beta offering of Symantec Online Remote Access continues Symantec's journey along the road to software as a service, as SAAS solutions continue to gain steam in the market. - Piece by piece, Symantec is building out its software-as-a-service business.Symantec announced Sept. 16 the beta program for Symantec Online RemoteAccess. The service is part of the Symantec Protection Network, theumbrella for Symantec's online serv read more »
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Closing openwsmanVMware has fixed critical security bugs in two of its virtualization products that could allow a remote attacker to remotely install malware on a host machine.… read more »
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Busted while gawking at norksA US victim of a laptop theft was able to recover his laptop after using remote access software to log in and monitor what the thief was doing.… read more »
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