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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 206 days ago
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p strong A security hole in the XML-RPC implementation allows unauthorized third parties to edit WordPress-powered blogs. strong p ...Win a Dell XPS Ultra-Portable Notebook Free Registration to Insight24 Provides Access to Over 5,000 B2B Webcasts and Videos. read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 205 days ago
Via: http://www.infoworld.com | Tags: remote worker security still lax comments Discuss  
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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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 204 days ago
Via: http://go.theregister.com | Tags: stealthy adobe reader update fixes mystery security bugs comments Discuss  
You'll want it but we can't tell you whyAdobe has pushed out a stealthy - but important - update to its Reader software that fixes a number of unspecified security problems.… read more »
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Category: blogs | Posted by Avatar Staff 204 days ago
Via: http://blog.washingtonpost.com | Tags: adobe apple issue security updates comments Discuss  
Adobe has released an update to its free Adobe Reader application that corrects more than two dozen bugs, including several security holes. Separately, Apple this week pushed out a patch to plug a single security vulnerability in its iPhoto application. Adobe Reader 8.1.2 is available for Windows, Mac, Linux and Solaris systems. Adobe hasn't released much information about the changes, other than the brief synopsis listed here. The latest version is available here. A note...Please click on the title to con read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 204 days ago
Via: http://www.infoworld.com | Tags: security pros kill activex comments Discuss  
A wave of bugs in the plug-in technology used by Microsoft's Internet Explorer (IE) browser has some security experts, including those at US-CERT, recommending that users disable all ActiveX controls. read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 204 days ago
Via: http://www.infoworld.com | Tags: security by subscription comments Discuss  
As malware threats and regulatory compliance demands continue to grow more complex, IT will become increasingly dependent on SaaS (software as a service) offerings that let them respond to problems faster while also saving money, according to top executives at the world's largest anti-malware vendors. read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 203 days ago
Via: http://lists.jammed.com | Tags: isn border security dominates dhs technology budget request comments Discuss  
http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0208/020508j1.htmBy Jill R. Aitoro Govexec.com February 5, 2008Roughly half of the Homeland Security Department's $5.4 billion information technology budget will go to ongoing system development and modernization programs for border control and protection.Cybersecurity funds largely will come from alternative sources, said DHS Secretary Michael Chertoff, who described the budget as a whole as "strong and fiscally sound."DHS divided spending in its IT budget into read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 203 days ago
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http://www.georgetownvoice.com/2008-02-07/voices/once-more-into-the-security-breachBy Tim FernholzThe Georgetown VoiceFebruary 7, 2008Like a whole bunch of Georgetown students and alums, I woke up last week to an unpleasant e-mail from Georgetown: my name and Social Security number may have been exposed after a University hard drive was stolen. More exasperated than angrybetween Facebook, buying things on the internet and the U.S. governments tendency to lose private information, my privacy is nil anywayI read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 203 days ago
Via: http://lists.jammed.com | Tags: isn minimizing user rights can increase security comments Discuss  
http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/Minimizing-User-Rights-Can-Increase-Security/By Brian PrinceeWEEK.com2008-02-05Minimizing user rights on a machine is a key part of security and risk management, and should be balanced with business continuity concerns.Sometimes, less is moreat least when it comes to user rights and security.Taking a least-privilege approach to user accounts is a key part of any in-depth defense strategy, many analysts and security pros say."I think it's very important not even just read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 203 days ago
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Forwarded from: PaulBlair (at) westhillscollege.com> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/Minimizing-User-Rights-Can-Increase-Security/>> By Brian Prince> eWEEK.com> 2008-02-05> In its defense, Microsoft has built the User Account Control feature > into Windows Vista, allowing IT administrators to elevate their > privilege for specific tasks and application functions while still > running most applications, components and processes with a limited > privilege.For IT administrators read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 203 days ago
Via: http://lists.jammed.com | Tags: isn antivirus inventor security departments are wasting their time comments Discuss  
http://www.darkreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=145224By Tim WilsonSite EditorDark ReadingFebruary 6, 2008WASHINGTON -- Computer Forensics Show 2008 -- Peter Tippett thinks it's time for security professionals to wake up and stop wasting their energy.In a presentation here yesterday, Tippett -- who is vice president of risk intelligence for Verizon Business, chief scientist at ICSA Labs, and the inventor of the program that became Norton Antivirus -- said that about one third of today's security practices a read more »
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