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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 287 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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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 260 days ago
Via: http://go.theregister.com | Tags: adware package tops malware charts time comments Discuss  
I'd like to thank the academy and all my Trojan helpersAn adware program - not a virus - topped malware charts for the first time last month.… read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 254 days ago
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/mar/11/politics.hitechcrimeBy Cory Doctorowguardian.co.ukMarch 11 2008The Met's latest poster campaign urges Londoners who spot "unusual" activity to ring the police and let them know. Examples include someone taking pictures of CCTV cameras or acting out of the ordinary. After all, these are dangerous times, and we all must be vigilant.Contrast this for a moment with an earlier dangerous time: the Blitz. Bombs rained down upon London on a near-daily basi read more »
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Category: vulnerabilities | Posted by Avatar Staff 249 days ago
Via: http://secunia.com | Tags: multiple time sheets tab crosssite scripting comments Discuss  
JosS has discovered a vulnerability in Multiple Time Sheets (MTS), which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting attacks.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 throug read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 241 days ago
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http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2008/200803/20080325/article_353399.htmBy Xu Fang ShanghaiDaily.com2008-3-25 FOUR hackers were jailed yesterday for snatching more than 100,000 yuan (US$14,179) from online bank accounts by stealing account codes using a computer virus.The Shanghai No. 1 Intermediate People's Court sentenced Yu Li, Zhang Wei and Chen Feng to between six and a half years to eight years in prison for larceny and fined them from 40,000 yuan to 60,000 yuan.Zhao Gang, who helped them draw read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 238 days ago
Via: http://go.theregister.com | Tags: next time loo bring locked laptop you comments Discuss  
DaisyDukes brings memory sniffing to the massesCanSecWest Building off recent research that showed how to extract encryption keys from a computer's memory, a penetration testing company has unveiled a tool that sniffs out passwords, documents, and other sensitive data in a matter of minutes.… read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 230 days ago
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Beware bogus e-mail and phone calls from fraudsters posing as the IRS. ...Go beyond knowing technology and manage it Get a Master of Science in Technology Management online. Enroll with National University today. read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 227 days ago
Via: http://www.infoworld.com | Tags: dhs extends time foreign students stay us comments Discuss  
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has extended the time some foreign graduates of U.S. colleges can stay in the country and work, earning the agency praise from Microsoft and other supporters of increased numbers of foreign worker visas. read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 224 days ago
Via: http://www.infoworld.com | Tags: experts hack power grid time comments Discuss  
Cracking a power company network and gaining access that could shut down the grid is simple, a security expert told an RSA audience, and he has done so in less than a day. read more »
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Category: blogs | Posted by Avatar Staff 224 days ago
Via: http://www.symantec.com | Tags: election time italy complete trojan comments Discuss  
Symantec has been notified that the Web site ladestra.info, a site related to a right-wing Italian political party, has been compromised. The Web site is hosting a malicious iframe that leads to a typical browser exploit using the Neosploit tool, which forces an infected computer to install the newest version of Trojan.Mebroot. Using elections as a channel for spreading malicious code is something we have already seen (for example, Srizbi) and it’s now election time in Italy as well, with the vote set read more »
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Category: blogs | Posted by Avatar Staff 224 days ago
Via: http://blog.washingtonpost.com | Tags: time patch flash comments Discuss  
Adobe has issued an update to patch several security holes in its Flash player. Most people will have some version of Flash installed on their computers, so it's a good idea to take a moment and make sure your system receives this update. Updates are available for Flash on Windows, Mac OS X, Linux and Solaris systems. The new version is 9.0.124.0. The Flash installer should remove any older versions on your system before installing...Please click on the title to continue reading this entry. read more »
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