Date: 03/24/08     Keywords: security

In the PC community "security" just means defending against attacks aimed at destroying or misusing all or part of a computer system. In that context most of the complexities associated with trying to decide whether wintel or lintel will expose you to less security risk arise from the absense of...

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/Murphy/?p=1100

Date: 03/24/08     Keywords: database, microsoft

Microsoft has confirmed reports of vulnerability in Word that allows an attacker to exploit a system via the Microsoft Jet Database Engine, which shares data with Access, Visual Basic and third party applications. Microsoft in its advisory said the potential for attack is "very limited." Reports of...

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=973

Date: 03/24/08     Keywords: microsoft, google

Notable headlines: Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: First look: Hardy Heron Beta. Gallery: Installation. Screen shots: OS tour Mary Jo Foley: ‘Albany': New Microsoft ‘home office' in the works? Michael Krigsman: Is IT becoming extinct? Garett Rogers: New Google Mobile feature...

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=8283

Date: 03/22/08     Keywords: software, security, web

Yesterday Apple pushed out a Safari 3.1 update via Software Update on Windows. In a blog post, Mozilla CEO John Lilly describes why Mozilla feels Apple's decision is wrong -- and how moves like it can endanger the security of the Web. From John Lilly's blog: What Apple...

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/Apple/?p=1451

Date: 03/21/08     Keywords: security

One big hole for open source lies in security. It's not a real hole. It's a meta-hole. But we still view it as a hole, so it's a hole. That hole opened up again in Australia this week, where a "loud minority" got personal...

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=2156

Date: 03/21/08     Keywords: no keywords

Notable headlines: Ed Bott: Your turn: Readers choose their 10 favorite Windows programs Gallery (right) Mary Jo Foley: Why Windows 7 might go to pieces Michael Krigsman: Billion-dollar IT failure at Census Bureau George Ou: HDMI survival guide...

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=8277

Date: 03/20/08     Keywords: security

Apple on Friday shipped a security update for Aperture 2, iPhoto 7.1.2 with iLife Support 8.2. Here's what Apple had to say in an advisory about CVE-2008-0987: Viewing a maliciously crafted image may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution Description: ...

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=969

Date: 03/20/08     Keywords: software

Silicon Valley entrepreneur Rod A. Beckstrom has been tapped to join the Bush Administration to help secure federal networks against attack, the Post reported today. Beckstrom most recently founded Twiki.net, an enterprise Wiki support company, and previously created CATS Software and Mergent Systems. He's also coauthor of a...

Source: http://government.zdnet.com/?p=3725

Date: 03/20/08     Keywords: no keywords

Environmental scientists and policy makers have done some deep brainstorming sessions about our future, according to this article in New Scientist. 35 representatives from organizations involved in environmental policy, academia, scientific journalism in the UK have used what they call 'horizon scanning.' They've established a list of 25 future novel...

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/emergingtech/?p=869

Date: 03/20/08     Keywords: security, microsoft

It's been a while since Microsoft has shared information on "Stirling," the all-in-one security suite the company is assembling. Microsoft is planning to release a public beta of Stirling -- the suite of Forefront client, server and edge security products, wrapped in a unified management and reporting...

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=1284

Date: 03/20/08     Keywords: software, technology, security, microsoft

Microsoft on Thursday acquired Komoku, which provides rootkit detection software, for an undisclosed sum. Komoku's technology will be added to Microsoft's enterprise-focused Forefront and Windows Live OneCare security software. Komoku counts the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Defense as customers and gives Microsoft's anti-malware...

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=968

Date: 03/20/08     Keywords: no keywords

Apple has patched a denial of service vulnerability in its Airport Extreme Base Station firmware. In an advisory Wednesday Apple said firmware version 7.3.1 patches a vulnerability where a "maliciously crafted AFP request may lead to a denial of service." Here's the description for...

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=967

Date: 03/20/08     Keywords: no keywords

FTC logged about 800,000 consumer complaints about identity theft during 2007, of which 32% involved identity theft and 68% covered other types of fraud. Of the identity theft cases, only 23% involved a credit card account, and cases of unauthorized new accounts outnumbered misuse of existing accounts by two to...

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/ITFacts/?p=14191

Date: 03/19/08     Keywords: no keywords

SlySoft, the makers of AnyDVD HD, have released an updated version of the copy-protection removal tool which allows Blu-ray owners to back up their discs. Antigua, West Indies - March, 19th 2008 AnyDVD HD now with BD+ support Film studios that have switched...

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/?p=1542

Date: 03/19/08     Keywords: software, security

Discussion boards are breaking with reports of SSH and printer problems caused by Apple's late Tuesday release of Mac OS X's Security Update 2008-002. However, fixes can be had. Rogue Amoeba Software released a compatibility fix for its Instant Hijack component that is often installed by the...

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/Apple/?p=1437

Date: 03/19/08     Keywords: security

Security vendor F-Secure says malformed archive files can cause its own and other vendors' products to break and crash. Security vendor F-Secure has warned of multiple critical vulnerabilities in its own and other vendors' products. The vulnerabilities exist in the way the products respond to malformed...

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2424-1009_22-193117.html

Date: 03/19/08     Keywords: software, security

Apple yesterday released Security Update 2008-002 (50.5MB) for Mac OS 10.4.11 and 10.5.2. The update, which appears in Software Update, is recommended "for all users and improves the security of Mac OS X." The previous 2008-001 Security Update is incorporated into this update and a restart is...

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/Apple/?p=1434

Date: 03/19/08     Keywords: security

Ok security people, we've been talking about it for awhile now, and here it is! Do you remember when you first heard about online voting? Do you remember thinking, geez, that sounds like a really bad idea? Well, your fears are confirmed. The state...

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=965

Date: 03/19/08     Keywords: web

While many of my users have run into snags with malware requiring a thorough cleaning (and a few requiring reformatting), most have largely avoided the extensive infestations that plague so many Windows users. By and large, they are a safe bunch of surfers, use Firefox for web browsing, don't...

Source: http://education.zdnet.com/?p=1584

Date: 03/19/08     Keywords: no keywords

The Pwn2Own contest rules were announced recently for CanSecWest '08 coming up next week. Unfortuantely, or fortunately (depending on how you look at it), I won't be able to join in the fun as I will be presenting at Black Hat Europe next week, although...

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=964