Date: 03/30/07 (Security)    Keywords: security

A majority of Silicon.com's CIO Jury say that other parts of their businesses don't understand IT's role in enforcing security policies and educating employees.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6172042.html

Date: 04/02/07 (Security)    Keywords: security

Lucky and Flo train their noses on stash of 150,000 discs containing pirated content; security for dogs beefed up.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6172404.html

Date: 04/05/07 (Security)    Keywords: security, microsoft

With five security bulletins scheduled for release next week, Microsoft plans patch for Content Management Server flaw.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6173707.html

Date: 04/06/07 (Computer Help)    Keywords: security

I have a STRIPED RAID array on my computer for speed of hard drive access. i would like to switch it to a MIRRORED array for security. is there an easy way to do this?

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/computer_help/765335.html

Date: 04/09/07 (Security)    Keywords: security

Stolen laptops contain Social Security numbers and other information on Chicago Public Schools employees.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6174635.html

Date: 04/10/07 (Security)    Keywords: software, security, microsoft

Report of three flaws in Microsoft Office comes as software maker releases April security updates; McAfee investigating whether flaws are new.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6175011.html

Date: 04/10/07 (Security)    Keywords: security

CD containing Social Security numbers, other personal information on people enrolled in Medicaid or PeachCare is lost.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6174946.html

Date: 04/12/07 (Security)    Keywords: security

Annual scorecard by congressional panel a mixed bag but gives federal agencies overall a C-minus on information security, up slightly from previous years.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6175666.html

Date: 04/13/07 (Computer Geeks)    Keywords: browser, asp, security, spyware

I've been using Gmail for a while now. I know a lot of people are less than thrilled with their security. My email is slowly becoming a life line and more and more important information is going through my email so I figure this is the time to do some serious looking. My question is 2 fold.

1. What are some opinions on the security of Gmail and should I consider jumping?
2. If I should jump, where should I look to jump into? Pay for email? How much and where?

I tried doing some quick research on secure pay e-mail sites but didn't come up with a whole lot, so I thought I would look for suggestions and opinions.

Thanks.



While I'm at it, why not ask 2?

How good is AVG Free and is it worth paying to upgrade to something else? And if upgrading is suggest, what should I upgrade to? Whether it be just AV, an internet suite, spyware, etc. I've been looking pretty hard at Kaspersky, but I don't know..

I'm a safe browser and I don't run in to many, if any problems.

Just not sure how good a free AV can be, y'know?

Thanks..

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/computergeeks/1059921.html

Date: 04/13/07 (Security)    Keywords: security

Security holes in online applications may go unreported because well-intended hackers don't want to risk going to jail.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6175737.html

Date: 04/13/07 (Security)    Keywords: software, security

Malicious software can be contained in e-mails with "love" and "Worm Alert!" subject lines, security company Postini warns.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6175785.html

Date: 04/16/07 (IT Professionals)    Keywords: asp, security, spyware, spam, microsoft

Debate the Future at the 17th annual Computers Freedom and Privacy
Conference, 1-4 May 2007 at the Hilton Bonaventure Hotel in
Montreal, Quebec. WWW.CFP2007.ORG

CFP is the conference where the inventors and innovators on the Internet
met the industry, the regulators, and the creative community to talk about
the new freedoms the net brought. Free speech, censorship, filtering
spam, crypto controls, business security, dataveillance, were all meat
for the all-night debates that took place at this annual gathering.

There has never been a greater need to talk about these issues. This
year's agenda is packed with plenaries and breakout sessions, and Birds
of a Feather sessions that look at all aspects of the growing threats
and opportunities for autonomy in cyberspace.

Featured Speakers

* Whitfield Diffie Sun Microsystems
* Ron Rivest MIT
* Simon Davies Privacy International
* Michael Geist University of Ottawa
* Bruce Schneier BT Counterpane
* Kim Cameron Microsoft

* 1 full day workshop * 8 half day tutorials * Topics include: * ID
Management * Digital Divide * Surveillance * Stalking * Wiretap * War
on drugs * Digital Millenium Copyright Act * Charter rights * RFIDs *
Spyware * No Fly lists * Traffic analysis * Airline Passenger Data *
Health Information * Censorship * Data Retention * Forensics * Security
Information Management

All this and lots more! Watch the program at www.cfp2007.org

Simultaneous Translation throughout plenary sessions

*Discounts for Students and ACM Members*

Stephanie Perrin
Chair CFP2007
forge@ca.inter.net

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/itprofessionals/56274.html

Date: 04/17/07 (PHP Community)    Keywords: php, security, web

Hi, I'm new here but I hope I can get some help anyway...

I have a big problem. I do webdesign and one of my sites got hacked today. The web hotel tells me that there is a "security risk" in my index.php file. I can only assume that it's the php-part of the file. The problem is, I don't know much about PHP really - the php I do have was written with someone else's help.

So, I'm going to ask you if you can help me.

The PHP-part in the header is:

$sidan = $_GET['link'].'.php';

if ($sidan==".php") {
$sidan = "start.php";
}

//print $sidan;
?>


The PHP-part in the body is: 




As several of my sites are built on this string of PHP, this really sucks... the web hotel has closed down the site that got attacked. If anyone can help me, I'll be forever thankful... my own website is built up the exact same way if you want to check out the code there.

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/php/561688.html

Date: 04/18/07 (Security)    Keywords: security

In cat-and-mouse game with security pros, cybercrooks are hiding malicious code in Flash animations and encoding it, expert says.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6177424.html

Date: 04/18/07 (Security)    Keywords: software, technology, security

But more security firms are designing software to uproot the stealth technology, says McAfee.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6177387.html

Date: 04/18/07 (Security)    Keywords: security

Security firm has spotted a significant upswing in e-mail attacks aimed at organizations.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6177303.html

Date: 04/19/07 (Security)    Keywords: security

Fourth security update this year addresses vulnerabilities that could let attackers commandeer Macs.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6177758.html

Date: 04/19/07 (Security)    Keywords: security

Vulnerabilities abound in routers, cell phones and PDAs and could pose a serious threat, a security researcher warns.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6177754.html

Date: 04/20/07 (Security)    Keywords: security

Security researchers have figured out how to send fake traffic information to certain in-car navigation systems.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6178106.html

Date: 04/23/07 (WebDesign)    Keywords: software, browser, security, virus, antivirus, web, microsoft

So... This isn't a web design question, but I'm clueless when it comes to most Microsoft applications. I was hoping someone here might have some ideas for me.

I go to a local youth center once a week to work on their computers. It's a bit of a grassroots, low-budget project, and they've pieced together a set of machines running on XP. They're not networked, but they have internet connections. They don't have any security software built in, so a few of the computers are so choked up with junk that they're barely usable. When I tried to clean them up, I realized I'd probably have to download any security programs on my own computer and install them on CD since the browsers won't work anymore.

My question is:

What would you do in this situation? Money is an issue since it's a youth center. I can't use the browsers. Would you uninstall the browsers? Or will some antivirus software clean everything automatically? Any other issues that might come up in the process? What application would you choose?

Thanks much!

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/webdesign/1248888.html