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May14
Colonel suggests using hackers’ tool against them (AP)
AP - Hackers often harness the combined power of thousands of virus-infected personal computers to pump out spam e-mail or disable targeted servers by overwhelming them with Internet traffic.
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May1
To USB or not to USB, that’s the security question
In ITDojo, Bill Detwiler just outlined the steps necessary to boot Windows XP from a USB flash drive. Likewise, you can also create bootable flash drives for Linux and other operating systems. Booting from USB is relatively recent development in the PC world, and as such it adds one more…
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Apr21
Ad-funded software: A potential security vector?
Last week brought news that Microsoft has quietly released an ad-funded version of Microsoft Works. Called Works “SE” — which stands for “Sponsored Edition” — the software is available free to PC makers, though they don’t get any cut out of the ad revenue. Excerpt from CNET…
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Apr17
SANS solves mystery of mass Web site infections (InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - The SANS Institute has uncovered what they’ve termed a “rare gem” as far as computer security investigations go that sheds new light on how up to 20,000 Web sites have been hacked since January.
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Apr16
New phishing scam targets high level executives
A new phishing attack has been circulating lately, but instead of trying to dupe millions of computer users into giving up their financial information, this one is aimed at high level executives. The e-mail scam purports to notify the executive about court proceedings and tries to get them to…
Filed in: Security
Apr14
Security news roundup: Oracle announces bonanza of patches for 41 holes, older WordPress blogs succumbs en masse
Here’s a collection of recent security vulnerabilities, alerts, and news, which covers the release of patches by Oracle for 41 security vulnerabilities, a new patched version of rsync, a warning that older insecure WordPress blogs are becoming a vector for the propagation of spam, and news that some spam filtering…
Filed in: Security
Apr9
What should a “Manhattan Project” for network security look like?
Security has been the focus of the past few days as the RSA security conference has been underway. The keynote speech was delivered by Michael Chertoff, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and in his speech, he stressed the need to create a “Manhattan Project” for computer security. The Secretary brought up the recent…
Filed in: Security
Apr7
Security news roundup: Bumper Patch Tuesday from Microsoft tomorrow, Intel to release anti-theft tech for laptops
Here’s a collection of recent security vulnerabilities, alerts, and news, which covers Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday for the month of April, news of Intel work on anti-theft technology for laptops, a critical hole in Cisco’s Unified Communications product series, and the release of a new version of Opera. …
Filed in: Security
Apr3
Meet me at Penguicon
Later this month, I’ll be attending Penguicon, with laptop in tow. It’s a combination Open Source Software and Science Fiction Fandom annual convention near Detroit, MI. If you like my writing and want to meet me in person to tell me about it, and have the…
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