Latest security news.
Who needs Symantec and McAfee? Crime dog McGruff is on the network security job, 10/12/06
McGruff is sick of Americans dogging it on cybercrime.
Twisted Pair Podcast: Will ‘GoogleTube’ dominate Net video?, 10/13/06
This week Keith and Jason discuss the Google/YouTube mega-deal, Microsoft Patch Tuesday, whether any companies will deploy Windows Vista in
EU parliament gets ready to fight passenger data vote, 10/12/06
European Union parliamentarians are gearing up for a fight over data privacy, after justice ministers from the 25 countries in the EU, together with the European Commission, signed a new temporary agreement to pass over airline passenger data to …
Vista’s DRM features could bedevil antivirus, 10/12/06
A security researcher is raising concerns about a digital rights management feature in Microsoft’s new Vista operating system that he claims may make it easy for malicious code authors to block virus programs from removing their wares.
VPN Newsletter: RemoteLink extends network security beyond company walls, 10/12/06
Blue Ridge Networks has introduced a VPN appliance that creates a single network regardless of the WAN link being used.
Security Strategies Newsletter: Michigan CISO speaks online, 10/12/06
The MSIA Program of the School of Graduate Studies at Norwich University has begun a new program. We will periodically invite distinguished guest lecturers to …
Virus and Bug Patch Alert: Microsoft patch bonanza, 10/12/06
Today’s bug patches and security alerts …
Spamhaus case could test ICANN, 10/12/06
Internet experts are worried that a U.S. court decision against antispam black-lister Spamhaus Project could trigger a “constitutional crisis” for the Internet.
Identity federation getting dose of reality from Internet2 affiliate, 10/12/06
InCommon Federation, an identity hub that helps universities securely share resources, brought more schools and service providers to its fold this week and further strengthened its message that sharing identity is essential to securing distributed …
Exploit code hiding in cache servers, 10/12/06
Malicious code is living on weeks after it has been removed from Web sites thanks to an unexpected culprit: cache servers.
Study: ‘Net infrastructure undermined by DNS errors, 10/11/06
More than half the name servers on the Internet are configured wrongly, leaving networks open to attacks, a security company has warned.
Oracle simplifies its patch process, 10/11/06
Oracle has taken steps to make its next batch of security patches a little bit easier to understand.
Cisco late last month announced changes to its storage and security certification programs.
Geek speak bridles information security, 10/11/06
Usability of security software is partly to blame for low protection levels in many computers, according to international security experts.
Stock options scandal leads to big changes at McAfee, 10/11/06
A major, executive shake-up is under way at security software vendor McAfee, including the firing of the company’s president in the wake of a stock-options investigation.
ICANN: We can’t shut down Spamhaus, 10/11/06
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), said in a statement Wednesday that it does not have the ability or authority to comply with a proposed court order that it suspend the Internet service of the Spamhaus Project. Ltd. …
Super stealthy Internet messaging method revealed, 10/11/06
A pair of Princeton University researchers presented a paper this week on a method for sending secret messages over existing public fiber-optic networks.
Identity Management Newsletter: More ‘quick-start’ identity management programs, 10/11/06
Last week’s newsletters evidently resonated well in Canada’s Alberta province. At least M-Tech’s CTO, Idan Shoham, found something to bring to my …
Study: Home PC users most attacked by hackers, 10/11/06
Ordinary PC users – not large corporate networks – are targeted the most by hackers due to weaker security measures, according to the latest report by Symantec.
