Security

Inside Sourcefire’s Vulnerability Research Team

Sourcefire's VRT senior director discusses the type of malware Snort is picking up, as well as recent improvements to ClamAV.

PCI Security Council updates requirements for payment card devices

Rules would bolster security on retail point-of-sale and unattended payment terminals.

Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 moves toward final release

Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 refresh refinines for Fall release; while hackers dig deeper

Yahoo To Offer Open Source Cloud “Container”

Yahoo is making the technology it uses itself open source. Yahoo Cloud is somewhere between Iaas and Paas. Will it find a base is the question

Microsoft’s May Patch Tuesday: Tiny but potent

With just two security updates in May, industry watchers warn IT not to skimp on thoroughly patching their systems.

The Cloud Has No Boundaries, It’s Elasticity That Makes It Cloud

Multi-tenant architecture alone does not make it cloud. Marten Mickos and Rich Wolski share Eucalyptus Systmes vision of an open source cloud based future

Massive star bolts across space at 250,000MPH

NASA’s Hubble, Europe’s VLT telescopes spot star 90 times more massive than the Sun

Use cases outlined for federated directory

* At the heart of proposed federated directory is minimal disclosure and the ability to only release exactly the data that is needed

Adobe upgrades, renames DRM software for Flash

Software piracy rate up 2% in 2009, study finds

Theft hurting IT industry, economy