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Security software vendors unhappy with Vista changes
The Money Times, India - Oct 9, 2006… primitive functions. Through that access, the vendors detect and block rootkits, keystroke-logging software, and worms. Meanwhile …

FSM newsletter - 2nd of October 2006
Free Software Magazine, British Virgin Islands - Oct 3, 2006… As usual we offer in-depth articles presenting both attack and defense techniques. Inside: rootkits under Windows, cryptography, network defense and more… …

Kaspersky Defends Microsoft Over Windows Vista Security
InformationWeek, NY - Oct 6, 2006… a purchase online. She said potent “rootkits” were also being developed to prevent anti-virus software to work. Kaspersky, which …

New FirePass 1200 SSL VPN Product from F5 networks
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SentryBay claims key-logger killer
VNUnet - Security firm SentryBay has thrown down the gauntlet to virus writers and hackers by claiming to have developed a platform that is impervious to key-logger software. EntryProtect aims to prevent corporate data theft and unauthorised access to

End-to-End Encryption Strategies
Data Storage Today - They’ll get a trusted employee to unknowingly install a Trojan or key logger, which they then use to access the data. Certain malware can also gain access to data as it traverses the network. The data may be compromised while it is stored online or

Eric Kinney, President
PRWeb - Do you know what a key logger is? If not, your identity could be stolen at any time. Identity theft is more dominant in the cyber world now more than ever. Just this weekend, many were hit with a fake e-mail from one of the largest banks in the world

Keeping your identity
ITP.net - The password changes every time you log in so it doesn t matter if someone spoofs off your password or has a key logger recording the letters you type into your keyboard it doesn t matter because the next time you log in there is a different

Web Surfing in Public Places Is a Way to Court Trouble
Herald Tribune - Louderback said, recalling an incident a few years ago when a Queens resident was caught installing this type of key logger software on computers at several Kinkos locations in New York. One way to foil these programs, which record what you type and

Microsoft endorses adware pusher 
Microsoft has drawn criticism for awarding Most Valued Professional (MVP) status to a developer associated with adware. The MVP programme identifies developers who provide technical expertise for communities supporting Microsoft products and technologies.

Podcast Search Service Targets Advertisers 
Audio and video search engine provider PodZinger.com has launched an advertising platform that allows content providers a free opt-in revenue-sharing program. Starting Thursday, the advertising service will deliver search results to its advertising partners. The search results are categorized from aggregate consumer usage based on Internet radio, online blogging sites and conferences.

FHS Football players tutor elementary students 
For participating Franklin Panthers, working with elementary students has been a rewarding experience.

Payout for Big Brother contestant 
Ex-Big Brother housemate Lesley Sanderson wins “substantial” libel damages from a Sunday newspaper.

Whats up with Toni Gonzaga? 
ITS PAST EIGHT IN THE EVENING, AND CELESTINE “TONI” GONZAGA is on the set of Studio 23s news-comedy show, Wazzup Wazzup. The live basketball game that precedes the show has been extended, which means Wazzups own live telecast has been delayed, and everyone is waiting for the go signal.

Big Brother pair score scarce Tiger tickets 
Home Game No. 2, Section 113, Row 28, Seats 11 and 12. Two brothers, 42 years apart in age, were planning to sit in those seats for Saturday’s game.

RICK THOMAS/Press Joy Rogers is the “fraud buster” at Mountain West Bank in Coeur d’Alene, monitoring accounts for  
COEUR d’ALENE — Big brother may not be the only one watching you. Your bank also has your back, keeping a close eye out for suspicious activities, using everything from technology to one-on-one warnings to protect customers, and themselves.

NEC Australia wins major DSL tender in Turkey
Turk Telekom has awarded NEC Australia 100 per cent of a recent tender for delivery of 500,000 xDSL lines to be deployed throughout Turkey. Under the contract signed on July 31, NEC will deploy its AM Series Multi-Service Access Node (MSAN/DSLAM) including ATM and IP network interfaces. The full turnkey contract also includes Systems Integration, supply of Broadband Remote Access Servers (BRAS), installation and support services. In addition, NEC will integrate its Operational Support System (OSS) layer product Director - Common Management System (CMS) - to allow consolidation and optimisation of existing Turk Telekom xDSL and management interfaces. The Director-CMS automates end-to-end subscriber creation and Service Activation and Assurance, providing Turk Telekom operators with a unified and common web based OSS management platform across the entire solution.

News: FTC sues company over spyware
FTC sues company over spyware

Mac OS market share growth stalls?
Macworld UK, UK - Sep 19, 2006… However, it must be borne in mind that the Net Applications data is based on the company’s PC-only web monitoring software which checks for what platform users …

Learning the lessons of mobile computing
The mobile computing revolution promises numerous benefits in the education sector ? for both students and teachers, and for the schools and universities themselves. According to Andy Macleod, business development manager for education at Cisco: ?In education, mobile computing is certainly the way to go. From a digital equality point of view, learners should have universal access to the web, plus their own storage space and applications.? Mikko Kiukkanen, director of business development and sales at wireless infrastructure vendor Meru Networks, said: ?The trend towards more collaborative and open learning environments, fuelled by the increasing availability of mobile devices among both students and faculty, is driving aggressive adoption of mobile computing solutions among educational institutions.

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Apple security - silence then abuse
Here we go again. Security experts warn that there is a hole in one of Apple?s products, Apple says there isn?t a problem, and a month later it releases a fix for it. A journalist (me) writes a story pointing this out and is faced with email abuse from the Apple faithful. Exactly the same thing has happened several times in the past and it?s not just me saying it, it?s anyone that points out the startlingly obvious: that OS X, Safari, MacBooks, whatever, do not exist within some holy forcefield of invulnerability - they are just electronic products. Anyone who covers Apple?s security problems is very quickly faced with the same frustrating pattern. A hole is discovered and then Apple either refuses to discuss the issue or it says it is ?looking into the issue? and refuses to say anything else until it has properly reviewed it. The company then produces a fix in its own time and releases it along with a whole bunch of other patches, providing the bare minimum of information in the hope no one notices. At no point does it inform its users that there is a problem, and it goes out of its way to underplay the extent of the hole in the advisories when the fix is finally produced.

Profit From Creating New Malware
IT Reseller Online (press release), PA - Sep 19, 2006Did my headline get your attention? It should, as it is the credo of cyber-criminals all over the world. Whether it s corporate …

Spoutin’ Off: Malware, spam still a pain in the software
Daily Press, VA - Oct 2, 2006… off. If you’ve been reading this column for a while, you know that my crusade against spam and other malware is a recurrent theme. …

Microsoft’s Out-of-Band IE Patch: A Little Too Late?
eWeek - The exploits then dumped massive amounts of spyware, Trojans, bots and rootkits onto vulnerable Windows machines. Ken Dunham, director of iDefense’s rapid response team, said the exploit sites were using the WebAttacker tool kit to plant malicious

Spy Sweeper Digs Deep for Rootkits
eWeek - Already among the most respected names in spyware defense, Webroot Software raises the bar with Spy Sweeper Enterprise 3.0. While the most advanced rootkit detection features still need improvements in breadth and stability, the overall detection

Sony Says Canadians Are Different Than Americans When It Comes To
Tech Dirt - Sony Says Canadians Are Different Than Americans When It Comes To Rootkits from the they-can-take-it dept We were just saying how Sony’s rootkit is still causing technical problems for users — and it turns out it’s still causing some legal ones as

Q&A: Microsoft exec defends company in Vista kernel dispute
Computerworld - Why did Microsoft decide to restrict access to the 64-bit Windows kernel? The biggest concern has been rootkits that can hide themselves from detection software and antivirus software. When you have a situation where code that is not part of the

Web Application Attacks Dominate IT Landscape
eWeek - which are typically disguised as legitimate programs. For example, Symantec pointed to the Mdropper.H Trojan attack, which exploited a zero-day vulnerability in Microsoft Word and installed a subsequent back door program. Spyware, bots, rootkits

Hewlett Packard’s snooping reveals workplace truth: there are no secrets 
Although it’s making headlines now, workplace spying is quite common — and usually legal.

Border mayors want input on border fence 
Del Rio Mayor Efrain Valdez said although the mayors of cities along the Texas-Mexico border werent asked for their input on a border fence, he hopes federal legislators will allow those mayors some input about how that fence will be built.

Muslims in U.S. are wary 
Things haven’t been this bad for St. Louis Muslims since the weeks after Sept. 11.