Archive for December, 2006

Bots and rootkits among top 10 threats, said McAfee

Monday, December 25th, 2006

Bots and rootkits among top 10 threats, said McAfee
CIO India, India - 19 hours ago… more connected. 9) Adware will go mainstream, following the increase in commercial Potentially Unwanted Programs (PUPs). 10) Parasitic …

Dengue arrives in Ambala

Monday, December 25th, 2006

Dengue arrives in Ambala
Tribune - at pump house, Ph-III at water works, Sector 39, and permission to install transmission towers on buildings of Chandigarh Municipal Corporation; estimate for designing, supplying, erecting, testing and commissioning of remote computer surveillance

Inside the National Post
National Post - It’s a fascinating look at pre-computer surveillance techniques, although there are a few puzzling plot twists when audiences may wish they could similarly rewind the movie. We are intermittently thrown back to Wilson’s wartime days, when the nascent

Infocus: Using Nepenthes Honeypots to Detect Common Malware

Sunday, December 24th, 2006

Infocus: Using Nepenthes Honeypots to Detect Common Malware
Using Nepenthes Honeypots to Detect Common Malware

Sophos expert addresses ISSA on malware threats
Graham Cluley presents at UK chapter of Information Systems Security Association.

Bugtraq: ZDI-06-053: Novell NetMail IMAP Verb Literal Heap Overflow Vulnerability
ZDI-06-053: Novell NetMail IMAP Verb Literal Heap Overflow Vulnerability

Inside the National Post

Sunday, December 24th, 2006

Inside the National Post
National Post - It’s a fascinating look at pre-computer surveillance techniques, although there are a few puzzling plot twists when audiences may wish they could similarly rewind the movie. We are intermittently thrown back to Wilson’s wartime days, when the nascent

Dengue arrives in Ambala
Tribune - at pump house, Ph-III at water works, Sector 39, and permission to install transmission towers on buildings of Chandigarh Municipal Corporation; estimate for designing, supplying, erecting, testing and commissioning of remote computer surveillance

Identity Security Looks to Command ‘Presence’

Saturday, December 23rd, 2006

Identity Security Looks to Command ‘Presence’
Presence Technology is the latest startup in a security software market that is expanding even as it shrinks.

Space tourist’s computer skills could prove handy (USATODAY.com)
USATODAY.com - The next tourist on the International Space Station could prove to be very useful. Charles Simonyi, one of the inventors of Microsoft’s Word program, is preparing to travel to the station just as NASA stopped sending the orbiting laboratory Word documents out of fear of transmitting computer viruses.Microsoft Word inventor Simonyi heads to space in April.

Brief: Web facial matching stirs privacy worries
Web facial matching stirs privacy worries

Infocus: Password Management Concerns with IE and Firefox, part one
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BitForensics Announces Release of KeyCarbon PCI 

Saturday, December 23rd, 2006

BitForensics Announces Release of KeyCarbon PCI 
BitForensics today announced the official release of the worlds first hardware keylogger in a PCI card. The KeyCarbon PCI card records all typing on a computers keyboard, fits inside the case of a desktop computer, and stores up to 32,000,000 keystrokes or 10 years of typing. (PRWeb Dec 14, 2006) Post Comment:Trackback URL: …

Getting it right

Friday, December 22nd, 2006

Getting it right
Sports Illustrated - He exploits his exceptional quickness and closing speed with relentlessness. But I’m curious as to how Schobel will be described when he becomes better known nationally. His 38-inch vertical is the same as DeMarcus Ware ’s, but Ware gets touted for

NASA Hubble Space Telescope Daily Report #4265
SpaceRef - Our program exploits both of these unique capabilities of HST to learn more about one of the greatest mysteries in science. WFPC2 10915 ACS Nearby Galaxy Survey Existing HST observations of nearby galaxies comprise a sparse and highly non-uniform

The E-List: Great things to do today with Gillian Burnett 

Friday, December 22nd, 2006

The E-List: Great things to do today with Gillian Burnett 
Where and when: CBS at 8 p.m. Why: Television’s longest-running Christmas special is going into its 42nd year, which is a good enough reason in itself to watch this classic.

Windows Vista and Protection from Malware 

Friday, December 22nd, 2006

Windows Vista and Protection from Malware 
“On November 30, Sophos issued its monthly report on the top ten threats reported to them in November of 2006. As a part of this, Sophos also studied Vista’s vulnerability to these malware threats.

Adware penetrates OS X

Thursday, December 21st, 2006

Adware penetrates OS X
What PC?, UK - Nov 27, 2006Security researcers have found proof-of-concept code for an adware program that targets Apple’s OS X operating system. According …

MySpace hit by worm, adware and phishing
Virus Bulletin, UK - Dec 5, 2006… defaced with the doctored links and the malicious movie file, and used to spread link spam to contacts on the site, spreading the infection or pushing adware. …

Adware Targets Mac OS X
Hard OCP, TX - Nov 28, 2006News.com has a bit of interesting information on a new adware program that silently installs itself on Mac OS X and opens Web browser windows. …

McAfee announces Windows Vista-compatible products
MyADSL, South Africa - Dec 13, 2006… support for Microsoft Windows Vista, which aim to provide customers with advanced, proactive protection from viruses, worms, spyware, adware, rootkits, hacker …

Free your computer of home page hijackers
The Spokesman Review, WA - 6 hours ago… It’s a type of adware or spyware referred to as “home page hijacking.” In some cases, the spyware takes over your start page, and in others it puts up this …

Be a computer-savvy adult
Goshen Chronicle - Dec 18, 2006… Adware, Spyware and Spam - Oh, My! will show you ways to protect your PC from these not-so-friendly invaders. … Adware, Spyware and Spam - Oh, My! …