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The 5-step guide to fixing almost any PC problem
Troubleshooting is curious skill. It’s part detective work, part methodical experimentation and part inspired guesswork, and part Zen Buddhism. That’s a lot of parts but you need them all to be able to sift through a list of symptoms, identify the fault, work out an appropriate remedy [...]
Microsoft Silverlight vs Google Wave: Why Karma Matters
Inevitable comparisons are made between the hugely enthusiastic developer response (including from us at Zoho) to Google Wave yesterday with the relatively tepid reponse to Microsoft’s new search engine Bing. The real interesting contrast to us, as independent software developers, is the way developers responded to Silverlight as [...]
Malicious Web Site / Malicious Code: Mass Injection Compromises More than Twenty-Thousand Web Sites
Websense Security Labs™ Threatseeker™ Network has detected that a large compromise of legitimate Web sites is currently taking place around the globe. Thousands of legitimate Web sites have been discovered to be injected with malicious Javascript, obfuscated code that leads to an [...]
Its summer…Do you know what your kids are doing?, (Fri, May 29th)
School is over or about to be over for many kids. With that comes many families whose parents work and kids will be left at home to relax and enjoy their summer vacation. This means alot of free time and an internet out there [...]
Nonprofit releases security configuration standards for iPhone
Organizations issuing iPhones to their employers can now apply security configuration best practices, which were introduced this week by the Center for Internet Security.
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Nonprofit releases security configuration standards for iPhone
Organizations issuing iPhones to their employers can now apply security best practices, which were introduced this week by the Center for Internet Security.
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VMware fixes security bugs
VMware has released fixes for multiple vulnerabilities in several of its products, including VMware Workstation, Player, ACE, Server, Fusion, ESX and ESXi. One of the vulnerabilities was caused by an error in the VMware Descheduled Time Accounting driver, which could open a way for hackers to launch a denial-of-service attack in Windows-based [...]
Fed cybersecurity review out; “cyber coordinator” established
After much speculation, President Obama confirmed Friday that a new White House office will be dedicated to coordinating digital security efforts, to be led by a yet unnamed “cybsersecurity coordinator.”
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Time Warner spins off AOL
TIME-WARNER is divorcing AOL and chucking it out into the cold and the snow. Before the separation can take place, Time Warner will buy the five per cent of AOL owned by Google so that it will have 100 per cent control.
Google is likely to want that because it has no [...]
New Windows zero-day
Microsoft on Thursday issued a security advisory for a new vulnerability in DirectX, used on Windows to enable graphics and sound, that could enable a remote hacker to execute arbitrary code if users open specially crafted QuickTime files. Microsoft said that it was aware of active attacks using exploit code for the vulnerability. [...]
Bank sues Savvis over 2005 CardSystems breach
Utah-based Merrick Bank claims to have lost $16 million as a result of a 2005 breach of payment card processor CardSystems Solutions and is now seeking legal restitution.
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IT company Savvis being sued over 2005 CardSystems breach
Utah-based Merrick Bank claims to have lost $16 million as a result of a 2005 breach of payment card processor CardSystems Solutions and is now seeking legal restitution.
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EMC snares Configuresoft
EMC on Wednesday acquired Configuresoft, maker of server configuration, change and compliance EMC on Wednesday acquired Configuresoft, maker of server configuration, change and compliance management solutions. The purchase expands EMC’s storage and infrastructure management line. The two companies had been partnering since 2008 when they signed an OEM agreement, leading to the EMC [...]
Process over trust: Will we ever learn?
To give businesses greater confidence in privilege management, we must define, implement, monitor and enforce processes for delegating administrative access.
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Another round of phishing hits Twitter
After last week’s phishing attacks on social networking sites, yet another round has struck Twitter.
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