CIS releases security configuration standards for iPhone The nonprofit Center for Internet Security (CIS) this week released free guidelines that can help organizations develop custom policies related to use of the increasingly popular mobile device, said Blake Frantz, CTO of the CIS. The benchmarks inform users about the security configuration settings available to them on [...]
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New Travel Rules for High-Tech IDs Take Effect June 1
New Travel Rules for High-Tech IDs Take Effect June 1 New travel requirements go into effect June 1 at U.S. land and sea borders amid security concerns over an RFID-enabled passport card that has been approved for U.S. travelers. The passport cards are being issued by the U.S. State Department under a program aimed at [...]
The 5-step guide to fixing almost any PC problem
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 [...]
‘Pay With Facebook’ Is In The Wild
¡¥Pay With Facebook¡¦ Is In The Wild Earlier today, we wrote about Facebook updating its terms to get ready for the roll-out of its payment system. Well guess what, it¡¦s already here. The application GroupCard is currently testing the new payment system live for all accounts that have it installed. I included some screenshots below. [...]
Why Karma Matters
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 [...]
Electronic messages never really private
Electronic messages never really private Cell phones, instant messages and global positioning satellites are everywhere. But awareness that information sent over these devices is traceable doesn’t seem to be. “I think people, in their lazy behavior, think they’re communicating one on one,” said John Donovan, a technology expert whose company, Telecom Visions Inc., is based [...]
An Avenue for Cyberterrorism?, (Sat, May 30th)
Embedded Devices: An Avenue for Cyberterrorism?, (Sat, May 30th) There has been growing concern with the security of embedded devices as they continue to proliferate in several industries. This is caused by a confluence of several issues that makes for a difficult problem to solve. First, these devices more and more rely on commodity operating [...]
Cinema ordered to pay $10K in damages for search
Ca: Cinema ordered to pay $10K in damages for search A Quebec court has ordered a cinema to pay $10,000 in damages after staff searched patrons’ bags and turned up smuggled snacks and birth control pills — and in the process violated their privacy rights. Source – CTV.ca via BoingBoing Reddit It | Digg This | Add to del.icio.us [...]
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4117 PDF/Exploit.Pidief.ONG, VBS/TrojanDownloader.Small.L (6), Win32/Adware.BHO.GBP (2), Win32/Adware.BHO.NCG (2), Win32/Adware.GooochiBiz (4), Win32/Adware.WSearch, Win32/Agent.NXT (2), Win32/AutoRun.Agent.NP, Win32/AutoRun.Delf.BY, Win32/Delf.PFS, Win32/FlyStudio.NML, Win32/FlyStudio.NMM (5), Win32/Hupigon, Win32/Hupigon.NPE, Win32/KillAV.NDV (2), Win32/Koutodoor.AF (3), Win32/Koutodoor.G, Win32/Peerfrag.AG, Win32/Poison.NBC (2), Win32/PSW.Agent.NLP (2), Win32/PSW.OnLineGames.NMP (2), Win32/PSW.OnLineGames.NMY (3), Win32/PSW.OnLineGames.NNM, Win32/PSW.OnLineGames.NSU (2), Win32/PSW.OnLineGames.OKE, Win32/PSW.WOW.DZI, Win32/PSWTool.MailPassView.151 (4), Win32/Rootkit.Agent.NLY, Win32/Rustock.NIH, Win32/Rustock.NIK (3), Win32/Spy.Banker.AFFJ, Win32/Spy.Banker.QLG (4), Win32/TrojanDownloader.Bredolab.AA (2), Win32/TrojanDownloader.FakeAlert.AAX, Win32/TrojanDownloader.FakeAlert.ABV, Win32/TrojanDownloader.FakeAlert.ACU, Win32/TrojanDownloader.FakeAlert.ACV [...]
Threat Level Privacy, Crime and Security Online Obama Says Government Sanctions Unwarranted in Spy Case
Threat Level Privacy, Crime and Security Online Obama Says Government Sanctions Unwarranted in Spy Case The Obama administration refused to budge late Friday and agree to reveal state secrets in a lawsuit weighing whether a sitting president may lawfully bypass Congress and spy on Americans without warrants as President George W. Bush did following the [...]
Obama gives fresh impetus to cybercrime battle
Obama gives fresh impetus to cybercrime battle Barack Obama, US president, yesterday lifted cybersecurity high up his administration’s agenda as he promised to name a White House co-ordinator to oversee policy and responses to threats to government and private communications networks. Mr Obama cited an industry report that put losses from cybercrime – including industrial [...]
Its summer…Do you know what your kids are doing?, (Fri, May 29th)
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 [...]
VMWare Patches Released, (Fri, May 29th)
VMWare Patches Released, (Fri, May 29th) Patches were released yesterday to fix a DoS vulnerability and potential arbitrary code execution. Here are the two vulnerabilities: 1. VMWare Descheduled Time Accounting driver: The issue affects the VMWare Descheduled Time Accounting driver and can cause a denial of service in Windows based virtual machines on the vulnerable [...]
Blackberry Server Vulnerability, (Fri, May 29th)
Blackberry Server Vulnerability, (Fri, May 29th) For all of you running around with a Blackberry, be careful of opening .pdf files. A vulnerability announced on Tuesday allows for specially crafted .pdf files when opened on your blackberry to potentially cause memory corruption and possibly lead to arbitrary code execution on the computer that hosts the [...]
Privacy ruling insane, unsafe and unfair (editorial)
Ca: Privacy ruling insane, unsafe and unfair (editorial) Vince Li should have automatically forfeited any right to his privacy the moment he pulled out the knife that he used to stab and behead Tim McLean on a Greyhound bus near Portage la Prairie, Man. last summer.Yet, when Manitoba’s Criminal Code review board convenes next week [...]
