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Source: ERCC Blog - Posted by Alex
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The fact that malware are written primarily for PC systems is a given and is well reported in the news. The fact that malware are written primarily for Microsoft Windows based PC systems is often not reported. When such a connection is made in the press or on a Microsoft friendly web site then the caveat is often added that Microsoft Windows suffers from popularity. The argument is that because Microsoft Windows is so ubiquitous it gives a good “Return On Investment” to malware writers. |
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Source: IT World - Posted by Alex
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At the RSA Conference in San Francisco last week, security vendors pitched their next generation of security products, promising to protect customers from security threats in the cloud and on mobile devices. But what went largely unsaid was that the industry has failed to protect paying customers from some of today's most pernicious threats. |
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Source: BBC News - Posted by anthony
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Andrei is a young man with immense power at his fingertips. He's a reformed Russian hacker.
Back hunched, eyes fixed on the computer screen in front of him, he demonstrates what he can do.
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Source: CSO Online - Posted by anthony
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The security community has grown to depend on some basic technologies in the fight against cyber thieves, such as antivirus software and firewalls. But are practitioners clinging to tools that outlived their usefulness long ago? Were those tools ever really useful to begin with? |
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Source: The Register UK - Posted by anthony
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eBay Inc has suspended Cryptome's PayPal account, confiscating donations made to the site in the past two weeks. New York architect John Young has refunded around $5,300 to donors. |
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Source: ZDNet - Posted by Dave Wreski
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Here's a great article by Jeremy Allison, from the Samba team, discussing the demise of Sun Microsystems and its relationship to Linux. Not exactly related to security, but a great article. If you click on www.sun.com, you get redirected to www.oracle.com. Sun is no more. The network is no longer the computer. The “Dot” in .COM is now a database. I’m really sorry to see Sun go. I have a long and varied history with Sun. What went wrong? |
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Source: Internet News - Posted by anthony
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We've all heard the the cliche that more eyes lead to more secure code when it comes to open source -- but is it true?
The latest attempt to answer that question comes from code scanning vendor Veracode. |
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Source: Gamasutra - Posted by Alex
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So you've worked 10- to 12-hour days for the past two years, trying to make your latest game the best ever. You even added copy protection to try to stop the pirates, but within a few days of release there are already crack patches flying around the Internet. Now anyone can help themselves to your hard work, without so much as a "please" or "thank you."
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Source: Network World - Posted by anthony
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Whether your business is a big fish or a small-fry home office, you can get hacked just the same, and the stakes are higher than a few canceled credit cards. Here are a few tips to protect your users and your networks--steps that even enterprise-class security specialists may slip up on.
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Source: Network World - Posted by anthony
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Rutgers University researchers have demonstrated how rootkits can be a threat to smartphones sporting operating systems not much unlike those in full-blown computers. They say those wielding rootkits could do dirty tricks like turning on an infected smartphone's microphone to listen in on a meeting, for example. The researchers are presenting their work at the HotMobile 2010 event in Maryland this week and you can get a peek in the video below as well. |
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