Thursday, April 17th, 2008
Windows Vista shipped to business customers on the last day of November 2006, so the end of November 2007 marks the one year anniversary for supported production use of the product. This paper analyzes the vulnerability disclosures and security updates for the first year of Windows Vista and looks at ...
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Wednesday, April 16th, 2008
Wireless security vendors used last week's conference here to showcase both the problems and solutions in controlling access to wireless voice and data.
AirTight Networks launched SpectraGuard Online, touted as wireless security's first manifestation of the software-as-a-service (SaaS) model that more vendors -- and a few cyber criminals -- are using.
In ...
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Wednesday, April 16th, 2008
A cartoon that ridicules the efforts of a Chinese gymnast at the Olympic games is the latest ploy used by cyber-criminals to infect Windows PCs, according to McAfee Avert labs.
While the movie files, which show the cartoon followed by images supporting a free Tibet, are playing, a keystroke logging tool, ...
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Wednesday, April 16th, 2008
Security researchers on Monday spotted malicious code that triggers a critical vulnerability in the Chinese version of Windows 2000, and warned users of other editions to expect attacks.
Symantec confirmed that the proof-of-concept code publicly posted to the milw0rm.com site earlier in the day successfully attacks Chinese editions of Windows 2000 ...
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Wednesday, April 16th, 2008
Is your PC infected with malware? Panda Security says it is, and they're putting their money where their mouth is. Submit to their free online scan and be found totally malware-free, and your company could bring in a cool $7,500. Or, if you're a consumer and you clear the scan, ...
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