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After all, it's all about me

2008-08-13 14:54:21 by Editor in Adventures in Security
 
People are very responsible, making sure they follow all recommendations for keeping themselves safe, until they think they will be deprived of something cool if they do
 
 
 
 
 
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After all, it's all about me

2008-08-13 14:54:21 by Editor in Adventures in Security
 
People are very responsible, making sure they follow all recommendations for keeping themselves safe, until they think they will be deprived of something cool if they do
 
 
 
 
 
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Microsoft admits it sent Office nag to all WSUS servers

2008-04-19 13:00:00 by Editor in Computerworld Security News
 
System administrators are angry at Microsoft Corp. for pushing a trial anti-piracy program designed for limited distribution to all enterprise update servers, triggering incorrect warnings about counterfeit installations of Office
 
 
 
 
 
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Microsoft admits it sent Office nag to all WSUS servers

2008-04-21 00:00:00 by HASH0x84725a8 in Network World on Security
 
System administrators have ripped Microsoft for pushing a trial anti-piracy program meant for limited distribution to all enterprise update servers, a mistake that has triggered false warnings of Office counterfeits
 
 
 
 
 
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Researchers discover new cross-browser exploit that affects all major desktop platforms

2008-09-27 01:11:29 by CyberInsecure in CyberInsecure.com
 
Researchers are beginning to raise an alarm for what looks like a new browser security threat that affects all major desktop platforms: Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari, Opera and Adobe Flash. The threat, called Clickjacking, was to be discussed at the OWASP NYC AppSec 2008 Conference but, at the request of Adobe and
 
 
 
 
 
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MySpace and U.S. Attorneys General Agree to Fight Sexual Predators

2008-01-17 13:12:57 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
MySpace has has reached an agreement with the attorneys general of 49 states -- Texas sat out -- to protect children from sexual predators on the site The attorneys general are all congratulating themselves, as is MySpace -- and there's a lot of commentary out there . To me, this all seems like much ado about nothing The measures -- details here...
 
 
 
 
 
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Desk Checking

2008-04-03 13:28:52 by Liudvikas Bukys in Liudvikas Bukys
 
Ole Eichhorn has written a great essay on the lost art of desk checking , sharing how slow and painful experiences with debugging led to habits of deliberate and careful pre-planning and checking My own parallel experiences: Okay, Im doing to date myself here too. Im also 49 years old, but didnt start programming until Senior High. First...
 
 
 
 
 
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Hackers Run Wild Spending BitTorrent Trackers Donations

2007-12-30 00:50:07 by Editor in Digg / Security
 
The SuperTorrents BitTorrent tracker has been the subject of a major security breach, with hackers donating all the site's money to a religious group. The hackers even went as far as contacting the site's host and canceled all of their seedboxes
 
 
 
 
 
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Say Goodbye to IE6.0! Hello IE7.0!

2008-01-21 16:35:03 by RSnake in ha.ckers.org web application security lab
 
Theres an interesting article over on PC World about an auto-update that Microsoft is pushing on Feb 12th . This update will be an automatic update of IE6.0 to IE7.0. Thats right, folks all you people who were writing exploits against IE6.0 will have little to no market share left. Here comes IE7.0. IE7.0 has a few significant improvements for...