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Feds racing to lock down Windows XP, Vista PCs

2008-02-01 00:00:00 by Ellen Messmer in Network World on Security
 
Federal agencies required to ensure security of their Windows XP and Vista PCs by the end of February are about to get a much anticipated list of validated assessment tools
 
Tags: vista pcs, assessment tools, windows, federal agencies, ensure security, february, list
 
 
 
 
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Security Updates: WinPatrol, Lock Bumping Facts

2008-02-05 00:00:00 by HASH0x8b50668 in Network World on Security
 
Last summer my colleague Erik Larkin went to Defcon, the security conference. He learned how to unlock card-protected, locked office doors with a homemade $10 gadget. He blogged it--see "Simple Hack Can Unlock Most Any Office Door ." (There's also a video on our site, "$10 Hack Breaks Key-Card Security Fundamental Principles of Network...
 
Tags: network security, colleague erik larkin, simple hack, security conference, office door, unlock, office doors, free paper, fundamental principles
 
 
 
 
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Latest News on the War on the Unexpected

2008-02-14 06:57:27 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
Offshore oil rig evacuated after someone dreamed of a bomb Sheridan College under lock-down because someone notices a tripod Man arrested for posession of an MP3 player
 
Tags: offshore oil rig, sheridan college, mp3 player, posession, bomb, notices, tripod, lock-down
 
 
 
 
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Web Site: Security and Trust

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2007-01-18 07:10:00 by RaviC in Musings on Information Security
Many of us have this notion that a web site that is accessible securely through https can be trusted. This is not true. Not all the sites that use https can be trusted. Nothing can stop fraudsters from setting up a https web site. Though https offers security it does not offer trust. Trust is a choice that the user has to make consciously. Here...
 
Tags: web site, https, https web site, trust, offer trust, web site belongs, https url, https offers security, ensure
 
 
 
 
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Wi-Fi security still too complicated, expert claims

2008-03-12 13:00:00 by Editor in Computerworld Security News
 
While the 802.1x protocol can lock down wireless networks, it isn't being used because it is too complex, according to one expert
 
Tags: expert, wireless networks, protocol, lock, complex
 
 
 
 
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Labyrinth Security Lock

2008-04-03 12:38:20 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
Fascinating . Note that it doesn't make it harder to open the door; it just takes longer EDITED T OADD (1:00 PM): Seems like this is a hox. O an art project. Or something. I'm really disappointed; I want one
 
Tags: art project, harder, takes, door, oadd, hox, note
 
 
 
 
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Intel to release anti-theft technology for laptops

2008-04-04 08:28:10 by Editor in Computerworld Security News
 
New capability to be added to Intel's Active Management Technology will allow IT managers to lock down systems and drives of machines gone AWOL
 
Tags: active management technology, intel, machines, systems, lock, managers, awol, capability
 
 
 
 
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RSA - IBM's project Phantom to lock down virtual machines

2008-04-08 00:00:00 by Robert McMillan in Network World on Security
 
IBM researchers are developing new attack prevention technology for the company's virtualization products
 
Tags: attack prevention technology, virtualization products, ibm researchers, company
 
 
 
 
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RSA: IBM's project Phantom to lock down virtual machines

2008-04-08 13:00:00 by Editor in Computerworld Security News
 
The software is essentially an intrusion-prevention system that sits at the hypervisor level -- but it's a research project with no specific timeframe for availability
 
Tags: hypervisor level, research project, specific timeframe, availability, software, sits, system
 
 
 
 
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RSA - Chertoff: DHS project will lock down federal computers

2008-04-08 00:00:00 by Robert McMillan in Network World on Security