Archive for 'Security'

Countdown to Conficker superworm activation

Countdown to Conficker superworm activation

Posted on 23. Jan, 2009 by SciTech Shark.

Security watchers are bracing themselves to respond…

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Massive cyber fraud affecting 250,000 businesses in the United States

Massive cyber fraud affecting 250,000 businesses in the United States

Posted on 21. Jan, 2009 by SciTech Shark.

Canada’s privacy commissioner said Wednesday she was shocked that New Jersey-based Heartland…

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‘Amazing’ worm attack infects 9 million PCs

‘Amazing’ worm attack infects 9 million PCs

Posted on 16. Jan, 2009 by SciTech Shark.

Calling the scope of the attack “amazing,” security researchers at F-Secure Corp. today…

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Securing the Windows 7 beta

Securing the Windows 7 beta

Posted on 16. Jan, 2009 by SciTech Shark.

Despite the fact that security programs are often some of the toughest code to make work…

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Microsoft’s monthly Patch Tuesday still poses a critical risk

Microsoft’s monthly Patch Tuesday still poses a critical risk

Posted on 14. Jan, 2009 by SciTech Shark.

The security patch addresses three severe vulnerabilities in Microsoft’s Server…

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Server Message Block security holes patched by Microsoft

Server Message Block security holes patched by Microsoft

Posted on 13. Jan, 2009 by SciTech Shark.

Microsoft has released critical patch today to fix a security holes in Server…

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Report Names Top 25 Worst Programming Errors

Report Names Top 25 Worst Programming Errors

Posted on 12. Jan, 2009 by SciTech Shark.

More than 30 organizations, including Microsoft, Symantec and the National Security Agency worked together to expose the top 25 most dangerous programming errors…

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Government spends over $30 million to sharpen cyber security saber

Government spends over $30 million to sharpen cyber security saber

Posted on 11. Jan, 2009 by SciTech Shark.

They call it game changing cyber security innovation and at over $30 million it better be. Researchers at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) today outlined the major contractors it expects will develop the first phase of technologies that it promises will improve cyber security “by orders of magnitude above our current systems.”…

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