| Windows attack code made public | | Posted Wednesday, January 17, 2007 2:50:40 PM by Blog57 Team | | Computer code that exploits a security vulnerability in Windows has been published on the internet, making it more urgent for users of the operating system to patch. The attack code exploits a flaw in the way Windows handles Vector Markup Language, or VML, documents, which are used for a type of high-quality graphic on the web. The bug lies in a Windows component called "vgx.dll" that supports these files. Microsoft provided a fix for the flaw last week with security bulletin MS07-004. .... | |
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| | | Cisco Enters Computer Security Market With IronPort Acquisition | | Posted Friday, January 05, 2007 12:50:52 PM by Blog57 Team | | Cisco Systems Inc. announced on Thursday it is buying privately held IronPort Systems Inc., which makes anti-spam and antivirus security products, for $830 million in cash and stock. Cisco has ruled the networking world with its routers and switches, and said it now wants to branch out into computer security "We feel there is enormous potential for enhanced e-mail and message protection solutions to be integrated into the existing Cisco Self-Defending Network framework," said Richard Palmer, senior vice president of Cisco's Security Technology Group. The platforms will target enterprises, businesses Cisco and IronPort executives said are hungry for additional electronic protection. Integrating IronPort's messaging security technology with Cisco's Self-Defending Network will enable a new level of defense for our customers, said Scott Weiss, CEO of IronPort Systems.... | |
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| | | Cape district students learn safe computer use | | Posted Monday, November 13, 2006 6:50:45 PM by Blog57 Team | | Cyber security depends on computer users themselves. That was the message presented to about 200 Cape High School students as the school launched its internet safety program with a student assembly held in the Little Theatre Friday, Oct. 27. Rep. Pete Schwarzkopf, D-Rehoboth, told students he wants to make them, their parents and community members aware of what can happen when information is put out on the internet. Relying on his experiences as a former state trooper and as a legislator, Schwartzkopf warned students that what might seem a harmless joke today could destroy one’s dreams in the future. Talk of driving drunk, wanting to try drugs or a joking comment about blowing up a school could prevent a person from getting a job with the FBI 10 years from now.... | |
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| | | Personal data stolen from Lubbock computer system | | Posted Friday, November 10, 2006 2:53:13 PM by Blog57 Team | | LUBBOCK, Texas Local, state and federal authorities continue investigating today the theft of personal data from a Lubbock computer system. Hackers obtained thousands of Social Security and driver's license numbers from an online municipal job application system in late September. The information of more than 58-hundred people was stolen. The city is mailing letters to everyone who applied online since February. The online application site has been shut down while work is done to ensure the system's security. The breach came to light late last month when another hacker noticed the earlier intrusion and alerted city officials. The Texas Department of Public Safety and Secret Service are assisting Lubbock police in the investigation. ___ Information from: Lubbock Avalanche-Journal, http://www.lubbockonline.com Copyright 2006 Associated Press.... | |
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| | | `Brave New Ballot' Author Attacks Electronic Voting: Interview | | Posted Tuesday, November 07, 2006 12:53:22 PM by Blog57 Team | | Nov. 6 (Bloomberg) -- For three years, Aviel Rubin and his team of computer-security specialists at Johns Hopkins studied the software for the controversial paper-free voting system that will be widely used tomorrow. In his new book, ``Brave New Ballot: The Battle to Safeguard Democracy in the Age of Electronic Voting,'' Rubin argues that not only can the system be manipulated, but worse, we would never know. We spoke on the telephone last week about his problems with these machines, which are mostly supplied by Diebold Inc. Campion: ATMs have a pretty good track record for accuracy and accountability: the paper trail. Is it so difficult to build that same kind of accountability into an electronic voting machine? Rubin: We have to look at the differences between a voting system and an ATM.... | |
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| | | Somansa Releases Mail-i 5.5, Port 80 and Email Monitoring and Security to North and Latin America | | Posted Tuesday, November 07, 2006 6:54:39 AM by Blog57 Team | | CSI Computer Security Conference -- Somansa Co., Ltd, a global leader in message security solutions, today released its latest version of Mail-i 5.5, which blocks and secures bypassing & proxy based port 80 traffic and email, to the North and Latin American markets through its recently established Somansa Technologies, located in San Jose, California. Mail-i 5.5 is the only solution in the world that audits Email, Web-mail, FTP, Telnet, Instant Messenger, Bulletin, Webhard, P2P, Tunnel, Proxy, Terminal, VoIP and Port 80 traffic. Other security methods, such as firewall, IPS and IDS, are based on IP, port, and pattern so the blocking of port 80 traffic is not possible. As more corporate information and data is being exchanged through the network via email, instant messenger, and other mediums, the liabilities and amount of resources exhausted for companies have also increased.... | |
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| | | Security Focus To Drive Big Growth At SCS | | Posted Friday, November 03, 2006 10:54:25 PM by Blog57 Team | | Strategic Computer Solutions (No. 248 on the 2006 VARBusiness 500), best known for its IBM-focused storage and networking business, is broadening its technology offerings to generate incremental growth. The company launched its security network practice more than a year ago and has successfully grown that portion of the business to more than $2 million. With a renewed focus and a dedicated team, those numbers will soon be multiplying rapidly, according to Dave Reitano, senior IT solutions architect at Syracuse, N.Y.-based SCS. In fact, he hopes to see that business grow to more than $30 million by 2009. Lofty goals, but SCS is working closely with Cisco as its partner to position itself as a specialized security solution provider. "We don't want to be another router-and-switch vendor," Reitano says.... | |
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| | | Incident underscores security concerns | | Posted Tuesday, October 31, 2006 2:51:59 PM by Blog57 Team | | NEW BRUNSWICK ? An attempted shooting at Saint Peter's University Hospital, which took place last week but wasn't made public until yesterday, has refocused attention on hospital security measures. The incident, during which a fourth-year resident physician at the hospital reportedly tried to fire a handgun at an emergency-room security guard, came a month after a sexual assault on an 86-year-old patient in her room at Saint Peter's prompted a review of hospital security throughout the region. At about 10:45 p.m. Thursday, Kimberly Walker, 29, walked toward the emergency room brandishing a .25-caliber semiautomatic handgun that she then tried several times to fire at the guard, according to a police account. When the weapon didn't fire, Walker, a city resident, threw it down and continued walking toward the emergency room, police said.... | |
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| | | Public key cryptography celebrates anniversary | | Posted Saturday, October 28, 2006 6:52:17 AM by Blog57 Team | | MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- Dignitaries from the computer security field took the stage at the Computer History Museum Thursday evening to note the 30th anniversary of public key cryptography and wax historical about academic, governmental and commercial developments in security and ponder the future. .... | |
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| | | Event to focus on computer security issues | | Posted Wednesday, October 25, 2006 2:52:00 AM by Blog57 Team | | With growing numbers of companies and individuals facing computer-security risks, organizers of a daylong symposium next week hope to help them guard their information. The sixth annual Fall Computer Security Symposium, to be held Wednesday at UNC Charlotte's Cone University Center, seeks to attract corporate information-technology managers and security professionals, as well as software developers and lawmakers. .... | |
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