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Thursday, August 10. 2006

Patch your windows NOW! MS06-040 Posted by Dave at 17:12

Patch your windows NOW! MS06-040

MS06-040 exploit code is publicly available NOW. Only a matter of time before this becomes a much more serious problem. To our clients: Patch NOW. See the ISC article for details.

Monday, August 7. 2006

Department of Veterans Affairs loses ... Posted by Dave at 21:37

Department of Veterans Affairs loses yet another computer

The department of veterans affairs has lost another computer. This time, as many as 38,000 records could have been stolen. Sounds like the VA has been having a rough time lately. Read this CBS news article for details.

Monday, August 7. 2006

Litchfield goes after Informix Posted by Dave at 21:09

Litchfield goes after Informix

David Litchfield, famous for finding holes in enterprise relational databases, has yet again slammed a database vendor. This time it's IBM. Read the article for the full details.

Tuesday, August 1. 2006

Interesting Article on Selling Security Posted by Dave at 02:04

Interesting Article on Selling Security

Network World online has released an interesting article on the challenges of selling security internally in an organization. A great read overall.

Thursday, July 6. 2006

FBI Consultant Hacks Thousands of ... Posted by Dave at 20:45

FBI Consultant Hacks Thousands of Accounts

An FBI consultant, according to the following article, managed to get tons of accounts, as well as access to the witness protection program. Scary. See: http://news.com.com/2061-10789_3-6091233.html

Tuesday, June 6. 2006

Spam containing numbers only... Posted by Dave at 18:29

Spam containing numbers only...

I've seen several emails today containing nothing but numbers. My analysis shows that they are innocuous enough. SANS has reported on it as well, it would seem it is showing up everywhere. See http://isc.sans.org/diary.php?storyid=1384 for details.

Sunday, March 12. 2006

McAfee Ooops! Posted by Dave at 00:37

McAfee Ooops!

Interesting, McAfee released a poor update that flagged all manner of legit files as being viruses. These files would then be "taken care of" however the AV client was configured -- either quarantine or deletion. Read the article for details.

Friday, March 10. 2006

Security Breach at NC Banks Posted by Dave at 13:13

Security Breach at NC Banks

Hackers broke into computers are a retailer and stole all kinds of good info, and money too! Read article for details.

Friday, March 10. 2006

Most email traffic is Garbage. Big ... Posted by Dave at 12:41

Most email traffic is Garbage. Big surprise.

Recent research concludes that over 80% of email traffic is spam of viruses or other filth. Read this article for details.

Friday, March 10. 2006

Microsoft testing it's security muscle Posted by Dave at 11:44

Microsoft testing it's security muscle

Microsoft tests it's muscle again by inviting people to an event designed to break stuff. Read this article for details : http://news.com.com/2061-10789_3-6048156.html

Thursday, March 9. 2006

UK Bill to get tough on Hackers Posted by Dave at 14:50

UK Bill to get tough on Hackers

A UK Bill being tossed around the other side of the pond could give Hackers up to a 10 year sentence. Yum. http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7002691242

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