Severe VoIP Vulnerabilities In Microsoft Communicator
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Tue, 18 Nov 2008 08:24:41 -0800
Researchers at VoIPshield Labs have reported a wide range of denial-of-service vulnerabilities in Microsoft Communicator, the unified communications that features business-grade instant messaging, voice, and video tools.
The flaws, rated high severity, could cripple VoIP-powered communications on Office Communications Server 2007, ... |
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Keylogger spyware ordered off the market
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Tue, 18 Nov 2008 08:23:39 -0800
In a victory for privacy advocates, an Orlando, Fla.-based company has been ordered not to sell keylogger spyware.
The company, Cyberspy Software, LLC, marketed a product called RemoteSpy keylogger spyware to customers, who in turn were enabled to secretly monitor unsuspecting users' computers.
The U.S. District Court court ... |
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How to Use Network Behavior Analysis Tools
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Tue, 18 Nov 2008 08:22:27 -0800
What's happening on the enterprise network-or more to the point, what's occurring on the network that should not be-is a major concern of security executives. If someone is trying to hack in, or a virus or worm is spreading, or a denial-of-service attack is underway, there might be evidence of these types of activities before they become a major ... |
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Can You Delete Your Digital Past?
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Tue, 18 Nov 2008 08:21:34 -0800
An unsavory connection from your past. An annoying link to your name that's dragging down your career. A spicy quote you tossed off to a reporter that you wish you could take back.
As time goes by, more of us are being tailed by some little thing out there on the Web, an awful bit that emerges when someone Googles our names, a black ... |
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Presidential Transition
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Tue, 18 Nov 2008 08:20:43 -0800
Obama was elected and the nation temporarily felt good about itself until the US stock market plunged yet again.
Transition, whether it is between presidential administrations or simply for the layperson traveling from A to B, is a period of vulnerability. Too many successful assassinations occured while the victim was "in transit" - ... |
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The Neuroscience of Cons
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Tue, 18 Nov 2008 08:18:55 -0800
Fascinating:
The key to a con is not that you trust the conman, but that he shows he trusts you. Conmen ply their trade by appearing fragile or needing help, by seeming vulnerable. Because of THOMAS [The Human Oxytocin Mediated Attachment System], the human brain makes us feel good when we help others--this is the basis for ... |
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Spam Drop Could Boost Trojan Attacks
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Mon, 17 Nov 2008 09:22:00 -0800
The dramatic fall in spam traffic reported last week after alleged rogue ISP McColo was taken offline will only be a temporary reprieve and could actually generate a new wave of Trojans, experts have warned.
ISPs disagree on the global percentage drop caused by the shuttering of California-based McColo last week, with estimates given by ... |
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