New book release – “Security Power Tools”
What if you could sit down with some of the most talented security engineers in the world and ask any network security question you wanted? A new book from O’Reilly …
Update on the SPI Dynamics (HP) and Cenzic patents dispute
The Hewlett-Packard Company and Cenzic, Inc. have signed a settlement and cross-license agreement for the patents HP and Cenzic are currently asserting against one another. …
Security details of the upcoming Rails 2.0 release
As posted to the Riding Rails blog: Behold, behold, Rails 2.0 is almost here. But before we can slap on the final stamp, we’re going to pass through a couple of trial …
Geographical and vertical spam trends for the past three months
The new data from MessageLabs Intelligence Report for September and 3rd quarter of 2007 reveals that virus and phishing levels have significantly increased, reaching levels …
Hacking “Big Brother” – playing with Axis 2100 IP cameras
ProCheckUp team found multiple vulnerabilities on Axis 2100 IP cameras affecting both old firmware versions and the latest firmware (2.43). Their thorough research including …
German company puts the infamous “anti-hacker” law to test
Thierry Zoller, Security Engineer at German tech company n.runs AG, posted a message to the Full Disclosure list saying that n.runs is now putting the new local …
Security content of the iPhone 1.1.1 update
iPhone update 1.1.1 covers one issue related to Bluetooth, two in Mail and seven in Safari. This update is only available through iTunes, and will not appear in the downloads …
Web application firewall with new defect detection capabilities
Breach Security announced the release of version 3.0 of its flagship WebDefend web application firewall with patent-pending application defect detection capabilities. The new …
Virus and phishing levels sky-rocket in September
The new data from MessageLabs Intelligence Report for September and 3rd quarter of 2007 reveals that virus and phishing levels have significantly increased, reaching levels …
Over a half of IT security pros say their security policies do not have clear consequences
In a recent survey of 113 IT security professionals, 51% percent stated that their organization’s security policies do not have clear consequences for security …
Microsoft released Office 2003 Service Pack 3
Microsoft released Office 2003 Service Pack 3 (SP3) that contains security enhancements and stability improvements. It combines the previously released fixes into one update. …
eBay hacked, user info was posted
Today, a malicious user posted on the Trust & Safety forum on eBay.com posing as approximately 1200 eBay users. The posts were made in a way to suggest that he logged in …