Category: General IT News, Updates and Information
Obama’s cybersecurity plan gets cautious praise
06/01/09 22:55, by Brett A. Scudder, Categories: General IT News, Updates and Information , Tags: barack obama, cybersecurity, cyberspace, us president Obama’s cybersecurity plan gets cautious praise
The challenge will be to get various interests working together
Jaikumar Vijayan | http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9133687
May 29, 2009 (Comput… more »
Security Alert - [SA35274] Xvid Multiple Vulnerabilities
06/01/09 22:38, by Brett A. Scudder, Categories: General IT News, Updates and Information , Tags: it security, secunia, xvid vulnerability TITLE:
Xvid Multiple Vulnerabilities
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA35274
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/35274/
DESCRIPTION:
Some vulnerabilities have been reported in Xvid, which can be exploited by malicious people to potentially c… more »
Conficker wakes up, updates, drops payload
04/09/09 14:27, by Brett A. Scudder, Categories: General IT News, Updates and Information , Tags: aol, cnet, cnn, conficker, dancho danchev, ebay, msn, myspace, payload, rootkit, security, trend micro, worm Conficker wakes up, updates, drops payload
April 9th, 2009
Posted by Andrew Nusca @ 4:09 am | http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=16082&tag=nl.e019
Categories: Security
The Conficker worm is finally active, updating via peer-to-peer between infected… more »
Gov’t may track all UK Facebook traffic
04/02/09 07:30, by Brett A. Scudder, Categories: General IT News, Updates and Information , Tags: bebo, cambridge university, data retention, deep packet inspection, facebook, house of commons, intercept modernisation programme, myspace, online services, police e-crime unit, sir tim berners-lee, social networks, taxpayers, uk isp, zdnet uk Gov’t may track all UK Facebook traffic
18 Mar 2009 13:41 | http://news.zdnet.co.uk/security/0,1000000189,39629479,00.htm
Home Office minister Vernon Coaker has said the government is considering recording the traffic data of all UK citizens on socia… more »
Conficker’s cure? So what happens now? Is this the end, NO.
03/31/09 17:41, by Brett A. Scudder, Categories: General IT News, Updates and Information , Tags: adobe, adobe acrobat, adobe reader, blended threats, conficker worm, fixes, itunes, media players, patches, quicktime, signatures, vulnerabilities, vulnerable apps, web browsers FYI…
Original URL: http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2009/03/30/conficker_signature_discovery/
Busted! Conficker’s tell-tale heart uncovered
Researchers find super worm cure, just in time
By Dan Goodin in San Francisco
Posted in Software & S… more »
More coverage on Conficker on The IT Security Attaché's blog
03/31/09 17:30, by Brett A. Scudder, Categories: TITSSN's News and Alerts, General Announcements, General IT News, Updates and Information , Tags: conficker, the it security attaché, updates Hi all,
I have more coverage of the Conficker worm on my blogs for you to read. It's been very busy tracking and helping people with the threat and I haven't been able to update all the sites. I still have a few things to take care of before April 1st… more »
IE 8 is released and available for download
03/19/09 16:29, by Brett A. Scudder, Categories: General IT News, Updates and Information , Tags: download, ie 8 FYI…
Internet Explorer 8 empowers content providers to create the richest, most dynamic experiences on the Web, extending the reach and value of online services. Whether you’re a developer, a systems integrator, or a sales and marketing professional,… more »
Follow up to TITSSN's NYITSA-UG's January 8th 2009 group meeting on Virtualization and securing it.
01/14/09 12:18, by Brett A. Scudder, Categories: TITSSN Announcements and Information, General Announcements, General IT News, Updates and Information Good day to you,
First I want to say many thanks to Mr. Hamlett for coming out and spending the evening with us to take an in-depth look at the Microsoft world of Virtualization. Thank you sir.
I also wanted to say thank you to those who came out t… more »
Digital IDs - Do you know what they are and there benefits? How serious are you about protecting your messaging identity?
Good day to you,
Over the past few years we have seen a significant increase in the use messaging and with this use comes the threats of spoofing "Messaging Identity Theft", oh yes, your messaging identity is a major risk factor as well). Wi… more »
Anatomy of a malware scam - XP Antivirus 2008/2009 - please read/share, very important info
FYI…
I don’t know if you guys have encountered this but trust me, this is some good information worth having/knowing. I have been dealing with this at a few clients over the past few months and it is a nasty little bugger. As we all know, Jesper Johan… more »
Pittsburgh cancer center warns of cell phone risks
07/25/08 06:16, by Brett A. Scudder, Categories: General Announcements, General IT News, Updates and Information Pittsburgh cancer center warns of cell phone risks
by JENNIFER C. YATES and SETH BORENSTEIN, Associated Press WritersThu Jul 24, 7:13 AM ET
The head of a prominent cancer research institute issued an unprecedented warning to his faculty and staff W… more »
HTC's Sprint Mogul 6800 and Touch Windows Mobile v.6.1 Upgrade - My review and screenshots
07/23/08 20:38, by Brett A. Scudder, Categories: General Announcements, General IT News, Updates and Information HTC's Sprint Mogul 6800 and Touch Windows Mobile v.6.1 Upgrade
So HTC finally released the highly anticipated WM v.6.1 upgrade for the Mogul on Monday July 21st and I couldn't wait to install it. I was still a little worried about it so I installed it… more »
Oh hell no, Sprint caps the broadband connection card monthly limit, 5GB, wth
Well now, this is not even funny as this puts such a major issue in front of me with little or no way of getting around it without some additional cost factors.
Yesterday I was at/in a few meetings and promoting the use/fact about the broadband data c… more »
Apple releases iTunes v.7.7 ahead of the iPhone 3G release and the iPhone 2.0/iPod touch 2.9 software update, expected tomorrow.
Hi all,
It's out and it's available, the new version of iTunes is here ahead of the iPhone 3G and the iPhone 2.0/iPod touch 2.9 software update, expected tomorrow.
I can't believe this but it's what I have always said, technology changes so quickly… more »
Researchers 'poison' Storm botnet - some issues about this that bothers me
I saw this article and wanted to share my thoughts on it. It's been a hell of a day but what can I say.
Researchers 'poison' Storm botnet
http://theitsecuritysuite.net/forum/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=32007
Here's what I have a problem with.
Now th… more »
Windows XP Service Pack 3 Released to Manufacturing
Windows XP Service Pack 3 Released to Manufacturing
Today we are happy to announce that Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) has released to manufacturing (RTM). Windows XP SP3 bits are now working their way through our manufacturing channels to be availab… more »
IT staff battle wave of proxy websites
04/21/08 11:43, by Brett A. Scudder, Categories: General Announcements, General IT News, Updates and Information IT staff battle wave of proxy websites
Foiled by a bunch of Facebookers.
http://www.techworld.com/news/index.cfm?newsID=12031&printerfriendly=1
John E. Dunn, Techworld
21 April 2008
Ninety percent of businesses are struggling to contain th… more »
Office exploit hits the street
Office exploit hits the street
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=printArticleBasic&articleId=9073399
Gregg Keizer
March 31, 2008 (Computerworld) Attack code that targets a recently patched vulnerability in Microsoft Corp.'s… more »
Sophos warns of Mac Trojan malware
Sophos warns of Mac Trojan malware
Money-grabbing Trojan Horse malware tries to scare Mac users into purchasing unnecessary software by claiming that privacy issues have been discovered on the computer
http://www.infoworld.com/archives/emailPrint.jsp?R… more »
Windows Mobile v.6.1 is comin' in first week of April (excited laugh)
03/28/08 10:12, by Brett A. Scudder, Categories: General Announcements, General IT News, Updates and Information Hi all,
I just got some additional word and will share it that, Windows Mobile v.6.1 is being released in the first week of April (hoping it stays on target and is true).
Some additional info below.
http://forums.thoughtsmedia.com/showthread.php… more »
Safari 3.1 Crashes On Windows XP, Users Complain
Safari 3.1 Crashes On Windows XP, Users Complain
There were also reports that the latest version of Apple's Web browser doesn't function properly on Windows Vista.
By Paul McDougall, InformationWeek
March 24, 2008
URL: http://www.informat… more »
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