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News to know: XP meets XO; Yahoo; Facebook; Verdiem; DIY phishing (Fri, 16 May 2008 03:52:11 -0700)
Notable headlines: Mary Jo Foley: It's finally official: XP is coming to the XO. Christopher Dawson: Sugar-free Windows, as predicted Microsoft cuts backup from Windows Home Server PowerPack Larry Dignan: Icahn launches Yahoo proxy fight; Mark Cuban's return?...
Stonesoft Security in Virtual Environments (Fri, 16 May 2008 03:00:12 -0700)
As I mentioned in the post, Virtualization and security, quite a number of suppliers focused on security in virtualized environments have come forward to speak with me in the past month. Stonesoft is one of those companies. Mark Boltz, Senior Solutions Architect, and Greg Mead, Solutions Architect, both of Stonesoft,...
OS security scorecard for Q1 08 - Do patch numbers mean anything to anyone? (Thu, 15 May 2008 09:05:04 -0700)
Jeff Jones, director of security strategy for Microsoft, has published two papers this week which look at OS vulnerabilities. According to Jones, Windows sees fewer patches than any of the other operating systems looked at. If you're in the mood for a read, here are the papers:...
DIY phishing kits introducing new features (Thu, 15 May 2008 08:02:28 -0700)
What are some of the main factors for the increase of phishing attacks, and their maturity from passive emails to blended threats attempting to not just steal personal information, but also infect with malware by embedding client-side vulnerabilities at the pages? It's all a matter of perspective, which in this...
Safari "Carpet Bomb" attack information released (Thu, 15 May 2008 07:28:38 -0700)
Nitesh Dhanjani released information about some of his newest research on the Safari web browser this morning, and interestingly enough, Apple has decided NOT to fix some of the issues he presented. Dhanjani reported three issues, as follows below from his blog: 1. Safari Carpet Bomb.It...
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