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zdnet.com » Zero Day - Oct 2, 2008
Several commenters asked why the institutionalized cheating at the UltimateBet Poker site is a security story. alleco writes: Where’s the computer security bit of the story? This is a fair question, and it is my fault …
Also tagged: data theft
zdnet.com » Zero Day - Sep 26, 2008
Guest editorial by Oliver Day The backlash over DRM has finally started to gather serious momentum. Everyday consumers started a campaign to give the highly anticipated game Spore one-star ratings on Amazon. Thousands …
Also tagged: research, apple, piracy, browsers, hackers, iphone, passwords, digital rights management, data theft, zero day attacks, responsible disclosure, patch watch, kernel level exploits
zdnet.com » Zero Day - Sep 26, 2008
If you still need a reason to patch that installation of Adobe Reader, pay close attention to this discovery by Secure Computing’s anti-malware research labs. The group has stumbled upon an exploit pack that …
Also tagged: web 2 0, flash, adobe, malware, browsers, hackers, botnets, data theft, vulnerability research, exploit code, zero day attacks, responsible disclosure, pen testing, patch watch, arbitrary code execution
zdnet.com » Zero Day - Sep 24, 2008
I am going to devote one post a week to responding to recent user comments. It is the least I can do for those of you who write thoughtful responses to my posts. nucrash writes: Much can be done to improve web mail …
Also tagged: web 2 0, web applications
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Now Even George Will Hates John McCainwonkette.com » Wonkette: The D.C. Gossip - Sep 23, 2008 Jesus, a weekend or two ago George Will was on one of them Sunday talk shows defending McCain’s “Obama wants to teach your babies how to have sex” ad. He was possibly the one American pundit who actually thought it was … Also tagged: conservatives, economy, george will, 1, financial crisis, pundits, bad temper, mcnasty, john mccain has no friends |
zdnet.com » Zero Day - Sep 20, 2008
Thanks to Dan at the Register and Mark at BoingBoing, I found this little gem in my RSS reader this morning. Bill O’Reilly is attempting to understand the liabilities faced by news organizations that report on …
Also tagged: hackers, data theft, web applications, united states of america
zdnet.com » Zero Day - Aug 27, 2008
If the StopBadware coalition has its way, software updaters from Sun Microsystems (see screenshot above) and Apple will carry the embarrassing “badware” label. According to a draft of revamped guidelines (.pdf) from …
Also tagged: apple, flash, adobe, firefox, open source, malware, browsers, passwords, anti virus, botnets, vulnerability research, zero day attacks, responsible disclosure, patch watch, arbitrary code execution
zdnet.com » Zero Day - Aug 21, 2008
Guest editorial by Emma McGrattan In the current economic climate, businesses of every size are looking to reduce their spending wherever possible. Open source software, which has no upfront licensing fees, is one way …
Also tagged: firefox, open source, malware, mozilla, passwords, anti virus, botnets, data theft, vulnerability research, exploit code, zero day attacks, spyware and adware, pen testing, patch watch, denial of service dos, arbitrary code execution
zdnet.com » Zero Day - Aug 18, 2008
Guest post by Oliver Day My PowerBook is in the third year of its life and has begun falling apart on a regular basis. I’ve had the laptop in for repair at least five times this year alone. Every time I bring my laptop …
Also tagged: apple, open source, passwords, data theft, contributors, vulnerability research, spam and phishing, spyware and adware, pen testing, patch watch
zdnet.com » Zero Day - Aug 14, 2008
Google’s security team has released an open-source cryptographic toolkit aimed at making it easier and safer for developers to use cryptography in their applications. The toolkit, called KeyCzar, was originally …
Also tagged: research, google, malware, browsers, botnets, vulnerability research, exploit code, web applications, pen testing, patch watch, arbitrary code execution, kernel level exploits, locally running web servers