If you beat a dog long enough it won't bark anymore. Never a recommended approach (to say the least). The same can be said of…
At the WinHEC conference in Seattle, Microsoft has announced that they will be offering encryption in Loghorn. The much delayed release of Longhorn will include…
Anti-spyware organisation StopBadware.org today added four software programs to its Badware Watch List, which aims to name and shame applications that contain embedded malware. The…
The FCC has stuck its head in the sand over the NSA wiretapping. The Federal Communications Commission, tasked with regulating communications companies and investigating violations…
A vulnerability has been reported in Cisco VPN Client, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges on a vulnerable system.…
Mozilla is expected to release a bunch of security fixes and other updates to its Firefox Web browser next week, but it won't be issuing…
MI6 is hunkering down in light of the sacking of former agent back in 1995. The agent, Richard Tomlinson, was jailed briefly in 1998 for…
I just about sprayed coffee out my nose after reading this article headline. Columnist Gary Krakow informs the world that Vista Beta 2 “was one…
This is simply sickening. According to this Associate Press article the data theft from the department of Veteran Affairs was NOT made until two weeks…
Recently, I was put to the task of running some audits on a raft of Oracle databases. Now, I'll be the first to admit that…