A security researcher informs Microsoft of more than 100 flaws in ActiveX controls included with a default installation of Windows XP. Another reason to install Internet Explorer 7?
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Entries from July 2006
ActiveX security faces storm before calm
July 31st, 2006 · No Comments
Tags: Cybercrime · Security · SecurityFocus · Viruses and worms
SCADA system makers pushed toward security
July 26th, 2006 · No Comments
Companies that make distributed, real-time control systems–a key part of many nations’ critical infrastructure–may be forced by their customers to provide better security.
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Tags: Critical infrastructure · Government · Research · Security · SecurityFocus
Flaw finders lay siege to Microsoft Office
July 20th, 2006 · No Comments
Vulnerability researchers and hacker groups are inundating the software giant with flaws in its Office productivity suite, putting the product team on alert for almost an entire summer.
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Tags: Cybercrime · Security · SecurityFocus · Viruses and worms
Daily flaws ratchet up disclosure debate
July 14th, 2006 · No Comments
One researcher’s promise to release a browser bug every day during the month of July escalates the debate over the degree of openness that helps security.
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Tags: Open Source · Research · Security · SecurityFocus
COLUMN: Gangland Web Attacks
July 12th, 2006 · No Comments
The increasingly frequent attacks in cyberspace make the Web look a lot like the mob-infested cities of the 1920s. Through spam, phishing attacks, and merchant fraud, online criminals are making a lot of money on the Internet, and they don’t take kindly to anyone messing with their businesses.
PC Magazine
Tags: Column · Consumer Tech · Cybercrime · PC Magazine · Security
NSA probably can do napkin math
July 10th, 2006 · No Comments
A brief analysis of the National Security Agency’s eavesdropping program using Bayes Theorem concluded that the program has no value for fighting terrorism, but seems to make the mistake of assuming the program operates in a vacuum.
Tags: Blog · Critical infrastructure · Government · Privacy · Security
Researchers look to predict software flaws
July 7th, 2006 · No Comments
Want to know how many flaws will be in your next version? Using historical data, university researchers hope to be able to tell you.
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Tags: Open Source · Research · Security · SecurityFocus