Robert Lemos

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Entries from July 2008

Alliance forms to fix DNS poisoning flaw

July 8th, 2008 · No Comments

A group of software and network-hardware makers announce they have banded together to fix a fundamental flaw in the design of the Internet’s address system.
SecurityFocus

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Tags: Critical infrastructure · Flaws and vulnerabilities · Research · Security · SecurityFocus · Software

Five Ways IT Can Avoid a Privacy Lawsuit

July 8th, 2008 · No Comments

Violating an informal privacy policy is a no-no, a recent court ruling found. CIOs can take some important lessons about text messaging and privacy away from the case of Quon v. Arch Wireless.
CIO.com

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Tags: CIO.com · Enterprise · Legal · Privacy

Web surfers, it’s time to patch

July 2nd, 2008 · No Comments

Nearly 640 million Internet users visit sites with a behind-the-times Web browser, and that’s only the tip of the iceberg, researchers say.
SecurityFocus

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Tags: Consumer Tech · Flaws and vulnerabilities · Research · Security · SecurityFocus · Software