Windows 8 will integrate, include Adobe Flash
Internet Explorer 10 in Windows 8 will include a bundled, integrated version of Adobe Flash, and the Metro-style browser will support the use of Flash on a limited number of sites. This news and...
Thursday, May 24, 2012
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Top 10 patching hurdles and how to overcome them
Patching is the most effective, efficient and simple method to mitigate malware, worms and viruses. It may not protect against advance attacks that make use of 0-day vulnerabilities, but for the...
SSL fix flags forged certificates before they're accepted by browsers
Researchers have proposed an extension to the Internet's foundation of trust that's designed to root out fraudulent secure sockets layer (SSL) certificates before attackers can use them to...
IBM's Siri ban highlights companies' privacy, trade secret challenges
Apple's digital "assistant" Siri isn't welcome at IBM; neither are Apple's voice dictation features in the iPhone and iPad. IBM CIO Jeanette Horan revealed in an interview with Technology Review...
Kazaa code rises from ashes to help ISPs block pirated material for profit
The people behind a company once accused of being complicit in copyright infringement through peer-to-peer filesharing are now selling software that blocks pirated contentand gives Internet service...
Unfurlr mobile, creepy QR codes, and making apps fun
This started as a post about a mobile app that detects malicious links and QR codes . But it turned into a post about how we keep internal projects fun
Microsoft Announces Assessment and Planning Toolkit 7.0 Beta Program
Microsoft has announced the new Beta release of its capacity planning tool Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) 7.0 Beta. If you'd like to... Read more at VMblog.com.
Remote Malware Deployment and a Lil’ AV Bypass
On a recent penetration test, I ran into an interesting problem whose solution resulted in several handy techniques for remote malware distribution and, in some cases, antivirus bypass. These...
Racism as a Vestigal Remnant of a Security Mechanism
Our attitudes toward outgroups are part of a threat-detection system that allows us to rapidly determine friend from foe, says psychologist Steven Neuberg of ASU Tempe. The problem, he says, is...
Clueful scans your iOS apps for privacy behavior
The iOS security app scans what's installed on your device and tells you what kinds of information your apps have access to.
