Windows Vista has a feature Microsoft boast makes it very secure, this is the UAC (user account control), this is the box that pops up on your Vista operating system every time you try and do anything apart from breathe. It has been found out recently from Ollie Whitehouse, an ...

As of 11/2/07 the copy protection scheme know as AACS which is the most expensive DRM ever created (developed by Intel, Disney, Microsoft, Sony plus a few others) has been broken. Earlier this year attempts to break AACS the copy protection method used for both HD-DVD and Blu-Ray disc was made ...

We continue our monthly series of Security Insight newsletter with the discussion of Rogue Dialers and their implications. The article was prepared with contribution by the author of DialStop plug-in for Outpost. Read the article here, and share your opinion below. Igor PankovProduct Marketing ManagerAgnitum Ltd. Original post by Agnitum ...

Click here to listen/download (10:36). Recently at the industry-wide RSA Conference in San Francisco, Speaking of Security blogger, Shannon Kellogg, sat down with Ron Teixeira, Executive Director of the National Cyber Security Alliance, to discuss that organization’s national information security awareness programs. We invite our listeners to learn more about this ...

According to the recent article by Dan Morrill, “Google Desktop Applications, or Google Apps is a risky decision to be making, small company or big company it does not matter”. Information Security - Google has a lot of money to spend on information security, but Google also has a ...

I enjoyed talked about ModSecurity (and web application firewalls) in front of the London OWASP Chapter last night. It’s been a while since I talked about ModSecurity. Most of my talks last year were of generic nature, discussing web application firewalls with ModSecurity only mentioned here or there. It was ...

Technology previewMany Outpost Firewall users are asking about the integrated anti-malware protection that we’ll be including in the new security suite, so we thought the best way to address this would be to post some information here about the design concepts behind the anti-malware module as well as its functionality. First ...

Microsoft announced today that they have released Service Pack 2 for SQL server 2005. This is the long awaited update that makes it Vista compatible. Key enhancements to SQL Server SP2 include the following: — Data Mining Add-ins for the 2007 Microsoft Office system enable data ...

Click here to listen/download (09:03). Happy 50th Podcast to us! We celebrate our 50th edition with a special interview with Greg Garcia, Assistant Secretary for Cyber Security and Telecommunications at the Department of Homeland Security. Garcia is the first to hold this position as appointed by Secretary Michael Chertoff last fall. Original ...

Many times a UNC path does not work properly in a command line bat file. This is a hold over from DOS, a compromise to ensure backward compatibility. I have found a little known command (At least to me). Actually there are two of them. PUSHD, and POPD Call PUSHD with a ...

Microsoft MVP Sandi Hardmeier, warns of Winfixer aka ErorSafe malware being distributed via MSN Messsenger ads. This is a Must Read. Read the entire article at her blog Spyware Sucks. Digg This! Read more at ShadowPuterDude

I see two distinctions in the realm of security: security and illusion of security. An example for illusion of security is: you are asked to fill out forms that claim to protect your PII (Personally Identifiable Information), this gives an illusion that your PII is being protected, whether it is actually being protected is a ...