Two years after patch, another IE FTP flaw   12 Mar 2008 11:15 GMT
A minor but pesky flaw that could allow attackers to steal or erase data from a victim's FTP site looks remarkably similar to one that Microsoft patched over a year and a half ago.

Source: Computerworld

Microsoft updates Mac Office 2008, 2004   12 Mar 2008 01:16 GMT
Redmond pushes security fixes for users of the older Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac, while owners of the recently released Office 2008 receive a large dose of stability fixes (more like instability fixes) and security patches. Microsoft's Mac Business Unit informed us via the corporate...
Source: ZDNet

New camera detects objects under clothes   11 Mar 2008 19:13 GMT
Everyone's excited about the new British camera that can image objects hidden under clothes. The T5000 camera, created by ThruVision, uses "passive imaging technology" to identify objects by the natural electromagnetic rays they emit, Reuters says. It can detect images up to 80 feet away, even when people...
Source: ZDNet

Cyber-Storm II is blowing through DC   11 Mar 2008 18:20 GMT
It's time, once again, for Cyber Storm, the "the largest-ever exercise designed to evaluate the mettle of information technology experts and incident response teams" from 18 federal agencies and nine states, The Washington Post. Jerry Dixon, a former director of the National Cyber Security Division...
Source: ZDNet

Symantec announces Norton Mac-Windows antivirus bundle   11 Mar 2008 16:14 GMT
When Mac owners move into Windows virtualization, they should be responsible and that means running PC security. Making this task a one-click purchase, Symantec this week released a Norton AntiVirus package covering both Mac and Windows platforms. The $69.95 package includes Norton AntiVirus 11 for Mac and...
Source: ZDNet

RealPlayer: More ActiveX security headaches   11 Mar 2008 14:17 GMT
RealPlayer has a another ActiveX vulnerability that leaves Windows users on IE at risk. Elazar Broad, who frequently flags ActiveX problems, issued an alert Sunday on message board lists. Broad is currently working on an exploit for it. Here's the message: Hash: SHA1...
Source: ZDNet

E-health consortium hopes second time is the charm for patient data repository plan   11 Mar 2008 13:00 GMT
After a delay caused by the scrapping of its original development deal, the Dossia consortium now plans to make its Web-based elecronic health records system available to the employees of its founders later this year.

Source: Computerworld

Microsoft patches a dozen bugs in Office   11 Mar 2008 13:00 GMT
Microsoft today released four critical updates that fix 12 vulnerabilities in its Office business suite, including a bug in Excel that has been exploited by attackers for more than two months.

Source: Computerworld

Researcher posts attack code for RealPlayer bug   11 Mar 2008 13:00 GMT
A flaw in RealNetworks Inc.'s RealPlayer could be used by attackers to hijack Windows machines running Internet Explorer, according to security researcher Elazar Broad.

Source: Computerworld

Study: Digital universe and its impact bigger than we thought   11 Mar 2008 12:32 GMT
By 2011, there will be 1,800 exabytes of electronic data in existance or 1.8 zettabytes (an exabyte is equal to 1 billion gigabytes). In fact, the number of bits stored already exceeds the estimated number of stars in the universe, according to a new study by IDC. The creation of that data will have far reaching impact on corporations and their CIOs, and the environment.

Source: Computerworld