Google board to oppose 'Net censorship ban, human rights review   26 Mar 2008 13:00 GMT
Google's board of directors recommends that shareholders vote against a proposals that would require the company to take steps to ensure freedom of access to the Internet and one that would require the company to form a committee to review its policies on human rights.

Source: Computerworld

Mozilla fixes 10 Firefox flaws, half seen as 'critical'   26 Mar 2008 13:00 GMT
Mozilla Corp. has patched 10 vulnerabilities, half of them critical, in its open-source Firefox browser and plans to provide a matching update for its Thunderbird e-mail client soon.

Source: Computerworld

Update: Facebook fixes security lapse that exposed photos   26 Mar 2008 13:00 GMT
The Associated Press has confirmed a Facebook security lapse exposed restricted photos to all users of the site.

Source: Computerworld

Hackers seize on Excel vulnerability   26 Mar 2008 12:14 GMT
Symantec researchers said they've spotted a Web site that tries to exploit computers lacking one of the recently issued patches for Excel.

Source: Computerworld

Mozilla updates Firefox; Fixes multiple vulnerabilities   26 Mar 2008 11:46 GMT
Mozilla has patched 10 vulnerabilities in Firefox 2.0 with update 2.0.0.13. In an update early Wednesday Firefox addressed the following: MFSA 2008-19  XUL popup spoofing variant (cross-tab popups) MFSA 2008-18 Java socket connection to any local port via LiveConnect MFSA 2008-17 Privacy issue with...
Source: ZDNet

Blackhat Europe, Day 1: The Waag, the Bulldog, and web application hacking   26 Mar 2008 00:56 GMT
Considering my previous posts on my experiences at Black Hat Federal received pretty good reviews, I thought it would make sense to again highlight a Black Hat trip.  This time it was all the way out to Amsterdam, where Rob Carter and I will be speaking about URI Use and Abuse. ...
Source: ZDNet

Google's proxy: Internet censorship; Schmidt's security detail   26 Mar 2008 00:50 GMT
Google filed its proxy statement with the SEC on Tuesday and detailed an attempt to get the search giant to stand up to Internet censorship abroad. Google recommended shareholders vote against the effort. The Internet censorship proposal was raised by the Office of the Comptroller of New...
Source: ZDNet

Security metrics and issues   25 Mar 2008 12:15 GMT
One of the questions coming out of last week's wintel vs lintel discussions asked which one is generally more secure. As it turns out that's an easy question to answer -unless, of course, you want to demonstrate that your answer is correct, because then it turns out that virtually nothing...
Source: ZDNet

Opinion: Sequoia & e-voting... the best government money can buy   25 Mar 2008 11:52 GMT
Robert X. Cringely beholds the mess in Jersey and asks if our votes count when corporate and public interests collide.

Source: Computerworld

Criminals target CA's BrightStor in new attack   25 Mar 2008 08:46 GMT
A nasty vulnerability in CA's BrightStor ARCserve Backup software will require, for now, that users hand-tweak a setting in Windows Registry.

Source: Computerworld