Security News

How to detect network vulnerabilities? 18 Mar 2008 19:28 GMT
Computer scientists at George Mason University (GMU) have developed a new software to identify complex cyber network attacks. This software is named CAULDRON (short for 'Combinatorial Analysis Utilizing Logical Dependencies Residing on Networks'). The developers claim that CAULDRON 'can reduce the impact of cyber attacks by identifying the possible vulnerability...
Source: ZDNet

Gartner raises iPhone rating based on 2.0 software 18 Mar 2008 13:00 GMT
Gartner raised its assessment of the iPhone 2.0 and warned IT managers to expect a flood of interest by iPhone users, especially to enable access to Exchange e-mail.

Source: Computerworld

Opinion: Four good reasons for Security to talk to HR 18 Mar 2008 13:00 GMT
The prospect of HR folk and security staffers communicating, much less combining their efforts, may sound like the definition of the End Times. But Jon Espenschied says a little work in that direction will pay off big on four fronts.

Source: Computerworld

Apple updates Safari browser, busts 13 bugs 18 Mar 2008 13:00 GMT
Apple today released an updated version of its Safari Web browser that offers a speed increase as well as fixes for 13 vulnerabilities.

Source: Computerworld

Chinese Internet censorship code of conduct in the works 18 Mar 2008 13:00 GMT
Major Internet companies and Human Rights Watch are drawing up a code of conduct on dealing with Internet censorship in China.

Source: Computerworld

Malicious subtitle file could trip up media player 18 Mar 2008 13:00 GMT
The VLC media player, part of the open-source VideoLAN project, includes a buffer-overflow vulnerability that would allow a hacker to execute harmful code on PCs, Macs, BSD machines and perhaps more.

Source: Computerworld

News to know: Apple; Hakia; EclipseCon; ActiveX security 18 Mar 2008 09:23 GMT
Notable headlines: David Morgenstern: Did Microsoft beat Apple to dual-sided touch technology? Jason O'Grady: Apple bumps Airport Express to 802.11n Paul Miller: hakia licenses OntoSem technology to third parties Paula Rooney: Run-time rival for Java, .NET? Dana Gardner: EclipseCon debuts...
Source: ZDNet

ActiveX woes bite CA BrightStor 18 Mar 2008 01:33 GMT
Another day another ActiveX problem. This time an ActiveX vulnerability in CA BrightStor ARCServe Backup could be exploited to compromise a user's system. A Secunia alert rates the vulnerability "highly critical." Here are the details: Krystian Kloskowski has reported a vulnerability in CA BrightStor ARCserve Backup,...
Source: ZDNet

Google News, YouTube blocked in China amid Tibet riots 17 Mar 2008 13:00 GMT
Chinese authorities have blocked Google News and YouTube in China amid protests in Tibet.