5 ways insiders exploit your network   08 May 2008 13:00 GMT
Internal data theft and sabotage can result in hard costs, compliance-related problems, legal fees, productivity loss and, possibly most costly, loss of reputation.

Source: Computerworld

iTunes FairPlay DRM - Protecting artists and labels, or helping Apple sell more iPods?   08 May 2008 12:02 GMT
One day, two emails, two very different viewpoints: Email #1: "DRM on songs sold through iTunes is a necessary evil, there to protect artists and the labels from piracy." Email #2: "Apple's FairPlay DRM is nothing more than a tool that locks you into buying iPods...
Source: ZDNet

Mozilla spreads malware rather than security   08 May 2008 09:30 GMT
Vietnamese users turning to Mozilla's Firefox to offer then security got a shock yesterday when the company revealed that the Vietnamese language pack for Firefox 2 was contaminated with malicious code and that this had been available for download for three months. Because of a virus infection, the Vietnamese...
Source: ZDNet

Hacker marketplace to help build zero-day appliance   07 May 2008 13:00 GMT
WabiSabiLabi, the Italian company best known for building an eBay-type commerce system for zero-day vulnerabilities, is getting into the security hardware business.

Source: Computerworld

Opinion: Benefits of personal health records will eclipse privacy concerns   07 May 2008 13:00 GMT
Jay Cline says the promise of big profits will compel the early providers of personal health records to adopt strict privacy and security practices. The real question, he says, is, Which platform will we trust most?

Source: Computerworld

Response team boosts open-source security   07 May 2008 13:00 GMT
The oCERT project, founded in March, aims to bridge the communications gaps that bedevil security on open-source projects.

Source: Computerworld

Hot off the wire: Windows XP SP3 available from Windows Update   07 May 2008 04:24 GMT
From Paul Miller at Engadget: "At last the moment you've been waiting for. Microsoft wants to hit your version of Windows with an update, and this time you don't have to go rummaging around the internet to find it: just fire up Windows Update and let Microsoft do all...
Source: ZDNet

Microsoft releases Windows XP SP3 to Windows Update and Microsoft Download Center   06 May 2008 20:02 GMT
Following last week's delay, Microsoft finally releases Windows XP SP3 to Windows Update and Microsoft Download Center. As to the issues last week relating to Microsoft Dynamics RMS, here's what a Microsoft spokesperson had to say: Following last week's discovery of a compatibility issue between both...
Source: ZDNet

XP SP3: Now on Windows Update   06 May 2008 19:08 GMT
A week after deciding not to release Windows XP Service Pack (SP) 3 via Windows Update and the Microsoft Download site as planned, Microsoft has begun pushing the collection of updates and fixes through those channels again. On May 6, Microsoft both released officially SP3 and resumed...
Source: ZDNet

House of Hackers social community opens up   06 May 2008 16:07 GMT
PDP, the leader of the Gnucitizen White Hat Hacker outfit announced the opening of the House of Hackers social community yesterday.  The House of Hackers is intended to enable its members to exchange ideas with each other, communicate, form groups, elite circles and tiger/red teams, conglomerate around projects, and participate in...
Source: ZDNet