China's cyber-militia behind U.S. blackouts?   30 May 2008 10:49 GMT
Chinese hackers may have been behind power blackouts in Florida and the Northeast, according to a report in the National Journal. The report, penned by Shane Harris for the National Journal, lays out a lengthy case that China has deployed hackers working unofficially and officially for the...
Source: ZDNet

News to know: Google Apps; Vista UAC; Microsoft Echoes; Comcast; Dell   30 May 2008 09:02 GMT
Notable headlines: Garett Rogers: Google App Engine pricing a disappointment Ed Bott: Dear Microsoft: Please get UAC right this time Sunbelt Blog: Microsoft: What we got here is a failure to communicate Larry Dignan: Dell delivers: Is a...
Source: ZDNet

Opinion: Better than locks: A security approach to "free"   30 May 2008 06:00 GMT
Kevin Kelly's "Better Than Free" essay has been burning up the Internet for months as readers debate which concepts hold value online (and how to monetize those values). Geoff Leeming tackles the question from the security point of view... and comes up remarkably optimistic.

Source: Computerworld

False alarm on new Flash zero-day exploit   30 May 2008 04:53 GMT
Earlier this week there was quite a bit of excitement about a report of a new zero-day exploit in the widely used Adobe Flash player. However, the report turned out to be incorrect. There is a security hole, but it was fixed over a month ago according to Adobe. Of...
Source: ZDNet

Proposed NAFTA-like agreement would turn border guards into copyright cops   29 May 2008 19:47 GMT
This is so unbelievable, so repugnant to basic principles of privacy and prohibitions against illegal search and seizure that I can only let the news speak for itself. But to put it in context, here is Wikipedia's entry on Canada's version of the Fourth Amendment: ...
Source: ZDNet

Why Apple must fix Safari 'carpet bombing' flaw immediately   29 May 2008 19:41 GMT
Apple makes a big deal -- and lots of funny commercials -- around the security profile of its products.  On the Safari download site,  the boast is that users get "worry-free Web browsing on any computer" because, in Cupertino's words, "Apple engineers designed Safari to be secure from day one."...
Source: ZDNet

Michael Howard on SQL Injection and my concerns on the most recent attacks   29 May 2008 19:14 GMT
So, in catching up with blogs after vacation, I went and had a peak at Michael Howard's web log, and was glad to see another post from him.  His posts are very insightful I just wish he would post more.  So, way back on May 16th (old news now, but still...
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Comcast hack: Just a generic attack or BitTorrent revenge?   29 May 2008 18:08 GMT
Comcast's portal had its DNS records hi-jacked in an attack. The big question: Was Comcast just a big target or was this a BitTorrent revenge attack as some folks have speculated? If you recall, Comcast had drawn some fire over traffic shaping on its network and curtailing...
Source: ZDNet

Symantec backs off claim, says current Flash Player safe from attack   29 May 2008 13:00 GMT
Reversing an earlier warning, Symantec Corp. today said that "suspicious behavior" by a captured exploit led it to mistakenly conclude that the latest standalone versions of Adobe's Flash Player are vulnerable to attacks from Chinese servers.

Source: Computerworld

Microsoft beta-tests free online diagnostic tools for Windows   29 May 2008 13:00 GMT
Microsoft is offering Windows users a beta service that lets them launch the Sysinternals library of free diagnostic and troubleshooting tools from a Web browser.

Source: Computerworld