Proof of Concept "carpet bombing" exploit released in the wild   11 Jun 2008 09:58 GMT
In what appears to be an attempt to provoke Apple to reconsider its currently passive position on the severity of the dubbed as "carpet bomb" flaw, a working Proof of Concept exploit code has been released at Liu Die Yu's security blog : Nitesh Dhanjani discovered that Safari for...
Source: ZDNet

Google intentionally blocking PayPal from App Engine?   11 Jun 2008 04:06 GMT
After anonymously bashing PayPal in Australia, it's not a huge surprise that Google was caught intentionally blocking AppEngine users from using PayPal too. Could it have been a innocent mistake? Sure, but the circumstance and timing are extremely suspicious. First, Google was outed after sending an...
Source: ZDNet

Critical IE, Bluetooth, DirectX flaws highlight MS Patch Tuesday   10 Jun 2008 23:22 GMT
Microsoft's Patch Tuesday train rumbled into the security station today with high-priority patches for multiple vulnerabilities affecting Internet Explorer, the Bluetooth stack in Windows and Microsoft DirectX. In all, the Redmond, Wash. software vendor released seven bulletins -- 3 critical, 3 important and 1 moderate -- with...
Source: ZDNet

Can fighting registrars win the spam wars?   10 Jun 2008 19:50 GMT
Shouldn't every registrar have at least a street address on file and freely available through ICANN? And shouldn't ICANN have a complete list of registrar addresses online? by Dana Blankenhorn
Source: ZDNet

Microsoft patches 10 bugs in Windows, IE and Bluetooth   10 Jun 2008 13:00 GMT
Microsoft today released seven security updates to patch 10 vulnerabilities -- four of them "critical" -- in Windows and Internet Explorer. It also disabled a third-party ActiveX control bundled with Logitech hardware, including keyboards and mice.

Source: Computerworld

Top Secret: CIA explains its Wikipedia-like national security project   10 Jun 2008 13:00 GMT
CIA officials describe the spy agency's use of Web 2.0 tools with wikis, blogs, a You-Tube-like video channel and a Flickr-like photo-sharing tool.

Source: Computerworld

Apple patches 5 critical QuickTime bugs   10 Jun 2008 13:00 GMT
Apple has patched five critical vulnerabilities in the Mac and Windows versions of QuickTime. The update to QuickTime 7.5 was the fourth this year for the problem-plagued media player.

Source: Computerworld

Microsoft highlights virtualization at Tech-Ed, week 2   10 Jun 2008 13:00 GMT
Microsoft is expected to announce a virtualization certification program, as well as plans to embed virtualization in pretty much everything from Forefront security to network provisioning.

Source: Computerworld

Cisco PIX security users get green trade-in offer   10 Jun 2008 13:00 GMT
Astaro seeks to woo customers away from Cisco by discounting its Security Gateway by 20% for anyone turning in a PIX that qualifies.

Source: Computerworld

Microsoft hires anti-phishing crusader   10 Jun 2008 13:00 GMT
Paul Laudanski, the founder of the Castlecops anti-phishing site, has moved on to Microsoft. He's on the hunt for a successor at the six-year-old site.

Source: Computerworld