Shoveling Sand Against the Tide   14 Jul 2008 04:28 GMT
The frustrations of slashed budgets and inadequate manpower come to a head. Is it time for a change?

Source: Computerworld

Eating a little crow about Plurk   14 Jul 2008 01:41 GMT
After backlash from Plurk fans who didn't like my initial review, I spent more time in the community. Now I've eaten a bit of crow and have also signed up to guest panel a Plurkshop on microblogging and security this Monday night. by Jennifer Leggio
Source: ZDNet

Apple ships (long overdue) iPhone security patches   11 Jul 2008 20:12 GMT
Finally, after months of waiting, iPhone users finally get security fixes for a batch of known software vulnerabilities. The latest iPhone 2.0 and iPod Touch 2.0 update patches at least 13 documented vulnerabilities, including several code execution holes in the Safari mobile Web browser.   The Safari...
Source: ZDNet

Open Discussion: Software firewalls   11 Jul 2008 18:35 GMT
It my recent story on "Patching the Internet" a discussion on how Dan Kaminsky broke, then subsequently helped fix DNS and the Internet, a lot of discussion centered around how the patch was breaking various software firewall applications. Most notably I heard talk of ZoneAlarm having issues. ...
Source: ZDNet

Marriott takes disaster recovery, virtualization underground   11 Jul 2008 13:00 GMT
Next year Marriott expects to complete a new "in-sourced" Recovery and Development Center in 12,500 square feet of space leased on a long-term basis from Iron Mountain. Marriott anticipates it will slash recovery time for business systems to within four hours.

Source: Computerworld

Microsoft confirms WSUS patch problem   11 Jul 2008 13:00 GMT
Microsoft may have to re-release a recent patch for a flaw that has hindered some users' ability to grab security patches through Windows Server Update Services.

Source: Computerworld

The dangers of cloud computing   11 Jul 2008 13:00 GMT
On-demand apps and services bring several security risks that IT should address upfront.

Source: Computerworld

Verizon, Telecom Italia, and Brasil Telecom top the botnet charts in Q2 of 2008   10 Jul 2008 23:22 GMT
When was the last time you heard something in the lines of "We do our best to protect our customers from the threats posed by..." ? In reality though, the statement should end up like "protect our customers from the threats posed by the rest of our customers". China may...
Source: ZDNet

Security has become janitorial work; Important but insufficient   10 Jul 2008 14:22 GMT
* Ryan Naraine is on vacation. Guest editorial by Dr Jose Nazario The past 10 or 15 years have been about the same things, largely, over and over again: input problems into single system applications or kernels. Buffer overflows (splitvt! NCSA...
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Feds moving ahead on effort to reduce Internet connections, but with adjusted target   10 Jul 2008 13:00 GMT
Karen Evans, the de facto federal CIO, said that a security initiative to downsize the number of external Internet connections at government agencies is progressing, although the number of links left in the end will be larger than initially planned.

Source: Computerworld