File-sharing breach at investment firm highlights dangers of P2P networks -- again   09 Jul 2008 13:00 GMT
An investment firm in Virginia, with Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer among its clients, is the latest company to suffer a data breach because of an employee's use of a file-sharing network.

Source: Computerworld

Career expertise: Broad trumps focused   09 Jul 2008 13:00 GMT
Multiple certifications or complementary degrees builds knowledge that can turbocharge a security professional's career.

Source: Computerworld

Microsoft patch knocks some ZoneAlarm users offline   09 Jul 2008 13:00 GMT
ZoneAlarm firewall users reported dead Internet connections after installing one of the security updates released by Microsoft yesterday. A fix is expected soon.

Source: Computerworld

Q&A: Iowa's tragic lesson in business continuity   09 Jul 2008 13:00 GMT
Deb Hale, security administrator at Iowa-based telecommunications provider Long Lines, discusses the most important things a company can do to survive what Mother Nature decides to unleash.

Source: Computerworld

Senate passes surveillance bill, keeps telecom immunity   09 Jul 2008 13:00 GMT
The U.S. Senate rejects attempts to remove immunity for telecommunications firms from a surveillance bill.

Source: Computerworld

China aims to protect Olympic content from pirates   09 Jul 2008 13:00 GMT
China warned Web sites and mobile content providers not to violate the state-owned broadcaster's rights to cover the Olympic Games.

Source: Computerworld

Late breaking news: Microsoft investigates reports of Office Word 2002 SP 3 exploited in the wild   09 Jul 2008 03:40 GMT
From Bill Sisk, security response communications manager for Microsoft: Microsoft Security Advisory (953635) Vulnerability in Microsoft Word Could Allow Remote Code Execution Published: July 8, 2008 Microsoft is investigating new public reports of a possible vulnerability in Microsoft Office Word 2002 Service Pack 3....
Source: ZDNet

Kaminsky and Ptacek comment on DNS flaw   09 Jul 2008 00:47 GMT
Well, well, well, what a day for security news! I got a chance to get the scoop word of mouth from Dan Kaminsky of IOActive (pictured above [image courtesy of quinnums]) and Thomas Ptacek of Matasano pictured below on the DNS flaw that's been all over the...
Source: ZDNet

Storm Worm says the U.S have invaded Iran   09 Jul 2008 00:03 GMT
Right after the U.S Independence Day fireworks, Storm Worm latest campaign launched a couple of hours ago, is back online this time attempting to once again exploit client-side vulnerabilities, this time serving iran_occupation.exe by spreading false rumors of U.S invasion in Iran.  The text reads : "Just...
Source: ZDNet

Dan Kaminsky breaks DNS, massive multi-vendor patch coming, details at Black Hat Vegas '08   08 Jul 2008 21:59 GMT
It would seem there's a bigger story to that MS08-037 flaw that came out for Patch Tuesday today. From Dave Lewis over at the Liquid Matrix security blog: Today Dan Kaminsky released a first, as far as I can recall. A coordinated patch was released today...
Source: ZDNet