Kaspersky's Malaysian site hacked by Turkish hacker   21 Jul 2008 11:26 GMT
According to Zone-h.org, Kaspersky's Malaysian site has been defaced by a Turkish hacker during the weekend, through a SQL injection, leaving the following message - "hacked by m0sted And Amen Kaspersky Shop Hax0red No War Turkish Hacker Thanx to Terrorist Crew all team members". "The official Malaysian Kaspersky Antivirus's...
Source: ZDNet

For Once, Some Incontestable ROI   21 Jul 2008 04:33 GMT
Return on investment can be elusive in infosec. But a disaster averted is a blessing in disguise.

Source: Computerworld

When security staffers fail up   21 Jul 2008 04:33 GMT
Remember the "Peter Principle" -- the idea that sooner or later people rise to the level of their incompetence? It's alive and well in the security sector. Lisa Vaas collects some stories that'll make you shudder, and gives you some tips for coping if it's a shudder of recognition.

Source: Computerworld

DBA Gets Jail Time for Data Thefts   21 Jul 2008 04:33 GMT
A federal judge sentenced a former DBA at Certegy Check Services to 57 months in prison for stealing the personal data of 8.5 million consumers from the companys databases and then selling the information.

Source: Computerworld

San Francisco IT Admin Locks Up City Network   21 Jul 2008 04:33 GMT
A network administrator has been charged with locking up a key San Francisco city computer network that carries sensitive data.

Source: Computerworld

Who Pays?   21 Jul 2008 04:33 GMT
Frankly Speaking: Frank Hayes observes that the lesson learned from a rogue network administrators actions is an old one: The best IT is built by teams not lone wolves.

Source: Computerworld

Sun Open SSO to have just one flavor   21 Jul 2008 04:01 GMT
Sun will offer the exact same support to users of the free Express version of its new Open SSO identity package as it does its Enterprise customers. by Dana Blankenhorn
Source: ZDNet

Do open source applications take security seriously?   20 Jul 2008 08:42 GMT
This should be the chief open source challenge for the next year, because if application security is not addressed, it's hard to see much more progress coming in the enterprise market. by Dana Blankenhorn
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Apple is not the real enemy of open source   18 Jul 2008 21:42 GMT
Apple embraces DRMs, and any other restrictions the copyright industries want. This is at the heart of its power. Its alliance with the copyright industries has brought Apple from the brink of irrelevance to dominance of the handheld Internet and gadget markets in this decade. by Dana Blankenhorn
Source: ZDNet

Spam coming from free email providers increasing   18 Jul 2008 20:16 GMT
After analyzing three weeks of spam data between June 13 to July 3, 2008, Roaring Penguin Software Inc. found evidence that spam originating from the top three fre email providers (Gmail, Yahoo Mail and Hotmail) is increasing, with spammers in favor of abusing Gmail's privacy preserving feature of not including...
Source: ZDNet