Algerian Hackers Attack Wrong Website

CyberDefender has identified the following extremely dangerous category 7.9 and 7.4 high risk computer viruses for September 12, 2006.CyberDefender Threat Level: 7.9 very highVirus Filename: shchostv.exe.~Date Discovered:...

Oracle has just released a whole bundle of security fixes.A whopping 65 fixes have just been released from the Redwood giant as part of a quarterly release of critical patches. The patches touch the range of Oracle products...

I was watching the telly the other night (as is my wont occasionally) when this TV news article revealed the access code to the secure controlled area of a certain teaching hospital.Yep, you got it. The TV news crew were...

Social and professional networking sites are all the rage. They offer more practical benefits than searching for old school mates (the result of which has left many marriages in post-affair tatters) as they can get you in front...

The sun is shining, the grass is getting brown and the kids are getting fretful. It must be time to spend two weeks on a sun baked island in the Med. Of course, being a diligent employee/employer/director or other you set your...

I wonder how many people have downloaded the new Microsoft Private Folder Tool in the few days since its release?Private Folder 1.0 is designed to allow users to create one secure folder which is then password protected. They can...

Deloitte have published research that shows 50% of ICT firms reported a security breach in the previous 12 months. One third of these resulted in significant losses and 50% of these were attacked from within.I guess like me many...

I was quite disappointed, but not surprised, to read about the latest problems with Firefox. Apparently Mozilla have released an update to this Web browser that fixes a dozen vulnerabilities, five of which are critical.I use...

Is your boss still complacent about IT application security? If so you need to check this out.Apparently McAfee has clocked up a whopping 200,000 threats in its intrusion prevention database and they reckon they are going to be...

The word on the street is that Microsoft will be releasing seven patches on July 11th Three of these patches are aimed at Microsoft Office products and 3 at Microsoft Windows. We don’t know the precise details of the patches as...

Avid readers (both of them :-( ) may recall the story I commented on a few days or so ago about a penetration test involving the planting of 20 USB memory sticks around a corporate headquarters. The objective was to get a Trojan...

It’s very easy to point the figure at Microsoft whenever one considers application security issues. Lets face it, they are the biggest target in the known universe so all and sundry are going to have a pop at them.OpenOffice, the...

Talking to CxOs about the security market I am often asked for examples of security issues and likely costs to businesses. Unfortunately it is becoming increasingly easy to find headlines of large entities being “done” with...

OK, final proof that social engineering is the best way into an organisation. Forget climbing over walls, forget long droopy moustaches – just liberally scatter some USB pen drives around a company car park and watch the security...

I went to an IT show the other day. To be honest I had not been to a cracking IT show for years, as they seemed to have lost their edge a bit due to reduced spending and generally falling out of favour. When I was walking around...