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• First Windows 7 zero-day exploit appears

  
  Windows 7 News — Authority: 544
  It was inevitable there’d be one eventually given that Windows 7 is built on the same core as Vista, and that UAC operates in the same way.  Microsoft have this weekend confirmed that a yet-to-be-patched vulnerability exists but downplayed the problem, bizarrely, saying that it wouldn’t affect most people because ...
  8 hours ago

• 2010 Defense Authorization Act Spending

  
  Information Security Resources — Authority: 473
  By Richard Stiennon, Chief Research Analyst, IT-Harvest On October 28th President Obama signed into law the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (655 page PDF here ). After removing the Department of Energy allotment of $122 million it appears that the DoD is not gearing up in a major ...
  1 day ago

• Microsoft Issues SMB Vulnerability Advisory

  
  Security Watch — Authority: 558
  Microsoft has issued an advisory for the vulnerability in the SMB protocol recently revealed and misreported as a "zero day exploit." As the outside disclosure stated , the vulnerability is a denial of service attack and the Microsoft disclosure states emphatically that "[t]his vulnerability cannot be used to take ...
  2 days ago

• What Could Possibly Be Worse Than A Virus?

  
  Information Security Resources — Authority: 473
  By Robert Siciliano, Identity Theft Expert Anti-virus protection, critical security patches and a secure wireless connection have always been essential processes on my networks. My main concern has always been to protect my bank account by keeping the bad guy out. In my presentations, I’ve always ...
  2 days ago

• Is There a Windows 7 Zero-Day Exploit?

  
  Security Watch — Authority: 558
  Many reports are circulating calling the vulnerability revealed yesterday in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 a "zero-day exploit." This is a poor use of the term and an exaggeration."Zero-Day" is a controversial term in any case, but it refers to actual attacks, not to vulnerability disclosures. The report ...
  2 days ago

• Microsoft investigating zero-day Windows 7 hole

  
  BlogoFlux - Information Technology Blog — Authority: 133
  Microsoft confirmed to Cnet News that it is looking into a report of a vulnerability in Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2 that could be used by a malicious attacker to remotely crash PCs.The software giant is looking into claims of a “possible denial-of-service vulnerability in Windows Server Message Block (SMB),” a ...
  2 days ago

• DLP is Short for Disturbing Lack of Process?

  
  Information Security Resources — Authority: 473
  By Danny Lieberman , Security Expert and Founder of Software Associates Ted Ritter has suggested that we rename DLP a Disturbing Lack of Process … Indeed DLP is not a well-defined term – since so many vendors (Kaspersky anti-virus, McAfee anti-virus, Symantec anti-virus, Trend Micro Provilla, CA ...
  2 days ago

• HITECH Act and Protecting Health Privacy

  
  Information Security Resources — Authority: 473
  By Doug Pollack , Chief Marketing Officer for ID Experts September 23, 2009 marked a major milestone for patient rights. That is when the new Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act took effect, requiring healthcare organizations to take more responsibility for protecting ...
  2 days ago

• Windows Patch Tuesday Leaves 0-Day Flaw on Wednesday

  
  Revelations From An Unwashed Brain — Authority: 576
  Many articles about the last Patch Tuesday were almost puffing about the lack of fixes for Windows 7. It did appear that Windows 7 was doing better than almost any other operating system after release. It was not to be however, as a story in ComputerWorld reveals the flaw reported in Windows 7 the very next day - ...
  3 days ago

• Microsoft probing Windows 7 zero-day hole

  
  Recent White Papers, Webcasts and Case Studies - ZDNet — Authority: 454
  Microsoft said it is looking into a report of a vulnerability in Windows 7 and Server 2008 Release 2 that could be used by an attacker to remotely crash the computer. Microsoft said on Wednesday it is looking into a report of a vulnerability in Windows 7 and Server...
  3 days ago

• Congressional Leak Spotlights P2P User Act

  
  Information Security Resources — Authority: 473
  By Robert Siciliano, Identity Theft Expert Congress is still considering the Informed P2P User Act, a law that would supposedly make it safer to use peer-to-peer file sharing software, an effort that is similar to banning mosquitoes from sucking blood. It just isn’t happening. The only foolproof way ...
  3 days ago

• Microsoft Threat Assessment & Modeling

  
  Information Security Resources — Authority: 473
  By Bozidar Spirovski , CISSP, MCSA, MCP Every organization has some form of Information Security Risk Assessment - some perform a formal risk assessment, others simply use their practical experience . Whatever method is chosen, it always helps to use a tool which will assist the organization in ...
  3 days ago

• Microsoft probing Windows 7 zero-day hole

  
  Northloop Neighborhoods - Community News & Directory — Authority: 463
  One day after Patch Tuesday, researcher warns of unpatched security hole in Windows 7 and Server 2008.
  4 days ago

• ISAlliance To Release Cyber Security Report

  
  Information Security Resources — Authority: 473
  From The Internet Security Alliance Who: The Internet Security Alliance (ISA) What: The ISA will release a new cybersecurity report, which proposes frameworks for taking key issues in the Obama Administration’s “Cyberspace Policy Review” document to the next level, in an effort to achieve ...
  4 days ago

• Report: Globalization of Malware Production

  
  Information Security Resources — Authority: 473
  By Simon Heron , CISSP Internet Security Analyst Traditionally, malware has tended to originate mainly from countries like Brazil and America, with other nations such as Korea and India joining them in the top 10 malware charts in recent years. However, October’s threat stats reveal that the level of malware ...
  5 days ago

• Evaluating Corporate Social Media Strategies

  
  Information Security Resources — Authority: 473
  Daniel Wallace , Information Security Consultant at Grow Forward How vendors, integrators and consultants can position themselves to support CISO’s with corporate social media adoption… In the past I have written articles and advised CISO’s on how social media technology can be used as a vehicle ...
  5 days ago

• Ten Common Identity Theft Myths Dispelled

  
  Information Security Resources — Authority: 473
  By Robert Siciliano, Identity Theft Expert The National Foundation for Credit Counselors , which sponsors Protect Your Identity Week, has compiled a number of identity theft myths. To support their efforts, the Santa Fe Group Vendor Council Awareness and Education Subcommittee has helped to clarify some ...
  5 days ago

• Four Pillars of Cyber Warfare: Intelligence

  
  Information Security Resources — Authority: 473
  By Richard Stiennon, Chief Research Analyst, IT-Harvest There are four pillars to the cyber war realm: intelligence, technology, logistics, and command. One premise is that cyber warfare is a component of the ongoing struggle between philosophies of politics, governance, and markets to be waged by opposing ...
  5 days ago

• HIPAA and Video Surveillance of Surgery

  
  Information Security Resources — Authority: 473
  By Rebecca Herold ( The Privacy Professor ) CIPP, CISSP, CISM, CISA, FLMI Over the years there have been many… too many…instances where doctors have performed the wrong types of surgeries on patients, and even the wrong surgeries on completely wrong patients… There was a very interesting, and ...
  5 days ago

• Federal Statutes Aid Trade Secret Prosecution

  
  Information Security Resources — Authority: 473
  By John Watkins , Attorney with Chorey, Taylor & Feil The protection of trade secrets through litigation has generally been limited to civil lawsuits, typically filed under state law statutory or common law provisions. This is true even though federal and state statutes have provided criminal penalties ...
  6 days ago

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