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Submission + - Kaspersky Explains Why They Won't Say Who Hacked Them (channelnomics.com)

Submitted by ChannelGonzo on Friday June 12, 2015 @05:19PM

ChannelGonzo writes: Larry Walsh at Channelnomics scores the scoop in a Q&A with Kaspersky's Chris Doggett who says it's not the Russian security company's job to figure out who is responsible for a sophisticated cyber attack on its corporate network over the past few months. "We believe that to go beyond our area of expertise and speculate on the possible sources of attacks is not in the best interest of our customers," Doggett said.

Submission + - We Finally Know Why Oil and Water Don't Mix (motherboard.tv)

Submitted by

CoveredTrax

on Wednesday October 12, 2011 @10:10AM

CoveredTrax writes: "Everyone knows oil and water don’t mix. It’s a simple concept, sure, but the hydrophobic interactions between fats and water are crucial to the mechanics of microbiology. The weird thing is, the base theories of chemistry suggest that there’s no reason oil and water shouldn’t mix, even though it’s obvious that’s not the case. Now there’s an explanation: a team of chemical engineers at the University of California, Santa Barbara have defined an equation that measures a compound’s hydrophobic character. It’s the first such equation of its kind."

Submission + - Trust is for Suckers: Lessons from the RSA Breach (securityweek.com)

Submitted by wiredmikey on Friday June 24, 2011 @12:17PM

wiredmikey writes: Andrew Jaquith has written a great analysis of lessons learned from the recent RSA Cyber Attack, from a customer’s perspective.

According to Jaquith, in the security industry, “trust” is a somewhat slippery term defined in terms ranging from the cryptographic to the contractual. Bob Blakley, a Gartner analyst and former chief scientist of Tivoli, once infamously wrote that “Trust is for Suckers.” What he meant by that is that trust is an emotional thing, a fragile bond whose value transcends prime number multiplication, tokens, drug tests or signatures — and that it is foolish to rely too much on it.
Jaquith observed three things about the RSA incident: (1) even the most trusted technologies fail; (2) the incident illustrates what “risk management” is all about; and (3) customers should always come first. Here Jaquith reviews each of these in detail.

Submission + - Intel CEO: Nokia should have gone with Android (pcpro.co.uk)

Submitted by

nk497

on Friday February 18, 2011 @05:54AM

nk497 writes: "Intel's CEO Paul Otellini has said Nokia made a mistake choosing Windows Phone 7, and should have gone with Android — but admitted the money on offer may have been too much to ignore. "I wouldn't have made the decision he made, I would probably have gone to Android if I were him," he said. "MeeGo would have been the best strategy but he concluded he couldn't afford it." Otellini said some closed mobile platforms will "certainly survive," but said open systems will "win" in the end."

Comment Survival (Score 1) 1

by dasButcher on Thursday February 11, 2010 @01:34PM (#31101508) Attached to: 10 vendors that won't survive 2010

WHile I find this list highly suspect, I does reflect the tech companies that are on life support or high targets for acquisitions by the mega vendors. But where is Nortel and Acatel? Big misses.

Submission + - IT Workers to Get Fewer Perks, No Free Coffee (channelinsider.com)

Submitted by dasButcher on Monday January 04, 2010 @02:42PM

dasButcher writes: While the economy is showing signs of recovery and tech stocks posted double- and triple-digit gains in 2009, IT workers are facing a less hospitalbe workplace in the coming year. Many employers say they're going to continue trimming budgets, particularly in human resources. Rather than giving up head count, they're planning to trim 401k contributions, eliminate bonuses, curtail travel and, dare we say, shut off the free coffee (it wasn't that good anyway).

Submission + - Whatever happened to Second Life? (pcpro.co.uk)

Submitted by Barence on Monday January 04, 2010 @02:01PM

Barence writes: It's desolate, dirty, and sex is outcast to a separate island. In this feature, PC Pro's Barry Collins returns to Second Life to find out what went wrong, and why it’s raking in more cash than ever before. It's a follow-up to a feature written three years ago, in which Collins spent a week living inside Second Life to see what the huge fuss at the time was all about. The difference three years can make is eye-opening.

Submission + - Building a Global Cyber Police Force (channelinsider.com)

Submitted by dasButcher on Monday December 14, 2009 @09:35AM

dasButcher writes: One of the biggest obstacles to fighting hackers and cybercriminals is that many operate in the safe harbors of their home countries, insulated from prosecution by authoritizes in foreign countries where their targets reside. As Larry Walsh writes in his blog, several security vendors and a growing number of countries are now beginning to consider the creation of a global police force that would have trans-border jurisdiction to investigate and arrest suspected hackers.

Submission + - SarBox Lawsuit Could Rewrite IT Compliance Rules (channelinsider.com) 3

Submitted by dasButcher on Tuesday December 01, 2009 @11:16AM

dasButcher writes: The Supreme Court will hear arguments next week brought by a Nevada accounting firm that asserts the oversight board for the Sarbanes-Oxley Act is unconstitutional. If the plaintiffs are successful, it could force Congress to rewrite or abandon the law used by many companies to validate tech investments for security and compliance.

Submission + - The Cloud Ate My Homework

Submitted by theodp on Tuesday December 01, 2009 @02:17AM

theodp writes: Over at CNET, James Urquhart sings the praises of cloud computing, encouraging folks to 'really listen to what is being said, understand how the cloud is being used, and seriously evaluate how this disruptive model will change your projects, your organization, and even your career.' Fair enough. Over at the Google Docs Help Forum, some perplexed cloud computing users spent the month of November unsuccessfully trying to figure out why they've been zinged for inappropriate content. Among the items deemed inappropriate and unshareable include notes on Henry David Thoreau ("the published version of this item cannot be shared until a Google review finds that the content is appropriate"), homework assignments, high school yearbook plans, wishlists, documents containing botanical names for plants, a list of websites for an ecommerce class, and a list of companies that rent motorcycles in Canada. When it comes to support in the cloud, it kind of looks like you might get what you pay for. On the bright side, there seems to be consensus that cloud computing is disruptive!

Submission + - First malicious iphone worm in the wild (security.nl)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 21, 2009 @07:26AM

An anonymous reader writes: After the ikee worm that displayed a picture of rick astley on jailbroken iphones, the first malicious iphone worm has now been discovered in the wild. Internetprovider XS4ALL in the Netherlands encountered several of such devices on the wireless networks of their customers and put out a warning: http://www.xs4all.nl/veiligheid/security.php.

After obtaining a copy of the malware it was discovered that the jailbroken phones, which are exploited through openSSH with a default password, scan IP ranges of mobile internet providers for other vulnerable iphones, phone home to a C&C botnet server, are able to update themselves with additional malware and have the ability to dump the SMS database as well. Owners of a jailbroken iphone with a default root password are advised to flash to the latest Apple firmware in order to ensure no malware is present.

Comment Password stealing malware on the rise (Score 1) 1

by dasButcher on Friday September 25, 2009 @10:07AM (#29539145) Attached to: Canadaâ(TM)s Top Banks Compromised by New Inf

This type of malware attack is increasing in volume, according to the folks on the Secure Channel blog: http://blogs.channelinsider.com/secure_channel/content/malware_worms_viruses/password_id_stealing_malware_volume_jumps_400.html

Submission + - Ballmer: we screwed up Windows Mobile (pcpro.co.uk)

Submitted by

Barence

on Friday September 25, 2009 @06:52AM

Barence writes: "Microsoft boss Steve Ballmer has blasted the company's own mobile operating system at the firm's Venture Capital Summit. One tweet from an attendee claims Ballmer said the company had "screwed up with Windows Mobile. Wishes they had already lauched WM7. They completely revamped the team". Another claims Ballmer said "we've pumped in some new talent. This will not happen again." It's not the first time Ballmer has attacked Windows Mobile, having publicly stated that version 6.5 was "not the full release we wanted"."

Submission + - Up To 9% Of A Company's Machines Are Bot-Infected (darkreading.com)

Submitted by

ancientribe

on Friday September 25, 2009 @06:16AM

ancientribe writes: "Bot infections are on the rise in businesses, and most come from botnets you've never heard of nor ever will. Botnet researchers at Damballa have found that nearly 60 percent of bot infections in organizations are from bot armies with only a handful to a few hundred bots built to target a particular organization. Only 5 percent of the bot infections were from big-name botnets, such as Zeus/ZDbot and Koobface. And more businesses are getting hit: 7 to 9 percent of an organization's machines are bot-infected, up from 5- to 7 percent last year, according to Damballa."

Submission + - Sun sets for Oracle - HP partnership (reuters.com)

Submitted by Rambo Tribble on Wednesday September 16, 2009 @11:05AM

Rambo Tribble writes: As detailed in the Reuters article found here, http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE58E80D20090916, Oracle is terminating their cooperative relationship with HP in light of their anticipated acquisition of Sun. With Sun servers in house, Oracle apparently feels no need to work with HP, any more. Will HP respond, say by underwriting Postgre development and implementation?

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