Monthly Archives: February 2007

New Google Desktop Flaw Discovered

Can we trust to desktop search engines such as Google, Microsoft and similar. I’m afraid but I still don’t want to use it. I tried it and know that they help a lot to organize and search data. Also they … Continue reading

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Security Hole in Snort Intrusion Detection / Prevention System

A week ago, Neel Mehta from IBM Internet Security Systems X-Force has reported a vulnerability in Snort, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system. The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error within the … Continue reading

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IDC IT Security Roadshow 2007 in Belgrade

IDC IT Security Roadshow 2007 “Securing Your Business: Technology Meets People” Conference will be held on February 13, 2007 in Belgrade, Serbia (Venue: Hyatt Regency Belgrade). You can see schedule, general information and other details here. See you there.

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Silica – A Wireless Hacking Tool

Ryan Naraine writes on his ZDNet blog about Wi-Fi hacking with a handheld PDA. The palm-sized PDA tucked away in Justine Aitel’s pocketbook just might be the most scary device on display at this year’s RSA security conference. Aitel is … Continue reading

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NIST Competition for New Cryptographic Hash Function

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is having a competition for a new cryptographic hash function. NIST did a good job managing the AES process (competition for Advanced Encryption Standard). They are obviously going to do in similar way … Continue reading

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Webcasts – RSA Conference 2007

One among most important security conferences this year, RSA Conference is in progress in Moscone Center, San Francisco (February 5-9). Keynote speakers list includes Bill Gates (Microsoft),  Larry Ellison (Oracle), and many other famous and very important speakers. Keynote Webcasts … Continue reading

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The Ten Commandments of Computer Ethics

Might be a little bit outdated but still interesting stuff: The Computer Ethics Institute is a nonprofit research and policy study organization made up of the Brookings Institute, IBM, The Washington Consulting Group, and the Washington Theological Consortium. They have … Continue reading

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Bill Gates Sent New Memo About Security

A few times each year, Bill Gates or Steve Ballmer, Microsoft top executives, publish an executive memo. The first memo was Bill’s essay on trustworthy computing, in July 2002. Yesterday Bill has a new memo, one that is very important … Continue reading

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Sell and Buy Information about Code Flaws

Couple of companies and occasions where companies or individuals sell information about code flaws to the vendors or companies buys it from hackers. So do criminals… Read article here.

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Why You Should Protect Your Wireless Network With WPA?

Interesting video at YouTube (here).

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