Category: Protect
Furore over Microsoft faulty late patch scandal!!!
I wish I could justifiably write that headline, but things are not always what they seem. Let me explain:
We're used to vendors copping a royal spanking when they dawdle when preparing patches. So when I interviewed Paul Craig of Security-Assessment.c… more »
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Since when did security come down to trust?
Thursday July 12th, 2007
- Category: Protect
[Simon Sharwood sitting in for Pat Gray]
Whenever I speak with security vendors these days, they have an interesting story to tell, but not for the reasons I hope they will be interesting.
A chat I had Websense, vendor of web security software, the… more »
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New rule: It's not "hacking" when you have the password
Surely by now you've heard of the legal battle between SAP and Oracle. You can get the latest here.
To cut a long story short, Oracle accused SAP subsidiary TomorrowNow of downloading support materials from its customer portal using the login credenti… more »
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New Zealand banks shaft consumers
So we've seen this cheery little news item from ComputerWorld NZ.
It turns out the top end of town in NZ has introduced a new banking code of practice... quoting from the article:
Under the terms of a new banking Code of Practice, banks may request… more »
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Harry Potter, cheeky PR, lazy media and attention seeking k1dz
So, a couple of days ago, this message hits the full disclosure mailing list.
It seems some clown claims to have pwned the publisher of the Harry Potter books, Bloomsbury. In his hands, he says, he holds the latest, unreleased Harry Potter book in ele… more »
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Patrick Gray is an IT security expert, so we can't show you his face for your own protection. Each week he delves into technology's dark underbelly to see what lurks in the shadows.
