The point of this article is simple. Going with standards based solutions just makes sense. It prevents vendor dependence (and vendor abuse) as well as helps prevent interoperability problems. "The...

"Zotob.E, Tpbot-A, Rbot.CBQ and IRCbot.worm: all names given to a single worm that wreaked havoc in Windows 2000 systems last month. Among the plethora of identifiers, perhaps the most...

"Hackers have spammed out multiple new variants of the Bagle Trojan to millions of email addresses this week. The attacks came in two waves on Monday and Tuesday and forced many anti-virus firms to...

No really security related but, a good story... "Like many schools, Grace Lutheran School struggled to keep up with the cost of computer technology. With 250 students and an annual technology...

http://research.microsoft.com/rootkit/ States the following... "Note: there will be some false positives. Also, this does not detect stealth software that hides in BIOS, Video card EEPROM, disk bad...

"Virus writers have created a Symbian Trojan which also attempts to infect a user's Windows PC if he tries to read a phone memory card on his computer. Cardtrap-A targets Series 60 Symbian devices...

I have Win XP SP2 and use Sygate Personal Firewall Pro, SpyCleaner Gold, Norton 2004, and SpyWatcher. I have noticed that Sygate keeps blocking incoming UPD fron 10.96.64.1 which Whois says is the...

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can all bho's be removed from a system without causing problems?

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This article has nothing to do with computer security but it was so bazaar that it made me laugh, so if you are having a bad day maybe this article is just the thing you...

On Sat 17 Sep 2005 22:58:41, Kerodo wrote in another newsgroup <news:MPG.1d96316d81e4aecd989682@news.west.cox.net> Those screenshots on SensiveGuard's website really do look very promising. They...

How do you decide whether to include a mechanism in a security kernel or not? Policy? Is it based on trade-offs or kernel design, ...? Anyone who has a good reference for this? So far I read some...

I'm going to find out exactly what AMT is, soon. But Intel has been very secretive. They said they would release the specifications last year, Then they pulled back the release of public technical...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20050916/tc_cmp/170703604;_ylt=ArleI_NRqXMtyeq8RDkgSNqor7oF;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl "Mozilla Corp. on Thursday posted new versions of its Firefox and...

Hi all Does anyone know where I can get a free digital certificate? It needs to be associated with a Certification Authority which is recognised by Microsoft Internet Explorer. There are a few...

Hi, I, or rather, my company have recently become the victims of deliberate spamming in the form of "e-mail injection". This is where a spammer/hacker etc repeatedly submits blank or...

"Virus writers have developed a worm that spoofs the behaviour of internet search engine Google, varying the results displayed to suit the requirements of...

I posted this to alt.privacy this AM. I got an e-mail that I should repost it here. Hope nobody minds. I was reading APAS a few minutes ago via Giganews. A message popped up on the screen asking...

Is there a hack, software utility or method to prevent a casual user from copying a file from a CD? thanks! Julia