Do not Underestimate Physical Security

Tuesday, May 6th, 2008

Security in IT is everywhere: firewalls, proxies, anti-[spam|virus], IDS and more! But what about physical security to your IT infrastructure? Read the following story: Peter Gabriel’s web site was off the web due to a server theft! I would like to know how the thieves performed! Why spend money to protect ...

Mass SQL injection

Thursday, April 24th, 2008

There's another round of mass SQL injections going on which has infected hundreds of thousands of websites. Performing a Google search results in over 510,000 modified pages.

AVG Technologies Releases AVG Anti-Virus Free 8.0

Thursday, April 24th, 2008

AVG Technologies, a leading provider of Internet security software, will tomorrow release AVG Anti-Virus Free 8.0, the latest version of the company’s popular and widely-used free security software, which now incorporates protection against spyware through a new combined anti-virus and anti-spyware engine. AVG Free provides basic protection against viruses and spyware, ...

Are you ready for Ubuntu 8.04?

Monday, April 21st, 2008

So, did you know that new Ubuntu, version 8.04 codename Hardy Heron, will be out in less than two days from now? They said that there are many new features and softwares in version 8.04, like… New Core System Features: GNOME 2.22 Linux kernel 2.6.24 PolicyKit PulseAudio Xorg 7.3 New Software Functions: Firefox 3 Beta 5 Brasero Transmission World Clock Applet Vinagre Uncomplicated ...

ISPs accused of tampering with web pages

Wednesday, April 16th, 2008

About one percent of the Internet web pages are being changed in transit, sometimes in a harmful way, according to researchers at the University of Washington. In a paper, set to be delivered Wednesday, the researchers document some troubling practices. In July and August they tested data sent to about 50,000 ...