Monthly Archives: July 2008
How to Heal the FUD Associated with VOIP Security
When Ari Takanen and I wrote our book, "Securing VOIP Networks: Threats, Vulnerabilities and Countermeasures," one of our main objectives was to encourage the...
Ubuntu Linux at Amazon, Best Buy for $20
By: Eric BrownA $20 boxed version of Ubuntu Hardy Heron (8.04) is available at both Best Buy and Amazon online stores.ValuSoft, which is packaging...
Telco Immunity Approved by Senate, Obama
After a morning of fiery debate, the U.S. Senate voted July 9 to grant retroactive immunity to telephone companies that participated in the White...
Malware Goes (Really) Mainstream
Well, as if having a security threat research site modeled in direct imitation of Grand Theft Auto (over 6 million copies sold in a...
NebuAd Program May Violate Wiretapping Laws
On the eve of a Senate hearing on behavioral advertising, the Center for Democracy and Technology has published a report everyone should read. Your...
Diane Greene Sails Out Of EMC
OK, so that is a strained headline. But she is a champion sailor and windsurfer. I interviewed Diane Greene at EMC's Cambridge, Mass office...
Google Feels the Privacy Heat as Summer Rolls On
Back from a week off blogging, and it's interesting that in the short time away (well, it felt short, and I believe those in...
Credit Suisse Spins Off VM Control
It's not uncommon that an IT department of an enterprise sees a problem brewing, devises some home-grown software to bridge it, then goes right...
Microsoft Pushes Workarounds to Dodge Zero-Day Attack
While users await a patch for a flaw in the ActiveX control for the Snapshot Viewer for Microsoft Office Access, Microsoft has suggested a...
Microsoft Launching Online Services
Microsoft has come to grips with the idea that customers want to consume software over the Web, and it is now poised to unleash...