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Critical Windows 7 holes fixed in record Patch Tuesday

cobster — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 21:32:38 +0000

Microsoft released a record number of 13 bulletins for 34 vulnerabilities on Patch Tuesday–and the first critical update for Windows 7–as well as fixes for zero-day flaws involving Server Message Block (SMB) and Internet Information Services (IIS). The most severe of the three SMB flaws, which were first reported last month, could allow an attacker [...]

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Critical Windows 7 holes fixed in record Patch Tuesday

One out of 100 PC have Malware

JoeDigital — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 18:07:00 +0000

Results from a recent extensive study by Panda Security – of the toughest anti-virus brands known on the Internet – show that 1% of all the computers in the world are affected and heavily tormented by malware. Sure, 1% seems like a very small amount, but if you equate that to the actual number of [...]

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One out of 100 PC have Malware

$250,000 Reward for Conficker Author

JoeDigital — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 04:16:00 +0000

Microsoft has pulled out the big bucks and announced a 250 thousand dollar reward for the person or persons who can lead international authorities to the arrest and conviction of the authors of the infamous Conficker (Downadaup) worm. The worm which is known to affect all versions of the Microsoft Windows operating system has even [...]

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$250,000 Reward for Conficker Author

The Sony Mofiria

JoeDigital — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 19:48:00 +0000

For most of us, a fingerprint is the height of personal identification, but for some applications, something a bit more secure is necessary. For that, Sony is introducing the Mofiria, which can use near-infrared to look at the veins in your finger. Fingerprints, as we’ve all seen in movies, can be altered or removed, and [...]

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The Sony Mofiria

Security Flaw In MD5 Algorithm

JoeDigital — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 06:22:00 +0000

Independent researcher in both California and the Netherlands have discovered a weakness the Internet digital certificate infrastructure, which poses a threat of hackers impersonating site identifications trusted by most web browsers. In essence, hackers could make your browser believe it is on a secure website or email server while virtually undetectable phishing of your system [...]

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Security Flaw In MD5 Algorithm

University of Michigan Introduces “Cloud Security”

JoeDigital — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 02:07:06 +0000

Research recently done by the University of Michigan introduces a better solution to virus detection and computer protection – “the cloud”. This is a method where a series of servers are connected to act as large anti-virus software. The concept is behind the “cloud”, which actually refers to the servers that work [...]

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University of Michigan Introduces “Cloud Security”

Information Technology

JoeDigital — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 11:45:09 +0000

A study has revealed that patients have better outcome of health when they are all treated with Information Technology systems at hospitals. This study made a comparison of all IT adoption along with discharge data of patients across Florida among 98 hospitals. This study provides a very comprehensive analysis on the relationship between outcome of [...]

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Information Technology

Architecture – Role Based

JoeDigital — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 08:48:30 +0000

A new technology that Cisco announced, Trusted Security which integrates role based and identity measures of security for all networks and in particular enterprise ones. In order to take care of the compliance requirements as they have increased in number for a mobile and global workforce. This will help enabling a secure infrastructure and more [...]

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Architecture – Role Based