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Top Story VA Data Theft: What Took So Long?Posted on 07/14/2006 @ 15:17:02 Millions of vets' necks were laid on the chopping block on the third of May, when a hard disk containing their Social Security numbers was stolen from a VA employee's home. Over the next two weeks, a dozen officials of Veterans Affairs found out, yet nobody got around to telling the vets so they could start protecting their bank accounts and credit records. The reasons why are revealing.[ Read Story... | Comments | Security ]
Google's fighting click fraud for fun? Bull. »Notes/Domino developers seek input on alternatives to deprecated HTML tags »California ban mobile cellphones? Right. »The dark side of Instant Messaging convergence »Is updating Windows without IE safe? »NYC school kids sue to protect their cell phone... rights? »VA report on stolen laptop: They're all idiots and/or liars »Best hope for SuSE Linux: Third World »Do Open Sourcers love RPG or ignore it? It depends. »Dell proxy attacks blogger »Lotus Haters Gang Up On Notes for LinuxPosted on 07/13/2006 @ 13:18:06 The ink hadn't yet dried on IBM's announcement of Lotus Notes on Linux, before anti-Lotus partisans unleashed their venom. Few gave weight to the thought that desktop Linux has suddenly gained collaboration abilities acceptable to enterprise-level buyers. But like it or not, Lotus Notes just raised Linux to a breathtaking, Microsoft-defying, new level. Question is, how long will it take Redmond to do what needs to be done?[ Read Story... | Comments (1) | Groupware ] How Microsoft Can Protect You From The Malware Lurking Behind Google's Search ResultsPosted on 07/12/2006 @ 11:01:43 Self-installing programs can be nice, when you invoke them by choice. But researchers have found thousands of viruses that execute after you innocently click a promising search link. Outraged users are demanding that Google, MSN and Yahoo do something about it. Luckily, Microsoft already has.[ Read Story... | Comments (4) | Viruses ] Europe Leads The World In ZombiesPosted on 07/11/2006 @ 13:18:58 Most folks don't know that the zombie capital of the world isn't China or the USA. It's the European Union, by a long shot. The secret has been kept by well-meaning reporters who are living in the past, preserving each European state as an individual unit, as opposed to the EU as a full-fledged competitor on par with China and the US. Sometimes, it seems, the EU is treated like Rodney Dangerfield. It can't get any respect... even from its very best friends.[ Read Story... | Comments (8) | Spam ] Microsoft Blacklist Strategy Swaps Accuracy For MS's ConveniencePosted on 07/10/2006 @ 15:33:33 The admins at Microsoft IT make their anti-spam strategy brutally clear: They depend, first and foremost, on the anti-spam technique most riddled with inaccuracies, failures and outright corruption: blocklisting. Email Battles compares Microsoft's first-contact blocklisting technique with first-contact deferral. While both methods get you to the same net delivery rate, one is far more likely to deliver the mail you want.[ Read Story... | Comments (6) | Spam ] Daily Exploit Release Reignites An Old Fire: What's A Real Good Guy Look Like?Posted on 07/07/2006 @ 14:53:30 A security hacker is unleashing an exploit every day this month. HD Moore claims he's doing it to highlight the fecklessness of browser security, but admits that he also wants to draw attention to his new blog. While both might be noble goals, IT managers scrambling to protect end-points left vulnerable by Moore's publicity initiative may be forgiven if they aren't impressed.[ Read Story... | Comments | Security ] Who's Afraid of the FBI? Certainly Not Hackers.Posted on 07/06/2006 @ 11:09:23 Since a contractor used an FBI agent's password and ancient off-the-web utilities to repeatedly crack the Bureau's network, people are starting to ask questions. Problem is, they're the wrong questions. After blowing $581 million on its failed Trilogy IT boondoggle, the FBI re-badged it, then re-sold it to Congress for another $500 million. Unfortunately, the Inspector General's report shows that the "lack of people who know what they're doing" persists. Does J. Edgar Hoover's old team have the minimal competence required to protect itself in the Internet age?[ Read Story... | Comments (2) | Security ] Black Market Returns Prodigal VA Laptop While FBI DissemblesPosted on 07/05/2006 @ 11:54:57 It's back in custody. The stolen laptop containing the names and Social Security numbers of 26.5 million veterans and active duty personnel has been turned over to the FBI. Conflicting news reports claim a guy (or a gal) brokered the deal through the Parks Service (as in "parks and recreation") with a private dick as intermediary... or not. In any event, the FBI and lawmakers promptly declared the data hadn't been copied, so all's well that ends well. What?[ Read Story... | Comments (1) | Identity Theft ] Nine Ways To Make Your RSS Feed UselessPosted on 06/30/2006 @ 15:55:19 Too often, excellent communicators publish newsfeeds so dumb that they drive readers away. If RSS or Atom feeds are part of your mix, you may want to see how many barriers you've inadvertently built to block loyal subscribers.[ Read Story... | Comments (1) | Intellectual Property ] How Windows Live OneCare Can Own Retail Shelf Space Without Squeezing Symantec Or McAfeePosted on 06/29/2006 @ 13:28:18 Microsoft's new push into anti-virus, anti-spyware and security looks great on paper. But many are wondering how it will play out in the trenches. After auditing anti-virus offerings in one Midwestern metro area, Email Battles found that Symantec dominates display space in big box retailers across the board. Nevertheless, there is plenty of space available for the new software line, although somebody won't like it.[ Read Story... | Comments | Security ] Shameful Human Toll As Search Engines Go GlobalPosted on 06/28/2006 @ 17:19:25 Reporting organizations claim that China has incarcerated more reporters than any other nation on earth. And they imply that Asia's giant couldn't get away with it, without eager Americans at their side, providing both assistance and moral cover. The Americans? Google, Microsoft and Yahoo. Email Battles brings you up-to-date on number of Chinese citizens currently under lock-and-key for expressing opinions.[ Read Story... | Comments (7) | Browsers ] Anti-ICANN Groups Spam The US Department of CommercePosted on 06/27/2006 @ 14:34:00 Groups who despise the US-based Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) have organized an email campaign to let the US National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) know what they think of its continuing effort to privatize coordination and management of Internet Domain Names and DNS. So how's it going? Email Battles shows how the mysterious power of the Web reveals all.[ Read Story... | Comments (3) | Broadband ] Most Desktops Are Running As Zombies?Posted on 06/26/2006 @ 13:24:10 The CEO of authentication authority, Comodo, claims that over half of all desktops have been hijacked for use as zombies. Melih Abdulhayoglu says the solution can be found by running the right kind of personal firewall; the kind that blocks suspicious activity before it hits your anti-virus and anti-spyware software. Although he doesn't mention it, you can bet Abdulhayoglu's preferred solution just won PC Magazine's Editor's Choice.[ Read Story... | Comments (3) | Spyware ] Antivirus Makers Deserve What Microsoft's ServingPosted on 06/23/2006 @ 13:37:29 Antivirus builders protected Windows for years, allowing Microsoft to divert its development money to feature-bloat, in lieu of security. In fact, Microsoft's security bench was so empty that, once the decision was made to take over the security business, Redmond was forced to buy outside companies. Email Battles addresses a/v makers' mistakes and Microsoft's new attack strategy, and asks the really tough questions to boot, like, "What's with the name?"[ Read Story... | Comments (16) | Security ] Microsoft: We'll Support Our Product, Because IBM Won't. What?Posted on 06/22/2006 @ 15:28:13 If you were IBM what would you do? Microsoft programmers built a piece of code to allow Microsoft email software to interoperate with IBM's Domino/Lotus combo. When the code doesn't work, IBM advises users to talk to the folks who wrote the broken code, because, after all, it's Microsoft's code. Microsoft triumphantly proclaims that, unlike IBM, it will minister to people who can't make its code work, and by the way, this proves the value of its product. Huh? Most of us would take advantage of the silliness of Microsoft's position. IBM, however, hit the mattresses.[ Read Story... | Comments (3) | Groupware ] |
BJ Gillette, Editor |
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