An Israeli couple that was making and selling spyware has confessed. For their troubles Michael Haephrati (44) received 4 years in prison and his wife, Ruth Brier-Haephrati (28) received 2 years in prison. The irony here being that Michael was the accomplice. Ah well, sucks to be him. The short form of this story is that the duo were writing software that helped some private dicks to snoop on their clients' business competition. Article ...
The US government has found a new target having cut it's teeth on the Checkpoint foolishness. A US State Department upgrade contract has raised concerns about the security of Lenovo's computers due to the fact that they are owned by a Chinese company. Members of the U.S. China Economic and Security Review Commission fear Lenovo's involvement in the contract to upgrade the U.S. State Department's computers is a ...
Big Blue has jumped into the pool with their normal timing. Well after the market is littered with broken promises and vapour ware they have introduced. The Identity Manager Express security software is an add-on for the Tivoli kludge. This software appears to be little more than a behavioural analysis tool. "This is different than a regular honeypot that just traps the virus," said Steven Tomasco, an IBM spokesman. "The ...
This amusing and daft article over on Boing Boing caught my eye this morning. A true testament to all things moronic. A quick test to show that someone has more money than brains. Article Link
Wow, Microsoft is getting with it. Well, later than the rest of the void dwellers but hey, it is an improvement. Microsoft is asking for feedback on it's IE7 offering. "Many customers have asked us about having a better way to enter IE bugs. It is asked, 'Why don't you have Bugzilla like Firefox or other groups do?'. We haven't always had a good answer except it is something ...
Here is a nasty twist to the world of spyware. A site in Russia is doing something that I guess I should have seen coming. They are selling a do-it-yourself spyware kit for $15. OK, imagine if you will, a truck full of weapons and ammunition being dropped in the middle of a rough neighbourhood. How long until someone gets their head blown off? Article Link
It keeps getting better with this NSA eavesdropping crap (earlier Post). According to an article on Wired. Yes I know, I'm breaking my own rule, I read Wired. Well, they managed to point out something rather obvious. The eavesdropping could, and probably did, capture privileged conversation between lawyers and their clients or doctors and...you get the idea. Responding to questions from Congress, the [justice] department also said that it ...
Folks, I meant to write about this last weekend. Mea culpa. But, if you are looking for a movie to watch this weekend (or ever) AVOID Ultraviolet. This abortion was almost 2 hours of my life that I'll never have back. 88 minutes of Milla Jovovich strutting around in form fitting clothing was not enough to save this heap (I know I was shocked too). Not something I would normally write about......
In a move that can only been seen as the Bush administration getting back at Checkpoint for refusing to open it's source code. The Israeli based company has dropped it's attempt to purchase Sourcefire Inc. This on the heels of a very rare investigation by the Committee on Foreign Investments. If you recall this is the same committee that rubber stamped the sale of US port security to a company ...
Basic computer and network security has been thrown to the wind at the US Missile Defense Agency. A report that was posted on MDA's website was removed after FCW posted a story on it. The agency along with it's contrator, Boeing, had serious flaws that included access to the network without the need for a individual passwords or any audit logs. Neither MDA nor Boeing officials saw the need to ...