Microsoft announced plans Thursday to issue four “critical” security bulletins next week that address vulnerabilities in its Windows Mail, Internet Explorer and Windows XP. Six bulletins in total, including the four critical fixes, will be released, according to Microsoft’s advance advisory notification. “Critical” is the most severe ranking Microsoft assigns to security flaws. That classification typically indicates that a system …
Read More »Microsoft OneCare did/did not improve in recent AV tests
After finishing dead last in a comparative antivirus test, recently garnered some positive press. The latest tests performed by AV-Comparatives.org seem to show an improvement, with OneCare moving up two places. While OneCare is certified by West Coast Labs and ICSA, it is the competitive independent antivirus testing results that mean more in terms of how well a product performs …
Read More »Coca-Cola targets teens with cell phone social network
Parents of teens already dread getting their monthly cell phone bill, and it could get even worse. The reason comes from an unlikely source: soda pop.
Read More »Microsoft buys into master data management
Microsoft on Thursday said it has acquired privately held Stratature, a company that specializes in so-called master data management software. Through the acquisition of the , Microsoft will build master data management tools into its Office System line. The move complements the company’s strategy to bulk up the business intelligence tools in Office and SQL Server. describes a way to …
Read More »Think network architecture, not more bandwidth
At last week’s Interop shindig, Cisco Systems CEO John Chambers’ annual walk-about keynote presentation focused on “Web 2.0 creep” and its impact on the network. According to Chambers, enterprises will adopt Web 2.0 tools like blogs, wikis and Web video and bring today’s networks to their knees in the process. Â While I believe that the enterprise Web 2.0 trend is …
Read More »Norton AntiBot goes into public beta
These days criminal enterprises don’t just want to steal your Outlook contact list, they want to own your computer, and they will download a remote-access Trojan horse at the first available opportunity. Within the last six months, Symantec has seen the number of these “bot” infections increase 29 percent over the previous six months. That’s why Symantec is rushing to …
Read More »Fedora 7
Fedora 7 was released last week, a little bit behind schedule, with a spate of new features, updates, and live CD installable “spins” of Fedora in KDE and GNOME flavors. I found a lot of good in this release, but a bug in the FireWire stack that attacked my external backup drive made this release just a little shy of …
Read More »SQL Injection Scanner
SQL Injection merupakan teknik hacking paling populer pada aplikasi web dengan prinsip melewatkan perintah-perintah SQL lewat aplikasi web untuk dieksekusi oleh database back-end. Kelemahan akan muncul apabila inputan user tidak disaring/difilter dengan sempurna dan akhirnya dieksekusi. Mengidentifikasi kelemahan SQL Injection akan melibatkan proses auditing aplikasi web secara keseluruhan, cara paling ampuhdan efektif menurut security-hacks.com adalah dengan menggunakan SQL Injection Scanner. …
Read More »Tawaran menarik bagi ISP
Apakah Anda tertarik dengan bisnis ISP? Atau barangkali sudah memulai bisnis tersebut tetapi masih banyak kendala teknis dalam pengoperasiannya. Kali ini Google menawarkan kerjasama bagi ISP, portal maupun Service Provider yang tertarik dengan layanan Google Apps. Program ini bertajuk Partner Edition yang memungkinkan ISP untuk memberikan fasilitas pada client seperti Gmail, Google Calendar, dan Google Docs & Spreadsheets tanpa perlu …
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