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This story is about how much IT ignorance, weak security, or hysterical over-reaction can result in misjudging of a teacher. Parties involved are: – the teacher Julie Amero who considers herself not tech savvy and panicked, – the principal, who if he is responsible for the IT in the school failed to put down the [...]

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In September we wrote a short story about the EICAR 2007′s CfP. To get the full details see here: Call for Papers – 16th EICAR Annual Conference – Budapest Deadline for submissions without peer review was December 1, but if you have something interesting to say I am sure you can still upload it right [...]

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Your email:  We have previously addressed how difficult it is to develop metrics that are not only reliable but also valid and have a strategic focus – meaning C-level executives do care about getting such numbers that relate to matters the care about (e.g., new markets, strategy, bottom line): – CyTRAP Labs – guide – [...]

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Previously we have pointed out regulatory issues that should be taken in mind when doing IT security audits and risk assessment, such as: – What do government mandated regulatory compliance laws mean to an IT pro? – How do ISO 17799 and Cobit complement each other? Regulation matters in the IT security business and every [...]

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Your email:  Criminal exploits are becoming increasingly sophisticated and using stealth mode if necessary to avoid detection (see also Rootkits coming to your motherboard ). In turn, the area of criminal activity is spreading and being neither well researched nor understood. Unfortunately, the trend for malware being targeted to achieve financial gain seems to grow [...]

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Save yourself time by providing us with an e-mail address below and get the news first the convenient way. Your email:  Last week we discussed: > Trend – rootkits coming to a PC near you Based on the above, once has to understand what concept was used to create the rootkit, in theory one was [...]

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Save yourself time by providing us with an e-mail address below and get the news first the convenient way.Your email:  When hearing a title like the one above you should ask immediately which type of rootkit malware this might be (see further below). Incidentally, by now everybody has heared about the: >Sony BMG rootkit – [...]

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Save yourself time by providing us with an e-mail address below and get the news first the convenient way. Your email:  We have recommended to you the AN.ON anonymizer before as a tool you should use and recommend to others. Besides that it is being free it really works. However, the Minister of Justice of [...]

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Get the news first, save yourself time thanks to our e-mail service. It’s much more convenient.Your email:  E-mail this posting to your buddies, they will appreciate the information (see e-mail button at the end of this posting). Japan is advanced in ICT when compared with other industrial cojn tries. Its broadband network already covers about [...]

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