According to FCW.com, "Agencies reported twice as many information technology security incidents in fiscal 2007 compared with the year before. The number of incidents in six categories reached 12,986, compared with 5,146 in 2006, the Office of Management... The Security and Compliance Connection Blog »
This week we had another Internet security exploit revealed. And while I don’t want to get into the details, let’s just say that if you aren’t using OpenDNS.com for your home network, now is the time to take the five minutes and get it done. It is... (posted on 23 Jul 2008 by Web Informant)
Rarely but sometimes you need to find what programs access your internet connection. Some programs we know like Yahoo Messenger, Gtalk and things which we use commonly but if you have suspicion that something else is also using the internet connection... (posted on 23 Jul 2008 by Technospot.Net)
Service Disrupted Four Times in Past Two MonthsThe first gap in service occurred May 28, when 911 calls to report a house fire in the 4500 block of Kingston Road in Dale City went unanswered, McGee said.Jennifer Meyer, who lives across the street, said:... (posted on 23 Jul 2008 by Presto Vivace Blog)
Flash (in my opinion the worst thing that has happened to the Internet, but that is a subject for another day) is now another vehicle for malicious software attacks. According to this article (which is highly technical) by merely visiting an site which... (posted on 23 Jul 2008 by PCMech)
Here at the LazyAdmin we have talked quite a bit about using BitLocker with Windows Vista. With the introduction of Server 2008 you can now also leverage Bitlocker with your 2008 servers. This is particularly attractive when deploying Read Only Domain... (posted on 23 Jul 2008 by The Lazy Admin)

23 Jul 2008

On DNS

I was preparing a long and thoughtful post on the "DNS issue" (mentioning this, this, this, etc), but it was all in vain.This is the last and final word on it. Thanks Rich for the link (he understates and calls it just "genius" :-))All bow to Hoff's... (posted on 23 Jul 2008 by Anton Chuvakin on Security)

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