Archive for July 10th, 2009

Earlier today, I wrote a blog post cautioning against the rising hysteria over the current DDoS attacks.Now, in direction contradiction to the opinion of security experts, Rep. Peter Hoekstra (R-Michigan) says the US should conduct a “show of force o... »

 Bizarre headline of the day. Original here. Alex Eckelberry  »

I would like to take a moment and introduce you to the Citrix Receiver for iPhone Admin guide. This document will come handy when planning for iPhone deployments in your company. Inside you can find: Product Requirements How to configure iPhone secure access via: Access Gateway Strandard Edtion Access Gateway Enterprise Edtion Citrix Secure Gateway How to provide access information... »

July 2009 Advance Notification Advance Notification for the July 2009 Security Bulletin Release Our Advance Notification was published today and indicates that next Tuesday, July 14 at 10:00 a.m. PDT (UTC -8), we will be releasing a total of 6 security bulletins consisting of: Three Critical updates affecting Windows. One Important update affecting Publisher. One Important update affecting Internet... »

Hype and hysteria is normal in the AV business. After all, it’s been an intrinsic part of the business model since the Michelangelo virus. However, I get quite concerned about stuff like this when it could be used as a justification for war. South... »

Microsoft has released a slick website promoting Office 2010. Cute videos but virtually no detail.  Let’s hope that Office 2010 fixes the major UI mistakes made in the development of Office 2007 (for heavy keyboard users like me, Office 2007... »

I noticed a swath of comment spams on my blog today.  That’s no surprise, it’s usually for some junk product or service.  But in this case, it advertises products coming from the PC Tools division of Symantec. Bummer.Alex Eckelber... »