Archive for December 17th, 2009

Tales from the Crypt: malware rising from Google cached pages

Thursday, December 17th, 2009
Tales from the Crypt: malware rising from Google cached pages

The Internet Storm Center blog just ran a piece about a malware vector that hasn’t been discussed enough: the Google Cache.An ISC blog reader named Greg recounted that he was browsing for information, found a site that was down and pulled up the Goog... »

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WiniGuard clones are coming thick and fast

Thursday, December 17th, 2009
WiniGuard clones are coming thick and fast

Yesterday we blogged about the most recent rogue security product in the WiniGuard family, TheDefend. Patrick Jordan had observed that a new clone was appearing about every two days. Overnight the pace picked up and loyal blog reader Fatdcuk let us kno... »

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China restricts domain name registration

Thursday, December 17th, 2009
China restricts domain name registration

China is putting in place rules that would require a formal paper-based application system for those seeking domain name registration. The change would allow only businesses that have been licensed by the state to register domains. Ostensibly the move ... »

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Loss of availability: laptops among prime targets for air cargo thieves

Thursday, December 17th, 2009
Loss of availability: laptops among prime targets for air cargo thieves

The Wall Street Journal carried a piece about the theft of valuables from luggage and the luggage itself at airports. An increase seen in the last five years is being blamed on the bad economy and reduced security caused by cost-cutting measures. Airli... »

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RemoteApp + Hyper-V + Windows XP / Vista

Thursday, December 17th, 2009
RemoteApp + Hyper-V + Windows XP / Vista

The Remote Desktop team just did an interesting post here: http://blogs.msdn.com/rds/archive/2009/12/15/remoteapp-for-hyper-v.aspx About the RemoteApp for Hyper-V functionality that is available with Windows Server 2008 R2.  The concept here is that you would have a setup similar to Windows Virtual PC, where you run a legacy application in a Windows XP... »

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