Archive for February 16th, 2010

The top 25 most dangerous programming errors

Tuesday, February 16th, 2010
The top 25 most dangerous programming errors

The Common Weakness Enumeration Compatibility and Effectiveness Program has just posted its annual “2010 CWE/SANS Top 25 Most Dangerous Programming Errors.”Just as the title says, it’s an attempt to pin down the software errors that are the most ... »

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Cyclist Floyd Landis wanted for computer hacking in France

Tuesday, February 16th, 2010
Cyclist Floyd Landis wanted for computer hacking in France

A judge in Nanterre near Paris has issued a warrant for U.S. Cyclist Floyd Landis who had his 2006 Tour de France title revoked after he tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs.The court wants to question Landis about a 2006 hacking incident i... »

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Google takes flak for sloppy privacy protection in Buzz

Tuesday, February 16th, 2010
Google takes flak for sloppy privacy protection in Buzz

Shortly after Google introduced its Buzz social media tool last week the security community lit up about its disastrous lack of privacy controls. Setting up an account opened up your contacts and everyone could see who you’d been in frequent contact ... »

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Second guess your AV scanner with SANS’ whitelist database

Tuesday, February 16th, 2010
Second guess your AV scanner with SANS’ whitelist database

The clever folks at SANS have made public the beta version of a whitelist hash database that enables you to look up the MD5 or SHA1 hash of a file to see it has been checked as NOT malcode by a reliable authority. The tool is based on the "National Sof... »

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Connecting a Smart Card to a Windows 7 virtual machine

Tuesday, February 16th, 2010
Connecting a Smart Card to a Windows 7 virtual machine

tweetmeme_url = 'http://blogs.msdn.com/virtual_pc_guy/archive/2010/02/15/connecting-a-smart-card-to-a-windows-7-virtual-machine.aspx'; The easiest way to connect a smart card to a virtual machine is to use remote desktop to connect to the virtual machine, and enable smart card sharing.  Since Windows Virtual PC uses remote desktop technology you get this out of the box. However this can all fall apart if you are running... »

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