Author Archives: Janine de Blois

Resco offers backup for pocket PC

Slovakian based, Resco has added Resco Backup for v1.10 to their repretoire of over thirty products for Windows and Palm pocket PCs. Designed for end users as well as companies the.. more

Ubuntu Linux stands through hacking contest

The CanSecWest contest in Vancouver has left only the Ubuntu Linux undefeated, though several attempts to crack it were made. On the final day of the contest Shane Macaulay spent almost.. more

Estimated 10,000 websites still contain buggy Flash Player files

Google Security Engineer Rich Cannings discovered the widespread vulnerability in websites that are using buggy Shockwave Flash (.swf). An estimated 10,000 sites with hundreds of thousands or web pages still affected.. more

Greynet Enterprise Manager upgrades to ensure secure use of Skype

FaceTime Communications, a leader in internet and unified communications (UC), has announced its exclusive security product to monitor Skype usage. Working with Skype for over a year their newest release of Greynet Enterprise Manager (GEM) is designed to detect malicious urls via Skype instant messaging... more

Finjan discovers website offering volume purchase of stolen credit cards

“If further proof were needed that there is a very serious problem facing the card acceptance and processing industry, this is it,” said Yuval Ben-Itzhak, chief technology officer at Finjan. “Prices are segmented depending on whether a card is a Classic Visa or MasterCard, a.. more

Ringside offers seamless intregration of Facebook, social applications to any website

On Tuesday, Ringside Networks, Inc. launched its company and its innovative open-source software Ringside Social Application Server™. The software allows existing websites to intregrate with social networks. The beta version for working with Facebook applications is available now for both end users and developers. Different.. more

Apple’s delivery method for Safari browser for Windows causes hullaballoo

Apple has added its Safari 3.1 browser to install by default with its updates to iTunes and QuickTime on Windows. A user is led to believe their current software is being updated when in fact new software is being installed, probably unintentionally by the user... more

US agency issues USB devices to employees in attempt to control security

Workers at Washington’s Division of Child Support have begun issuing SanDisk Cruzer drives which provide 256-bit AES encryption and are password-protected. They are replacing all the privately owned devices which many workers were using to store clients personal data. The personal data ranges from Social.. more

Windows XP SP3 release date predicted for second half of April

TechARP.com, a Malaysian website announced that Windows WP Service Pack 3 will be released during the second half of April in seven languages (English, Chinese, French, German, Japanese, Korean and Spanish). The remaining support languages will be released about 21 days later it says. TechARP.com.. more

New telecommuting system for home and remote workers will reduce CO2 emmissions

Aruba Networks and Avaya have teamed up to pave the way for the future by producing an IP-based voice and data access system for teleworkers. More and more people are working from home or small remote offices and require an easy to use system to.. more