Security chiefs at home: No such thing as 'off duty'

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• Security chiefs at home: No such thing as 'off duty'
• Attack of the Flash cookie zombies
• Pentagon official details U.S military net hack
• Social Security Administration to award massive network deal
• Microsoft Applications Plagued by Binary Planting Flaw
• Adobe fixes 20 vulnerabilities in Shockwave Player
• Visa offers new guidance on securing payment applications
• Apple fixes big security bugs in Mac OS X
• Windows DLL load hijacking exploits go wild

Security chiefs at home: No such thing as 'off duty' Posted: 25 Aug 2010 09:00 AM PDT It's a good idea to think twice before pursuing certain professions -- they could change your daily habits, if not your entire outlook on life. A chief financial officer might choose a house project based on its impact on home value. An emergency room worker might forbid his kids from jumping on a trampoline.

Attack of the Flash cookie zombies Posted: 25 Aug 2010 09:00 AM PDT Don't look now, but the Flash Zombies are after you.

Pentagon official details U.S military net hack Posted: 25 Aug 2010 09:00 AM PDT Although U.S. military networks are attacked all the time, it took a successful thumb-drive assault on the Pentagon in 2008 to convince the U.S. military to do revise its cybersecurity strategy, according to a published report.

Social Security Administration to award massive network deal Posted: 25 Aug 2010 09:00 AM PDT The Social Security Administration says it will announce in September a new award for data networking services following Qwest's successful -- but secretive -- legal protest of the original awards to Verizon and AT&T.

Microsoft Applications Plagued by Binary Planting Flaw Posted: 24 Aug 2010 09:00 AM PDT Yesterday Microsoft released a security advisory addressing a bug in the way many applications are coded which could be exploited to attack Windows PCs. Microsoft was quick to point out that this new class of remote attacks is not related to specific vulnerabilities in Microsoft products, but that doesn't mean that Microsoft's applications are properly coded to avoid this issue either.

Adobe fixes 20 vulnerabilities in Shockwave Player Posted: 25 Aug 2010 09:00 AM PDT Adobe Systems patched 20 security vulnerabilities in its Shockwave Player on Tuesday. Most of the flaws could allow an attacker to run their own code on an affected computer.

Visa offers new guidance on securing payment applications Posted: 25 Aug 2010 09:00 AM PDT Visa this week added new best practices for makers of payment applications and those using them.

Apple fixes big security bugs in Mac OS X Posted: 24 Aug 2010 09:00 AM PDT Apple has released a security update to its Mac OS X operating system, fixing a number of critical security issues in the software.

Windows DLL load hijacking exploits go wild Posted: 24 Aug 2010 09:00 AM PDT Less than 24 hours after Microsoft said it couldn't patch Windows to fix a systemic problem, attack code appeared Tuesday to exploit the company's software.

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