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Worm fears shut down Skype video feature

2008-01-22 00:00:00 by Robert McMillan in Network World on Security
 
Skype has been forced to turn off a video-sharing feature in its software because it could be misused to launch a self-copying worm attack against Skype users, security researchers said Tuesday
 
Tags: skype, skype users, feature, worm attack, security researchers, launch, tuesday, software
 
 
 
 
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Feature Request #1: Stable Code

2008-06-30 04:01:00 by JJ in Security Uncorked
 
...features. Unfortunately, I cannot always choose the hardware my customers are using in their infrastructure. However, if you would like for me to recommend they continue purchasing and using it, then the product must demonstrate to me that it is: capable, reliable, predictable and well-documented. If your product is not meeting these...
 
Tags: code, stable code, support, post-sales support, current maintenance contract, current, maintenance contract, security engineer, security
 
 
 
 
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Privacy feature in IE8 leaks private data

2008-08-29 00:00:00 by HASH0x8473864 in Network World on Security
 
A privacy feature built into the second beta version of Microsoft's Internet Explorer 8 browser isn't as private as advertised
 
Tags: privacy feature, internet explorer, beta version, browser, microsoft
 
 
 
 
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UAC, an Excellent Description and Discussion by Crispin Cowan

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2008-05-12 22:07:49 by jrjones in Jeff Jones Security Blog
...features and security boundaries So, when he asks " Is UAC a convenience feature, or a security feature ?", I would say it is worth reading at least twice. And if my recommendation is not good enough for you, let me share this quote that might entice you to go read the whole thing It is correct to say that UACs features are convenience...
 
Tags: uac, standard user uac, standard user, uac prompt, security feature, convenience feature, convenience, cowan, crispin cowan
 
 
 
 
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Setting file ACLs with PowerShell part 4

2007-11-29 09:34:00 by Keith Brown in Security Briefs
 
...feature unto itself, and one that I use all the time While PowerShell doesn't support strong typing in the classic sense of a compiler, it does have a feature that allows you to constrain the type of a variable whenever it's assigned a value. Here's an example a = 42 [Int32] $b = 42 $a = "this works just fine" $b = "this generates an invalid...
 
Tags: values, invalid enumeration values, enumeration, enumeration values, new-object security, object, powershell, invalid cast exception, cast
 
 
 
 
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Zune Killer App - Windows Media Center

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2007-11-26 21:55:40 by jrjones in Jeff Jones Security Blog
...features with the "standard" Comcast DVR downgrade) Comcast DVR The event that kicks this story of begins with a Poker game. Just after Microsoft announced the new Zune line-up in October, I won a charity poker event where the prize was a custom Zune 30. It was basically a "pearl" Zune with a special logo on the back and pre-loaded with some...
 
Tags: zune, apple tv, apple, tv, tv movies, zune software, zune tv comparison, media center, windows media center
 
 
 
 
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Lost Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey laptop

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2008-02-11 13:52:36 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...feature was initiated that destroys all of the data on stolen computer Evan] Why would Horizon BCBSNJ invest in software to remotely destroy data and not add encryption to the mix? The remote data destruction in which "a security feature was initiated" requires network connectivity. Simply disabling the network card(s) or slaving the drive(s)...
 
Tags: horizon, horizon bcbsnj takes, horizon bcbsnj, data, medical data, jersey, remotely destroy data, bcbsnj, laptop
 
 
 
 
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Encryption defeated, still an advocate?

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2008-02-22 16:15:15 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...feature of Windows Vista), FileVault (a feature of Mac OS X), dm-crypt (a feature of Linux), and TrueCrypt (a third-party application for Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X). Since these problems result from common design limitations of these systems rather than specific bugs, most similar disk encryption applications, including many running on...
 
Tags: encryption, disk encryption software, encryption software, information security field, information, hard drive encryption, disk encryption, text information, encryption keys
 
 
 
 
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A VMware VirtualCenter Design Flaw?

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2008-06-19 20:30:16 by Adnan Hindi in ScienceLogic
...feature for datastores and networks to prevent users from getting to those datastores/networks? Or was it to maybe give the appearance of ACL functionality ? Or something like a poor mans quota management? And if youre going to let administrators add permissions in a view, why not let them view and delete just as in the other views Does...
 
Tags: networks, networks view, feature, permissions feature, view, permissions, hostsclusters view, vmware virtualcenter, virtualcenter
 
 
 
 
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TrueCrypt's Deniable File System

2008-07-18 06:56:02 by schneier in Schneier on Security