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No Trademark for Cloud Computing

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2008-08-14 20:01:06 by Julia Lim in ScienceLogic
Just a couple of weeks ago, it was reported that Dell was in the final stages of being granted a trademark on Cloud Computing shocking and amusing pretty much everyone except for possibly Dell employees. But apparently the US Patent and Trademark Office paid attention to the flurry of negative responses and has since cancelled their Notice of...
 
Tags: trademark, dell, time dell, cloud, dell-specific, possibly dell employees, trademark office, computer hardware, data centers
 
 
 
 
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Why PCI Is Good For Business

2007-12-03 17:16:25 by RSnake in ha.ckers.org web application security lab
 
Time to take a step back and look at PCI. We all know and love it, or love to hate it for various reasons, but Id like to go back to the roots of it all and ask one question, What is PCI for? The simple answer that I can get on board the most with is that its to promote spending by increasing consumer confidence. So the obvious goal is to reduce...
 
Tags: mega huge company-a, huge, pci, security, security directly impacts, company-a, mega huge company-b, company-b, exploit
 
 
 
 
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2008-07-11 00:00:00 by Editor in Anton Chuvakin Blog -
 
Dorian Software BLOG: Mega SIEM/SEM = Mega Headaches Incite Redux: Day 3 - Best of Breed DOA | Security Incite: Analysis on Information Security
 
Tags: dorian software blog, security incite, mega siemsem, breed doa, mega headaches, incite redux, information security, analysis, day
 
 
 
 
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Storm worm dethroned by sex botnet

2008-02-04 00:00:00 by HASH0x847373c in Network World on Security
 
Romance is out and sex is in, according to security experts who said the Mega-Dik botnet has ousted the infamous Storm as the most prolific sender of spam
 
Tags: mega-dik botnet, prolific sender, infamous storm, security experts, sex, spam, romance
 
 
 
 
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Apple issues mega-monster security update

2008-03-19 07:30:11 by Editor in Computerworld Security News
 
Just a day after a remarkably large Safari update, Apple released a "frighteningly large" security update that patched nearly 90 vulnerabilities in both its own code and the third-party applications it bundles with its Tiger and Leopard operating systems
 
Tags: third-party applications, apple, security, leopard, frighteningly, tiger, bundles, systems, remarkably
 
 
 
 
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Apple mega update strikes out calendering bug

2008-05-29 18:21:57 by Editor in ElectricNews.net - SECURITY
 
Apple pushed out a bumper security and performance update on Wednesday that finally plugs a long-standing security hole
 
Tags: bumper security, apple, security hole, plugs, wednesday, performance
 
 
 
 
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Fake Porn Sites Serving Malware - Part Two

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2008-07-08 03:24:00 by Dancho Danchev in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge
What we've go here is the same malware gang using the very same malicious ISP among the ones you rarely see in any report , continuing to crunch out domain redirectors using the same templates for fake porn sites. And since some of the fake sites are actual redirectors, periodically revisting them leads to more fake codecs and even more...
 
Tags: net, malware, porn-party, porn-contact, fake porn sites, porn-play, porn-plus, porndrive, pornhelp
 
 
 
 
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Video: Iran's Mega Missile Test

2008-07-09 04:09:24 by Danger Room in Wired Security
 
Iran's Revolutionary Guards test fires a slew of missiles but there is one in particular Western observers are examining with particular care: a 56 foot-long Shahab-3 missile which, if it works as planned, has enough reported range to hit Israeli soil and some American bases overseas
 
Tags: foot-long shahab-3 missile, american bases overseas, hit israeli soil, western observers, iran, missiles, range, care, slew
 
 
 
 
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Violating OPSEC for Increasing the Probability of Malware Infection

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2008-07-11 19:39:32 by Dancho Danchev in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge
Are malware authors and the rest of the participants in fact willing to violate their OPSEC (operational security) for the sake of increasing the probability of successful malware infection by on purposely lowering down the security settings of Internet Explorer, by adding their malicious netblocks and domains into "Trusted Sites"? You bet The...
 
Tags: malware, malware authors, smitfraud, smitfraud infection, successful malware infection, sacrifice operational security, operational security, malware pcs, infamous smitfraud
 
 
 
 
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The Attack of the Spiders from the Clouds

2008-07-31 15:09:19 by Tim Bass in The Complex Event Processing Blog