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Cloudsecurity.org Interviews Guido van Rossum: Google App Engine, Python and Security

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2008-07-01 19:03:10 by Craig Balding in Cloud Security
...prevents an app from accessing data belonging to other apps cloudsecurity.org: I recently attended a fascinating talk by Justin Ferguson (a Seattle based security consultant) at eusecwest in London. He gave a great talk exploring security vulnerabilities in language interpreters and specifically highlighted some security weaknesses in Python...
 
Tags: app engine, google app engine, app, app engine treatment, security, app engine project, app engine crew, secure app engine, security vulnerabilities
 
 
 
 
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Airport Security Study

2007-12-27 06:28:31 by Editor in Schneier on Security
 
Surprising nobody, a new study concludes that airport security isn't helping: A team at the Harvard School of Public Health could not find any studies showing whether the time-consuming process of X-raying carry-on luggage prevents hijackings or attacks. They also
 
Tags: airport security, public health, harvard school, study concludes, attacks, studies, team, process
 
 
 
 
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The Random JS Malware Exploitation Kit

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2008-01-15 20:49:56 by HASH0x8be7244 in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge
...prevents detection of the malware in later forensic analyses And several more articles - " Hacking Toolkit Compromises Thousands Of Web Servers " ; " Trojan toolkit infected 10000 Web sites in December " ; " Legitimate sites serving up stealthy attacks ". Compared to all of the malware embedded attacks during 2007 which were serving the...
 
Tags: random, malware, random attack approach, cgi, local malware locations, cgi-bincert, cgi-binss, cgi-binoptions, cgi-binpstore
 
 
 
 
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Hospitals reduce cost of electronic medical records

2008-01-15 00:00:00 by Jon Brodkin in Network World on Security
 
Replacing paper medical records with electronic ones can reduce errors, and save lives, but cost and complexity prevents most doctors from upgrading
 
Tags: paper medical records, cost, complexity prevents, reduce errors, save lives, electronic, doctors
 
 
 
 
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Effective Spyware and Adware Utilities

2007-08-01 19:28:00 by jack in adware and spyware
 
...prevents adware programs to trigger annoying advertisements and sap precious system performance on your PC X-Cleaner X-Cleaner is a premier privacy software solution that is made by one of the most trusted names in anti-spyware technology. X-Cleaner effectively deletes browser and system usage tracks, shreds pictures and generates secure...
 
Tags: effective spyware, effective, spyware, adware, adware utilities, potential spyware, spyware doctor, adware tools, potential adware
 
 
 
 
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DoS attack prevents access to WordPress.com blogs

2008-02-19 00:00:00 by HASH0x8b20fe0 in Network World on Security
 
The WordPress.com blog-hosting service suffered a denial-of-service (DoS) attack that began Saturday and was still preventing users from logging in or posting to their blogs on Tuesday Fundamental Principles of Network Security Advertisement Protect the organization. Learn the 'Need To Know' aspects of network security. Free paper from APC
 
Tags: network security, attack, blogs, wordpress, dos, fundamental principles, free paper, advertisement, protect
 
 
 
 
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SDL and Web 2.0

2008-02-28 22:26:00 by sdl in The Security Development Lifecycle
 
...prevents web developers from writing client-based mashups (that is, mashups that dont use a server proxy to request data from the individual sites being mashed together) in straight DHTML. Some Rich Internet Application (RIA) frameworks, notably Adobes Flash and Microsofts Silverlight , offer mechanisms to bypass the Same Origin Policy. For...
 
Tags: web, site, chriss web site, mashups, web mashups, site cookies, persistent cross-site, cookies, benefit anyones web
 
 
 
 
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Spam - still hard to stomach

2008-04-07 11:46:45 by Stuart King in Stuart King's Security and Risk Management Blog
 
...prevents people seeing potentially offensive pictures in their e-mail. It's also possible that some images and graphics in the email alert the sender that you've opened the message, which verifies that your e-mail address is active. 4. Security awareness messages help to remind people not to be daft enough to respond to spam. For home users,...
 
Tags: email addresses online, email addresses, spam, email, spam issue, messages, spam accounts, user awareness messages, email alert
 
 
 
 
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U.S., European Views of In-Flight Cell Calls: No! Oui?

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2008-04-19 20:02:07 by Glennf in Wi-Fi Networking News
...prevents in-flight calls would be more fully spelled out as a statutory ban Meanwhile, our European cousins are experiencing turbulence in the test of mobile calls on an Air France plane: The New York Times reporter found that calling is sketchy. Outgoing calls took a few tries; incoming didn't seem to work. Despite OnAir's promotion that 12...
 
Tags: calls, flight, simultaneous calls, mobile calls, voice calls, prevents in-flight calls, test, house transportation committee, test configuration
 
 
 
 
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BT Encourages Businesses to Open Up Wi-Fi for OpenZone Expansion

2008-04-22 13:51:44 by Glennf in Wi-Fi Networking News