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Message claims that South African communications company, MTN, is giving away free Nokia phones to those who forward the email to eight or more people. Full story...

Posted February 26th, 2009 under General Security, Internet Security. Comments: None

Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner was selected the winner in the Web Application Security category of the WindowSecurity.com Readers' Choice Awards. Defiance Threat Management System and SecureIIS Web Server Protection were first runner-up and second runner-up. Full story...

Posted February 26th, 2009 under Internet Security, Windows Security. Comments: None

Email, purporting to be from McDonald's, claims that recipients can get a $50 bonus for filling in a "quick 7 question survey". Full story...

Posted February 26th, 2009 under General Security, Internet Security. Comments: None

Email, purporting to be from the Finance Director of the "Children Support Foundation", offers the recipient a part time job receiving and processing payments. Full story...

Posted February 25th, 2009 under General Security, Internet Security. Comments: None

Microsoft released Smooth Streaming extension component beta for IIS7. Here is a short description of Smooth Streaming: Smooth Streaming enables affordable adaptive streaming of media to Silverlight clients over HTTP.  It dynamically detects current network and local PC conditions, and seamlessly switches the video quality of a media file that a Silverlight player receives. more... Full story...

Posted February 24th, 2009 under Internet Security, Windows Security. Tags: News. Comments: None

Marc Fossi manages research and development for Symantec Security Response where his primary role is executive editor of the Symantec Internet Security Threat Report. The Internet Security Threat Repo... Full story...

Posted February 23rd, 2009 under All Security Articles, Internet Security. Comments: None

BOSTON » 2/23/2009 » Citrix Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: CTXS), the global leader in application delivery infrastructure, today unveiled a groundbreaking new version of Citrix® XenServer™ – the company's enterprise-class, cloud-proven virtualization platform – that will be offered free of charge to any user for unlimited production deployment.  While basic hypervisors have been free for years, most have had limited practical use in real world environments. more... Full story...

Posted February 23rd, 2009 under Internet Security, Windows Security. Tags: News. Comments: None

Email claims that attached photographs depict a very large type of crab called the Coconut Crab because of its ability to crack coconuts with its strong claws. Full story...

Posted February 22nd, 2009 under General Security, Internet Security. Comments: None

Protest message claims that US President Barack Obama has signed an executive order presidential determination that will allow hundreds of thousands of Palestinians to resettle in the United States. Full story...

Posted February 19th, 2009 under General Security, Internet Security. Comments: None

Email claims that Indian Babu Sassi, a crane operator working on the construction of the Burj Dubai, the world's tallest building, lives inside the crane's cabin because it takes too long to come down each day. Full story...

Posted February 18th, 2009 under General Security, Internet Security. Comments: None

Secure start-up of encryption services in a typical retail POS configuration can be provided by implementing the following (very general) best practices. Each Local Security (Encryption) Service sh... Full story...

Posted February 18th, 2009 under All Security Articles, Internet Security. Comments: None

Microsoft Application Request Routing (ARR) Version 1 for IIS 7 has been released. ARR enables Web server administrators and hosting providers and to increase Web application reliability and scalability through rule-based routing and load balancing of HTTP server requests. more... Full story...

Posted February 17th, 2009 under Internet Security, Windows Security. Tags: News. Comments: None

Remember the first time you drove a car on your own, and you’d get a kick from the sensation of sheer speed? Unfortunately, you also have to learn the mundane stuff like how to turn, stop and reverse ... Full story...

Posted February 16th, 2009 under All Security Articles, Internet Security. Comments: None

Firmly established as Europe's premier event for information security directors, the 2009 summit will bring together outstanding speakers from business & government to share direct experiences. Case s... Full story...

Posted February 16th, 2009 under All Security Articles, Internet Security. Comments: None

Email claims that attached photographs show a massive man-eating catfish caught in the Furong Reservoir in Huadu, China. Full story...

Posted February 14th, 2009 under General Security, Internet Security. Comments: None

Email claims that attached photographs show a wild koala that came inside a back porch to seek relief from a heatwave that struck southern Australia in early 2009. Full story...

Posted February 12th, 2009 under General Security, Internet Security. Comments: None