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The Defense Department took as many as 1,500 computers off line because of a cyber attack, Pentagon officials said Thursday. Read More >>
Few details were released about the attack, which happened Wednesday, but Defense Secretary Robert Gates said the computer systems would be working again soon.
Last month, a Swedish Gripen fighter crashed when the pilot suddenly ejected. The pilot insisted that he had not activated the ejection system. After intense investigation, and lots of computer simulation of flight systems, investigators concluded that the pilots account of events was accurate.
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The Most Outlandish Computer Comparison Ever!
Bloat. If you think that Americans are getting fatter, take one good look at the operating system (OS) your computer is running right now. It gets larger and more weighed down with every update. We are in the third decade of global personal computing, and have we really progressed that far?
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“At our site, we use a number of techniques to detect malware infestation on our Windows XP-based PCs. One of these is the monitoring of auto-run locations in the Windows registry, because most malware installs itself to run automatically at system startup or logon time.
The other day our system called out a piece of auto-running software in the user account of a visitor to our site, who was on loan to us for a week from a UK government institution. I assumed it was yet another minor piece of drive-by malware from a Web site, took our usual first-level action (remove registry entry, delete software) and assumed that would be that.”
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he IT industry has failed when it comes to desktop security for all major operating systems. Ivan Krstic, director of security architecture for the One Laptop per Child project, kicked off the AusCert 2007 conference Monday morning with a keynote speech that blasted desktop computer security – Read More >>
including that of Windows, Linux and Macintosh machines — because it is based on a 35-year-old premise where software can run with the same privilege as a user.
The GAO report about FBI network security illustrates that the FBI “underestimates the insider risk,” according to Congressman James Sensenbrenner, who also said that the FBI is “ignoring the sad lessons of the past.” Sensenbrenner wants “to see the FBI Director hold someone accountable for this indifference to network security,” while the report outlines specific security flaws to be fixed.
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