Hot to set up a Wi-Fi Hotspot

Very in-depth and very technical white paper on how to set up wireless hotspots. Covers mobile stations, access points, switches, routers, servers, security, performance as well as giving examples of many types of 802.11 commercial wireless hotspot installations.

Application Proxies: No Reviving the Dream

The shortcomings of today's security products have some security experts feeling a little nostalgic for the proxy, but the technology never really took off.

Ambassador Bolton: Unanimity Not Necessary on Iran

"Iran remained defiant Thursday as a U.N. deadline arrived for it to halt uranium enrichment, and the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations said unanimity among the Security Council was not needed to take action against Tehran."

SiteAdvisor Blacklists Legitimate Security Sites

Great example of why Site Advisors automated approach isn't the best solution. Numerous well known and respected security sites are being blacklisted for the stupidest of reasons - meanwhile, plenty of malware pushing sites and extremely nasty porn sites get away with green ratings!

Realtime 3D Surveillance Security System

This new security system allows one to view, in real time, a three dimensional layout of large areas complete with the location of everyone there. The system uses special 360-degree "OmniView" cameras to detect where people are, then creates a large 3-D model to display people's whereabouts for security agents.

Linux - Mod Security presentation configuration, monitoring, and tweaking

Paul Gray has been using mod_security for over a year (after one of his servers was compromised), and shares his knowledge of configuration, monitoring, and tweaking... If you can make it through the first 3 minutes of pre-presentation banter the presentation itself is decent

Sony Settles Canadian Class Actions over Rootkit

Sony has settled its outstanding class action lawsuits in Canada over the secret use of a rootkit that rendered thousands of computers vulnerable to a security breach. Settlement terms are the same as those in the U.S.

New Security Threat: 'SMiShing'

IT users have a new type of threat to worry about -- phishing via SMS. Read on for what you need to know now.

YouTube Whistle Blowing

Lockheed engineer Michael De Kort became frustrated after he repeatedly warned Coast Gaurd officials about security problems,and cold weather malfunctioning problems in Coast Gaurd boat equipment De Kort decided to take matters into his own hands and post a video to YouTube explaining the problems.

Airline insecurity: Pilot locked out of cockpit after bathroom trip.

Airplane cockpits are now so secure even the pilot can't get in. Seems like an example of great contingency planning.

Patient info on computer stolen from Labcorp in NJ

A medical lab is notifying patients that a computer with sensitive personal information was stolen from its Prospect Plains Road sample-collection center in Monroe Township, NJ. LabCorp is identifying patients who may have had their names and Social Security numbers on a computer stolen from its Monroe Patient Service Center.

ID Database Is Hacked Yet Again - But It Is Perfectly Safe

Tony Blair's plan for a national identity card has been dealt a fresh blow by the revelation that several government officials have been sacked for breaching security around the databases on which the scheme will be based.

Site uses images to fight Phishing

Brian Krebs at the Washington Post Security Blog writes about e-gold.com using a technique to notify visitors to fake e-gold sites. They are greeted by banner images advertising that the page they are on is FAKE/FRAUDULENT.

U.S. has no medical plans ready for nuclear explosion

The U.S. government does not have plans for treating people downwind from a nuclear attack for radiation exposure, a report released Thursday concludes. The study by the Physicians for Social Responsibility also faults the Homeland Security Department for lacking communication plans to tell the public whether to evacuate or take shelter

Brits happy to ditch civil liberties

According to a recent poll, It seems that three out of four Brits would happily hand over their civil liberties in exchange for better security against terrorist attacks. All of which is a bit worring, and seems to fall into exactly what the terrorists want....

Stolen laptops are only the beginning

As mobile devices get smaller, and increasingly relevant to business operations, enterprise security hangs in the balance.

VIA Makes Security Easy for Microsoft® Windows® based Application

New Delhi , 31 August 2006 - VIA Technologies, Inc, a leading innovator and developer of silicon chip technologies and PC platform solutions, today released the VIA PadLockâ?¢ Cryptographic Service Provider (CSP),

Old cellphones can't keep secrets.

Passwords? Love talk? It can all be retrieved. Security lapses arise after phones are resold

To Stop Terror, Track Everyone In USA

When it comes to aviation security, we need to learn from a country that hasn't had a hijacking since 1968, Israel. The reason isn't a secret: The Israelis know who boards their planes before they board them.

Iraqi Troops Will Take Over Second Province Next Month

Even through the violence of Iraq, progress is happening. From the page: "Al-Maliki said Iraqi security forces will take over Dhi Qar province in September, and will take over the control of more provinces during the rest of the year."

Chertoff backs air traveler registry

Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff strongly backed a program Wednesday that would ease airport security for passengers who pass voluntary background checks to show they aren't terrorists. Chertoff told USA TODAY that checking air travelers' backgrounds, including phone numbers and travel histories, would improve security.

Ahmadinejad vows Iran will never renounce nuclear energy

TEHRAN (AFX) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad vowed that Iran will 'never renounce peaceful nuclear energy', as a UN Security Council deadline was set to expire for Tehran to halt sensitive nuclear work.

[IN]SECURE Magazine issue 8 released

(IN)SECURE Magazine is a freely available digital security magazine discussing some of the hottest information security topics. It can be distributed only in the form of the original non-modified PDF document.

INTERVIEW Diageo's duty-free sales collapse as security measures hit revenu

LONDON (AFX) - Diageo PLC today sounded a note of caution over future levels of duty-free sales at Britain''s airports as sales of its leading drinks brands have nose-dived in the few weeks since the introduction of new passenger security measures.

Have you seen this recently? "Your PC is Not Safe!" Trojan install ensues.

I saw this this morning on one of the forums I frequent. "You surf adult related sites. Many files are stored on your hard drive.These files show what sites you have visited. DriveCleaner eliminates them all!" and a link to **Don't click link below it will install TROJAN on machine** http://go.drivecleaner.com/MzgzOQ==/2/2291/ax=1/e

Transformer face?

Michael Bay and the producers of TRANSFORMERS were looking to keep the design of the robots under wraps until very close to the film's release. They cited Peter Jackson's KING KONG as an example of how revealing too much of your creature too early can backfire. Unfortunately for the production team, cracks are starting to show in the security and l

ID card fears as staff hack into Britain's Home Office database

Office staff are hacking into the department's computers, putting at risk the privacy of 40million people in Britain. The security breaches occurred at the Identity and Passport Service, which is setting up the National Identity Register to provide access to individuals' health, financial and police records as part of the new I.D. program.

Oil unions set to strike in Delta

The Nigerian oil workers' unions have decided to stage a brief strike to express their concern at the lack of security in the Niger Delta.

Headaches from security updates for Firefox and Thunderbird

Until MSI packages are provided by Mozilla, it is difficult for me to accept Firefox and Thunderbird as "enterprise software". In a Windows Server environment, MSI packages are a must for easy deployment, management, and auditing.

Is this a prison or a city

San Pedro prison, the biggest in Bolivia's main city, La Paz, is home to about 1,500 inmates. Once you pass the thick walls and the security gates, any resemblance to a normal jail disappears: there are children playing, market stalls, restaurants, hairdressers and even a hotel. Is looks more like a city than a jail. See more.

Iran's nuke deadline arrives

Facing today's U.N. Security Council deadline to stop its uranium enrichment activities, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad promised not to give into Western interests. "They should know that the Iranian nation will not yield to pressure and will not let its rights be trampled on," Ahmadinejad said in a televised speech.

Watch hundreds of live streaming security webcams!

Using a simple query in Google we can easy find tons of free to view security cams of schools, parking lots, towns, offices and more.

Application-level virtualization for Windows

Federico Biancuzzi interviews Eyal Dotan, who has developed application-level virtualization software that protects Windows hosts from malware. They discuss the architecture, advantages of this design, performance, and how this method could be applied to servers running Windows or be ported to other OSes.

System Security, an Ongoing Theatre of War

Security is an ongoing theatre of war where the latest vulnerabilities and digital invasions are continuously springing out from anywhere and anytime. Businesses are munched through security threats. The biggest challenge for safety purveyors and customers is to safeguard their machine vulnerabilities aimed by the latest attacks.

Gun Control Security Camera

This is security of Scott Kildall’s Gun Control, which integrates a “police-issue” revolver and video camera

US state department deployed ioimage's intelligent video solution

US State Department has deployed ioimage’s video surveillance system at a compound in Kabul, Afghanistan to protect the facility from security breaches. ioimage's intelligent video appliances enable dozens of pan/tilt/zoom and fixed cameras to monitor activity outside the compound and to alert security guards to suspicious events.

Oracle's Ellison to take stage at next RSA confab

The high-profile RSA Conference has proven to be a worthwhile podium for Microsoft's security message, and now Oracle is following suit.

Breaking: U.S. Drafting Sanctions as Iran Ignores Deadline

With Iran defying a Thursday deadline to halt production of nuclear fuel, the United States and three European allies are assembling a list of sanctions they would seek in the United Nations Security Council, beginning with restrictions on imports of nuclear-related equipment and material.

Harper Must Better Define Canadian Role In Afghanistan

A recent article in the British Columbian newspaper The Province looked at the possibility of utilizing Canadian troops in "defensive" positions in Afghanistan, creating strongholds of safe villages and towns that would reasonate freedom and security throughout the region. The idea is along the lines of a "think globally, act locally" approach