March 18, 2010

'media' Tag Index

England Soccer Team Bugged

Recordings were made of conversations between players and coaches for England's national soccer team.
Tags: security, media, bug, England, World Cup

Pentagon Allows Portable Media

A ban on USB storage devices and other portable media has been lifted.
Tags: Storage, security, media, government, portable

China Shuts Down P2P Video-Sharing Sites

The move is part of a larger Chinese government campaign against all online porn.
Tags: video, media, IT, video, Web site

Lawmakers Want to Put TSA Genie Back in Bottle

Three congressman have asked Janet Napolitano to look for ways to stop Web sites from reposting the TSA security manual.
Tags: security, media, IT, news, Wikileaks

FTC Warns of Child Safety Risks on Virtual Worlds

Agency releases report detailing shortcomings in online child safety mechanisms.
Tags: FTC, media, security, child safety, virtual

Avast Reverses Overly Enthusiastic Security Update

The Czech antivirus company had mistakenly identified hundreds of innocent files as malware.
Tags: malware, software, media, support, update

Sophos Offers Free Data-loss Protection Apps

The move appears to be an effort to challenge similar programs sold by competing vendors.
Tags: security, virus, software, media

Security Audits: Important but Rare

A new survey finds that there is little follow-up to security audits.
Tags: search, security, software, media, Enterprise

U.S. Changes Laptop Border Search Rules

The Department of Homeland Security defended the new rules as necessary to detect information about potential terrorism plots as well as other crimes such as child pornography and copyright infringement.
Tags: Congress, privacy, security, media, laptops

Top Security Concern: Email Violations

Even more than the growing threat from malware-infested social media, e-mail security is causing big headaches at many businesses.
Tags: policy, Facebook, e-Mail, media, YouTube

Pentagon to Set up Cyber Command

Realizing the nature of modern warfare, the Cyber Command will direct the U.S. military's efforts to protect its computer infrastructure.
Tags: services, security, media, IT

Your Personal Info is Unsafe (Even Offline)

Forget the Internet, the lowly trash can is a far more dangerous place for personal data.
Tags: server, security, media, data

U.S. Cybersecurity Has a Long Way to Go

Danger of cyber attacks on U.S. computer system cannot be easily guarded against, according to an expert who wrote an analysis for the Obama administration.
Tags: security, media, IT, Symantec, cybersecurity

U.S. to Unveil 'Cyber Command' for Security

The Obama administration plans to create a new military command to focus on Pentagon computer networks and offensive capabilities in cyberwarfare.
Tags: media, IT, Gates, hackers

China Claims Not Spying Over Web

China Tuesday rejected a report suggesting it may be involved in using computer networks to spy on exiled Tibetans and foreign governments, accusing its authors of being possessed by "the ghost of the Cold War."
Tags: Copyright, security, virus, international, media

China to YouTube: Just Say No

China claims to be unafraid of the Internet, yet has apparently blocked access to YouTube.
Tags: Copyright, video, security, media, YouTube

3/13: Email-Worm.Win32.Merond.a Spreads as Attachment

Email-Worm.Win32.Merond.a spreads as an attachment to infected emails and also via file-sharing networks and removable media.
Tags: Windows, media, email, Via, networks

3/11: Mal/AutoInf-B Malicious File May Cause Execution of Malware

Mal/AutoInf-B is a malicious file that may cause malware to be executed when the media containing the file is accessed by a computer running Windows.
Tags: Windows, malware, security, media, IT

2/27: JS_Dloadr.ACF JavaScript May Pose High Threat

Trend Micro is reporting having received multiple samples of JS_Dloadr.ACF JavaScript (JS) malware from multiple, independent sources, including customer reports and internal sources.
Tags: Microsoft, Windows, malware, security, media

2/27: Xirtem@MM Mass Mail Worm Spreads Through Multiple Means

W32/Xirtem@MM is a mass mailing worm that also spreads through removable media using autorun.inf, and also by copying itself to Shared folders of Peer-2-Peer applications.
Tags: media, McAfee, content, applications

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