SecurityFocus

Emergence Emerges
Emergent Chaos - By: mordaxus, 2008-10-09
Has the concept of "emergence" -- that the whole is greater than the parts -- been proven?

Death Penalty Protestors are Terrorists
Emergent Chaos - By: mordaxus, 2008-10-09
The fifty-three people with "no evidence whatsoever of any involvement in violent crime" who were put on a list of terrorists include anti-death-penalty protesters.

Identity Manglement
Emergent Chaos - By: mordaxus, 2008-10-09
Having constructed a system that is social but for some other culture than the one human beings live in, they wonder why there's been no Identity Big Bang, and ponder deep ponderings about why after having build it, people aren't flocking to it.

I broke Opera
Matasano - By: Chris, 2008-10-08
I like Opera but it has not received as much ‘security attention’ as Firefox or Internet Explorer.

NetBackup for VMware: Buy One (Restore), Get One Free
Symantec Security Response - By: Daniel Hoffer, 2008-10-07
With NetBackup, backing up once enables you to restore either the entire VM or individual files.

Facebook Two-Faced over Data Release
Emergent Chaos - By: adam, 2008-10-07
A researcher implies that Facebook's data release really isn't that private, asking what could go wrong, and why would someone post it to Facebook expecting it to remain private. I have just one question on all of this. If the data isn't private, why did they attempt to anonymize it?

Trojan.Silentbanker Adds Rootkit Functionality
Symantec Security Response - By: Liam O Murchu, 2008-10-06
Trojan.Silentbanker has been in the wild since late last year; however, the most recent release of this Trojan has some interesting features added.

Dramatic Spike in the Number of Email Messages Containing Malware
Symantec Security Response - By: Kelly Conley, 2008-10-06
The trend of spam messages containing URL links to malicious code and/or carrying malicious payloads has dramatically spiked since May of this year.

Quantum Crypto Broken Again
Emergent Chaos - By: mordaxus, 2008-10-05
An attack against quantum cryptography uses a pulse of laser light to jam the receiver.

The (File)Name Game!
Symantec Security Response - By: Elia Florio, 2008-10-03
It's funny to see how the bad guys are still trying to entice users to run executable attachments-pushing their creativity and social engineering skills to extreme levels.