The VOIP Security Alliance, or VOIPSA, launches today. So far, 22 entities, including security experts, researchers, operators and equipment vendors, have signed up. They range from equipment vendor Siemens and phone company Qwest to research organization The SANS Institute. Their goal…
HNS – A Simple Guide to Securing USB Memory Sticks Since their introduction the USB memory stick has been hailed by those fed up with the shortcomings of the floppy. Their small physical size, satisfactory speed and ever-increasing storage capacity…
MSN Messenger Worm Packs Double PunchAnti-virus vendors have raised the threat level on a double-barrelled MSN Messenger worm that lures users with the promise of sexy image files. The worm, identified as W32/Bropia, arrives as a download link within MSN…
Microsoft Licenses Analog Anti-rip Technology CD copy-protection specialist Macrovision is to work with Microsoft to ensure their respective DRM and anti-rip technologies are interoperable, the two companies said this week. Sounds straightforward enough, but the deal runs deeper. Microsoft agreed…
I cringe every time my kids play an online game from a source I am not familiar with. This is one of the reasons that machine is stand-alone and isolated from the rest of the network. Seems some Asian game…
The Globus Consortium, founded by Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Intel, and Sun Microsystems, announced today plans to design and market commercial grid-computing software applications. The consortium will promote technical standards to make grid computing a viable option for businesses. With a quarter…
Wired News Report The Ciphire Mail application, free for individual users, nonprofit organizations and the press, works in conjunction with all standard e-mail programs. It operates almost invisibly in the background, encrypting and decrypting e-mail missives and digitally signing each…