Safer Internet Day Approaches
February the 6th sees this year’s Safer Internet Day which is organised by Insafe, a network of 23 nodes in 21 countries funded through the EU Safer Internet Programme, and is aimed at children and younger Internet users. Each year a series of events are run to promote safer use of the internet and draw younger […]
Reader and Weep
Ah yes, another year begins and yet again we are faced with a potentially far reaching vulnerability to deal with as we shake off the excesses of the holiday season, remember the .WMF vulnerability from last year? There is a lot of activity on various lists regarding a cross-site scripting vulnerability that has been discovered […]
Home Support at Christmas
As Christmas is rapidly looming, those of us of a technical bent will be facing the holiday season with a certain amount on trepidation as we wait for a relative or friend to utter the words “You work in IT don’t you? Can you have a quick look at the PC I got at Christmas”. […]
Terrorist Radicalisation & Recruitment on the Internet
The Institute for European Studies has launched a Blog to support its research into the topic of Terrorist Radicalisation & Recruitment on the Internet. The purpose of the project is to identify what would be involved in providing some means of preventing European citizens from accessing terrorist radical and recruiting content on the web. This […]
Tracking Santa
Formed in 1958 under a bi-national agreement between the United States and Canada, NORAD (North American Aerospace Defence Command) is a military organisation responsible for the air-defence of North America. NORAD provides warning of missile and air attacks against either Canada or the United States. Using sophisticated systems NORAD track all objects flying across North […]
Greek Authorities Fine Vodafone €76 Million for Network Breach
During the 2004 Greek Olympics persons unknown broke into the Vodafone network and installed surveillance software to monitor the calls of over 100 people including the mobile phone of the Greek Prime Minister. Greek authorities have not been able to find who was responsible for the breach. One of the reasons given is that Vodafone […]
Microsoft Confirm Another 0 Day vulnerability in Word
Microsoft has confirmed that a new 0 day vulnerability has been discovered in their Microsoft Word product. Versions Word 2000, Word 2002, Word 2003 and the Word Viewer 2003 are affected. Microsoft Word 2007 is not affected by the vulnerability. For more information see the following Microsoft Security Advisory. This vulnerability follows on from another […]
CERT Podcasts
Thanks to Gary Hinson’s excellent NoticeBored Blog I was made aware of the podcasts CERT/CC are producing entitled CERT Podcast Series: Security for Business Leaders. Some very useful information available that will help pass the time while sitting on the M50.
Establishing a National CERT in Ireland
As a nation promoting itself as a knowledge economy and the “Silicon Valley” of Europe I found it strange that Ireland does not have a Computer Emergency Response Team to provide organisations with advice and recommendations on how to defend their networks and what to do in the event their networks are attacked. As a result of […]
The US Cyber Consequences Unit Cyber-Security Checklist Released.
I received an email from Scott Borg, Director and Chief Economist of the U.S. Cyber Consequences Unit which is an independent research group that supplies the U.S. Department of Homeland Security with information on the consequences of cyber-attacks and evaluate the cost-effectiveness of countermeasures in place to prevent such attacks. As part of this research, […]