| Apple fixes QuickTime spyware flaw
The latest security patch for Mac OS X fixes a QuickTime vulnerability that could let attackers capture images from a user's screen and upload them to a remote site. Apple said that the vulnerability does not affect Windows users or versions of Mac OS prior to 10.4. The vulnerability is not related to the QuickTime flaw that spread through social networking site MySpace last week. The new flaw involves QuickTime for Java, a component that lets Java applets display QuickTime movies, and Quartz Composer, a software tool used to render images in Mac OS. According to Apple, an attacker could place JavaScript code on a website that would use the QuickTime for Java component to obtain screen images and send them to a remote location, possibly allowing the attacker to obtain sensitive information displayed on the screen.
Defense preaches good Netiquette
Those around when the Internet first flourished commercially might remember the term Netiquette. It sounds quaint today, but back in the day, when you first hopped online, you had to learn a set of rulesInternet etiquette so to speakto stay in the good graces of the Cyber Elite. These rules may have seemed arbitrary to the new users, particularly as they were flamed for not following such practices. Many prescriptions were supported by common sense though. For instance, one rule I remember (and still try to abide by) was to always send e-mail in plain text. This was smart. Certainly, e-mail clients such as Eudora could fancy up electronic missives with all manner of pretty fonts and colorful backgrounds. The resulting e-mails may have looked nice to the sender, but there was absolutely no guarantee that the recipient (or recipients, if you were on a mailing list) had software that could render these e-mails correctly.
Cyberoam Partner Training Program on Identity-based Security with GateWorx
Cyberoam, the provider of Identity-based Unified Threat Management (UTM) appliances for Internet security, today announced a five-day Partner Training Program in Egypt in association with GateWorx, Cyberoam's exclusive distributor for the region. The comprehensive training is scheduled from 23-28 December. The Cyberoam Partner Training Program aims to empower its partners from Egypt, Libya and Saudi Arabia with complete information on changing threat scenario and network security needs of enterprises. "Cyberoam's Partner Training Program is designed to strengthen the technical and security expertise of our partners," says Harish Chib, VP-Marketing, Cyberoam. "Identity-based internet security enables enterprises to create security policies in accordance with their business requirements while maintaining high levels of threat protection.
Taking stock of winners and losers
In 2006, the big losers were defined by the scandal that erupted over executives who received big paydays from stock options backdated to low points in a company's stock price. In the winners' column, there were Internet whiz kids who made a billion, and some big surprises, including a disgraced banker who found redemption. WINNER: WARREN BUFFETT The world's second-richest man said this summer he would give away 85 percent of his fortune — about $37.4 billion worth of stock in Berkshire Hathaway, the company he runs — to five charitable foundations, with the greatest share, about $31 billion, going to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, dedicated to improving health and education, especially in poor nations. Buffett, the billionaire investor and executive, said he never seriously considered doing anything with his $44 billion fortune except giving it all away.
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