http://corqspy.org this monkey, this typewriter. Thu, 18 Jun 2009 16:32:12 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en President Obama has still not appointed anyone to the President’s Intelligence Advisory Board (PIAB), Secrecy News has learned. The PIAB has broad responsibility for conducting internal executive branch oversight of intelligence, and it is specifically charged with alerting the President to intelligence activities that may be unlawful or contrary to executive ... http://corqspy.org/?p=809 Microsoft Corp. last week issued 10 security updates that patched a record 31 vulnerabilities -- 18 marked "critical" -- in Windows, Internet Explorer, Excel, Word and other applications. The bugs are the largest number that Microsoft has patched in a single month since the company began its regular update program in ... http://corqspy.org/?p=806 The UK government has pushed back on requests that a historic site used by Britain's top code-breakers during World War II should be elevated to the same status as the Imperial War Museum. Responding to a question from Baroness McIntosh of Hudnall, whose parents met while stationed at the Bletchley Park ... http://corqspy.org/?p=804 IDG News Service - Security vendors are warning users of Microsoft's Internet Information Services 6 Web-server software that a new online attack could put their data at risk. The flaw was made public Thursday, when security researcher Nikolaos Rangos posted details of the vulnerability to the Full Disclosure security mailing list. ... http://corqspy.org/?p=802 When it comes to building the most advanced, bad-ass technologies around there are few science enclaves that can match the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. Last week the outfit detailed nine top strategic research programs in a 57-page report. The report states the programs will lead to ... http://corqspy.org/?p=800 Good news at the coding level: Memcpy and brethren, your days are numbered. At least in development shops that aspire to secure coding. Microsoft plans to formally banish the popular programming function that's been responsible for an untold number of security vulnerabilities over the years, not just in Windows but in countless ... http://corqspy.org/?p=796 The Pentagon is considering whether to create a new cyber-command that would oversee government efforts to protect the military's computer networks and would also assist in protecting the civilian government networks, the head of the National Security Agency said yesterday. The new command would be headquartered at Fort Meade, the NSA's ... http://corqspy.org/?p=794 It’s the most secure distribution version of Windows XP ever produced by Microsoft: More than 600 settings are locked down tight, and critical security patches can be installed in an average of 72 hours instead of 57 days. The only problem is, you have to join the Air Force ... http://corqspy.org/?p=792 Alert via the most excellent ISN Digest mailing list: Symantec has been outed for hosting gaping security holes on its website that could allow miscreants to remotely execute malicious code on the computers of people who visit it. The XSS, or cross-site scripting, bugs allow attackers to steal the web cookies Symantec ... http://corqspy.org/?p=789 Microsoft has rolled out eight fixes in its monthly security release that addressing 23 vulnerabilities. The volume of security bulletins in the April patch marks this release as another historic Patch Tuesday event. Five items are deemed "critical" and two are labeled "important." Finally, Microsoft rounded out the slate with ... http://corqspy.org/?p=787