Nashing TeethSo Mike Nash says Redmond is getting better at security. His point is that with fewer announced vulnerabilities in XP SP2 and faster response time they are addressing the problem.September 20, 2005 by Richard Stiennon in Security
Anyone else notice....That a lot of recent news items point to China? Hmmm...September 20, 2005 by Richard Stiennon in Tech Industry
The STIENNON Fall Road Show reprintedGet the T-Shirt! Or, attend one of these meetings and I will sign your very own copy of the State of Spyware Report!September 19, 2005 by Richard Stiennon in Storage
The STIENNON Fall '05 Road ShowGet the T-Shirt! Or, attend one of these meetings and I will sign your very own copy of the State of Spyware Report!September 12, 2005 by Richard Stiennon in Storage
Profiting from disasterSomething about human nature makes us reactionary.Why is it so hard to learn from hardships that befall others?September 7, 2005 by Richard Stiennon in Big Data
Alaska Anti-Spyware bill signed into lawThe new law signed by Alaska's Governor adds to the expense and complication of being an adware vendor in the United States. Note to venture firms that seem to think preying on people's desktops is a good strategy.September 2, 2005 by Richard Stiennon in Legal
Did you notice?The IT recession is over. In an astounding demonstration of clear vision and observation of reality an ex-analyst has called the end of the recession in informtaition technology.August 25, 2005 by Richard Stiennon in Tech Industry
Zotob: Starting to feel a little bit like Nimda.It is finaly cooling off in the Midwest and East. What a yucky hot humid summer it has been!August 24, 2005 by Richard Stiennon in CXO
The Multiple Token Dilemma. Get Over it.I love to look for truisms and turn them around. This is a great way to come up with new ideas.August 23, 2005 by Richard Stiennon in Mobility
Customs Melt DownI know it is getting too easy to point the finger of blame at organizations that are still running old versions of software and not taking care to patch them. But I still need to point out how critical systems are all around us.August 22, 2005 by Richard Stiennon in Security
Condition YellowHeads up. The SANS Internet Storm Center has posted a condition yellow because:The Infocon status is now yellow, due to the MSDDS.August 19, 2005 by Richard Stiennon in Security
Meet and GreetIf you are in New York City next week and would like to meet me you can join us for cocktails and stuff in Bryant Park. Webroot's amazing marketing team is pulling this together.August 19, 2005 by Richard Stiennon in Tech Industry
FI Bashing at The InquirerOuch! Charlie Demerjian at TheInquirer.com pulled no punches in his criticism of "a large financial institution" for getting infected with the Zotob worm.August 19, 2005 by Richard Stiennon in Security
Zotob being feltCNN, ABC, even Caterpillar are suffering from Zotob infections according to reports. I say *even* Caterpillar because I consider them a "best practices" company in technology.August 16, 2005 by Richard Stiennon in Security
How Zotob worksFrom someone on the Security Focus list known only as hc03d:here is what the worm does:Spreading using Plug and Play service vulnerabilityThe worm scans for systems vulnerable to Microsoft Windows Plug and Play service (MS05-039) through TCP/445.It creates 300 threads that connect to random IP addresses within the B-class (255.August 16, 2005 by Richard Stiennon in Security