6th August 2006 Archive
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Researchers warn over web worms
Right here, right now
LAS VEGAS - Exploiting a lack of security checks in browsers and Web servers, web worms and viruses are likely to become a major threat to surfers, security researchers speaking at the Black Hat Briefings warned on Thursday. In separate presentations, researchers showed off techniques for using Javascript code on Web pages to …
Malware 6 Aug 2006, 07:02
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Police data leak case clashes with Durant judgment
Jilted lover's sister traces policeman-ex
A police employee has been found guilty of using police systems to pass on information about a policeman to his jilted lover. Jacqueline Rooney breached the Data Protection Act, the criminal appeals court found. The judgment clashes with a recent verdict which seemed to define personal information very narrowly, according to a …
Music and Media 6 Aug 2006, 07:02
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More on CMDB – and Active Repositories
Report of a reader conversation on email
I've been having a conversation (via email) with BillN, prompted by my piece on CMDB here. I thought that I’d reproduce the conversation, with his permission, and see if anyone else had ideas in this area (there's some more background on CMDB here). BillN: That was verrry interesting… A planning tool that can use the CMDB for …
Developer 6 Aug 2006, 09:56
