Daily Archives: January 17, 2008

AT&T Investigating Copyrighted Material Network Filter

Posted on January 17, 2008 by mccoyt

In one of the more interesting stories to come out of the telecom industry in recent weeks, the New York Times is reporting that AT&T is currently in the testing phases of developing a network filter that will monitor their … Continue reading →

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Microsoft announces Excel security flaw

Posted on January 17, 2008 by aodle56

According to vnunet.com, Microsoft recently announced they are actively investigating a potetially serious security flaw that targets Microsoft Excel 2003 users. Apparently, attackers can place malicious code in the Excel document header that executes upon opening the document. Upon excecution, the attacker gains … Continue reading →

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GOA says “The IRS security still sucks”

Posted on January 17, 2008 by jimg

According to a report Tuesday from the Government Accountability Office, sensitive taxpayer data housed at the IRS is critically vulnerable to security threats. The report is a follow up from March 2006 where the security problems were initially discovered. The … Continue reading →

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