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H1N1 (Swine) Flu Preparedness - Guide for Critical Infrastructure and Key Resources
This morning I stumbled across a guide by the US Health & Human Services with regards to H1N1. Even though it did not catch much news lately I am not sure whether it is really over. Staying prepared it definitely not a bad thing. Even though it is Read More...
Posted 16 September 09 07:33 by rhalbh | 0 Comments   
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Blaster’s Birthday
I guess you remember the day back in 2003: I was actually on vacation when I was called in back to the Microsoft offices as we had some strange things going on… It was the day of the Blaster breakout. The first time I personally had to deal with a very Read More...
Posted 12 August 09 11:03 by rhalbh | 0 Comments   
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A few comments to yesterday’s Out of Band
It is pretty typical – these things often happen, when I have a really bad Internet connection ;-). However, I am back home and the connection is kind of better now… I guess you have seen and heard about the two out of band updates we shipped yesterday. Read More...
Posted 29 July 09 01:50 by rhalbh | 0 Comments   
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SANS: Recent attacks and a false sense of security
Well, as I am not really working, just a quick one: http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=6787&rss Roger Read More...
Posted 16 July 09 09:47 by rhalbh | 0 Comments   
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Distributed Denial of Service – and how it works
I often get asked about Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks, how it works and what role we can play to prevent them. So, let me start with the first part of it: Our Security Intelligence Report version 5 talked about the underground economy and Read More...
Posted 08 July 09 01:30 by rhalbh | 0 Comments   
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CDC and the Way They Communicate about the Swine Flu
This is impressive to me: I was looking at the website of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the way they use the Internet and social media to communicate about the Swine Flu. They use all the latest media like Widgets, websites for mobile Read More...
Posted 01 May 09 08:41 by rhalbh | 0 Comments   
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Why you should not use P2P Windows 7 Builds
This is not about piracy and not about leaks and not about… I am waiting for the new RC build as you are. I am running an intermediate build between Beta and RC and would love to upgrade all my machines (including my MediaCenter) to RC. However, I refrain Read More...
Posted 30 April 09 02:36 by rhalbh | 1 Comments   
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The Potential of Misinformation on the Web
I am blogging, I am on Twitter , I have a Facebook-Account and many others. I am not always completely clear what the real business model and value of all the tools are but basically there is a lot of fun in it. Additionally information flows much faster Read More...
Posted 29 April 09 01:55 by rhalbh | 1 Comments   
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How much does a lost Laptop cost?
I stumbled upon this study today commissioned by Intel and executed by Ponemon. They key findings were: The average value of a lost laptop is $49,246. This value is based on seven cost components: replacement cost, detection, forensics, data breach, lost Read More...
Posted 27 April 09 02:14 by rhalbh | 1 Comments   
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Finjan reports world's largest Botnet
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Posted 24 April 09 11:45 by rhalbh | 0 Comments   
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Security Intelligence Report: “Scareware” on the Raise
You know that we release our Security Intelligence Report twice an year: Today Version 6 is due. Let me try to give you an overview of the “highlights” of the report from my point of view: As I wrote in the title and as I blogged about this summer ( „Scareware“ Read More...
Posted 08 April 09 08:50 by rhalbh | 2 Comments   
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Conficker – Are you infected?
I just found this pretty clever website which bases its statement with regards to your possible Conficker infection on the information whether you are able to access certain websites: http://www.joestewart.org/cfeyechart.html Pretty clever Roger Read More...
Posted 03 April 09 03:00 by rhalbh | 0 Comments   
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Conficker.D and April 1st
Will the Internet world end on April 1st? This is at least the impression I got from reading the press in the last couple of days. It seems that some story spun off and started to develop a life of its own. What is really going to happen on April 1st? Read More...
Posted 28 March 09 10:59 by rhalbh | 2 Comments   
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What happens with Conficker on April 1st?
I would love to know… You probably saw a lot of blog posts recently about “Conficker to strike back on April 1st” or similar. If you are interested in what is know about Conficker and April 1st, read our encyclopedia entry on Conficker.D and you should Read More...
Posted 18 March 09 11:39 by rhalbh | 2 Comments   
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You deployed MS09-008 – are you now protected?
You might have seen several reports that MS09-008 does not protect you from the vulnerabilities. We reviewed these claims and customers who have deployed MS09-008 are protected from the four vulnerabilities. If you want to have the details, you should Read More...
Posted 14 March 09 04:18 by rhalbh | 3 Comments   
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