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  • Don't fire people until after you wipe their phones

    A very commonly required feature for mobile access to email is remote wipe - the ability to reach out and wipe all corporate data off a mobile device. Exchange ActiveSync supports this feature and has for several versions now. You, as the Exchange or Security administrator can issue a remote wipe command...
    Posted to Jesper's Blog (Weblog) by jesper on Thu, Apr 8 2010

  • Don't fire people until after you wipe their phones

    A very commonly required feature for mobile access to email is remote wipe - the ability to reach out and wipe all corporate data off a mobile device. Exchange ActiveSync supports this feature and has for several versions now. You, as the Exchange or Security administrator can issue a remote wipe command...
    Posted to Jesper's Blog (Weblog) by Anonymous on Thu, Apr 8 2010

  • Fake Anti-Malware is Apparently Microsoft's Fault

    Munir Kotadia, an IT Journalist in Australia, has finally managed to figure out how to blame Microsoft for the fake anti-malware epidemic. Apparently, the reason is that "Microsoft could save the world from fake security applications by introducing a whitelist for apps from legitimate security firms"...
    Posted to Jesper's Blog (Weblog) by jesper on Sat, Oct 24 2009

  • Fake Anti-Malware is Apparently Microsoft's Fault

    Munir Kotadia, an IT Journalist in Australia, has finally managed to figure out how to blame Microsoft for the fake anti-malware epidemic. Apparently, the reason is that "Microsoft could save the world from fake security applications by introducing a whitelist for apps from legitimate security firms"...
    Posted to Jesper's Blog (Weblog) by Anonymous on Sat, Oct 24 2009

  • Web Of Trust: RIP

    It's official. I just received an e-mail from Thawte notifying me that, as of November 16, 2009, the most innovative and useful idea in PKI since its inception, the Web of Trust , will die. Thawte was founded 14 years ago by Mark Shuttleworth. The primary purpose was to get around the then-current...
    Posted to Jesper's Blog (Weblog) by jesper on Wed, Oct 14 2009

  • Web Of Trust: RIP

    It's official. I just received an e-mail from Thawte notifying me that, as of November 16, 2009, the most innovative and useful idea in PKI since its inception, the Web of Trust , will die. Thawte was founded 14 years ago by Mark Shuttleworth. The primary purpose was to get around the then-current...
    Posted to Jesper's Blog (Weblog) by Anonymous on Wed, Oct 14 2009

  • And finally, standard user malware

    Today I finally got wind of my first piece of true standard user malware. MS Antispyware 2008 has turned standard user. The version in question installs the binaries in c:\documents and settings\all users\application data\<something>, and makes itself resident by infecting HKCU\...\Run. Curiously...
    Posted to Jesper's Blog (Weblog) by jesper on Tue, Sep 1 2009

  • And finally, standard user malware

    Today I finally got wind of my first piece of true standard user malware. MS Antispyware 2008 has turned standard user. The version in question installs the binaries in c:\documents and settings\all users\application data\<something>, and makes itself resident by infecting HKCU\...\Run. Curiously...
    Posted to Jesper's Blog (Weblog) by Anonymous on Tue, Sep 1 2009

  • Is it ActiveX that is the problem?

    Last week, an expert from Verizon, nee Cybertrust, posted a note about the Active Template Library (ATL) security vulnerability over on the Verizon Business Security Blog . For home users, the phone company now advises you to use a different browser, ostensibly because IE and ActiveX are inherently insecure...
    Posted to Jesper's Blog (Weblog) by jesper on Sun, Aug 9 2009

  • Is it ActiveX that is the problem?

    Last week, an expert from Verizon, nee Cybertrust, posted a note about the Active Template Library (ATL) security vulnerability over on the Verizon Business Security Blog . For home users, the phone company now advises you to use a different browser, ostensibly because IE and ActiveX are inherently insecure...
    Posted to Jesper's Blog (Weblog) by Anonymous on Sun, Aug 9 2009
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