Interesting Information Security Bits for 01/19/2009

Today's Bits include anti-virus for Windows 7 Beta, hard drive failures, budget cutting, battling crsf and such, md5 collisions, and a pretty nifty joke by Microsoft developers. See below for details and have a great day.

1. If, like me, you are running Windows 7 Beta and need an anti-virus solution, fear no more. You have three options.
   Windows 7 Beta Antivirus Packs Now Available -- InformationWeek
   Tags: ( microsoft anti-virus windows-7 )
2. You may ask yourself why I am posting about hard drive failures. Never forget that one leg of the CIA triad is availability. If you have Seagate drives, you might want to check if you are effected.
   Seagate Barracuda Hard Drives Plagued By Failures -- Storage -- InformationWeek
   Tags: ( availability )
3. "Mathias" has some option some of may want to consider as we are all faced with the impact the economy is having on our companies.
   Security Manager's Journal: Eyeing risks while cutting spending
   Tags: ( general budget )
4. We have another tool to use against the evil hackers trying to hijack our browsers. This with NoScript should make your world quite a bit safer.
   RequestPolicy Firefox Extension ha.ckers.org web application security lab
   Tags: ( tools firefox crsf )
5. Didier is at it again. Good thing he is on our side :0
   Playing With Authenticode and MD5 Collisions << Didier Stevens
   Tags: ( md5 malware )
6. This is a hoot.
   Quickpost: Windows 7 Beta: ROT13 Replaced With Vigenere? Great Joke! << Didier Stevens
   Tags: ( general humor )

That's it for today. Have fun!

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Tagged as: anti-virus, Firefox, humor, Tools, Windows 7