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SSH Password attacks using domain name elements as userid

SSH Password attacks using domain name elements as userid, (Fri, Jan 27th)
A reader (Thanks Jim!) mentioned earlier today that his SSHlogs were showing access attempts u ...(more)...

CISCO Ironport C & M Series telnet vulnerability, (Fri, Jan 27th)
In case you missed it there is a vulnerability in the CISCOIronport telnet service. Details ca ...(more)...

ISC StormCast for Friday, January 27th 2012 http://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail.html?id=2287, (Fri, Jan 27th)
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ISC Feature of the Week: ISC Link Back, (Wed, Jan 25th)
Overview Need to attribute information to ISC? Want to provide users with an avenue to visit the I ...(more)...

pcAnywhere users – patch now!, (Wed, Jan 25th)
Symantec released a patch for pcAnywhere products that fixes couple of vulnerabilities, among which ...(more)...

ISC StormCast for Thursday, January 26th 2012 http://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail.html?id=2284, (Thu, Jan 26th)
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ISC StormCast for Wednesday, January 25th 2012 http://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail.html?id=2281, (Wed, Jan 25th)
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Is it time to get rid of NetBIOS?, (Tue, Jan 24th)
NetBIOS, and its weaknesses that allow extremely easy spoofing have been well known all the way sinc ...(more)...

ISC StormCast for Tuesday, January 24th 2012 http://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail.html?id=2278, (Tue, Jan 24th)
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Javascript DDoS Tool Analysis, (Sun, Jan 22nd)
Last week's denial of service attack agains the Department of Justice (justice.gov), ...(more)...
 
 
Microsoft Research News
 

Inside Microsoft Research: Doubloon Dash—A Quest for Understanding
Researchers from Microsoft Research Cambridge have released Doubloon Dash, a Facebook game that enables research into how people’s online behavior compares to models derived from game theory.

Donald Brinkman Polymath, Poet, Gaming Geek
Meet Microsoft Research Connections' Donald Brinkman, polymath, poet, gaming geek and the mastermind behind Project Epiphyte, a plan to “overwhelm the world with a green plague of creativity in the form of millions of epiphytes.”

A World of NUI: Steve Hodges
Steve Hodges of the Sensors and Devices team at Microsoft Research Cambridge discusses natural user interfaces in the wake of his demonstrations of KinectEffect during CES 2012.

Managing the Scientific Data Explosion: A Response to the OSTP Digital Data RFI
Microsoft has responded to the U.S. White House's request for information on public access to digital data resulting from federally funded scientific research.

Big, Burly Challenges: Rane Johnson-Stempson
Rane Johnson-Stempson, director of Education and Scholarly Communications for Microsoft Research Connections, discusses the challenges education and technology must address over the next few years.

James Mickens: the Funniest Man in Microsoft Research
James Mickens is one of the funniest people at Microsoft. He recently took time to chat about his work – and so much more.

Where Many Different Networks Come Together: Jennifer Tour Chayes
What do phase transitions, online advertising rates, human genetics, and children’s use of Facebook have in common? They’re all about networks, and standing at the center is Jennifer Tour Chayes, head of Microsoft Research New England.

It's Been Fun, Just Don't Follow in My Footsteps
Chris Bishop, head of the Machine Learning and Perception group at Microsoft Research Cambridge, discusses his passion for machine learning.

Where Creativity Meets Technology
Days before Jennifer Chayes, managing director of Microsoft Research New England, participates in a panel discussion about building a talent pipeline in Massachusetts, she found time for a chat with The Boston Globe.

Cracking Teenagers’ Online Codes
danah boyd provides an electric Gen Y contrast to the staid gray lobby of Microsoft Research in Cambridge, Mass., but she is a widely respected figure in social media research.

Kolkata Makes Way for TechVista 2012
TechVista, Microsoft Research India’s annual symposium focusing on the future of computer-science research, will be held Jan. 20 at Science City in Kolkata.

A Wireless Road Around Data Traffic Jams
Microsoft researchers are testing wireless links, mounted atop server racks, to supply extra bandwidth for moving data along at crunch times at data centers.

How I Remember: The Lifelogger
Gordon Bell of Microsoft Research records much of his life on a specially developed camera, which can be used to remember where you left your keys.

Video: Watch Me Get the KinectFusion Treatment
KinectFusion, a research project from Microsoft Research Cambridge, was a featured part of CES 2012.

Information-Rich Eyeballs? Talking to Microsoft’s Desney Tan About the Functional Contact Lens
Desney Tan of Microsoft Research is teaming with the University of Washington to build a contact lens that provides the wearer with a fully configurable display of digital information.

Microsoft Research Raises the Bar in Social-Media Research
Three leading researchers will be joining danah boyd on the social-media research team at Microsoft Research New England.

Video: Wearable Technology in the Microsoft CES booth: Pt1
The Printing Dress from Microsoft Research made its public debut during CES 2012.

Microsoft Reinvents Wi-Fi for White Spaces
Researchers show that they can make more efficient use of the airwaves than previously thought. But now Congress has to notice.

Microsoft Research and National Center for Women & IT Announce Winners of Computing Higher Education Seed Fund
$50,000 awarded to pilot programs that encourage participation of women.

Inside Microsoft Research: Tennenholtz Wins Multi-Agent Award
Moshe Tennenholtz of Technion and Microsoft Research New England has been named winner of the 2012 Autonomous Agents Research Award.
 
 
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