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SMPTE updates its AI report: a roadmap for media engineers
SMPTE’s revised AI report defines where AI stands in media: open source, agentic systems, security, ethics, and data. Read before you automate.
Autodesk Warns of Maya Script Exploit
A malicious script can alter Maya settings, execute code and spread through MA and MB scene files. Autodesk issued a cleanup tool.
Security and VFX
While researching storage, hardware and the other topics for this focus, one topic kept popping up: with all the new ways to work on different data-sets, the security aspect plays an important role. So we asked the head of one of the most widely distributed studio groups – Henric Larsson, CEO of Chimney.
First Aid for the QuickTime Security Flaw
Our colleagues at Slashcam kindly took the trouble to address the most pressing questions about the QuickTime security flaw. An excerpt.
3ds Max: Service Pack 1 and Security Fix
Autodesk is offering service packs for 3ds Max and 3ds Max Design 2015 as free downloads. Bugs are fixed and the Heartbleed security vulnerability is closed.
Spending on IT Security Will Rise in 2009
Finjan’s latest web-security study shows that companies will increase their IT security budgets in 2009 while tending to cut overall IT budgets.
BullGuard Releases Internet Security 8.5
Security, ease of use and performance remain BullGuard’s guiding principles
Kaspersky Lab at Security Essen for the First Time
Russian IT Security Specialist on Site with Current Business Solutions.
10th International Partner Conference: Kaspersky Lab Draws a Positive Conclusion
Close relationships with partners remain the highest priority
Kaspersky Lab Presents Its Extreme Malware Chart for June 2008
The small ones are getting bigger and the big ones smaller again—despite the start of summer, Kaspersky Lab’s June chart of extreme malware shows several changes. Only one long-familiar threat still refuses to be displaced.
Is Data Retention Without Compensation Unconstitutional?
The Association of the German Internet Industry, eco e.V., points to a decision issued yesterday by the Berlin Administrative Court that raises the fundamental question of whether the state may compel companies to implement surveillance measures without compensating them.
Book Review: Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Security
A technical reference for administrators on improving security in Windows Server 2008 networks, published by Microsoft Press
Kingston Technology: New DataTraveler BlackBox
Flash drive with 265-bit hardware-based AES encryption and FIPS validation
Kaspersky Internet Security 2009 Successfully Tested by AV-Comparatives
Kaspersky Internet Security 2009, the new generation of Kaspersky Lab's consumer product for protection against all IT threats, has successfully completed a series of tests by the renowned AV-Comparatives laboratory. AV-Comparatives originated from the Innsbruck competence center and is regarded as one of the best-known independent antivirus software testing organizations.
Kaspersky Lab Finds a Way to Restore Encrypted Files After a Gpcode Attack
After warning at the beginning of the month about a new variant of the Gpcode ransomware virus called Virus.Win32.Gpcode.ak and asking affected users for assistance, Kaspersky Lab has now found a way to restore files after a Gpcode attack.
Video-Ready Network: Cisco Expands Its Digital Media System
Enterprise TV, video on demand, webcasts and digital signage systems are brought together on a single platform for the first time
Kaspersky Lab Warns of New Ransomware Virus
Kaspersky Lab warns of a new variant of the Gpcode ransomware virus called Virus.Win32.Gpcode.ak.
Kaspersky Lab Introduces Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2009 and Internet Security 2009
A new antivirus engine, continuous monitoring and improved protection for sensitive data provide even greater security
US and Romania Break Up Phishing Gang
Romanian and US authorities have dismantled an international bank-fraud gang that used online phishing to access victims’ accounts.
Kaspersky Lab Publishes Its Email Top 20 for May
The latest report on the distribution of malware in email traffic is exceptionally brief for May 2008. Virus writers appear to have remained faithful to a long-standing tradition and left for their summer holidays.
Kaspersky Lab Publishes Paper on Botnets
Botnets have existed for around ten years, and experts have warned of the danger they pose for almost as long. Nevertheless, the problem continues to be underestimated.
Music Without Copy Protection Need Not Be Unprotected
Digital Watermarks Replace Rights Management. Protecting Digital Media with the WatermarkSecure Method at the GVU Industry Forum on June 5, 2008
German Companies Are Cutting Costs in the Wrong Place
Companies in Germany agree that more money needs to be invested in IT again, whether for compliance, growth, or other strategic reasons. Yet solutions for supporting internal and external employees and customers with technical problems are often neglected entirely, according to a current survey of 100 companies conducted by remote-maintenance specialist NTRglobal.
Carbonite: Better Backup
The new Carbonite 3.6 version brings versioning and private-key encryption.
Seagate Secure Technology: NSA Qualifies Self-Encrypting Laptop Drives
Seagate full-disk-encryption drives meet a high standard for securing government data. Momentus 5400 FDE.2 is approved for use in National Security Systems.
TÜV SÜD Awards audible.de the “s@fer-shopping” Quality Seal
Audiobook-download provider audible.de has received TÜV SÜD’s “s@fer-shopping” certification, which is awarded to online services meeting high technical and organizational reliability, quality, and safety standards.
Kaspersky Lab Analysis: Technological Stagnation Is Over
An analysis by Kaspersky Lab experts identifies troubling trends from the first quarter of 2008: rapidly growing numbers of new malware programs, bootkits that combine old technologies with new ideas, and renewed technological development among virus authors.
Kaspersky Lab Cooperates with Citrix Systems
Kaspersky Anti-Virus for Windows Servers Enterprise Edition has become the first anti-virus solution to receive Citrix Ready certification, confirming full compatibility with Citrix Presentation Server 4.0 and 4.5 in 32-bit and 64-bit versions.
Kaspersky Lab Publishes Its April Email Top 20
Kaspersky Lab reports significant changes in malicious email traffic during April 2008.
Hacker Competition Exposes Antivirus Software
Signature-Based Detection Demonstrated as a Weak Point
Book Review: Microsoft IIS 7.0 Pocket Guide for Administrators
With Windows Server 2008, Internet Information Services was updated to version 7, bringing major changes rather than a simple facelift.
GVU Calls for More Initiative Against Pirated Copies on the Internet
"It must not be acceptable for some IT companies to derive substantial portions of their economic success from mass copyright infringements by their customers." With a view to tomorrow's Intellectual Property Day, Christian Sommer, chairman of the Society for the Prosecution of Copyright Infringements, appeals to politicians' and Internet service providers' (ISPs) sense of responsibility.
equinux Cooperates with SonicWALL
equinux has released VPN Tracker 5.2, an update to its IPSec-based VPN client for Mac OS X that simplifies VPN configuration with SonicWALL devices.
Seagate CFO Charles Pope Plans Move to New Position
Seagate Technology announced that longtime management-team member and Chief Financial Officer Charles Pope will leave his post effective August 25, 2008 to focus on leading Seagate Services.
Avira and Ubisoft Cooperate
Good news for all computer gamers: German IT security specialist Avira and Düsseldorf-based publisher Ubisoft are joining forces immediately for virus-free gaming on the PC. Buying Assassin´s Creed Director´s Cut Edition, now available worldwide in stores for the PC, gets you the Avira Internet Security Suite for 33.95 euros in the Avira online shop. The antivirus software's special Game Mode prevents players from being bothered by firewall pop-ups while gaming.
G DATA Presents the Top Ten Countries with the Most Zombie PCs
According to G DATA Security Labs, 43 percent of all compromised PCs are located in Europe.
Product Piracy Holds Back Research, Development and Economic Growth
On Intellectual Property Day, April 26, Microsoft and sports lifestyle company PUMA drew attention to the need for copyright protection. With regard to software and brand piracy, the two companies highlighted the financial losses caused by counterfeit products and the resulting lack of potential for developing new ideas.
Kaspersky Anti-Spam 3.0 Now ICSA Certified
The enterprise solution Kaspersky Anti-Spam 3.0 has passed new ICSA Labs tests for anti-spam products and is now ICSA certified.
Online Gaming: The P2P File-Sharing Minefield
Gamers are increasingly caught in the crossfire of cybercriminals
Service Pack 3 (SP3) for Windows XP Available
Microsoft has released Service Pack 3 (SP3) for Windows XP to manufacturing. It contains all previously released updates for the operating system as well as some new features, which do not significantly change the use of Windows XP.
Kaspersky Lab Publishes Analysis
The antivirus specialist's Senior Technology Consultant, David Emm, has published a study on "New IT Threats, New Defence Solutions"
Online Searches: Providers’ Data Centres Must Remain Off Limits!
The German Internet industry association eco e.V. criticises the form of implementation intended by the federal government for online searches. In particular, the 'spying attacks' of the 'federal Trojan' must not be directed against providers.
New Premiere Encryption: Criminal Hackers Face a Black Screen
Premiere is pursuing a two-pronged strategy in the fight against criminal hackers. From the second quarter of 2008, alongside a new version of Nagravision, NDS Videoguard will be introduced as encryption technology for broadcasting Premiere subscription programmes via satellite.
NAB 2008: DVS Presents SpycerBox Media Hub
DVS presents SpycerBox, a storage system that can serve as a NAS, file server, or DVS-SAN backup and scale through SpycerLink clustering.
EMC to Acquire Iomega
EMC Corporation, the world's largest provider of information infrastructure solutions, and Iomega Corporation, a leading provider of data storage and security solutions for consumers and small businesses, today entered into an acquisition agreement.
Analysts’ Forecast: Malware to Break the 20 Million Mark in 2008
Kaspersky Lab expects a tenfold increase in the malware in circulation this year. After the number of viruses, worms and Trojans quadrupled last year, analysts at the Russian security company now foresee another significant acceleration of the growth trend. Malware is also becoming more technically sophisticated.
Kaspersky Mail Gateway 5.6: Better Protection with Lower Resource Consumption
Kaspersky Lab introduces a new version of its security solution for Linux and Unix mail servers, Kaspersky Mail Gateway 5.6.
NTRglobal Expands NTRsupport for Vista and Leopard
The on-demand solution now provides broad remote support across common desktop, server, and mobile platforms.
Digital Surveillance: 100,000 US Web Users Spied On
Data Are Collected Without Users' Knowledge.
Microsoft Wins Case Against Pornography Spammer
Federal Court of Justice Upholds Ruling over Spam Emails Sent with Forged Microsoft Hotmail Addresses.
Iomega REV 120GB Backup Drives Now Available
Iomega International S.A. announces immediate availability and new pricing for its third-generation REV 120GB backup drives for small and medium-sized businesses and distributed workgroups.
Microsoft Promises Mobile Browsing Like on the Desktop
Windows Mobile 6.1 and New Mobile Browser Version Announced.
WordPress 2.5 in a New Widget Outfit
Features Include an Image Galllery Function and Greater Security.
Only Linux Secure in Hacking Competition
OS X and Windows Compromised through the Safari Web Browser and Flash Respectively.
First IPSec VPN Client for Windows XP 64 Bit Available for Large Installations
NCP engineering GmbH Releases Version 9.03 of Its Secure Enterprise Client. The Most Important Feature Is Support for the Windows XP Operating System in 64-Bit Mode.
US Election Campaign Triggers an Avalanche of Cyberattacks
The US presidential candidates' election campaign has triggered a veritable avalanche of cybersquatting attacks on the Internet. According to a current study by domain management service NetNames, there are now already 1,900 registered domain names connected with the leading candidates in the 2008 US election.
Kaspersky Lab Presents Its Email Top 20 for March
Viruses in Email Traffic Displayed Strange Behaviour in March. Not a Single New Arrival Made It into the Ranking of the Most Widespread Malware, While the Newcomers of Recent Months Suddenly and Completely Unexpectedly Disappeared from the Top 20. Traffic from Ancient Worms Also Increased.
Illegal Domain Registrations Explode
The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) http://www.wipo.int Reports That the Unlawful Registration of Domains Using Brand Names Has Reached Unprecedented Proportions.
Panasonic Venture Group Invests in Zensys
The consumer-electronics company invests in Z-Wave and the Z-Wave Alliance.
TapRoot Systems Releases WalkingHotSpot
Mobile network operators can now fully integrate Wi-Fi devices via smartphones and offer high-speed connections to laptops and other Internet devices
Basler Vision Technologies Enters the Digital Video Surveillance Market
Basler is entering the digital surveillance camera market with a product family. The first members of the new product family will be presented to the public in May at "IFSEC 2008".
Frankfurt Criminal Police Seize Ten Servers with Several Thousand Pirated Copies
What began as proceedings against the operator of a file-sharing portal has now led Frankfurt am Main criminal police investigators to strike against an international piracy network.
Kaspersky Lab Presents the Extreme Virus Rankings for February 2008
February brought more noteworthy new malicious programs. But the “classics” also defended their positions.
Adobe Releases Flash Media Rights Server
Adobe releases a server for protecting dynamic content distributed through Adobe Media Player and Adobe AIR.
equinux Releases VPN Tracker 5.1 with Client Provisioning for WatchGuard Devices
equinux has released VPN Tracker 5.1, an update to its IPSec-based VPN client for Mac OS X.
Kaspersky Lab Now Also Targets Smaller Companies
Kaspersky Lab will now increasingly address small and medium-sized companies. To this end, the company has developed an SME strategy
Another Success in the Fight Against the Pay-FTP Server Scene
Following the operation reported in February by Essen criminal police against two closed pay-server rings, law enforcement authorities dismantled another network of such download servers.
Apple introduces new AirPort Express with 802.11n
Apple today upgraded AirPort Express, its mobile wireless base station, to 802.11n. Compared with the previous version, it thus offers up to five times the speed and twice the range*.
Alliance against pirates continues to expand
During the Berlinale, Senator AG announced that it was joining the Gesellschaft zur Verfolgung von Urheberrechtsverletzungen e.V. (GVU).
New Medical Disc Systems (MDS) integrate RAID 5
Rimage, manufacturer of systems for the fully automated production of individual optical storage media, is presenting the 5100Nx and 5300Nx variants of the Rimage Medical Disc series at ECR.
Whoever orders blanket surveillance must also pay for it
At the hearing in the Legal Affairs Committee of the German Bundestag on compensation for telecommunications companies used in criminal prosecution, the German Internet Industry Association (eco) e.V. is calling for reimbursement of the costs incurred.
Pentagon bans Google from filming military bases
The US Department of Defense has banned search-engine operator Google from filming on US military bases.
Beta UX Adds PDF/A and History Management
Beta Systems has expanded Beta UX with PDF/A support for data-center document processing and centralized history management across platforms.
iSale 5.1 integrates video clips and increases security for online auctions
equinux adds video clips in auctions to iSale 5.1 and supports the PayPal Security Key.
Kaspersky Lab presents its email top 20 for February
February brings calm at the top, a wealth of Diehard variants and a preponderance of worms
Federal Constitutional Court stops the federal Trojan
"Politicians must not return to business as usual and look for ways around it".
Kaspersky Lab introduces Kaspersky Anti-Virus for Windows Server Enterprise Edition
Expanded management functions for x86 servers and terminal server environments/ Product already certified for Microsoft Windows Server 2008
New business models on the mobile Internet
Successful business models on the mobile Internet will increasingly be based on offering so-called metadata. As contextual information, these describe, for example, the location where a photo was taken as determined by GPS, or the availability status of mobile subscribers.
Final ruling issued on online searches
The final ruling by the Federal Constitutional Court: online searches are permitted in principle, but only in the event of an existential threat to an exceptionally important legal interest.
How stolen software can be found again
Developing software is expensive. This tempts some programmers to incorporate other people's software illegally into their own programs. The Chair of Software Engineering at Saarland University has developed a method for detecting this type of software theft.
Association of the German Internet industry welcomes Federal Constitutional Court decision
The association (eco) calls on legislators at federal and state level to postpone corresponding legislative procedures and first think thoroughly about the risks and problems of this investigative method.
Five out of six teenagers are active internet users
The internet is an integral part of teenagers’ everyday lives. Five out of six young people (83 percent) use the web daily or several times a week. The high-tech association BITKOM announced this today in Berlin.
Consumer advocates issue warning to StudiVZ
New trouble over StudiVZ’s data-protection rules: the Federation of German Consumer Organisations (vzbv) has issued a formal warning to the social network’s operators because it considers their handling of users’ personal information unlawful.
Serious blow against the pay-server scene
For almost two weeks, Essen criminal police conducted a coordinated operation against two FTP pay-server rings. Recently, officers searched ten homes throughout Germany on suspicion of commercial copyright infringement. This produced further investigative leads.
Internet merchants complain of crime wave in Second Life
Trademark infringements remain on the agenda.
“confoki”: parental controls for the internet
Website labelling system for all operating systems.
Viasat and NDS expand partnership – new high-definition TV services planned
Viasat Broadcasting extends its contract with NDS to use VideoGuard Conditional Access for Viasat’s satellite pay-TV platform / Second contract extension includes MediaHighway middleware, a customised electronic programme guide and NDS’s XTV DVR technology to implement a new high-definition pay-TV offering.
Windows Vista SP1 and Windows Server 2008 Completed
Microsoft is delivering the final versions of Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) and Windows Server 2008 to hardware and software manufacturers from today. With the release to manufacturing (RTM), OEM partners can preinstall the two solutions on their computers, while developers can test and adapt their software using the final versions. Buyers of new Windows Vista systems will receive Service Pack 1 in a few weeks on new PCs and during the first half of 2008 as a standalone retail product. Windows Vista SP1 will shortly also be available through Windows Update and as an installation file online.
World’s largest Microsoft software counterfeiting ring broken up
A court in Taiwan has finally broken up a globally operating software counterfeiting ring. The syndicate produced illegal copies of at least 21 Microsoft products with an estimated value of 900 million US dollars. Between 1997 and 2003, Huang Jer-sheng, owner of Taipei-based distributor Maximus Technology, and his partners were responsible for producing and distributing more than 90 percent of all counterfeit Microsoft software products.
Windows Vista and 2007 Microsoft Office System: One successful year on the market
Sales boost business for Microsoft and partners
MailPerfect Partners with Logitech and c&H to Market Videonize to More Than 40,000 Educational Institutions
MailPerfect Europe, Logitech and c&H are jointly targeting the German-speaking education market with Videonize as a paid standard version.
Court convicts student over cyberattack on Estonia
A court in Estonia has fined a student of Russian descent €1,100 for a cyberattack carried out in May 2007.