Hacker Joins Homeland Security Advisory Council. DefCon Blackhat HSAC Obama Cybersecurity. The newest member of the Homeland Security Advisory Council is none other than the founder of the hacking conferences DefCon and Black Hat, Jeff Moss.. CNet reports...

around and released a Security Advisory, offering details on how to enable a workaround until Microsoft releases an official patch. Many of the workarounds offered include setting the Internet and Local Internet security zone settings to "High," disabling XML...

Warning: Hackers Attacking Via PowerPoint. Microsoft Office Vulnerability. Microsoft issued a security advisory yesterday saying that hackers are now attacking through an unpatched flaw in Microsoft Office PowerPoint.. Microsoft issued a security advisory yesterday...

on these issues via the Security Advisory section of the Adobe web site, as well as the Adobe PSIRT blog," Adobe said. Stay tuned for more updates regarding both security issues....

that Microsoft has admitted it made a mistake over a security advisory issued in December relating to Office 2003. When SP3 was released, it shut down over a dozen file format converters due to security issues. There was a workaround for users that needed the...

of thousands of websites, according to a security advisory by Websense.. New York (NY) - Hackers have successfully compromised hundreds of thousands of websites, according to a security advisory by Websense. Visitors to these sites, which include domains...

Upon completion of this investigation, Microsoft will take the appropriate action to help protect our customers," said Microsoft in its advisory. The company added that if necessary, it will release a special security update, however the problem will more likely...

were responsible for attacks on Scientology in the past, have claimed credit for the intrusion. One e-mail message from Palin’s inbox that had been hosted online was from Amy McCorkell, whom Palin appointed to the Governor’s Advisory Board on Alcoholism...

that role." While this may be the same cat and mouse game we see whenever anyone is appointed to a political position from the private sector, it may come down to simply not wanting to shift from a executive position to a permanent advisory position. "We’ve...