As I reported yesterday, Vista voice command has a problem. Vista has speech recognition hole Microsoft has admitted that speech recognition features in Vista could be hijacked so that a PC tells itself to delete files or folders. read the rest of the story from BBC News … [Read more...] about more from the department of "the joys of changing OSes"
Ah, from the "joys of new operating systems department…"
Bryan Singer, from ISA's SP99 committee, sends along this gem: This is a cute little "feature" in the newly released Vista operating system. For your reading enjoyment, it always seems that the most obvious things are the last we think about when it comes to security! http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=2148 Article Text ----------------- Simon says: download backdoor.exe … [Read more...] about Ah, from the "joys of new operating systems department…"
from the department of "why you should join ISA…"
This just in... ISA Members now receive free ISA standards! Accredited by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), ISA has published more than 150 standards, recommended practices, and technical reports, through the dedicated efforts of a network of industry experts. Why wait? Take advantage of this new ISA Member benefit today! … [Read more...] about from the department of "why you should join ISA…"
from the department of "Control's Automation Minute"
Last week, I keynoted Citect's Americas Partners Meeting. The future of SCADA is the topic of this week's CONTROL Automation Minute. The accompanying ebook, "What Your Customers Want" is going up at SCADAeBook. It should be up sometime today or tomorrow, so if it isn't there when first you try; try, try again. … [Read more...] about from the department of "Control's Automation Minute"
from the department of "we need more automation professionals"
I received this last week, and I thought it was interesting enough that I asked for, and received, permission to reproduce it here: Rhett Bigham's New Year Letter to the Profession In January 1987, I started Rhett Bigham & Associates to conduct recruiting searches in the Process Automation field. My 20th year in business, 2006 proved to be my most successful year so far. … [Read more...] about from the department of "we need more automation professionals"
