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10/06/08 07:59 GPS vulnerable to hacking (www.theinquirer.net) "Brent Ledvina of Virginia Tech said there is shedloads of infrastructure based on GPS and it is wide open to hackers. Ledvina even built a spoofer to show weaknesses in the system." 10/06/08 07:59 Citigroup phishing up (news.netcraft.com) "American financial services company Citigroup suffered a deluge of phishing attacks after Monday's news that it intended to acquire the banking operations of Wachovia Corporation. " 10/06/08 07:58 BlackBerry Storm (gizmodo.com) "The sneaksters over at Boy Genius Report have somehow gotten their hands on an official Powerpoint presentation of the soon-to-be-released BlackBerry Storm." 10/06/08 07:55 Microsoft cash for search is working (arstechnica.com) "The results for Live Search Cashback weren't so bad a month in, and according to Hitwise Intelligence, new data shows the service is now starting to pick up. " 10/06/08 07:54 Steve Jobs did not have a heart attack (cultofmac.com) "Katie Cotton, Apple’s Vice President of Worldwide Communications quickly shot the rumor down as false, though not before Twitter exploded with tweets on the story and Apple’s stock tanked, before bouncing back." 10/06/08 07:52 Deus Ex 3 Details (games.slashdot.org) "this time around combat won't be influenced by stats, but will rely purely on your personal marksmanship skills. Instead stats will influence "a vast array of fully upgradeable and customisable weapons" 10/06/08 07:47 Linux is 17 years old (www.linuxjournal.com) 10/06/08 07:47 American's need better security awareness (www.eweek.com) "For instance, according to a study released Oct. 2, more than 80 percent of American computer users polled claimed to have a firewall installed on their systems, but, in fact, only 42 percent had adequate firewall protection. The study, conducted by the NCSA (National Cyber Security Alliance) and Symantec, combined polling and computer checkups performed by Symantec's PC Help by Norton." 10/06/08 07:46 Neosploit web infection kit (www.theregister.co.uk) "Cybercrooks have used the latest version of Neosploit to booby-trap an estimated 80,000 legitimate sites with malicious code." 10/06/08 07:45 Ehud Tenenbaum, "The Analyzer" (www.haaretz.com) "The United States will ask Canada to extradite Israeli computer hacker Ehud Tenenbaum, better known as the "Analyzer," so that he can be indicted as one of the masterminds of a worldwide ring of hackers that allegedly stole millions of dollars. " 10/06/08 07:44 "Warehouse" of admin login info found (www.itbusiness.ca) "Several criminal gangs have acquired administrative log-in credentials for more than 200,000 Web sites -- including the one used by the U.S. Postal Service -- and have used the compromised domains to attack unsuspecting users' PCs with a notorious hacker exploit kit, a researcher said Friday." 10/05/08 21:21 The Kindle 2 (news.cnet.com) "Boy Genius Report has gotten ahold of some photos that appear to be the Kindle 2, so we're curious what Amazon has to say now. " 10/05/08 21:21 Skype America didn't know about Skype China's spying (news.cnet.com) "In a blog published Thursday, Josh Silverman, Skype's president, explained he did not realize that TOM-Skype, Skype's partner in China, was logging and storing users' instant messages that were deemed offensive by the Chinese government." 10/05/08 19:31 MSI Wind Linux has high return rate (www.osnews.com) "The return rates for the Linux version of the MSI Wind have been four times higher than that of the XP version." 10/05/08 19:28 Iron Man brings down Paramount servers (entertainment.slashdot.org) "Iron Man on Blu-ray on October 1, people started complaining of defective discs; the problem turned out to be that all the Blu-ray players downloading additional content brought down Paramount's BD-Live servers" 10/02/08 20:46 5 second Linux boot time? (linux.slashdot.org) "Kernel hackers Arjan van de Ven and Auke Kok showed off Linux booting in five seconds at last month's Linux Plumbers Conference." 10/02/08 20:45 Space Porn..... (idle.slashdot.org) "Virgin Galactic has turned down a $1 million offer to do just that. The offer was made by an unidentified party who was willing to put the money up front to do a space porn movie" 10/02/08 19:25 Google News for blogs (www.computerworld.com) "Google's updated Google Blog Search tool will use the technology that powers Google News to track and organize the 900,000 new blog posts added to the Web every 24 hours, Google said Monday. Previously, the tool only allowed users to simply type queries to search blogs." 10/02/08 19:23 Google's $4.4b plan to save the world (www.computerworld.com) "The plan involves weaning the U.S. off coal for producing its electricity and turning instead to wind, solar and geothermal power. It would also cut oil use in cars by 40% and use electricity for personal transportation." 10/02/08 15:33 Western Digital to buy Fujitsu (www.theinquirer.net) "Nikkei estimated that the sale could be worth as much as $945 million. Fujitsu's hard drive business lost more than $47 million during its last fiscal year ended in March." 10/02/08 15:22 How healthy are cereals? (featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com) "Kellogg's Frosted Mini-Wheats Bite Size earned a healthful cereal score of "good"; it has 12 grams of sugar per serving but is also very low in sodium and has a solid 6 grams of fiber. " 10/02/08 15:18 Nokia's iPhone 3G Competitor (www.informationweek.com) "The 5800 has a 3.2-inch resistive touch screen and it's powered by Symbian S60, 5th edition. The user interface will be somewhat familiar to Symbian users, but the company has tweaked the UI for touch control. " 10/02/08 13:57 Google's CAPTCHA new broken (it.slashdot.org) " In a move that is sure to surprise no one, the spammers behind 'Xrumer' have announced that they've not only cracked Google's CAPTCHA" 10/02/08 13:57 China monitoring Skype (it.slashdot.org) "The encrypted list of words inside the Tom-Skype software blocks the transmission of these words and records personal information about the customers who send the messages. Researchers say their discovery contradicts a public statement made by Skype executives in 2006 that 'full end-to-end security is preserved and there is no compromise of people's privacy.' The Chinese government is not alone in its Internet surveillance efforts." 10/02/08 13:44 New 300 movie (www.aintitcool.com) "Snyder also said it will take place between the Battle of Thermopylae and the Battle of Plataea, the battle that narrator Dilios is at while re-telling the story of King Leonidas and the mighty Spartans to a new group of warriors at the end of 300. " 10/02/08 13:32 Microsoft sues "scareware" vendors (www.heise-online.co.uk) "The US State of Washington and Microsoft have instituted a number of legal actions against vendors of 'Scareware' under the Computer Spyware Act. Alleged security programs are increasingly bombarding innocent PC users with fake messages detailing putative threats or infections." 10/02/08 13:31 Bad guys using Google Trends (www.heise-online.co.uk) "According to security provider Webroot, cyber criminals have even begun to use Google Trends to determine the most popular search terms and then post relevant entries on their own or other, compromised, blogs." 10/01/08 22:53 Microsoft's new CAPTCHA broken (it.slashdot.org) "Microsoft attempted to increase the complexity of their CAPTCHA system. The CAPTCHA system was revised in an attempt to both prevent automatic registrations from computer programs or automated bots, and preserve CAPTCHA's usability and reliability. As this attack shows, those efforts have failed,' says Websense security " 10/01/08 22:52 iPhone developer NDA dropped (blogs.zdnet.com) "For developers, this means no longer having to stay underground if they wanted to share ideas and tips on their already-released iPhone apps with other developers." 10/01/08 18:19 Student SSNs lost at University of Indianapolis (www.indystar.com) "The hacker -- or hackers -- broke into a server Sept. 8 and gained access to 11,000 archived records with names and matching Social Security numbers." 10/01/08 18:17 Want Live Search rewards? Got to use IE. (www.computerworld.com) "Microsoft Corp. today launched a rewards program to entice consumers to its Live Search site, but it requires Internet Explorer and bars users of rival browsers, including Firefox, Safari, Opera and Chrome." 10/01/08 18:16 Ballmer's Window Cloud OS (www.computerworld.com) "Within a month, Microsoft will unveil what Ballmer called "Windows Cloud." The operating system, which will likely have a different name, is intended for developers writing cloud-computing applications, said Ballmer, who spoke to an auditorium of IT managers at a Microsoft-sponsored conference in London." 10/01/08 10:03 Jailbreaking an Apple TV (blog.wired.com) "A developer on Tuesday released a free patch enabling Apple TV to play virtually any multimedia file with the insertion of a thumb drive into the box." 10/01/08 10:01 Use Live Search, earn prize points (www.theinquirer.net) "All users need to do is download a Volish program which tracks their every search in exchange for a magical ticket. And you can earn a maximum of 25 tickets a day." 10/01/08 10:01 Real sued by studios over RealDVD (www.eweek.com) "The Walt Disney Co, Twentieth Century Fox, NBC Universal and Warner Bros Entertainment are at odds with RealNetworks over RealNetworks Home Entertainment's RealDVD" 10/01/08 09:57 Lotus Notes on the iPhone (apple.slashdot.org) "Apple is allowing IBM's Lotus to be installed on iPhones. Recently it killed a developer submitted program that was deemed competitive with Apple's product."" 10/01/08 09:54 New TCP DOS attack (www.techworld.com) "But in the case of the newly revealed flaw, only a minimum of traffic is required. "We're talking 10 packets per second to take down one service," Jack Lewis, a senior researcher with Outpost24." 10/01/08 09:53 cross-site request forgery attacks (www.techworld.com) "During a CSRF attack, the hacker's request is passed through the victim's browser. The website checks the session identifier, but the site cannot check to ensure that the request came from the right person." 09/30/08 16:12 WiMax in the US (mobile.slashdot.org) " a measure of what Sprint and Clearwire will deliver in their joint WiMax rollouts starting next month. The good news is that this time, the carrier promises look to be delivered on" 09/30/08 16:10 Google Lively gaming future (games.slashdot.org) "creative director for Google Lively, about the virtual environment's beginnings and the plans for its future" 09/30/08 16:08 Online poker cheats (it.slashdot.org) "His findings led to an internal investigation by the parent company that owns both sites. It found rogue employees had defrauded players over three years via a security hole that allowed the cheats to see other player's secret (or hole) cards."" 09/30/08 09:19 "Stallman: Cloud computing is 'stupidity'" (news.cnet.com) ""One reason you should not use Web applications to do your computing is that you lose control," he said. "It's just as bad as using a proprietary program. " 09/30/08 09:17 New malware rootkit for Windows (www.theregister.co.uk) ""Most malware with rootkit functionality will tamper with the Windows kernel and attempt to execute code in kernel mode," net security firm F-Secure reports. "Typically, a special driver is used to do this... AutoRun.nox is different — it uses a vulnerability to do the job. For malware, it's rather unique to see such a technique being used."" 09/29/08 21:12 New Facebook design disliked by some users (www.pcworld.com) "A Facebook group formed for those opposed to the site's new design is nearing 2.7 million supporters, and the leaders are organizing a two-day boycott to bring their point across." 09/29/08 21:12 More on Amazon's Flash movie "hole" (arstechnica.com) "there's no need to actually purchase the Amazon content one intends to record, thanks to an exploitable feature the site includes to speed video playback. Replay Media Catcher isn't free, but the demo version will play back 75 percent of a recording, more than enough to verify proof of concept." 09/29/08 21:10 Bailout kills House's servers (www.theregister.co.uk) "We're referring, of course, to the machines running the House's official web site. Millions of individuals seeking information about the forsaken legislation have slowed its 10 servers to a crawl." 09/29/08 15:09 Norway tells Apple open up FairPlay (arstechnica.com) ""iTunes [sic] has now had two years to meet our demands regarding interoperability. No progress has been reported by iTunes since our meeting in February."" 09/29/08 15:08 Nero/TiVo team up (slashdot.org) "The new LiquidTV / TiVo PC package includes a (USB-based) high definition ATSC digital/analog TV tuner, antenna, remote control, IR blaster, Nero's LiquidTV software, and a 12-month subscription to the TiVo service" 09/29/08 15:06 Oracle's Database Machine (www.infoworld.com) "Oracle's powerful new HP Oracle Database Machine comes with 168TB of storage, a new method of retrieving data more quickly and intelligently, and -- wait for it -- a $2.33 million price tag. " 09/29/08 15:05 "Carders" may be trading/selling your info (news.cnet.com) "Getting to this level of access hasn't been easy, Rusin said. Carders are tremendously paranoid. Often, just to gain access to the forums, you have to demonstrate your chops by providing up to five active credit card account numbers. It's the equivalent of gang or mafia initiation. " |
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