Gregg's Security News Aggregator

Thursday, February 19, 2004

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1.	HP Earnings Increase 30 Percent (AP). AP - Hewlett-Packard Co.'s quarterly earnings jumped 30 percent and met Wall Street expectations Thursday, but analysts remained cautious about the company's ability to outperform technology giants such as Dell Inc. and IBM Corp.
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2.	ZoneAlarm firewall has massive gaping hole
3.	FBI Proposes Warning On All Entertainment, Software Products

11:17:27 PM

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1.	No-Contract Cell Phone Plans Bring Freedom (AP). AP - The cell phone companies have most of us precisely where they want us: shackled to one- or two-year contracts, threatened with hefty fees for early escapes.
2.	FBI Warning Labels to Appear on CDs, DVDs (AP). AP - The FBI said Thursday it is giving Hollywood film studios, music companies and software makers permission to use its name and logo on their DVDs, CDs and other digital media in hopes the labels will deter consumers from making illegal copies.
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3.	FBI Anti-Piracy Seal
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4.	Vulnerabilities: phpMyAdmin Export.PHP File Disclosure Vulnerability. phpMyAdmin is a freely available tool that provides a web interface for handling MySQL administrative tasks. phpMyAdmin is prone to a vulnerability that may permit remo...
5.	Vulnerabilities: Linux Kernel 32 Bit Ptrace Emulation Full Kernel Rights Vulnerability. Unix and Unix-like kernels offer a debugging facility called ptrace. Ptrace allows for one process to 'attach' to another and inspect/modify it's memory. Updating certain...
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6.	Abolish Free TV - Intel lobbyist. IDF TV and Tech industries remain two utopias apart
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7.	Beta of MS Virtual Server 2004 includes improved security
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8.	FBI, industry groups team on anti-piracy seal
9.	Beta of MS Virtual Server 2004 includes improved security

10:17:07 PM

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1.	Collective buying concern for flowers to queued-up SF gay betrothed couples. Given the high cost of shipping flowers to queued-up gay couples waiting to get married in San Francisco, Darren Barefoot is putting together collective flower-buys to save on shipping costs. Hence, Flowers for Al and Don. I'm using a PayPal account to collect money, with which I'll buy bouquets in bulk for the couples in line. You can donate as much or little as you please, and I pledge that every cent (minus the PayPal fees) that I receive will go to this project. If make a donation, and want your name and/or Web site to be listed below, let me know when making your payment in PayPal. Link
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2.	Gartner: Outsourcing to grow, but deals to shrink. Megadollar outsourcing contracts are on the wane, says the research firm, but the number of new deals will grow by 30 percent.
3.	Microsoft-Lindows spat heads north. The software giant files a trademark suit in Canada against the upstart Linux seller. Lindows says the lawsuit is meant to "slow us down."
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4.	Search and Seizure at the Supreme Court
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5.	FBI, industry groups team on anti-piracy seal. The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) said Thursday it is teaming with several entertainment and software industry organizations to launch a new antipiracy seal and warning text for vendors to display on piracy-prone products like CDs and software.
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6.	New tools help users manage security events
7.	Sort out your Wi-Fi policy or face the consequences
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8.	W97M.Saver.H
9.	PC Makers Face Array Of Crypto Chip Choices
10.	The Cleaner Database v3491
11.	BKDR_COREFLOOD.F
12.	Cisco ONS Devices Grant Remote Users Access Via TFTP and Can Also Be Reset
13.	Critical infrastructure data sought
14.	OpenLinux: Fetchmail 6.2.4 and earlier remote dennial of service
15.	New tools help users manage security events
16.	Sort out your Wi-Fi policy or face the consequences

9:16:48 PM

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1.	Intel's vision of the future. The company looks to placate open-source developers by releasing Linux versions of essential supporting software at about the same time it releases Windows versions. Also: Itanium plans are fleshed out.
2.	Ariba readies new applications
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3.	FBI, Music Labels Renew Piracy Fight (PC World). PC World - Warning seal will adorn hardware, software that can be used for illicit copying.
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4.	William Gibson on his Tech Life and Latest Novel
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5.	Critical infrastructure data sought
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6.	Intel to EOL Mobile Pentium 4 'around Q1 2005'. IDF Make way for Dothan...
7.	Intel prototypes portable 'Tele-Phone'. IDF Radio powered wonder-device banishes wires, operators, etc
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8.	Bugwatch: the aftermath of Valentine's Day
9.	Microsoft borrows from RIAA's playbook
10.	Why security's no longer IT's ugly stepsister
11.	Crypto chip choices confound PC makers
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12.	AntiOnline Spotlight: Footprinting with Host
13.	Linux hacked more often than Windows
14.	CesarFTP Long RETR Parameter Lets Remote Authenticated Users Deny Service
15.	PGP signatures on recent NetBSD Security Advisories
16.	OpenLinux: mpg123 remote denial of service and heap-based buffer overflow
17.	OpenLinux: Bind: cache poisoning BIND 8 prior to 8.3.7 and BIND 8.4.x prior 8.4.2
18.	Bugwatch: the aftermath of Valentine's Day
19.	Microsoft borrows from RIAA's playbook
20.	Why security's no longer IT's ugly stepsister
21.	Crypto chip choices confound PC makers

8:16:28 PM

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1.	Microcar and Minicar Club annual meet photos. Once a year, members of the National Microcar and Minicar Club meet to show off their fully-restored pint-sized vehicles. Wouldn't the roadways of America be a lot more fun to look at if people drove microcars instead of SUVs? The 2004 meet will be in Huntington Beach in July. Link
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2.	Earnings alert: HP profit rises on servers, PCs. The computer maker's net income rises 33 percent...Dell beats expectations...PeopleSoft beats revenue expectations...Nortel signals strong growth for wireless, VoIP.
3.	Free Net calling goes beyond the PC. Start-up Skype plans to soon launch a version of its VoIP service for personal digital assistants. But the push to PDAs could have drawbacks.
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4.	Hewlett-Packard's Fiscal 1st-Quarter Net Rose 30% (Dow Jones). Dow Jones - PALO ALTO, Calif. -- Hewlett-Packard Corp.'s fiscal first-quarter net income jumped 30%, helped by demand for its printers and imaging products, as well as strength in the enterprise-services segment and in Europe.
5.	U.S. Cable Modem Growth Slows, Opening Door to DSL (Reuters). Reuters - As the market for high-speed Internet connections moves into many American homes, telephone companies are finally starting to take market share from once-dominant cable companies.
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6.	Digital Fortress
7.	Perl's Extreme Makeover
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8.	Vulnerabilities: Coreutils LS Width Argument Integer Overflow Vulnerability. Coreutils 'ls' utility is a binary application that is used to list directory contents. Coreutils 'ls' has been reported prone to an integer overflow vulnerability. The ...
9.	Vulnerabilities: YABB SE Quote Parameter SQL Injection Vulnerability. YaBB SE is a freely available, open source port of Yet Another Bulletin Board (YaBB). It is available for Unix, Linux, and Microsoft Operating Systems. A vulnerability ...
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10.	Technology sales to bloom in 2004. Looking good for IT and telecoms
11.	EC IP enforcement 'threatens more SCO-style attacks'. Has 'pulling a SCO' entered the English language?
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12.	Netsky.B Tunnels Through Windows Systems
13.	Microsoft Borrows from RIAA's Playbook
14.	Netsky.B Tunnels Through Windows Systems
15.	Microsoft Borrows from RIAA's Playbook
16.	Netsky.B Tunnels Through Windows Systems
17.	Re: SNMP community string disclosure in Linksys WAP55AG
18.	NetBSD Security Advisory 2004-001: Insufficient packet validation in racoon IKE daemon
19.	NetBSD Security Advisory 2004-004: shmat reference counting bug

6:14:49 PM

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1.	Microsoft threatens downloaders of leaked code. Microsoft is sending out letters to many who have downloaded the leaked source code, warning them that they may be sued. In addition, they are alerting those doing searches for the code on P2P networks By Eric Bangeman.
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2.	GOODHAPPYFUN Baby bags. My friend Racelle has made some amazingly useful baby bags. They work well as computer bags, too. Carla and I use them all the time. (And I designed her website, too). Racelle's going to start offering dad-friendly patterns. I'm trying to talk her into making one with J.R. "Bob" Dobbs' smiling mug. Link
3.	Wacky Neighbor sez: "I just ran into this whil.... Wacky Neighbor sez: "I just ran into this while googling Die Fledermaus. Little origami robots for the desktop. They call 'em paper automata, and they're trying to sell them as executive toys. Although I think their real market is the geek sector. And given the lascivious movement of the witch, I think with minor redesigns, they could have a future in the risque novelty market. Whether the titular flying pig appears at life's lineups, a la Kids in the Hall, is another matter." Link
4.	Build handcranked automata from books of die-cut parts. Wacky Neighbor sez: "I just ran into this while googling Die Fledermaus. Little origami robots for the desktop. They call 'em paper automata, and they're trying to sell them as executive toys. Although I think their real market is the geek sector. And given the lascivious movement of the witch, I think with minor redesigns, they could have a future in the risque novelty market. Whether the titular flying pig appears at life's lineups, a la Kids in the Hall, is another matter." Link
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5.	IBM's storage momentum continues. The company snags two new customers with its midtier FastT storage device, a machine one analyst calls a "barn burner."
6.	W3C risks patent tussle in standard push. A pending industry standard for voice-activated computer commands is moving ahead despite potential entanglements from Rutgers University over its VoiceXML patent.
7.	HP profit rises on servers, PCs. The company posts a first-quarter net income of $962 million, an increase of 33 percent compared with a year ago.
8.	Low-tech 'hack' takes fizz out of Pepsi-iTunes promo. It doesn't take a code breaker or a math whiz to lift songs from Apple Computer's iTunes online music store--it just takes a good pair of eyes and a trip to the soda aisle.
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9.	The New Computer Lifecycle: No Free Lunch (NewsFactor). NewsFactor - Enterprise managers looking to economize by extending computer-replacement cycles should know that recent research upholds the axiom: There's no such thing as a free lunch.
10.	Software Buyers Not Taking It Anymore (NewsFactor). NewsFactor - Not that a study was necessary to establish this, but AMR Research has identified a growing discontent among buyers of software.
11.	The OS Formerly Known as 'Lindows' (NewsFactor). NewsFactor - The legal hoops keep coming for Lindows, the firm that makes a version of the Linux operating system for the desktop. In compliance with court orders in Sweden, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg, Lindows has changed its name to "Lin---s" -- pronounced "Lindash."
12.	Nextel Quarterly Earnings Down 56 Percent (AP). AP - Fourth quarter earnings at wireless phone provider Nextel Communications fell 56 percent, suffering from the comparison to the year-ago quarter when a $1.2 billion one-time gain sharply inflated profits.
13.	Microsoft Borrows from RIAA's Playbook (NewsFactor). NewsFactor - Anxious to stop the spread of its purloined Windows code, Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) is sending letters to computer users who are downloading the intellectual property, requesting they stop. It is a move reminiscent of the music industry's early tactics to stem the sharing of copyrighted material on peer-to-peer networks.
14.	Netsky.B Tunnels Through Windows Systems (NewsFactor). NewsFactor - A particularly nasty virus is spreading over the Internet, attacking via e-mail and then rapidly infecting the hard drives of computers running Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) Windows systems.
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15.	Is the CAN-SPAM Act Working?
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16.	BugTraq: EEYE: ZoneLabs SMTP Processing Buffer Overflow. Sender: Marc Maiffret [mmaiffret at eeye dot com]
17.	BugTraq: LiveJournal XSS. Sender: Joshua Miller [jpmiller at tds dot net]
18.	BugTraq: RE: APC 9606 SmartSlot Web/SNMP management card "backdoor" - Telnet can't be disabled.. Sender: Miskell, Craig [Craig dot Miskell at agresearch dot co dot nz]
19.	BugTraq: Re: APC 9606 SmartSlot Web/SNMP management card "backdoor" - Telnet can't be disabled.. Sender: Keith Clifton [clifton at zoomnet dot net]
20.	Vulnerabilities: Microsoft Outlook Express Arbitrary Program Execution Vulnerability. Microsoft Outlook Express uses Internet Explorer to render HTML e-mail and newsgroup messages by default. A vulnerability may exist in the software that may allow a remo...
21.	Vulnerabilities: RobotFTP Server Username Buffer Overflow Vulnerability. RobotFTP Server is an FTP Server for Microsoft Windows operating systems. A vulnerability has been reported for RobotFTP Server. The problem likely occurs due to insuffi...
22.	Vulnerabilities: EvolutionX Multiple Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities. EvolutionX is illegal software that is used to replace default Microsoft XBOX software. The FTP server that is distributed with EvolutionX has been reported prone to mul...
23.	Vulnerabilities: 3Com DSL Router Administrative Interface Long Request Router Denial Of Service Vulnerability. The 812 OfficeConnect is one of a series of DSL routers distributed and maintained by 3Com. A vulnerability in the 3Com 812 OfficeConnect has been reported that may resu...
24.	Vulnerabilities: GnuPG External HKP Format String Vulnerability. GnuPG is prone to a remotely exploitable format string vulnerability in the external HKP interface. This is due to incorrect usage of fprintf() in the gpgkeys_hkp.c, all...
25.	Vulnerabilities: RSync Daemon Mode Undisclosed Remote Heap Overflow Vulnerability. The rsync program is used to synchronize files and directory structures across a network. It is commonly used to maintain mirrors of ftp sites, often through anonymous ac...
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26.	Music fans beg to buy music. Help us, help you
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27.	AVS Sidesteps Wireless Security Issues
28.	A Branch Office Symbol
29.	IBM Debuts TotalStorage Data Retention 450 System
30.	Bugwatch: The aftermath of Valentine's Day
31.	Netsky worm variant on the loose
32.	Cisco releases video system for Internet phones
33.	WORM_RUSTY.A
34.	HTML_BAYFRAUD.B
35.	ZoneAlarm SMTP Buffer Overflow Lets Local and Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code With SYSTEM Privileges
36.	Cisco Security Advisory: Cisco ONS 15327, ONS 15454, ONS 15454 SDH, and ONS 15600 Vulnerabilities
37.	RE: Aol Instant Messenger/Microsoft Internet Explorer remote codeexecution
38.	Microsoft To Hackers: Drop That Code!
39.	Microsoft Takes Orders For Security Update CD
40.	NetSky.B Worm Gains More Traction
41.	Backdoor èëè óÿçâèìîñòü â Remote Administrator 2.x?

5:14:28 PM

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1.	Be wary of leaked Microsoft code. If you haven't been living in a cave for the last week or so, you're aware that a portion of the Windows 2000 and Windows NT code base was apparently posted to the Internet. As one might expect, Microsoft is...
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2.	Why security's no longer IT's ugly stepsister. Industry watcher Jon Oltsik explains why networking and security are inexorably moving closer together.
3.	Intel adapts to changes ahead. If processors are going to continue to increase in performance, they'll have to be a lot more flexible in the future, the chipmaker says.
4.	Intel's vision of the future. The company looks to placate open-source developers by releasing Linux versions of essential supporting software at about the same time it releases Windows versions. Also: Itanium plans are fleshed out.
5.	Linux servers at risk from trifecta of flaws. Three separate security bugs could be used by an ordinary user to gain total control of a Linux server or workstation, securityresearchers warn.
6.	Lindows mobilizes Centrino support. Desktop Linux software maker Lindows.com releases a version of its operating system that supports the Intel chip for wireless notebooks.
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7.	Intel's 64-Bit Plans Gain Support (PC World). PC World - Three major server vendors will release systems based on upcoming chip.
8.	Microchips May Soon Need Enormous Power-Intel CTO (Reuters). Reuters - The old geek's joke about the microchip so warm it can iron your pants or fry an egg could soon be an understatement, according to Intel, the world's largest chip maker.
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9.	Paranoia RPG Returns in New Edition
10.	Microsoft Warning Leaked Code Traders
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11.	VeriSign to deploy Internet hub in China. VeriSign Inc. is planning to deploy a domain name service (DNS) Internet constellation site in Beijing by the end of 2004, promising to offer Chinese Internet users faster response times and improved reliability.
12.	Future needs new chips, fast wireless, Intel's Gelsinger says. SAN FRANCISCO - The "tera" era of the computing world is approaching, and the semiconductor industry is going to have to rethink many of the architectural approaches it has taken to build today's processors in order to handle the vast datasets of the future, said Pat Gelsinger, senior vice president and chief technology officer at Intel Corp., in a keynote address Thursday at the Spring Intel Developer Forum here.Â�
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13.	Attn: Win users
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14.	BugTraq: Cisco Security Advisory: Cisco ONS 15327, ONS 15454, ONS 15454 SDH, and ONS 15600 Vulnerabilities. Sender: Cisco Systems Product Security Incident Response Team [psirt at cisco dot com]
15.	BugTraq: RE: Aol Instant Messenger/Microsoft Internet Explorer remote code execution. Sender: Thor Larholm [thor at pivx dot com]
16.	Vulnerabilities: Samba Mksmbpasswd.sh Insecure User Account Creation Vulnerability. Samba is a freely available file and printer sharing application maintained and developed by the Samba Development Team. Samba allows file and printer sharing between ope...
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17.	Function trumps form at Intel showcase. IDF We muster an Itanic cluster or two
18.	As stock sank, Fatcat SBC boss paid himself $19.5 million. First person Cingular
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19.	Not showing "your papers" could get you arrested
20.	Mr. bin Laden, you're clear to fly
21.	RE: Multiple WinXP kernel vulns can give user mode programs kernel mode privileges
22.	iMail 8.05 LDAP service remote exploit
23.	Re: Fw: APC 9606 SmartSlot Web/SNMP management card "backdoor" - MORE PROBLEMS
24.	APC 9606 SmartSlot Web/SNMP management card "backdoor" - Telnet can't be disabled.
25.	Arming Linux against hackers
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26.	Critical ZoneAlarm Flaw. Zone Labs ZoneAlarm 4 products, including ZoneAlarm Pro 4.x, ZoneAlarm Plus 4.x, ZoneAlarm 4.x and Zone Labs Integrity 4.x, are vulnerable to exploitation due to a potential buffer overflow in the SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) processing. A successful attack...

4:14:08 PM

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1.	Bubble bursting for Napster. Analysts have predicted multiple casualties in the online music business by year end. Napster 2.0 may be heading for the endangered species list. By Eric Bangeman.
2.	Linux receives full weight of Intel behind them. Intel announced that it would be giving Linux its full support in future software and driver releases. Intel's commitment to supporting Linux should be solidified by end of 2004. By Matt Woodward.
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3.	IT and intellectual property
4.	FBI spotlights digital piracy. The feds announce new resources to track down online pirates, and new antipiracy warning label.
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5.	Nextel's Revenues Rise, But Stock Drops (Reuters). Reuters - Nextel Communications Inc. (NXTL.O) on Thursday said quarterly profit fell from a year earlier, when the wireless telephone company had a gain from the sale of an international unit, but revenue rose 29 percent.
6.	Gender gap plagues Arab online growth: report (AFP). AFP - Fewer than a quarter of viewers of general portal websites in the Middle East are women, the Arab Advisors Group found in a study, linking the phenomenon to poor advertising revenues.
7.	Intel Exec Sees 64-Bit Irrelevant for Home PCs Now (Reuters). Reuters - A top Intel executive said 64-bit technology, which gives computers greater memory capacity and more powerful data crunching abilities, would not become relevant to home PC users until sometime in 2006, later than anticipated by Intel's rival, AMD.
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8.	Imminent Mandrake Name Change?
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9.	Arming Linux against hackers
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10.	Vulnerabilities: Voice Of Web AllMyPHP Remote File Include Vulnerabilities. The AllMyPHP family of products are script template applications designed to be implemented within third party web applications. AllMyGuests is a web based guest book app...
11.	Vulnerabilities: Bonobo EFSTool Commandline Argument Buffer Overflow Vulnerability. Bonobo is a set of tools and CORBA interfaces included as part of the Gnome infrastructure. It is designed for use on the Linux and Unix operating systems. A problem wi...
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12.	Intel chief touts mobile 3D chip, ignores next-gen XScale. IDF Wireless MMX shunned
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13.	Trademark Law Shouldn't Prejudice Internet Ads
14.	Re: APC 9606 SmartSlot Web/SNMP management card "backdoor"
15.	RE: 9660 : Microsoft IIS Unspecified Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability
16.	APC Security Advisory - Static factory password vulnerability
17.	Microsoft Internet Explorer Unspecified CHM File Processing Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability (bid 9658)
18.	Zone Labs Security Advisory ZL04-08 - SMTP processing vulnerability
19.	Aol Instant Messenger/Microsoft Internet Explorer remote code execution
20.	MDKSA-2004:014 - Updated metamail packages fix buffer overflow vulnerabilities
21.	Re: Fw: APC 9606 SmartSlot Web/SNMP management card "backdoor" - MORE PROBLEMS
22.	Re: Second critical mremap() bug found in all Linux kernels
23.	PunkBuster SQL Injection Attack
24.	Re: Multiple WinXP kernel vulns can give user mode programs kernel mode privileges
25.	RE: Multiple WinXP kernel vulns can give user mode programs kernel mode privileges
26.	[SECURITY] [DSA 442-1] New Linux 2.4.17 packages fix local root exploits and more (s390)
27.	Re: Fw: APC 9606 SmartSlot Web/SNMP management card "backdoor" - MORE PROBLEMS
28.	Information security and negligence
29.	Another security hole found in Linux kernel
30.	Google adds 1 billion pages to search
31.	Woodbine hacker regrets his 'evil' actions
32.	Spammers exploit home high-speed connections
33.	Security Still Reigns as Wireless 'Weakest Link'
34.	Fraud and phishing attacks soar
35.	Virus opens back door for hackers
36.	Arming Linux against hackers
37.	New service promises no more web or IM viruses
38.	Virus alert: Bagle_B
39.	Wrong diagnoses are killing patients
40.	Sort out your Wi-Fi policy or face the consequences
41.	How to Get Free iTunes Downloads

3:13:49 PM

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1.	Commentary: Filling a void for RFID. Companies experimenting with radio frequency identification tags and readers are learning that they need new software to get the most out of their efforts.
2.	Nextel hits bump for network upgrade. The carrier says it's months late adding a capacity-increasing technology to its network, an upgrade key to keeping pace with competitors.
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3.	No-Contract Cell Phone Plans Bring Freedom (AP). AP - The cell phone companies have most of us precisely where they want us: shackled to one- or two-year contracts, threatened with hefty fees for early escapes.
4.	FDA OKs 3 Medtronic ICDs for Internet Monitoring (Reuters). Reuters - Medtronic Inc. (MDT.N), the world's No. 1 medical technology company, on Thursday said U.S. regulators had approved three more implantable heart devices that can be used with the company's Internet-based monitoring system.
5.	Movies, CDs, Games to Carry FBI Copyright Warning (Reuters). Reuters - Trade groups representing the U.S. entertainment industry said on Thursday that new CDs, DVDs and video games would carry a stark warning about the legal penalties for unauthorized copying as part of an effort to combat digital piracy.
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6.	Scientists Challenge U.S. on Scientific Distortions
7.	New Method of Spam Filtering
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8.	BugTraq: Re: Fw: APC 9606 SmartSlot Web/SNMP management card "backdoor" - MORE PROBLEMS. Sender: Tom [tom at ispstuff dot com]
9.	BugTraq: RE: Multiple WinXP kernel vulns can give user mode programs kernel mode privileges. Sender: first last [randnut at hotmail dot com]
10.	BugTraq: iMail 8.05 LDAP service remote exploit. Sender: Iván Rodriguez Almuiña [kralor at coromputer dot net]
11.	BugTraq: APC 9606 SmartSlot Web/SNMP management card "backdoor" - Telnet can't be disabled.. Sender: David Monosov [david dot monosov at futureinquestion dot net]
12.	Vulnerabilities: Mutt Menu Drawing Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability. Mutt is a freely available, open source mail user agent (MUA). It is available for the Unix and Linux platforms. A problem in the handling of some types of input has be...
13.	Vulnerabilities: Computer Associates eTrust Antivirus Malicious Code Detection Bypass Vulnerability. eTrust Antivirus is antivirus software that is maintained and distributed by Computer Associates. A vulnerability has been reported to exist in the software that may all...
14.	Vulnerabilities: Gaim Multiple Remote Boundary Condition Error Vulnerabilities. Gaim is an instant messaging client that supports numerous protocols. It is available for the Unix and Linux platforms. Several vulnerabilities in the handling of YMSG p...
15.	Vulnerabilities: Freeform Interactive Purge/Purge Jihad Game Client Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability. Purge and Purge Jihad games are computer games distributed and maintained/developed by Freeform Interactive. It includes features that allow users to game locally or acro...
16.	Vulnerabilities: FreeRADIUS Tag Field Heap Corruption Vulnerability. FreeRADIUS is a freely available, open source implementation of the RADIUS protocol. It is available for the Unix and Linux platforms. A problem has been identified in ...
17.	Vulnerabilities: XLight FTP Server Remote Send File Request Denial Of Service Vulnerability. XLight FTP server is a commercially available FTP server application built for the Windows platform. A remote denial of service vulnerability has been reported to exist ...
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18.	Intel to combine Wi-Fi, Bluetooth in Centrino 2. IDF Next-gen ProWireless module
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19.	Netsky.b Virus
20.	Elsewhere: PKI's alive and kicking
21.	Elsewhere: MyDoom, Bagle-B are just a taste of viruses to come
22.	News: AOL and Earthlink chase spammers through the courts
23.	News: Sex, drugs and cans of spam
24.	19 Feb Troj/KeyHost-A
25.	Top Port: domain 53

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1.	Video: seatbeltless driver falls asleep, crashes. Incredible in-car video of a poor guy who falls asleep while driving, and then gets in an accident. No blood, but he flies all over the car and cracks his head through a window. Link (Thanks, Lorin!)
2.	Send flowers to a random couple at SF City Hall. A Minnesotan got the idea to have congratulatory flowers delivered to a random gay couple on the steps of San Francisco City Hall, and now s/he's trying to start a movement. He called a florist and they agreed to do it. He told them to deliver to any couple -- it didn't matter who -- standing in line to get married, with his blessing. The card will read simply "With love, from Minneapolis, Minnesota." Once they understood, they were very touched and thought it was a great idea. He told another co-worker who did the same thing. And now we want to start a movement. Wouldn't that be cool if people from all over the country, gay, straight and otherwise, started sending flowers to the people waiting in line to get married. Link (Thanks, Dan!)
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3.	JBoss lands $10 million in funding. The open-source Java software company rakes in its first round of outside financing from Matrix Partners and Accel Partners.
4.	STMicro travels further into India. The European chipmaker opens a new design facility in the country and plans to hire more engineers to work on embedded software.
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5.	McAfee AntiSpyware (Ziff Davis). Ziff Davis - The anti-spyware component of McAfee Internet Security 2004 performed well in PC Magazine's recent tests.
6.	Qwest Posts Fourth-Quarter Loss of $307M (AP). AP - Qwest Communications International Inc. reported a fourth-quarter loss of $307 million on Thursday, blaming competition from wireless and local phone service providers.
7.	US firm Compex to set up wireless Internet connection in Indian coffee bars (AFP). AFP - Indians will soon be able to use their laptop computers in coffee houses to surf the Internet thanks to plans by US wireless connectivity giant Compex Systems.
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8.	Y Window System Project Started
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9.	Google to turn up heat on rivals. The web's biggest search engine promises improvements as Yahoo stops using its technology and launches a rival service.
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10.	BugTraq: Re: Second critical mremap() bug found in all Linux kernels. Sender: Dan Yefimov [dan at D00M dot integrate dot com dot ru]
11.	BugTraq: [SECURITY] [DSA 442-1] New Linux 2.4.17 packages fix local root exploits and more (s390). Sender: [joey at infodrom dot org (Martin Schulze)]
12.	BugTraq: Re: Multiple WinXP kernel vulns can give user mode programs kernel mode privileges. Sender: 3APA3A [3APA3A at SECURITY dot NNOV dot RU]
13.	BugTraq: RE: Multiple WinXP kernel vulns can give user mode programs kernel mode privileges. Sender: Alun Jones [alun at texis dot com]
14.	Vulnerabilities: Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine For Red Hat Linux Insecure Temporary File Vulnerabilities. Multiple issues related to insecure creation of temporary files were reported in Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine for Red Hat Linux. These issues are exposed during instal...
15.	Vulnerabilities: Microsoft Internet Explorer Bitmap Processing Integer Overflow Vulnerability. Microsoft Internet Explorer has been reported prone to an integer overflow vulnerability. The issue presents itself in bitmap file processing procedures and is due to the...
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16.	NTL renews assault on broadband hogs. 'Please, for the sake of all our customers...'
17.	UK Watchdog bites mobile spam scammers. Two operations shut down under emergency procedures
18.	Telewest MD Burdick quits. 'Leaving to pursue other opportunities'
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19.	19 Feb W32/Netsky-B
20.	Life, Liberty and Pursuit of Porn
21.	Jean-Luc Breysse et Philippe Montjolin (Emap France)�: «�De nombreuses personnes reconnaissent l'apport de l'informatique�»
22.	Netsky in neuer Variante unterwegs
23.	Critical ZoneAlarm Flaw
24.	NetBSD: kernel Denial of service vulnerability
25.	NetBSD: racoon Remote deletion of SA
26.	Suse: kernel Privilege escalation vulernability
27.	Mandrake: metamail Multiple vulnerabilities
28.	Gentoo: clamav Denial of service vulnerability
29.	Fedora: kernel Bug in previous patch
30.	OpenBSD: OpenSSL Denial of service vulnerability
31.	NetBSD: shmat Privilege escalation vulnerability
32.	Debian: kernel Many patches for s390

1:13:09 PM

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1.	Google designer on Yahoo! search. A Google user-interface designer has some pithy thoughts on Yahoo!'s new search product: Google's search for 'cameras' gives a sponsored link for cameras at Buy.com at the top of the page, and eight AdWords ads down the side. The first four results make perfect sense: DP Review, Short Courses the leading publisher of photography-related eBooks, Conatax/Yashica, and Nikon USA. As you go farther down the list, there's more useful stuff. Now try Yahoo's version. Right off the bat you have cross-sell links to products, and sponsored results that mimic web results which, along with the standard AdWordsClone ads on the right, push the first actual web search result below the fold, where most users won't even see it. But say you do scroll down and see 'top 20 web results' (out of 27,700,000). The first one on the list is for Jersey Swimwear, USA with the blurb: "Coming soon -- Jersey swimwear for MILKDUDS.COM!" Link (via Battelle)
2.	Curry KitKats. Nestle is rolling out curry-flavored KitKats. As well as the cumin and masala flavour, Nestle is considering offering lemon cheesecake, liquorice, saffron and passion fruit. Lemon cheesecake KitKat is already sold in Germany and Japan, and the group confirmed it may be brought to Britain. Link (via Fark)
3.	GreyTuesday: mass mirroring of the Grey Album. GreyTuesday is an effort to protest EMI's crackdown on DJ Danger Mouse's amazing Grey Album. Tuesday, February 24 will be a day of coordinated civil disobedience: websites will post Danger Mouse's Grey Album on their site for 24 hours in protest of EMI's attempts to censor this work. Link (Thanks, Pat!)
4.	Help Derek give San Francisco's married gays prints of their happy moments. Derek sez, "Last weekend I was a City Hall, photographing the happy couples descend the steps after their marriages. Now I'd like to track down as many of the couples as I can to give them prints of their happy moment! If you know one of these people, or know someone who might, please put them in touch with me using one of the many social software tools at our disposal!" Link (Thanks, Derek!)
5.	Fun rubegoldberg Flash toy. Jed sez, "Cute Flash toy in which you try to determine the order in which to drag various items into the middle. Each time you drag an item, the items you've already placed change ("level up") and interact with each other. The goal is to drag all the items in the right sequence to advance them all to their maximum levels. (The maximum score is 20,000.) There are quite a few possible sequences that do this, as well as some sequences that don't reach the maximum but do produce fun effects." Link (Thanks, Jed!)
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6.	Ciena scoops up start-ups. The optical gear maker will spend $636 million on two start-ups as it tries to expand its market and return to profitability.
7.	Lindows mobilizes Centrino support. Desktop Linux software maker Lindows.com releases a version of its operating system that supports the Intel chip for wireless notebooks.
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8.	Wi-Fi changes virtually everything (USATODAY.com). USATODAY.com - Watching football on TV doesn't cut it anymore for John Furrier and his son, Alec, 8.
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9.	Behind the Scenes in Kernel Development
10.	DARPA Offers No Food for Thought
11.	Have We Learned from the New Economy?
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12.	Microsoft rolls out beta of Virtual Server 2004 - Infoworld Staff. Microsoft on Wednesday announced it has sent out to more than 15,000 testers the first beta of its Virtual Server 2004 , which features a number of new capabilities including improved security.
13.	Microsoft offers security update CDs. Microsoft Corp. has started taking orders for the Windows Security Update CD, a disc with all critical updates released through October 2003 for various Windows versions.
14.	Sony to make DRM standard on Memory Stick. Sony is planning to make its MagicGate digital rights management (DRM) a standard feature of Memory Stick flash memory cards and will shortly launch a new card intended to replace some of its current cards.
15.	IBM jumps on expanding data retention needs. IBM Corp. is attempting to steal the emerging market in data retention, sparked by new laws, with the release of its TotalStorage Data Retention 450.
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16.	BugTraq: Zone Labs Security Advisory ZL04-08 - SMTP processing vulnerability. Sender: Zone Labs Product Security [Product-Security at zonelabs dot com]
17.	BugTraq: Microsoft Internet Explorer Unspecified CHM File Processing Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability (bid 9658). Sender: K-OTiK Security [Special-Alerts at k-otik dot com]
18.	BugTraq: Aol Instant Messenger/Microsoft Internet Explorer remote code execution. Sender: Michael Evanchik [mike at high-pow-er dot com]
19.	BugTraq: Re: Fw: APC 9606 SmartSlot Web/SNMP management card "backdoor" - MORE PROBLEMS. Sender: Keith Clifton [clifton at zoomnet dot net]
20.	Vulnerabilities: Paul Daniels SignatureDB sdbscan Local Buffer Overflow Vulnerability. SignatureDB is a signature database used to provide signatures/fingerprints of common annoying emails/files, not specifically viruses. SignatureDB is composed of two com...
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21.	Cruel sea threatens Torpoint's ADSL plans. Bandwidth-starved locals praying for fair weather
22.	Technology sales to bloom in 2004 - EU study. Looking good for IT and telecoms
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23.	CSO Magazine and CERT Security Capability Model
24.	Another security hole found in Linux kernel
25.	Spammers exploit high-speed connections, careless users
26.	Viagra en porno domineren spamlandschap
27.	CoreGuard 3.0 Improves Host Data Integrity Protection
28.	Enterprise security spend set to double

12:12:48 PM

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1.	Cory reading tonight at Borderlands Books. One final reminder: I'm giving a signing and a reading at San Francisco's Borderlands Books (19th and Valencia) tonight at 7PM, in honor of Eastern Standard Tribe. Hope to see you there! Link
2.	Wired -- Larry Flynt: Life, Liberty and Pursuit of Porn. In today's edition of Wired News, I interview Larry Flynt. As Hustler magazine nears its 30-year anniversary, the adult entertainment magnate reflects on how technology has changed his business, the Justice Department's new "porn czar," the first major federal obscenity prosecution in over a decade, how the Patriot Act relates to porn, and why online anonymity matters. I also asked him about some recent allegations regarding President Bush that were attributed to Flynt, and published New York Daily News. His response: a new book he's releasing on July 4 will document a year-long investigation into those claims. Snip: Larry Flynt: [Technology has] had a dramatic effect. In the 1980s, publishing was 80 percent of my business. Now it's about 20 percent, and the rest is Internet or video. I don't think many people anticipated how the Internet was going to revolutionize the way we disseminate information. Now everybody does -- but some did in time, and some didn't. That's one of the reasons Penthouse filed for bankruptcy. They were relying totally on publishing. We knew in the early 1990s that we needed to diversify and branched out into a lot of different areas. Technology still has many surprises for us down the road, particularly in the wireless area. It's going to be absolutely phenomenal. In the next two to five years, you'll see the computer and your home television set merging. You'll have one remote control, and they'll effectively be one device. WN: Do you ever get tired of having to answer for the actions of some of your more extreme colleagues in the industry? Flynt: No. I let them do their thing and I do mine. I try to set an example for them. But I've been to prison, and I don't think some of them have. Let them try it, maybe it will change their attitude. Link
3.	Case against Nader in Flash. Ralph Nader is soliciting comments on whether he should run for the presidency this coming fall. Ralphdontrun is a site put together by "progressive Democrats and independents" urging Nader not to run on the grounds that he could act as a spoiler, handing another four years to Bush. They've put up a powerful and effective Flash movie stating this case, and they're urging the public to contact Nader and politely, forcefully urge him to not run. Link
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4.	Flat panels to outpace CRTs in 2004. For the first time, global shipments of liquid crystal displays this year will surpass those of cathode ray tube units, as prices drop into a comfort zone for mainstream PC users.
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5.	Nextel Quarterly Earnings Down 56 Percent (AP). AP - Fourth quarter earnings at wireless phone provider Nextel Communications fell 56 percent, suffering from the comparison to the year-ago quarter when a $1.2 billion one-time gain sharply inflated profits.
6.	AWOL on Spam? (washingtonpost.com). washingtonpost.com - News yesterday that two of the nation's leading Internet service providers were refiling civil fraud suits against spam operations prompts an important question: Six weeks after the federal anti-spam law went into effect, what exactly has Uncle Sam been doing to can spam?
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7.	CSO Magazine and CERT Security Capability Model
8.	Another security hole found in Linux kernel
9.	Spammers exploit high-speed connections, careless users
10.	NetBSD: shmat Privilege escalation vulnerability
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11.	Elsewhere: PKI's alive and kicking. A 1991 college computer-networking class almost stymied my vocational momentum. The professor, a genuinely keen and knowledgeable fellow, spent much time explaining the...
12.	Elsewhere: MyDoom, Bagle-B are just a taste of viruses to come. The MyDoom Internet virus and the Bagle-B worm are only a taste of viruses, worms and Trojans set to appear in the coming year - effectively representing the tip of the i...
13.	News: AOL and Earthlink chase spammers through the courts. The Register By John Leyden [john dot leyden at theregister dot co dot uk]
14.	News: Sex, drugs and cans of spam. The Register By Lucy Sherriff [lucy dot sherriff at theregister dot co dot uk]
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15.	AOL calls for UK broadband competition. Key challenge
16.	Cisco gets into video conferencing. Sound and vision
17.	IDF Spring '04 coverage in full. We'll gather chips in the Spring
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18.	More Than 50% Increase Of Email Fraud And Phishing Attacks In January
19.	Sex, drugs and cans of spam
20.	Datamonitor Expects Rise in Security Spending
21.	Intel Includes Symantec Security on Its Motherboards

11:12:28 AM

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1.	Rotate video 90 degrees in OS X?. Does anyone know of a free/cheap tool for OS X that will let me rotate video clips by 90 degrees? I have a little Exilim camera that shoots short video clips, and I'm perennially framing my clips in portrait, forgetting that the camera saves everything as a landscape-ratio AVI. I want to be able to open the clips, rotate them 90 degrees clockwise or counter-clock and save them again as AVIs or MOVs. Mail me if you know the answer, please! OK, here are a couple of solutions for this: In QuickTime Pro: Movie -> Get Movie Properties -> Video Track/Size -- then use rotate buttons Simple Rotate, an iMovie plugin (Thanks to Matthias, Marc, Mike, Dieter, and David!)
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2.	Cingular to Buy AT&T Wireless for $41B (AP). AP - Cingular Wireless agreed to pay nearly $41 billion in cash to buy AT&T Wireless Services to create the nation's largest mobile phone company, raising concern among consumer advocates that it may hurt competition and impede lower prices.
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3.	The Self-Tuning Guitar
4.	An Ignition Interlock In Every Car?
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5.	Debian: kernel Many patches for s390
6.	Mandrake: metamail Multiple vulnerabilities
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7.	Vulnerabilities: JelSoft VBulletin Search.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability. VBulletin is a commercially available web based bulletin board application. It is implemented in PHP and may be run on Unix and Unix like operating systems as well as Win...
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8.	Sex, drugs and cans of spam. Viagra and diet pills jamming inboxes everywhere
9.	Aberdeen councillor proposes motion on toilet. Another .gov howler
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10.	OWLS 1.0 Arbitrary File Disclosure Vulnerability
11.	Online Store Kit 3.0 Products Multiple SQL Injection Vulnerabilities
12.	Linksys WAP55AG SNMP Community String Disclosure Vulnerability
13.	CesarFTP 0.99 Denial of Service Vulnerability
14.	Ipswitch IMail LDAP Daemon Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
15.	Netsky.b worm spreading fast
16.	Présentation de CrossCrypt et gestion de disques et partitions chiffrés sous Win
17.	WORM_AGOBOT.DX

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1.	Story of the TiVo remote. The NYTimes covers the birth of the TiVo remote, one of the finest pieces of user-centered design I've ever encountered (if only there were some way to tell, without looking, whether you were holding it upside-down). The peanut-shaped TiVo remote is at once playful and functional. A smiling TV set with feet and rabbit ears, the company's logo, graces the top. Distinctive buttons like a green thumbs-up and a red thumbs-down button have helped the remote win design awards from the Consumer Electronics Association. "They did a really good job," said Jakob Nielsen of the Nielsen Norman Group, a technology consulting firm in Fremont, Calif. Mr. Nielsen called the oversize yellow pause button in the middle of the remote "the most beautiful pause button I've ever seen." Link (via /.)
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2.	RadioShack Profit Jumps, Wireless Helps (Reuters). Reuters - RadioShack Corp. (RSH.N), the No. 3 U.S. consumer electronics chain, on Thursday reported a sharp rise in quarterly profit, boosted by cost controls, improved gross margins and robust demand for wireless phones.
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3.	TV Spooks turned into game. Catch up with the latest news from the world of video gaming.
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4.	Leak An Experiment in Open Source?
5.	Trend Micro Pattern File February 18, 2004
6.	McAfee SuperDAT 4326
7.	McAfee DAT 4326
8.	Norton AntiVirus Virus Definitions February 18, 2004
9.	Ad-aware referencefile 01R259 18.02.2004
10.	EarthLink en AOL klagen spamnetwerk aan
11.	Uitgelekte Windows code maakt software beter
12.	AOL and Earthlink chase spammers through the courts
13.	Microsoft offers security update CDs

9:11:48 AM

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1.	Morse Code Enters The 21st Century
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2.	Microsoft targets source pirates. Microsoft is writing to people who are distributing its leaked source code via the net and file-sharing systems.
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3.	Microsoft offers security update CDs. Microsoft Corp. has started taking orders for the Windows Security Update CD, a disc with all critical updates released through October 2003 for various Windows versions.
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4.	Leak An Experiment in Open Source?
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5.	Job fears raised as Demon offshores tech support to India. Just a trial, insists ISP
6.	Stob: Number patents Euro-endorsed. Bonjour la tristesse
7.	AOL and Earthlink chase spammers through the courts. Legal cudgels
8.	BT wins NHS broadband megadeal. Big savings
9.	BOFH: Interviewing for Helpdesk. Episode 5 Easy when you know how
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10.	Information security and negligence
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11.	Politie zoekt klikkende messenger hacker
12.	Verschillende kernel lekken in Windows XP ontdekt
13.	Europese commissie wil biometrie op paspoort
14.	Interview with Vincenzo Ciaglia, Founder of Netwosix
15.	19 Feb Troj/DDosSmal-B
16.	Information security and negligence

8:11:27 AM

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1.	Roadblocks could slow RFID. Radio frequency identification promises to cut costs and streamline supply chains. But companies may need to rethink their software infrastructures in order to make RFID work as advertised.
2.	PKI's alive and kicking. CoreStreet President Phil Libin notes that while the public key infrastructure has been declared dead a number of times, it just refuses to die--like TCP/IP, it's grown.
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3.	Cingular may have to shed assets to get OK (USATODAY.com). USATODAY.com - Cingular Wireless' proposed purchase of AT&T Wireless (AWE) might face more regulatory hurdles than expected because of fears it could dampen local phone, as well as wireless, competition, industry officials say.
4.	Wireless Firms Look at Phones as Limitless (washingtonpost.com). washingtonpost.com - Watch the World Series from your cell phone. Record a video of your child and beam it to Grandma. Play online video games.
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5.	Man denies Oscar piracy charges. A man accused of distributing films online that were supplied to an Oscar voter denies the charges.
6.	E-mail tries out a sense of smell. UK net provider Telewest Broadband is testing a system to let people to send scented e-mails.
7.	Video game to help flood planners. A special SimCity-like game has been devised to help plan for Britain's future flood defences.
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8.	Welsh local govt website caught with trousers down. A bit like their poor kids, in this case
9.	Netsky B is very pesky. Mutating worm
10.	Dust settles on AT&T Wireless battle. Vodafone outflanked by Cingular Wireless
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11.	Catching the computer virus
12.	Cyber-age goodfellas
13.	Analyzing malware
14.	While Microsoft weakness is patched, other worms turn
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15.	Microsoft mahnt Downloader ab
16.	Netsky-Wurm verbreitet sich per Mail und Netzwerk
17.	Catching the computer virus
18.	Cyber-age goodfellas
19.	Analyzing malware
20.	While Microsoft weakness is patched, other worms turn

7:11:08 AM

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1.	You call this consolidation? (TheDeal.com). TheDeal.com - A lack of clear matches should leave the wireless market with five players after the Cingular-AT&T Wireless deal.
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2.	Allnet GPL Infringement Settled Constructively
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3.	Microsoft targets source sharers. Microsoft is writing to people who are distributing its leaked source code via the net and file-sharing systems.
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4.	Amstrad's em@iler makes a profit. They said it would
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5.	Hungry Black Hole Rips Star Apart. X-ray observatories capture act of 'celestial gluttony' that astronomers say proves a long-standing theory that black holes can pull in cosmic bodies, stretch them to the breaking point and then consume them.
6.	This Humvee Is Car and Driver. Carnegie Mellon University's Red Team unveils a fully autonomous robot Humvee designed to race across a desert with no human intervention. Lore Sjöberg reports from San Francisco.
7.	Scientists: Bush Distorts Science. A group of influential scientists says the Bush administration repeatedly misuses or distorts scientific findings to suit its political agenda regarding the environment, health policy, nuclear weapons and industry. By Kristen Philipkoski.
8.	Satellites to Track Tiny Dolphins. Maui's dolphins, which live along the shores of New Zealand, are endangered. So the country plans to tag the small mammals and use satellites to track their range, in hopes of establishing better protections. Kim Griggs reports from Wellington, New Zealand.
9.	Film Firms Fight to Stay Afloat. With sales of digital cameras outpacing traditional 35-mm cameras, film companies struggle to keep their businesses alive. Some say it's a losing battle. By Kari L. Dean.
10.	Netflix Imitators Are Everywhere. The pioneering online DVD rental service may be the most popular way to borrow movies through the mail. But copycat services also thrive, offering everything from games to books to porn. By Lore Sjöberg.
11.	Life, Liberty and Pursuit of Porn. As Hustler magazine nears its 30-year anniversary, Larry Flint reflects on how technology has changed the adult entertainment business -- and how the Patriot Act relates to porn. Wired News interview by Xeni Jardin.
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12.	Communications processor is faster and more secure
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13.	Leer security met het Microsoft Security Guidance Center
14.	Bagle.B twee na gevaarlijkste e-mailvirus allertijden
15.	Zone Labs waarschuwt voor lek in ZoneAlarm
16.	Information security is meer dan biodiversiteit
17.	Gratis-Sicherheits-CD von Microsoft für Windows
18.	La RIAA continue sa croisade anti-pirates
19.	Cisco et IBM lancent un nouveau modèle de sécurité
20.	Communications processor is faster and more secure

6:10:48 AM

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1.	PDA Pundit: Palm Trade Show Offers Glimpses of Newest Gear, Software (PC World). PC World - New Clies, a bar code sheep-shearing contest, Bejeweled for romantics, and a super-small Palm-based phone lend pizzazz to a quiet show floor.
2.	First Look at Mozilla.org's Firefox (PC World). PC World - Alternative browser shines with a clean interface, sophisticated functions, and many options.
3.	Mitsubishi Displays Reversible LCD (PC World). PC World - New technology could lead to smaller, lighter cell phones and PDAs.
4.	EarthLink, AOL Allege Spamming Networks (washingtonpost.com). washingtonpost.com - Two of the country's largest Internet service providers yesterday sued more than a dozen alleged spammers and related marketing firms in cases they claim expose an international world of bulk e-mailers using sophisticated technology, gloating about defeating anti-spam systems and boasting of getting rich.
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5.	Rise of the virtual machine. The inexorable march of progress
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6.	National Security Agency komt met veilige Linux versie
7.	RIAA Countersued Under Racketeering Laws
8.	RIAA sued under gang laws
9.	Project details for Network Security Policy Compiler 2.0 (Default)
10.	NetSPoC: a Network Security Policy Compiler
11.	In (Sort Of) Defense of Spammers
12.	The Economics of Spam - How did we end up with recipients paying the price?
13.	Scientists: Bush Distorts Science
14.	At the Front in the Virus Wars
15.	Do-Not-Call Registry for Telemarketing Upheld in Court
16.	CNN.com - Judge allows GPS evidence in Peterson case

5:10:27 AM

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1.	Dilbert for 19 Feb 2004.
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2.	China sets deadline to end junk mail with blacklist of 656 spam servers (AFP). AFP - China's Internet police has published a blacklist of 656 spam servers across the world, setting a deadline for them to stop sending junk mail, state media reported.
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3.	BKDR_SDBOT.FL
4.	IBM.cloudscape.txt
5.	02.04.04.txt
6.	ISS_alert_163
7.	ISS_alert_162
8.	pine-cert-20040201.t..>
9.	FreeBSD-SA-04:02.shm..>
10.	TA04-036A.txt
11.	vserver_chroot.txt
12.	zm-1.17.2.tar.gz
13.	cctde-0.1.tar.gz
14.	systemsearcher.tgz
15.	jail_1.9a.tar.gz
16.	Adv-20040206.txt
17.	ApacheSSLvuln.txt
18.	dotnetnuke.txt
19.	openjournal2.5.txt
20.	thepalace.txt
21.	SecureServ-1.1.tar.g..>
22.	PalmOShttpd.txt
23.	waraxe-2004-SA#003.t..>
24.	kismet-feb.04.01.tar..>

4:10:08 AM

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1.	Notebooks to dial up built-in phones. Manufacturers will soon start selling notebooks that feature integrated Voice over Internet Protocol, and built-in cell phone capabilities are expected to follow.
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2.	EFF Continues Fight On Blizzard Vs. Bnetd Case
3.	Development Of The TiVo Remote Charted

3:09:48 AM

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1.	I take back the good things I said about Orbitz; it locks up my P800.
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2.	Metamail Format String Flaws and Buffer Overflows Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
3.	Smallftpd Can Be Crashed By Remote Authenticated Users

2:09:27 AM

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1.	Microcar and Minicar Club annual meet photos. Once a year, members of the National Microcar and Minicar Club meet to show off their fully-restored pint-sized vehicles. Wouldn't the roadways of America be a lot more fun to look at if people drove microcars instead of SUVs? The 2004 meet will be in Huntington Beach in July. Link
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2.	It's Not Enough to Be Just a Phone Company. The telecommunications industry is moving into an era of megacarriers; smaller operations are likely to feel pressure to find partnerships and joint ventures. By Matt Richtel.
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3.	Wireless Firms Look at Phones as Limitless (washingtonpost.com). washingtonpost.com - Watch the World Series from your cell phone. Record a video of your child and beam it to Grandma. Play online video games.
4.	EarthLink, AOL Allege Spamming Networks (washingtonpost.com). washingtonpost.com - Two of the country's largest Internet service providers yesterday sued more than a dozen alleged spammers and related marketing firms in cases they claim expose an international world of bulk e-mailers using sophisticated technology, gloating about defeating anti-spam systems and boasting of getting rich.
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5.	The latest beta version of the HandBrake DVD ripper supports H.264 and MP4.
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6.	Judge OKs California e-voting. Do or Diebold
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7.	TROJ_OPTIXPRO.C
8.	PredatorWatch Minds the Store
9.	Spam: A Reality Check
10.	Microsoft Partners Assess Fallout from Code Leak

1:09:08 AM

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1.	Intel drops details on Centrino 2. The Register has the scoop on new revelations from the IDF on the successor to Centrino, codenamed "Sonoma" and slated for launch next Fall. By Hannibal.
2.	Intel posts IA-32e docs. In other Intel news, the Intel docs for ~~x86-64~~ IA-32e are now online. By Hannibal.
3.	Cisco embraces Power-over-Ethernet standard; adds video to VoIP. Cisco endorses international power-over-Ethernet standard which promises to deliver power to remote network devices. Broadcast-quality video comes to IP Telephony, too! By Matt Woodward.
4.	Pepsi's iTunes giveaway: How to always pick a winner. Pepsi believes it will only have to pay for a fraction of the 100 million tunes due to some folks never redeeming their winning caps. By Matt Woodward.
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5.	Jim Macdonald explains writing. Jim Macdonald, half of the Doyle-Macdonald writing team, has been presiding over a hundreds-posts-long running tutorial on how to write that is unbelievably good and sensible and right. If you want to write, go read this now. Well, now, what to put in the opening? We're going to stick with the chess game metaphor for a while here. In the opening you're trying to put yourself into a strong position for going into the midgame (where the exciting action and the exciting combinations occur), and you do this mostly by getting your pieces off the back rank as quickly as possible. The pieces are your major characters. Get them out there, and get them doing things. Don't neglect your pawns -- your minor characters. You should cherish your minor characters. They'll save your life. If you have a selection of minor characters you can pull them out to solve problems later in the book. Now, what to put in that first chapter? (Recall that if your readers don't finish the first chapter they'll never get to chapter two.) To answer the question of what goes into chapter one, I'm going to grab the first stanzas from a bunch of Anglo-Scots folk ballads. These were the popular songs of earlier times, cooked by the folk process so that only the important and memorable parts remain, they're entertaining, and they tell stories. Link (via Making Light)
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6.	IBM tool targets data compliance. Big Blue, eager to cash in on recent data-handling rules, is set to unveil a device that aims to help clients comply with regulations.
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7.	New Internet technology not to be sniffed at (AFP). AFP - Internet users in Britain might soon be able to spice up their e-mails with an added whiff of a well-chosen scent, according to a report.
8.	Intel, in Shift, Unveils 64-Bit PC Chip Feature (Reuters). Reuters - Intel Corp. on Tuesday unveiled plans to bring features previously reserved for "big iron" business computers into PCs for home offices and small businesses, a strategic shift that marked a renewed challenge to smaller rival Advanced Micro Devices Inc.
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9.	AOL, Earthlink sue alleged spammers. Two major Internet service providers, EarthLink Inc. and America Online (AOL), have filed civil complaints against two alleged spam rings this week in an attempt to save their subscribers from unwanted commercial e-mail.
10.	Sun, IBM advance their developer tools. Several weeks after Sun Microsystems Inc. reiterated that it won't join with IBM Corp. to push Eclipse as an industry-standard framework for Java programmers, the company said it is on schedule in its development of its own IDE (integrated development environment), the Sun Java Studio Creator.
11.	IPMI server management spec moves ahead. Dell Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co. (HP), NEC Corp. and Intel Corp. on Wednesday announced version 2.0 of the Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) specification, technology to help users manage servers.
12.	Vendors jump to support 64-bit extensions. SAN FRANCISCO - Fresh off Intel Corp.'s announcement that it would release a Xeon processor with 64-bit extensions technology in the second quarter, three of the four major server vendors pledged their support for the chip Wednesday.
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13.	Mom sues RIAA members for racketeering. Don't call me scarface
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14.	Nouvelle faille dans le noyau Linux
15.	Virus : le retour de NetSky
16.	NAI serait sur le point d'acquérir Foundstone

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