Monday, March 01, 2004

---------------------------------------------------------------------- NewsIsFree: Security ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.  Gates spam plan cops another pasting 2.  WORM_AGOBOT.EG 3.  TROJ_BANCOS.R 4.  Law may boost info security 10:32:24 PM    comment []

---------------------------------------------------------------------- CNET News.com - Front Door ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.  Seeking 'certainty,' CEO signs SCO Linux license. The chief of Web site hosting company EV1Servers.net says it was important "to remove uncertainty and deliver stability and reliability to customers." But he also says the company is seeing some negative publicity. 2.  SunGard taps start-up for emergency e-mail. MessageOne's service gets e-mail restored to corporate customers as soon as possible in the event of a natural disaster, terrorist strike or blackout. 3.  SCO: Linux lawsuit to be filed Tuesday. The company plans to expand its Linux legal attack by filing a lawsuit against a large company using the open-source operating system 4.  MP3 getting antipiracy makeover. The technology most widely associated with the unrestricted file-swapping of the original Napster era is getting a makeover aimed at blocking unauthorized copying and taking advantage of newly popular legal services. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! News - Technology ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 5.  DDR2 Takes Memory to the Next Level (PC World). PC World - Emerging memory technology set to rev gaming and multimedia PCs, servers. 6.  Security Increased for Tuesday's E-Voting (AP). AP - With a record number of voters casting electronic ballots on Super Tuesday, election officials from California to Maryland are beefing up security to prevent problems ranging from software glitches to hackers. 7.  Study: Blogging Still Infrequent (AP). AP - Despite the potential of turning every Internet user into a publisher, relatively few have created Web journals called blogs and even fewer do so with regularity, a new study finds. 8.  Microsoft, eBay Hook Up Software and Auction Data (Reuters). Reuters - Microsoft Corp. (MSFT.O) and eBay Inc. (EBAY.O) said on Monday that they would link software and Web data to make it easier for auction sellers to manage their auctions on eBay's marketplace Web site. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Slashdot ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 9.  UUNet Is The Number 1 Spam Host 9:32:05 PM    comment []

---------------------------------------------------------------------- CNET News.com - Front Door ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.  CRTs to take backseat in rear-projection TVs 2.  Briefly: CRTs to take backseat in rear-projection TVs. Emerging "microdisplay" technologies are gaining on traditional cathode-ray tube technology...PDF to get an engineering edit...Gadget gives iPods gift of recording gab. 3.  'Software as a service' is buzzword at confab. Former Oracle President Ray Lane and others at the Software 2004 conference in San Francisco say the future of the industry depends on readily adaptable technologies and flexible licensing plans. 4.  Banned DVD copiers get spam treatment. Film-copying software from 321 Studios, deemed illegal by the courts, is now showing up in in-boxes. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Slashdot ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 5.  WordPerfect Back From the Wilderness 6.  FreeS/WAN Project Bows Out ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Hack the Planet ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 7.  ESR has a followup about not being able to print, with some concrete suggestions but no mention of the cost of implementing a usable printer configurator (5x? 10x?) or who's supposed to pay for that kind of thing for every open source app. 8.  I designed a poster with OmniGraffle today; piece of cake. The auto-alignment features saved me plenty of time that I would have spent eyeballing things. My ten-year-old PageMaker reflexes even came in handy a little. I'm glad I didn't take my coworkers' advice and use PowerPoint or the GIMP. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- NewsIsFree: Security ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 9.  W32.HLLW.Evianc 10.  Netsky.D spreading like wildfire 11.  TCP 554 scanning; Linux mremap local root exploit posted 9:32:05 PM    comment []

---------------------------------------------------------------------- CNET News.com - Front Door ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.  Intel to debut new chip for four-processor servers. A member of the Gallatin family, the chip will run at 3GHz and include 4MB of level three cache. 2.  EDS financial probe deepens. The SEC asks for information about a massive asset write-down by the IT services firm related to its $6 billion dollar Navy contract. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! News - Technology ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 3.  CA's Kumar Knocks Protectionism , Oracle Takeover (Ziff Davis). Ziff Davis - Computer Associates CEO Sanjay Kumar on Monday blasted protectionist politics and Oracle's takeover practices to the crowd at the Software 2004 conference. 4.  MediaNews, Stephens Launch LA.com (Editor and Publisher). Editor and Publisher - NEW YORK MediaNews Group's California Newspapers Partnership, which includes Gannett and Stephens Media Group, is taking a direct stab at online city directories by launching LA.com today. The new guide -- sort of a mix between Time Out New York, Citysearch and, to a lesser extent, Gawker -- promises to cater to a young, hip, Los Angeles audience by offering such tips as what to order at restaurants and where to find secret parking spots. 5.  Nintendo Says GameCube Nearly Sold Out in U.S. (Reuters). Reuters - Nintendo Co. Ltd., which at one point stopped production on its GameCube video game console due to slack demand, has now nearly sold out of the console in the United States and is seeking to bring supplies in from elsewhere, a spokeswoman said on Monday. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Slashdot ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 6.  Building Scaleable Middleware for MMORPGs ---------------------------------------------------------------------- BBC News | Technology | UK Edition ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 7.  Third attempt at Rosetta launch. The European Space Agency is due to attempt the launch of its twice-delayed comet-chasing mission. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- SecurityFocus Vulnerabilities ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 8.  BugTraq: Re: New phpBB ViewTopic.php Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability. Sender: t4c [Founder of GHCIF] [t4c at ghcif dot de] 9.  Vulnerabilities: xboing Local Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities. xboing is a freely available, open source game for the Linux platform. It has been reported that xboing is prone to multiple local buffer overflows. Successful exploita... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- NewsIsFree: Security ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 10.  W32.Netsky.E@mm 11.  W32.Beagle.H@mm 12.  Spam's 'dirty dozen' exposed 13.  WORM_BAGLE.H 14.  Cold 2001 Mustang Cobra - Winter 2003 15.  Good Security Habits from CERT 16.  Network security doesn�t stop at the perimeter 17.  WebMethods Unveils Software For Financial Services 7:31:24 PM    comment []

---------------------------------------------------------------------- CNET News.com - Front Door ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.  Briefly: PDF to get an engineering edit. Adobe Systems and two trade groups are working to tweak PDF for engineering documents...Gadget gives iPods gift of recording gab...AMD promotes, recruits new execs. 2.  Oracle outlines case for antitrust fight. Company co-President Charles Phillips argues that "to compete, we'll need the economies of scale" that a PeopleSoft buyout would bring. 3.  Survey: Linux programmers yawn at SCO. A new study finds that 73 percent of Linux programmers believe the SCO Group's legal attacks on the open-source operating system lack merit. Respondents also weighed in on other Linux issues. 4.  Web conferencing market heats up. Market leader WebEx announces an alliance with Salesforce.com, while Macromedia offers free trials of its new Breeze service. 5.  Audiocast archive. Open HTML container page. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Slashdot ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 6.  Novell Headed To Linux Enterprise Desktop In Asia 7.  Satellite Celebrates 20 Years Working in Orbit 8.  Famous Hawking Black Hole Bet Resolved? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- LinuxSecurity.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 9.  Good Security Habits from CERT 10.  Network security doesn�t stop at the perimeter ---------------------------------------------------------------------- NewsIsFree: Security ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 11.  WORM_NETSKY.E 7:01:15 PM    comment []

---------------------------------------------------------------------- CNET News.com - Front Door ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.  Study: IT spending back on track. Market researcher Gartner says 2004 began on a promising note for the information technology industry with a "subtle" upward bounce in spending. 2.  PDF to get an engineering edit 3.  Microsoft tries new tack in license deals. The software giant's decision to remove language from a licensing agreement could reflect a growing willingness to tweak the way it does business, say analysts. 4.  AT&T belatedly joins "accelerator" race. The service can increase the delivery of Web pages, but file swappers and others will not see any improvement. 5.  Wi-Fi and VoIP--Is sum greater than parts?. Gear makers have been pitching Net-phoning and wireless networks separately to businesses, with lackluster results. Now they're starting to serve up a combo platter. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! News - Technology ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 6.  SCO Adds Laundry List of Complaints to Suit (NewsFactor). NewsFactor - With a major court ruling favoring the SCO Group, its legal battle with IBM (NYSE: IBM) is shaping up as a high-stakes contest that increasingly may involve end-users. 7.  Qwest Launches National Wireless Service (Reuters). Reuters - Qwest Communications International Inc. (Q.N), the No. 4 U.S. local phone company, on Monday launched a national wireless network in a move to boost revenues. 8.  Wireless Tracking Out of the Shadows - Part 2 (NewsFactor). NewsFactor - Part 1 of this two-part series on the emergence of wireless-tracking technology explores the surge of activity surrounding RFID and in-flight Internet access. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- SecurityFocus Vulnerabilities ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 9.  Vulnerabilities: RhinoSoft Serv-U FTP Server SITE CHMOD Buffer Overflow Vulnerability. RhinoSoft Serv-U FTP Server is designed for use with Microsoft Windows operating systems. RhinoSoft Serv-U FTP Server has been reported prone to a remote post-authentic... 10.  Vulnerabilities: RhinoSoft Serv-U FTP Server MDTM Command Time Argument Buffer Overflow Vulnerability. RhinoSoft Serv-U FTP Server is designed for use with Microsoft Windows operating systems. Serv-U FTP Server has been reported prone to a remote stack based buffer overfl... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- NewsIsFree: Security ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 11.  Is password-lending a cybercrime? 12.  ISC2 Establishes European Security Advisory Board 13.  Elsewhere: Netsky.D worm spreading at 'record speed' 14.  Elsewhere: New Netsky-D Worm Spreading Through E-Mail 15.  Columnists: Is password-lending a cybercrime? 16.  News: Fistful of Bagles shoot up the Net 17.  Netsky.d trawls the Internet for Mydoom 18.  Kaspersky Labs presents the Virus Top Twenty for February 2004 19.  Squid Proxy Cache '%00' URL Character Access Control Bug May Let Remote Users Bypass Certain Access Controls 20.  Latest Worm Infestation Puts Security Firms on Alert 5:30:44 PM    comment []

---------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! News - Technology ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.  SCO Reveals its First Unix Licensee (Ziff Davis). Ziff Davis - SCO on Monday announced the name of a company that has paid for its intellecual property license for Unix. However, SCO suffered a setback in the German courts. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Slashdot ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 2.  Pragmatic JUnit Testing ---------------------------------------------------------------------- SecurityFocus Vulnerabilities ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 3.  BugTraq: Motorola T720 cell phone DoS vulnerability.. Sender: Shaun Colley [shaunige at yahoo dot co dot uk] 4.  Vulnerabilities: Calife Password Heap Overrun Vulnerability. Calife is a program that allows local users to elevate privileges to root using their own credentials, provided they are authorized to do so. The program must be setuid ... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- NewsIsFree: Security ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 5.  Netsky.D verbreitet sich rasant 6.  F-Secure verbreitete versehentlich Virus 7.  Sicherheitslücke in WinZip 8.  Configuring Apache 2.0 as a Forward Proxy Server 9.  StoneFly: The SMB Backup Advantage 10.  Broadcom Intros First 4-Gig Fibre Channel Interconnects 11.  321 Studios Counts Down for Fair Use Rights 12.  RFID Reader Unveiled By Alien Technology 13.  Netsky.D Making the Rounds 14.  Netsky, Bagle Worm Variants Wave Hits; Stretches Security 15.  German Retailer Halts Radio Chip Practice 16.  Passing Packets Under Ever More Scrutiny 17.  Netsky.D Making the Rounds 18.  Netsky.D Making the Rounds 4:34:55 PM    comment []

---------------------------------------------------------------------- Ars Technica ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.  Microsoft to offer development tools security updates. Along with Windows XP SP2, Microsoft plans to release service packs for Visual Studio.Net 2003 and the .Net framework which will tie into the XP updates. By Eric Bangeman. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- CNET News.com - Front Door ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 2.  Firm looks to improve exchange rate for financial data. WebMethods, a maker of software designed to help disparate applications swap data more effectively, introduces four new products tailored for the ever-adapting financial services industry. 3.  Web conferencing market heats up. Market leader WebEx announces an alliance with Salesforce.com, while Macromedia offers free trials of its new Breeze service. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! News - Technology ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 4.  Court Rejects Ban on DVD Copying Code (PC World). PC World - California man who posted DeCSS software online is protected by free speech, judges rule. 5.  Study: Blogging Still Infrequent (AP). AP - Despite the potential of turning every Internet user into a publisher, relatively few have created Web journals called blogs and even fewer do so with regularity, a new study finds. 6.  Video Games Make Kids Fat, Violent-Swedish Experts (Reuters). Reuters - Video games can make children fat and, in the case of violent games popular among teenage and younger boys, aggressive and even criminal, Swedish experts said on Monday. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Slashdot ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 7.  SCO Identifies EV1Servers as Linux Licensee 8.  Cities Building Own Fiber Networks ---------------------------------------------------------------------- SecurityFocus Vulnerabilities ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 9.  Vulnerabilities: FreeBSD Unauthorized Jailed Process Attaching Vulnerability. FreeBSD is prone to a vulnerability in the system jail() facility, which provides functionality for running process groups in a closed environment to limit their access r... 10.  Vulnerabilities: Apple Mac OS X Apple Filing Protocol Client Multiple Vulnerabilities. Multiple issues have been identified in Apple Mac OS X Apple Filing Protocol (AFP) client that may allow an attacker to carry out man in the middle attacks and steal conf... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The Register ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 11.  Is password-lending a cybercrime?. Looks like it... 12.  Sun tries UltraSPARC IV temptation. Upgrade sale ---------------------------------------------------------------------- NewsIsFree: Security ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 13.  WFTPD Server/Pro Server Multiple Vulnerabilities 14.  Debian: libapache-mod-python Denial of service vulnerability 15.  Building Firewalls with OpenBSD and PF, 2nd ed. 3:34:34 PM    comment []

---------------------------------------------------------------------- CNET News.com - Front Door ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.  Gadget gives iPods gift of recording gab 2.  AMD promotes, recruits new execs 3.  Briefly: Gadget gives iPods gift of recording gab. Gadget gives iPods gift of recording gab...AMD promotes, recruits new execs...VeriSign completes security firm buy. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! News - Technology ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 4.  Microsoft, eBay Hook Up Software and Auction Data (Reuters). Reuters - Microsoft Corp. (MSFT.O) and eBay Inc. said on Monday that they would link software and Web data to make it easier for auction sellers to manage their virtual storefronts on eBay's online auction Web site. 5.  New 'harmless' Internet worm spreading rapidly: experts (AFP). AFP - A new Internet worm, dubbed Netsky.D, was spreading quickly throughout the world and could soon overtake the Mydoom.A and Sobig.F viruses in proliferation, Internet security experts said. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- LinuxSecurity.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 6.  Building Firewalls with OpenBSD and PF, 2nd ed. 7.  Debian: libapache-mod-python Denial of service vulnerability ---------------------------------------------------------------------- SecurityFocus News ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 8.  Columnists: Is password-lending a cybercrime?. A judge's wrongheaded interpretation of the federal Computer Fraud and Abuse Act illustrates the problems of allowing civil enforcement of a criminal law. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- SecurityFocus Vulnerabilities ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 9.  BugTraq: mremap(2) full details available. Sender: Paul Starzetz [ihaquer at isec dot pl] 10.  Vulnerabilities: Microsoft Internet Explorer Cross-Domain Event Leakage Vulnerability. Microsoft Internet Explorer is reported to be prone to an issue that may leak sensitive information across foreign domains. This issue could permit framesets in differ... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The Register ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 11.  Mossad website 'hacker' walks free. And gets pat on head for 'acting in the public good' 12.  SCO 'customer' admits to IP license purchase. Coming clean 13.  Smartphone wars over, Symbian and MS both lost?. 3GSM Sun maybe won, if you call 'enabling lack of victory' winning... 14.  Netsky-D makes your PC go beep, beep, beep. Put on your tin-foil hat ---------------------------------------------------------------------- NewsIsFree: Security ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 15.  1 Mar W32/Netsky-E 16.  1 Mar W32/Bagle-H 17.  Automated kits fuel virus epidemic 18.  Netsky.D inonde les réseaux 19.  UUNet tops spammer-hosting super league 20.  Mossad website 'hacker' walks free 2:34:14 PM    comment []

---------------------------------------------------------------------- CNET News.com - Front Door ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.  Corel sets WordPerfect update. The company is marketing the software package as a low-cost alternative to Microsoft Office for consumers and small businesses. 2.  IBM heightens vertical middleware efforts. New software packages target the health care, life sciences, retail and telecommunications sectors. An analyst says the tech industry will have to wrestle with some complexities. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! News - Technology ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 3.  Grubman to Consult for Small Company (AP). AP - Disgraced former Wall Street analyst Jack Grubman has a new job as a consultant for Distinctive Devices Inc., a small telecommunications software and hardware firm. The news sent the company's shares up nearly 35 percent in trading Monday. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Slashdot ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 4.  Gentoo Linux 2004.0 Released 5.  Rockstar Announces GTA San Andreas ---------------------------------------------------------------------- BBC News | Technology | UK Edition ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 6.  GTA sequel set for October date. Catch up with the latest news from the world of video gaming. 7.  Rosetta tries for Tuesday launch. The European Space Agency says the twice-delayed launch of its comet-chasing mission has been rescheduled for Tuesday. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- SecurityFocus Vulnerabilities ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 8.  BugTraq: [SECURITY] [DSA 452-1] New libapache-mod-python packages fix denial of service. Sender: Matt Zimmerman [mdz at debian dot org] 9.  BugTraq: YabbSE (3 on 1). Sender: backspace [backspace_2k at terra dot es] 10.  BugTraq: Clients broadcast buffer overflow in Red Faction <= 1.20. Sender: Luigi Auriemma [aluigi at altervista dot org] 11.  Vulnerabilities: Sun Solaris conv_fix Unspecified File Overwrite Vulnerability. Sun has reported an unspecified vulnerability due to the '/usr/lib/print/conv_fix' command invoked by conv_lpd(1M) script on Solaris that may permit local attackers to ga... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Help Net Security ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 12.  Government backs quantum cryptography 13.  Open software, secure software 14.  Don't wait to be hit by cyber-crime 15.  US court: reverse engineering is 'presumptively legal' 16.  How not to be seen ---------------------------------------------------------------------- NewsIsFree: Security ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 17.  German revolt against RFID 18.  US moves to squelch chinese encryption plans 19.  E-mail of the future to combat spam 20.  Microsoft enlists developers in security push 21.  Review - HackNotes Web Security Pocket Reference 22.  Government backs quantum cryptography 23.  Open software, secure software 24.  Don't wait to be hit by cyber-crime 25.  US court: reverse engineering is 'presumptively legal' 26.  How not to be seen 27.  For Windows Users, 'Browser Hijacking' Is Only the Latest Threat 28.  Government backs quantum cryptography 29.  Neoteris nets Sphinx in distribution deal 30.  SecurePlay Software Aims to Checkmate Online Cheaters 31.  Many computers unprepared to meet Mydoom.F Destructive virus can delete vital files on PCs 32.  Growing Demand for Linux Skills 33.  Introduction to NachOS 34.  Spam Tide May Be Turning 35.  Vulnerability in WinZip Could Compromise Security 36.  Microsoft's Security Plan Gets Mixed Reviews 1:33:55 PM    comment []

---------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! News - Technology ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.  US 2003 Home Prices Rise 7.97 Percent (Reuters). Reuters - U.S. average home prices rose 7.97 percent in 2003 from 2002, driven by strong housing demand and historically low mortgage rates, the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight (OFHEO) said on Monday. 2.  Report: Alcatel to Sell Mobile Unit (AP). AP - French telecommunications equipment maker Alcatel SA plans to sell its mobile phone unit to Chinese handset maker Nanjing Panda Electronics, a French newspaper reported Monday. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Slashdot ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 3.  The Full Outsourcing Discussion ---------------------------------------------------------------------- BBC News | Technology | UK Edition ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 4.  Spain plans supercomputer. Spain will build the world's second most powerful computer, at the heart of a new research centre. 5.  Broadband price battle hots up. Both BT and Telewest launch cut-price net services designed to tempt more people to broadband. 6.  Big changes for government site. The UK government's public face on the internet is getting a radical make-over. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- SecurityFocus News ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 7.  Elsewhere: New Netsky-D Worm Spreading Through E-Mail. A new computer worm dubbed "Netsky-D" was clogging e-mail systems around the world after emerging on Monday, a security expert said. The worm is particularly difficult t... 8.  News: Fistful of Bagles shoot up the Net. The Register By John Leyden [john dot leyden at theregister dot co dot uk] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- SecurityFocus Vulnerabilities ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 9.  Vulnerabilities: WinZip UUDeview MIME Archive Buffer Overrun Vulnerability. WinZip is an archiving utility for Microsoft Windows that supports various formats such as CAB, TAR, GZIP, UUencode, BinHex, and MIME. A buffer overrun vulnerability has... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The Register ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 10.  Rival ISPs rubbish BT Broadband Basic. £20 more expensive, say Freeserve, Tiscali, et al 11.  UUNet tops spammer-hosting super league. ISPs harbour world's worst offenders ---------------------------------------------------------------------- NewsIsFree: Security ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 12.  Extra! Extra! Read All About You 13.  S.F.: If You're Asked, Don't Tell 14.  Red Faction Server Reply Buffer Overflow Vulnerability 15.  ArGoSoft FTP Server Unspecified Vulnerabilities 16.  IA WebMail Server Multiple Vulnerabilities 17.  Calife Password Heap Overflow Privilege Escalation Vulnerability 18.  602Pro LANSuite Exposure of Installation Path 19.  Invision Power Board "st" Parameter SQL Injection Vulnerability 20.  iG FREE Shopping Cart "type_id" Parameter Input Validation Error 21.  xboing Potential Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities 22.  Debian update for xboing 23.  Apple Filing Protocol Insecure Implementation 24.  Zwartgeld fraude donker vervolg op Nigeriaanse zwendel 25.  Hoe je in een digitale wereld onzichtbaar kan blijven 26.  Health care struggles with security's cost 27.  Study claims Linux most hacked but ignores malware 28.  SELinux Demonstration! 29.  'Caller ID' for E-mail in the Works 30.  Can Tokens And Smart Cards Boost Security? 31.  Buffer Overflow-Sicherheitsleck in Winzip 12:33:35 PM    comment []

---------------------------------------------------------------------- CNET News.com - Front Door ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.  SCO identifies Linux licensee. EV1Servers.net signs a deal that will let it run thousands of Linux servers without facing legal consequences from SCO. Other licensees are keeping mum. 2.  Spam's 'dirty dozen' exposed. The United States, Canada, China, South Korea and the Netherlands are the top five birthplaces of spam worldwide, according to a new analysis. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! News - Technology ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 3.  Microsoft May Offer an Early Office Update (PC World). PC World - New version of Office suite could accompany Windows XP refresh. 4.  Microsoft Tries to Avoid A Waterloo Rerun (washingtonpost.com). washingtonpost.com - Microsoft's efforts to seize the digital media crown could be royally hindered if a pending regulatory ruling from across the pond goes sour. 5.  Spam's irritating cousin, spim, on the loose (USATODAY.com). USATODAY.com - Consumers ditching e-mail for instant messages to avoid spam are in for an unpleasant surprise. 6.  New Netsky-D Worm Spreading Through E-Mail (Reuters). Reuters - A new computer worm dubbed "Netsky-D" was clogging e-mail systems around the world after emerging on Monday, a security expert said. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Slashdot ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 7.  Young Programmer, Stop Advocating Free Software! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- LinuxSecurity.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 8.  Study claims Linux most hacked but ignores malware 9.  SELinux Demonstration! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- SecurityFocus News ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 10.  Elsewhere: What If Microsoft Got Security Right?. I'm not even going to suggest that Linux is less secure, but if the exposure is people and people are gullible, then security at a product level might only make you feel ... 11.  Elsewhere: Netsky.D worm spreading at 'record speed'. The latest variant of the Netsky worm is clogging up email gateways in a flood compared to SoBig, experts say A new variant of the Netsky worm was spreading very quic... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- SecurityFocus Vulnerabilities ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 12.  Vulnerabilities: Real Networks Helix Server/Gateway Administration Service HTTP Post System Compromise Vulnerability. Helix Universal Server is a media delivery server distributed and maintained by Real Networks. It is available for the Unix, Linux, and Microsoft Windows platforms. A p... 13.  Vulnerabilities: Sun Solaris Unspecified Passwd Local Root Compromise Vulnerability. Sun has reported an unspecified vulnerability in the passwd utility on Solaris that may permit local attackers to gain unauthorized root privileges. This issue is report... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The Register ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 14.  What the PM's spokesman said next. Lobby briefings for all 15.  Maxtor champions 6 stream DVRs. 132Mbps? Bring it on 16.  Windows leak dangers 'exaggerated'. RSA No serious security calamity here. Move along... 17.  AT&T ADSL thunders across US heartland. Broadband in 14 states and more to follow 18.  Americans get personal online. Committing innermost thoughts to cyberspace ---------------------------------------------------------------------- NewsIsFree: Security ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 19.  Les informations de 4.5 millions d'abonnés dans la nature 20.  De quel pays provient le SPAM ? 21.  MS takes fight to the spammers 11:33:16 AM    comment []

---------------------------------------------------------------------- New York Times: Technology ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.  InterActiveCorp Buys ZeroDegrees. ZeroDegrees is one of more than a dozen start-ups that have been launched over the past year in the hope of cashing in on the trend popularized by dating site Friendster. By Reuters. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! News - Technology ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 2.  Britain's BT Back Online with Cut-Price Net Offer (Reuters). Reuters - BT Group Plc, Britain's dominant fixed-line telecoms operator, on Monday launched its first low-cost, no-frills, high-speed Internet service in a move to boost a key growth division and face off fierce competition. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Slashdot ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 3.  Germany Muzzles SCO 4.  Intellectual Property Laws bad for business ---------------------------------------------------------------------- [O.S.S.R] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 5.  Combatting Spam ---------------------------------------------------------------------- SecurityFocus Vulnerabilities ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 6.  Vulnerabilities: eXtremail Authentication Bypass Vulnerability. eXtremail is a mail server developed for Unix platforms. eXtremail has been reported prone to an authentication bypass vulnerability. The issue will only present itself ... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- NewsIsFree: Security ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 7.  'Browser Hijacking' is makkelijk te voorkomen 8.  Don't wait to be hit by cyber-crime 9.  Giants hatch security plans 10.  Government backs quantum cryptography 11.  US court: Reverse engineering is 'presumptively legal' 12.  Review: Mandrake 10 RC 13.  Open source needs to be embraced 10:32:54 AM    comment []

---------------------------------------------------------------------- CNET News.com - Front Door ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.  Microsoft bids for eBay developers. The software giant offers sample code for tying XML-based Office applications to the auctioneer's listing servers. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! News - Technology ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 2.  Chinese Reform Picks Up Speed (BusinessWeek Online). BusinessWeek Online - Something extraordinary appears to be happening inside the Chinese government. While Beijing has long paid lip service to the notion of cleaning up its banks and stock markets, until recently the central authorities have been too busy fixing state-owned companies and unshackling private enterprise to turn their attention to the financial sector. Now, the regime seems poised to overhaul the financial system -- the faster the better. Need evidence? Just consider the initiatives announced in the past month: 3.  Nigerian mobile operator signs expansion deal with Ericsson (AFP). AFP - Nigeria's second largest mobile operator Econet Wireless Nigeria has signed a 110-million-dollar (89-million-euro) network expansion deal with Swedish equipment provider Ericsson, company executives said. 4.  Microsoft Links Office With EBay (PC World). PC World - Excel, FrontPage offer direct links to the online auction service. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Slashdot ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 5.  Hackers: The Art of Abstraction ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The Register ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 6.  Three new handsets from 3. Lovely. But 3 x DoCoMo = divorce? 7.  Fistful of Bagles shoot up the Net. Unmagnificent five 8.  Ofcom goes to war over '070' use. Regime change prompts investigation ---------------------------------------------------------------------- NewsIsFree: Security ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 9.  NetSky.D worm vermomt zich als .pif bestand 10.  W32.Netsky.D@mm 10:02:44 AM    comment []

---------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! News - Technology ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.  PeopleSoft not out of the woods (TheDeal.com). TheDeal.com - Oracle may dig in its heels and fight for the merger, and there's sure to be more litigation ahead. 2.  Alcatel shares rise on report about sale of mobile handset unit (AFP). AFP - Shares in Alcatel firmed on a report the French telecommunications equipment maker may soon sell its loss-making handest unit to a Chinese group. 3.  Rebates motivate consumer choices (USATODAY.com). USATODAY.com - Whether for an everyday necessity like deodorant or new toy such as a digital music player, marketers know that with today's value-conscious consumers, a price discount is often necessary to close a sale. 4.  Web sites focus on managing consumers' photos (USATODAY.com). USATODAY.com - With consumers expected to snap up nearly 60 million digital cameras this year, Web sites that help shutterbugs share their photos electronically are proliferating. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Slashdot ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 5.  CodeCon, Placebos, Fear, Yoyo-hacking, Dune, etc. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- LinuxSecurity.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 6.  Linux Security Week - March 1st 2004 7.  Health care struggles with security's cost ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The Register ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 8.  MS takes fight to the spammers. Moots verifiable email ID 9.  UK small.biz gets free online training resource. All you can eat at the One Stop Shop 10.  Your Communications buys Eurocall. Manchester exchange ---------------------------------------------------------------------- NewsIsFree: Security ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 11.  1 Mar W32/Netsky-D 12.  FreeBSD "jail_attach()" Jail Shifting Vulnerability 13.  Anubis Unspecified Vulnerabilities 14.  Debian update for libapache-mod-python 15.  phpBB "postorder" Parameter Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability 8:32:14 AM    comment []

---------------------------------------------------------------------- CNET News.com - Front Door ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.  A network of one's own. Government agencies are taking a do-it-yourself approach to installing new data networks, and they're even selling excess capacity. But should public bodies provide services in an industry they have a hand in regulating? 2.  IBM heeds message to integrate IM, e-mail. An experimental project within Big Blue could help pave the way to better integration of instant messaging with e-mail and other business applications. 3.  A software potential movement?. Compuware executive Dan Schoenbaum urges radical change in the way companies develop, release and manage applications. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Slashdot ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 4.  Mounting Evidence for Water on Mars ---------------------------------------------------------------------- BBC News | Technology | UK Edition ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 5.  Low cost broadband battle hots up. Both BT and Telewest launch cut-price net services designed to tempt more people to broadband. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The Register ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 6.  MS takes the fight to the spammers. Moots verifiable email ID 7.  Even Microsoft can't wait for Longhorn. Delay would benefit Linux 8.  Security: the CIO's biggest headache. Closely followed by upgrades 9.  419ers adopt Shakespearean line of attack. Gently does it, good sir 10.  Lloyds TSB leads the great Egg race. Spooning with the Pru ---------------------------------------------------------------------- NewsIsFree: Security ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 11.  Õàêåðà ïîáëàãîäàðèëè çà ïðîâåðêó ñàéòà ðàçâåäñëóæáû "Ìîññàä" 12.  Une vulnérabilité dans WinZip pourrait compromettre la sécurité 13.  Entretien avec Isabelle Falque-Pierrotin au sujet de la co-régulation 14.  Attention au "Phishing" 15.  WORM_NETSKY.D 16.  German revolt against RFID 17.  MS takes the fight to the spammers 7:31:54 AM    comment []

---------------------------------------------------------------------- CNET News.com - Front Door ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.  IBM plugs into electronic trading hub. Big Blue is moving one of its supply chain applications over to an electronics industry trading hub in a move designed to wring cost out of its hardware business. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! News - Technology ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 2.  For Windows Users, 'Browser Hijacking' Is Only the Latest Threat (washingtonpost.com). washingtonpost.com - The ongoing Internet-security freakout for anybody using Windows keeps getting worse. Every other week yet another part of the online world gets a warning label slapped on it -- downloads, e-mail attachments, instant-messaging file transfers and now Web pages themselves. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- BBC News | Technology | UK Edition ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 3.  Spain unveils supercomputer plans. Spain will build the world's second most powerful computer, at the heart of a new research centre. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The Register ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 4.  BT touts £20 capped broadband. 1Gb a month limit 5.  German revolt against RFID. Metro scraps trial ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Wired News ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 6.  Mars Theory Not Just Hot Air. Hydrogen peroxide in the atmosphere around Mars? It's there, according to new research. The discovery confirms decades-old theories about the planet's spatial chemistry. By Michelle Delio. 7.  S.F.: If You're Asked, Don't Tell. The San Francisco Board of Supervisors sponsors a ballot measure that it says would protect city residents from Patriot Act investigations. The city joins a growing list of municipalities leery of the law. By Julia Scheeres. 8.  Change Your Input, Get an Earful. Switching from standard earbuds to Shure's E3c -- which fit in the ear canal -- is an aural revelation. A product review by Leander Kahney. 9.  Buy Offline, Get Spammed Online. The Direct Marketing Association says offline businesses that track down the e-mail addresses of customers to pitch them more stuff online are providing a 'benefit' to consumers. Critics beg to differ. By Amit Asaravala. 10.  Greenpeace Founder Green No More. Three decades ago, Patrick Moore helped found Greenpeace. Today he promotes nuclear energy and genetically modified foods -- and swears he's still fighting to save the planet. By Drake Bennett from Wired magazine. 11.  Jamming Tags Block RFID Scanners. A security technology company introduces a device that can prevent radio-frequency tags from being tracked. It could protect the privacy of shoppers, but it won't come out for a few years -- and it could be banned. By Kim Zetter. 12.  Apple SF Opens With a Bang. It was a long time coming for the Silicon Valley company that helped launch the personal computer in the 1970s with its Apple II. But Apple San Francisco finally joins major Mac outlets in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, and Tokyo. 13.  Oracle Still Wants It Bad. Why?. Analysts ask whether CEO Larry Ellison is so bent on his takeover quest, he might hurt his company. This in response to Oracle's announcement it will challenge a government lawsuit blocking its PeopleSoft takeover attempt. 14.  TED Goers Ponder Bliss, Future. An eclectic group of thinkers reevaluate life's big-picture questions at a free-wheeling technology and design conference in Monterey, California. TED is a four-day immersion in ideas, invention and fun. 15.  Extra! Extra! Read All About You. Most newspapers have given up the idea of charging money to view their websites. Increasingly, however, they're asking readers to provide personal information in exchange for their content. By Joanna Glasner. 6:31:34 AM    comment []

---------------------------------------------------------------------- Ars Technica ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.  Et cetera: Leap day round-up. WiFi troubleshooting, Oracle vs. DOJ, Ad-aware vs. Spybot, Winzip vulnerabilities and more... By Matt Woodward. 2.  Science Sunday goes to the Oscars. This weeks edition of Science Sunday covers nonorings, the Lord of the Planetary Rings, AIDS research and more! By Fred "zAmboni" Locklear. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Dilbert ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 3.  Dilbert for 01 Mar 2004. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- New York Times: Technology ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 4.  Microsoft, Amid Dwindling Interest, Talks Up Computing as a Career. Bill Gates went on a campaign tour last week to convince wary students to pursue computer science. By Steve Lohr. 5.  Report Raises Questions About Fighting Online Piracy. The entertainment industrys pursuit of tough new laws to protect copyrighted materials from online piracy is bad for business and for the economy, according to a new report. By John Schwartz. 6.  Got a Book in You? More Companies Than Ever Are Willing to Get It Out. The Borders Group is the latest traditional bookseller or publisher to branch into self-publishing using print-on-demand technology. By Gayle Feldman. 7.  That's the Weather, and Now, Let's Go to the Cellphone for the Traffic. A cellphone application aims to offer up-to-the-second traffic information through global positioning satellite receivers. By John Markoff. 8.  EBay Seller of Fake Artwork Again Upsets the Auction Site. Kenneth Walton, who tried to sell a fake Richard Diebenkorn painting on eBay for $135,000 in a shill-bidding scam, has run afoul of eBay again. By Bob Tedeschi. 9.  Sprint Says It Will Merge Two Classes of Its Stock. Sprint, which pioneered the use of tracking stock in the telephone industry, said that it would merge its two classes of stock. By Floyd Norris. 10.  Online Advertising Bounces Back as Animations Increase. Online advertising rebounded in 2003, according to a new report, which cites growth in ad spending by Fortune 500 companies. By Susan Stellin. 11.  Domain Names Are Big Again. Dot-com domain names are fetching respectable prices again, after more than three years of attracting scant interest. Some are crossing the million-dollar threshold. By Bob Tedeschi. 12.  An Extra Eye in Combat, and Maybe Aboard Airplanes. A new video surveillance system has captured the interest of military authorities after its successful use in the Iraq war. By Conrad De Aenlle. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! News - Technology ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 13.  IBM Faces Another Toxins Case That Could Be Bigger Challenge (Dow Jones). Dow Jones - International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE:IBM - News) , fresh off an important court victory in a California workplace-toxins case, faces a potentially tougher challenge in another case closer to home, Monday's Wall Street Journal reported. 14.  Rome Opts for Open Source (PC World). PC World - City Council will adopt Linux, but says it is not turning its back on Microsoft. 15.  SBC to Sell Rural Lines to Fund Cingular Deal (Dow Jones). Dow Jones - NEW YORK -- SBC Communications Inc. (NYSE:SBC - News) is selling off about 650,000 telephone lines in rural Michigan and Texas, which could fetch about $1.5 billion, as it raises money to fund Cingular Wireless's planned acquisition of AT&T Wireless Services Inc. (NYSE:AWE - News) , people familiar with the matter told Monday's Wall Street Journal. 16.  Spam Slayer: Spam Weapons of Tomorrow (PC World). PC World - Internet firms turn to technology, not law, to fight the avalanche of spam. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Slashdot ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 17.  Get Listed Free In Gov't Open Source Directory 18.  Creative Commons Moving Images Winners 19.  Lord Of The Rings - Oscars, We Loves Them 20.  Nearly Half of U.S. 'Net Users Post Content ---------------------------------------------------------------------- BBC News | Technology | UK Edition ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 21.  Lure of black money scam. Victims of so-called 419 frauds are being taken in by another deceit, labelled the "black money" scam. 22.  BT launches no frills broadband. BT has launched a cut-price broadband service to try to get more people to sign up to a fast net connection. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- LinuxSecurity.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 23.  Linux Security Week - March 1st 2004 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- SecurityFocus Vulnerabilities ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 24.  Vulnerabilities: Internet Security Systems Protocol Analysis Module SMB Parsing Heap Overflow Vulnerability. The Internet Security Systems (ISS) Protocol Analysis Module is prone to a remotely exploitable heap overrun vulnerability. This module is used to parse network protocol... 25.  Vulnerabilities: Linux Kernel do_brk Function Boundary Condition Vulnerability. do_brk() is a function called indirectly by a number of kernel procedures, including the brk() system call and the ELF and a.out loading mechanisms. The do_brk() function... 26.  Vulnerabilities: Linux Kernel do_mremap Function Boundary Condition Vulnerability. A vulnerability involving the do_mremap system function has been reported in the Linux kernel, allowing for local privilege escalation. The mremap(2) system call is used... 27.  Vulnerabilities: Linux Kernel do_mremap Function VMA Limit Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability. A vulnerability involving the do_mremap system function has been reported in the Linux kernel, allowing for local privilege escalation. The mremap(2) system call is used... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The Register ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 28.  Telewest unveils capped 256k Net access. 'No-brainer' 29.  German revolt against RFID. Metro scraps trials ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Help Net Security ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 30.  Customize this feed. Add more items, descriptions, time stamps, select your version of RSS, aggregate several feeds... Check out NewsIsFree's premium syndication services! (10) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- NewsIsFree: Security ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 31.  Add Netsecurity to Your My Yahoo! Page 32.  WORM_BAGLE.G 33.  Gates predicts death of the password 34.  1 Mar W32/Bagle-G 35.  IT contracting: don't get carried away 36.  TV set which doubles up as a mirror 37.  Threats To Corporate Security 38.  Linux Security Week - March 1st 2004 39.  W32.Beagle.F@mm 40.  W32.Beagle.G@mm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- About Internet/Network Security ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 41.  Add Netsecurity to Your My Yahoo! Page. If you are one of the millions of users who have a personalized My Yahoo page, you can now add the headlines from the About.com Internet / Network Security site (and any other About.com site) to your news feeds. For... 42.  Threats To Corporate Security. Security expert Douglas Schweitzer, author of Incident Response, has written a feature article for Processor.com which talks about the state of corporate security and what are the primary threats to maintaining a secure corporate network. In the interest of full... 5:31:15 AM    comment []

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