Saturday, April 17, 2004

---------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! News - Technology ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.  Restrictions and Price Remain iTunes Turnoffs (washingtonpost.com). washingtonpost.com - A year ago this month, the music-downloading business came to life with the debut of Apple's iTunes Music Store. By the numbers, the store has done outrageously well. More than 50 million songs have been downloaded off the service to both Windows and Mac OS X machines and the store is on track to hit 130 million songs a year, Apple brags. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Slashdot ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 2.  Interactive Fiction Competition Opens ---------------------------------------------------------------------- SecurityFocus Vulns ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 3.  Vulns: Xonix X11 Game Insecure Privilege Dropping Vulnerability. Xonix is a game designed for the Linux platform. A vulnerability has been identified in Xonix that may allow a local attacker to gain elevated privileges. It has been r... 4.  Vulns: ssmtp Mail Transfer Agent Multiple Format String Vulnerabilities. ssmtp is a mail transfer agent designed to run on the Linux platform. It has been reported that the ssmtp is prone to multiple remote format string vulnerabilities. The... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- NewsIsFree: Security ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 5.  Top Port: microsoft-ds 445 6.  Combined exploits of MS vulnerabilities, port 1981 increase 11:18:21 PM    comment [] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! News - Technology ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.  New Technology Uses 'Glanceable' Objects (AP). AP - It looks like a size-XXXL chicken egg and glows in colors that change and waver in intensity as it tracks qualitative shifts in financial data from the Internet. But the white plastic Orb was designed to be far more than a barometer of the Dow Jones industrial average, its programmed out-of-the-box function. 2.  Investors Weighing Microsoft's Future (AP). AP - Microsoft Corp.'s successes over the last three decades have made it the third-largest company in the stock market and its founder the richest man in the world. But with its peak growth years behind it, investors are wondering what's ahead for the computing powerhouse. 3.  Birders Mourn Falcon Followed on Web Cam (AP). AP - Birders around the world are mourning the death of Mae, the first known peregrine falcon to nest at a power plant, who became an Internet star through a Web cam that allowed thousands to watch her during nesting season. 4.  Satellite Radio May Be 'Shock Jock' Haven (AP). AP - If traditional radio decides Howard Stern is too hot to handle, satellite radio is waiting. Even if the prince of "shock jocks" stays where he is, the two nationwide satellite radio companies hope the Stern controversy can help them become the radio equivalent of cable TV — a popular destination for racy, raunchy, unregulated content. 10:18:01 PM    comment [] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- New York Times: Technology ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.  Bubble Lives on at Broadcom, Where Options Still Rain Down. Just when you thought you had seen the most outrageous transfer of shareholder wealth to executives through stock options, along comes a company that tops them all. 2.  Lost in the Thicket of Cellular Plans? Try This. A handful of basic techniques can help you find a reliable cellular phone plan that meets your needs. By Ken Belson. 3.  Humans vs. Computers, Again. But There's Help for Our Side.. An effort is afoot to bring Googlelike clarity to the swamp of personal data on a user's computer. By James Fallows. 4.  600 Macs, 4,000 Lines, One Giant Leap for DVD's. John Lowry is forging what might be the future of the DVD and, with it, the way that classic films will be stored, preserved, telecast and watched. By Fred Kaplan. 5.  Harvesting Different Fruit. Being shown the money isn't what drives Steve Wozniak, who retired from Apple after its initial public offering, having engineered Apple I and Apple II. By Robert Johnson. 6.  Digging Up Low Web Fares. Web sites that find bargain airfares on the dates you want, with fewer clicks. By Bob Tedeschi. 7.  First With the Scoop, if Not the Truth. With her gossipy, raunchy, potty-mouthed blog, Wonkette, Ana Marie Cox has grabbed the attention of staid Washington. By Julie Bosman. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Slashdot ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 8.  Mars Rock Supports Cross-Seeding Theory ---------------------------------------------------------------------- NewsIsFree: Security ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 9.  [BUG-CORRECTION] IISShield "Server" header costumization 10.  [SECURITY] [DSA 491-1] New Linux 2.4.19 packages fix local root exploit (mips) 11.  Re: After Ms patches last Wed ... 12.  [SECURITY] [DSA 488-1] New logcheck packages fix insecure temporary directory 13.  NEW backdoor in X-Micro WLAN 11b Broadband Router 9:17:41 PM    comment [] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! News - Technology ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.  Birders Mourn Falcon Who Gained Following (AP). AP - Birders around the world are mourning the death of Mae, the first known peregrine falcon to nest at a power plant, who became an Internet star through a Web cam that allowed thousands to watch her during nesting season. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Slashdot ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 2.  More on AT&T Wireless's Bungled System Upgrade 8:17:20 PM    comment [] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Slashdot ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.  Extreme Yo-Yoing ---------------------------------------------------------------------- SecurityFocus Vulns ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 2.  Vulns: MySQL Aborted Bug Report Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability. MySQL includes a bug reporting utility (mysqlbug), which opens a text editor to permit a user to submit bug reports to the vendor. A vulnerability related to insecure te... 3.  Vulns: MySQL MYSQLD_Multi Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability. mysqld_multi is a script that is distributed with MySQL. The script is used to manage multiple sqld processes. mysqld_multi is reported prone to insecure temporary file ... 4.  Vulns: Red Hat Linux GNU Mailman Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability. GNU Mailman is a web integrated software package used for managing electronic mail discussion and e-newsletter lists. It is freely distributed under the GNU Public Licen... 5.  Vulns: ZoneLabs ZoneAlarm Pro/Plus MailSafe Filter Bypass Vulnerability. ZoneLabs ZoneAlarm Pro/Plus is a firewall for Microsoft Windows based PCs. It supports a wide range of functions, including a MailSafe feature designed to remove and quar... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- NewsIsFree: Security ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 6.  Fastest Rising: 139 netbios-ssn 7:17:00 PM    comment [] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Boing Boing ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.  Mickey Mouse's dwindling brand. Great NYT feature on the dwindling importance of Mickey Mouse as a character, and the attempts of the Disney organization to reimagine Mickey as a relevant character today. "I was around 6 when I first saw him," [Maurice Sendak] said. "It filled me with joy. I think it was those primary colors so vivid and pure, taken up with the most incredibly beautiful animation, reminding you of Fred Astaire. Oh! And his character was the kind I wished I'd had as a child: brave and sassy and nasty and crooked and thinking of ways to outdo people." The joy leached from Mr. Sendak's voice. "Not like the lifeless fat pig he is now." Mr. Sendak is hardly alone in mourning the mouse's decline. "Boring," "embalmed," "neglected," "irrelevant," "deracinated" and, perhaps most damning, "over" are some of the adjectives that cropped up in recent interviews with people in the cartoon, movie and marketing businesses. Link (Thanks, Warren!) 2.  Giant LAN party runs girl geeks off the premises. Katla was one of the few women to attend a 5,000-person LAN party in Norway called The Gathering. Some of the "boys" at the LAN party decided to make a movie consisting of close-ups fo the tits and asses of the women in attendance. Katla's sworn off The Gathering -- her post is heartbreaking. It was to much to hope for. 5 days running around with fellow geeks, doing geeky stuff. I sdont think i want to go back here, and now i just want to go home, damb brats. now there is not female geeks here anymore. but girls, and doubt not for a secound that they are here for your pleasure only. fucking assholes. and they are still here. they did not get kicked out. and i doubt they will be. Dam shame, it could have been fun beeing a geek here. but i think ill just stay away. Link (via Misbehaving) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Slashdot ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 3.  AmigaOS 4.0 Developer Pre-release ---------------------------------------------------------------------- LinuxSecurity.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 4.  Debian: neon Format string vulnerability 5.  Debian: cvs Multiple vulnerabilities ---------------------------------------------------------------------- SecurityFocus Vulns ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 6.  Vulns: PostNuke Pheonix Multiple Module SQL Injection Vulnerabilities. PostNuke Pheonix is a freely available web-based content management system. It is implemented in PHP and available for Unix/Linux variants as well as Microsoft Windows pl... 7.  Vulns: Microsoft Windows LSASS Buffer Overrun Vulnerability. Microsoft Windows LSASS (Local Security Authority Subsystem Service) is prone to a remotely exploitable stack-based buffer overrun vulnerability. This service provides ... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- NewsIsFree: Security ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 8.  DNet: ñòàòèñòèêà ñíîâà â ñòðîþ 6:16:41 PM    comment [] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Slashdot ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.  Former Anti-Piracy 'Bag Man' Turns On DirecTV ---------------------------------------------------------------------- SecurityFocus Vulns ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 2.  Vulns: Rhino Software Zaep AntiSpam Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability. Rhino Software Zaep AntiSpam is a commercially available anti-spam application. It is available for the Microsoft Windows platform. The application supports a web-based... 3.  Vulns: Microsoft Outlook/Outlook Express Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability. Microsoft Outlook and Outlook Express have been reported prone to a remote denial of service vulnerability. The issue is reported to present itself when a NULL (0x00 byte... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- NewsIsFree: Security ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 4.  Norton AntiVirus nested file manual scan bypass..... 5.  [SECURITY] [DSA 486-1] New cvs packages fix multiple vulnerabilities 6.  Internet Explorer XSS published unpatched in SP1 AND SP2 7.  Network Intelligence Advisory - Denial of Service Vulnerability in ColdFusion MX 8.  [SECURITY] [DSA 489-1] New Linux 2.4.17 packages fix local root exploit (mips+mipsel) 9.  [SCSA-028] Nuked-Klan Multiple Vulnerabilities 10.  [SECURITY] [DSA 431-2] New perl packages fix information leak in suidperl 11.  Re: After Ms patches last Wed ... 12.  Squirrelmail Chpasswod bof 13.  MS04-011 SSL Remote DoS PoC 14.  [SECURITY] [DSA 490-1] New Zope packages fix arbitrary code execution 15.  [SECURITY] [DSA 487-1] New neon packages fix format string vulnerabilities 16.  Re: After Ms patches last Wed ... 17.  RE: After Ms patches last Wed ... 5:16:22 PM    comment [] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! News - Technology ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.  Seized Web Servers Raise Freedom Concerns (AP). AP - For $9.95 a month, a small company offered access to a search tool that would scour electronic bulletin boards for millions of "uncensored" movies and photographs and serve up "an all-you-can-eat taste of 'the Internet gone wild!'" ---------------------------------------------------------------------- SecurityFocus Vulns ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 2.  BugTraq: [SECURITY] [DSA 490-1] New Zope packages fix arbitrary code execution. Sender: [joey at infodrom dot org (Martin Schulze)] 3.  BugTraq: [BUG-CORRECTION] IISShield "Server" header costumization. Sender: Tiago Halm [thalm at netcabo dot pt] 4.  BugTraq: Re: After Ms patches last Wed .... Sender: Scott Gifford [sgifford at suspectclass dot com] 5.  BugTraq: [SECURITY] [DSA 491-1] New Linux 2.4.19 packages fix local root exploit (mips). Sender: [joey at infodrom dot org (Martin Schulze)] 6.  Vulns: CDP Console CD Player PrintTOC Function Buffer Overflow Vulnerability. cdp is an application that plays music CDs in the Linux console. A buffer overflow vulnerability has been identified in the application that may allow a local attacker t... 7.  Vulns: Microsoft Windows Object Identity Network Communication Vulnerability. The Microsoft Windows operating system assigns each local application an object identifier; a unique number used to identify the application. It has been reported that M... 4:16:01 PM    comment [] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Ars Technica ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.  Baystar wants out of SCO investment deal. Baystar, a major investor in SCO, announced they want their money back. Details are scarce on the complaint, but the news may make it difficult to retain current funds, and raise capital in the future. By Fred "zAmboni" Locklear. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Slashdot ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 2.  Making Science and Math Kid Friendly? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- SecurityFocus Vulns ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 3.  BugTraq: Internet Explorer XSS published unpatched in SP1 AND SP2. Sender: Rafel Ivgi, The-Insider [theinsider at 012 dot net dot il] 4.  BugTraq: [SECURITY] [DSA 489-1] New Linux 2.4.17 packages fix local root exploit (mips+mipsel). Sender: [joey at infodrom dot org (Martin Schulze)] 5.  BugTraq: Re: After Ms patches last Wed .... Sender: Dan Harkless [bugtraq at harkless dot org] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- NewsIsFree: Security ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 6.  Security Focus: Microsoft Windows Management Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability "A local a... 7.  Security Focus: Microsoft Windows Logon Process Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability | Microsoft... 3:15:42 PM    comment [] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Slashdot ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.  Review Of Serenity Virtual Station ---------------------------------------------------------------------- SecurityFocus Vulns ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 2.  Vulns: Apache Mod_SSL HTTP Request Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability. mod_ssl is the implementation of SSL (Secure Socket Layer) for the Apache webserver. mod_ssl has been reported to be prone to a remote denial of service vulnerability. ... 3.  Vulns: Apache Connection Blocking Denial Of Service Vulnerability. Apache is prone to an issue that may permit remote attackers to cause a denial of service issue via a listening socket on a rarely accessed port. The issue is caused by ... 4.  Vulns: Apache Error Log Escape Sequence Injection Vulnerability. Apache is a freely available Web server for Unix and Linux variants, as well as Microsoft operating systems. It has been reported that the Apache web server is prone to ... 5.  Vulns: Emil Multiple Buffer Overrun and Format String Vulnerabilities. emil is a filter for converting Internet mail messages from various formats. It is available for Unix and Linux variants. Multiple locally and remotely exploitable buff... 6.  Vulns: KDE Postscript/PDF File Processing Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability. KDE is a freely available, open source X Desktop Manager. It has application features to make systems user-friendly, and is designed for Unix and Linux operating systems.... 7.  Vulns: Microsoft Windows SSL Library Denial of Service Vulnerability. The Microsoft Secure Sockets Layer library provides support for secure communication protocols such as Transport Layer Security 1.0 (TLS 1.0), Secure Sockets Layer 3.0 (S... 2:15:20 PM    comment [] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Slashdot ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.  FIRST Robotics Championship Underway 2.  Spammer Sentencing Guidelines Released ---------------------------------------------------------------------- SecurityFocus Vulns ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 3.  BugTraq: Norton AntiVirus nested file manual scan bypass...... Sender: Bipin Gautam [visitbipin at hotmail dot com] 4.  Vulns: Qualcomm Eudora MIME Message Nesting Denial of Service Vulnerability. Eudora is a popular graphical e-mail client for Windows computers offered for free by Qualcomm. A denial of service vulnerability has been identified in Eudora that may ... 5.  Vulns: GNU Mailman Malformed Message Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability. GNU Mailman is a web integrated software package used for managing electronic mail discussion and e-newsletter lists. It is freely distributed under the GNU Public Licen... 6.  Vulns: Sysstat Isag Temporary File Creation Vulnerability. Sysstat is a system monitoring utility for Linux. Sysstat includes a command (Isag) for representing system information graphically. The Sysstat Isag command is prone t... 7.  Vulns: Sysstat Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability. Sysstat is a system monitoring utility for Linux. Sysstat is prone to an issue that may allow malicious local users to corrupt system files, most likely resulting in los... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- NewsIsFree: Security ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 8.  Top Port: urbisnet 2745 1:15:02 PM    comment [] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- CNET News.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.  Adobe's Microsoft strategy. Knowledge@Wharton editors meet with Adobe CEO Bruce Chizen to discuss challenges, plans and competitive strategy against rivals such as Microsoft. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Slashdot ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 2.  Amazon Search Bar Will Track Your Browsing ---------------------------------------------------------------------- SecurityFocus Vulns ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 3.  Vulns: Microsoft Windows 2000 Domain Controller LDAP Denial Of Service Vulnerability. A denial of service vulnerability has been reported in Microsoft Windows 2000 Server systems that are acting as Domain Controllers. The issue is exposed via the LDAP pro... 4.  Vulns: Microsoft Negotiate SSP Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability. The Microsoft Negotiate Security Software Provider (SSP) interface is used to negotiate the authentication mechanism used during client-server communications. This inter... 5.  Vulns: Microsoft Jet Database Engine Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. Microsoft Jet Database Engine (Jet) is used to provide data access to various applications such as Microsoft Access, Microsoft Visual Basic and other third party applicat... 6.  Vulns: Microsoft Windows H.323 Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability. The H.323 protocol is used in various telephony and multimedia products in IP networks. It may be used in hardware products supporting multimedia conferencing as well as... 7.  Vulns: BEA WebLogic Local Password Disclosure Vulnerability. WebLogic Server and WebLogic Express are enterprise application server products distributed by BEA Systems. Reportedly WebLogic Server and Express are prone to a local ... 8.  Vulns: PHP-Nuke Multiple SQL Injection Vulnerabilities. PHP-Nuke is a freely available, open source web content management system. It is maintained by Francisco Burzi, and available for the Unix, Linux, and Microsoft Operating... 12:14:42 PM    comment [] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Slashdot ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.  ClearChannel Complains About XM, Sirius Radio ---------------------------------------------------------------------- BBC News | Technology | UK Edition ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 2.  Renewed warnings over 'phishing'. E-mail fraud from customer bank accounts has rocketed over the past six months, warns an internet security firm. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- SecurityFocus Vulns ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 3.  Vulns: Microsoft Windows RPCSS Service Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability. Microsoft Windows supports a Remote Procedure Call (RPC) application programmer's interface (API) that allows applications to share publicly available objects in a distri... 4.  Vulns: Microsoft Windows Logon Process Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability. Microsoft Windows logon process "winlogon" has been reported to be prone to a remote buffer overflow vulnerability. The issue is reported to exist when the vulnerable hos... 5.  Vulns: Microsoft Windows Management Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability. Microsoft Windows Management provides a foundation for manageability in Windows operating systems; Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) is a script language that is i... 6.  Vulns: Microsoft Windows COM Internet Service/RPC Over HTTP Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability. Microsoft Windows supports a Remote Procedure Call (RPC) application programmer's interface (API) that allows applications to share publicly available objects in a distri... 7.  Vulns: Microsoft Windows Local Descriptor Table Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability. Microsoft Windows Local Descriptor Table programming interface has been reported prone to a privilege escalation vulnerability. The vulnerability is reportedly due to a... 11:14:34 AM    comment [] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Boing Boing ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.  Mickey Mouse's dwindling brand. Great NYT feature on the dwindling importance of Mickey Mouse as a character, and the attempts of the Dinsey organization to reimagine Mickey as a relevant character today. "I was around 6 when I first saw him," [Maurice Sendak] said. "It filled me with joy. I think it was those primary colors so vivid and pure, taken up with the most incredibly beautiful animation, reminding you of Fred Astaire. Oh! And his character was the kind I wished I'd had as a child: brave and sassy and nasty and crooked and thinking of ways to outdo people." The joy leached from Mr. Sendak's voice. "Not like the lifeless fat pig he is now." Mr. Sendak is hardly alone in mourning the mouse's decline. "Boring," "embalmed," "neglected," "irrelevant," "deracinated" and, perhaps most damning, "over" are some of the adjectives that cropped up in recent interviews with people in the cartoon, movie and marketing businesses. Link (Thanks, Warren!) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Slashdot ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 2.  A New Ice Age? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- SecurityFocus Vulns ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 3.  Vulns: Microsoft Internet Explorer ITS Protocol Zone Bypass Vulnerability. Microsoft Internet Explorer has been reported prone to a vulnerability that may permit hostile content to be interpreted in the Local Zone. This issue is believed to de... 10:17:12 AM    comment [] 9:16:52 AM    comment [] 8:16:32 AM    comment [] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Boing Boing ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.  Retired patent examiner turned Rube Goldberg. Arthur Paul Pedrick was a UK patent examiner who retired and filed many patents for whacky, impractical inventions. A horse-powered car, putting the cart before the horse. To control the speed, the car's accelerator pedal varies the thrust which the horse must exert to reach its feedbox 2. The brake pedal is linked to the horse's halter. The ignition switch can give the horse's posterior a mild electric shock to stimulate it into movement. Link (via Monochrom) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Slashdot ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 2.  Space Technology to Conquer Everest ---------------------------------------------------------------------- NewsIsFree: Security ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 3.  In photos: Counterterrorism officials testify on IT challenges 4.  Latest Microsoft patches draw user ire 5.  Linux vendors claim Forrester Report favored Microsoft 6.  Brief: Vulnerability database goes live 7.  How secure is your handheld? 8.  Web Braces for Netsky.V's Attack 7:16:12 AM    comment [] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Wired News ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.  Apple Rebuffs Music Overture. Steve Jobs apparently wants no part of opening up his company's iPod to RealNetworks, reportedly turning down a proposed digital music alliance. What happens now is anybody's guess. 2.  This Ain't Woody Allen's Orb. Proponents of ubiquitous computing hope to build computers into objects that fit naturally into daily life. One application is the Orb, a large glowing egg that tracks trends in a variety of subjects and transmits the information visually. 3.  Scientists Pin Date on L.A. Quake. Vladimir Keilis-Borok predicts the next big one will strike Los Angeles by Sept. 5. He also says his group has made similar forecasts before, but he won't disclose them publicly while his team assesses its untested method. 4.  Shoot 'em Up, Vote for Bush. A Republican-sponsored anti-Kerry ad shows up on a website featuring a video game starring a gun-toting cartoon President Bush killing terrorists. The campaign, which has spent at least $50 million on commercials so far, is going after Kerry with increasingly negative ads. 5.  Rural Folk May Yet Get Broadband. In the latest effort to bring high-speed Internet access to rural areas, the FCC proposes letting wireless service providers share airwaves currently used by satellites and radar. Satellite companies hasten to protect their slice of the spectrum. By Elisa Batista. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- NewsIsFree: Security ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 6.  USA Today: Hackers lurk through holes in hot spots "are finding them an easy target to snoop on ... 7.  Gmail Commentary and Responses 8.  The Average PC is Infested with Spyware 9.  PCs 'infested' with spy programs 10.  US-CERT RSS Channels 6:16:02 AM    comment [] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Boing Boing ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.  Anyone with a Sidekick going to the Nebs?. If anyone is going to be at tonight's Nebula Award ceremony with a Sidekick or other wireless email appliance, can you send me an email after the novellette category winner is announced, letting me know if I won? I'm in Linz, Austria, and I'm guessing the award will be announced somewhere around 8PM, which is 5AM here -- I'm setting an alarm for 5... Link ---------------------------------------------------------------------- NewsIsFree: Security ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 2.  CXO Today: With The 'Stanford Hacker' Loose, Is BARC Safe? "It is a continuous fight between sys... 3.  Security Focus: Vulns - KDE Konqueror Bitmap File Processing Denial of Service Vulnerability "by... 4.  Info World: Cisco releases WLAN security protocol "Protocol defeats dictionary attacks aimed at ... 5.  Computer World: How secure is your handheld? "The No. 1 threat to the sensitive data stored on y... 6.  Netsky Worms Just Keep On Coming (TechWeb) 7.  Netsky: W And Counting (TechWeb) 5:15:51 AM    comment [] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Ars Technica ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.  Universal's solution to sagging music sales? Jack up the price. After their price cuts from last year failed to increase CD sales, Universal will increase both retail and wholesale prices. The move has been spun as an effort to help reduce retail CD prices, but where is the incentive for retailers to do so? By Fred "zAmboni" Locklear. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Boing Boing ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 2.  Logan Airport deploys snitch-squad. Logan Airport is deploying undercover snoops who will keep an eye out for anxious, sweaty, inappropriately dressed air-travellers who are observing security measures. These people will be sent away for secondary cavity-screening. You know, the number of times I've shown up at a warm-weather airport in a cold-weather coat (formy destination), sweating, anxious, and bug-eyed at the National Guard teenagers threatening to blow their zits off with their hulking carbines... Welcome to the future: a boot stamping on a human face -- forever. [O]fficials watch people as they move through terminals. They look for odd or suspicious behavior: heavy clothes on a hot day, loiterers without luggage, anyone observing security methods. At the security checkpoints, screening supervisors have a score sheet with a list of behaviors on it. If a passenger hits a certain number, a law enforcement officer will be notified to question the person. Link (via Fark ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Dilbert ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 3.  Dilbert for 17 Apr 2004. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! News - Technology ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 4.  SCO Says VC Wants Out (TechWeb). TechWeb - A filing with the SEC says BayStar Capital wants SCO to redeem all of the venture-capital firm's 20,000 shares of the company's Series A-1 Convertible Preferred Stock. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Slashdot ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 5.  419er Lost in Space ---------------------------------------------------------------------- BBC News | Technology | UK Edition ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 6.  Trek communicator ready to go. A US firm has invented a wireless communicator just like the ones used in the Star Trek TV series. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- NewsIsFree: Security ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 7.  Latest Microsoft patches draw user ire 8.  Linux vendors claim Forrester Report favored Microsoft 9.  Brief: Vulnerability database goes live 10.  Interz0ne 3 Activated 11.  Bank of America Credit Cards Hacked 12.  Microsoft Patches Keep On Coming 13.  Microsoft Patches Keep On Coming 14.  More Hacking News... 15.  Summary of Symantec Safeguard Protection for Microsoft's Security Bulletins for April 2004 16.  17 Apr W32/Agobot-GP 4:15:40 AM    comment [] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Slashdot ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.  New South Wales Traffic Authority Switches to Macs 3:15:30 AM    comment [] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Boing Boing ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.  Final Transmet collection available. The final Transmetropolitan collection, "Transmetropolitan: One More Time," is available for pre-order on Amazon. It's the tenth book, collecting issues 55-60: there are nine other books collecting the earlier issues, and as good as those issues were, it's in this, the final volume of the most original and invigorating sf comic I've ever read, that Ellis outdoes himself, pulling together a finale to his five-year serial that's triumphant, sad and brave. When the last issue came out, I wrote a Wired review of it -- and rereading it today reminds me of just how exciting it was to get a new Transmet ish at the comic-shop. It was Transmet that turned me into a comics reader again: I'm so glad that the whole series is now available for sale. Link (Thanks, Pat!) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- NewsIsFree: Security ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 2.  ECC2-109 Winners Certified 3.  Florida Ponders Communication Tax on LANs 4.  Overlooked Tax Provision Gets Attention 5.  Chipping away at privacy with radio waves 6.  Health Privacy Laws Take Effect Thursday 7.  Feds Seek Privacy Experts 8.  City Pages: Privacy Eyes 9.  Judge Rules Strippers Have Privacy Right 10.  Senators Question TSA Denials 11.  No Chip in Arm, No Shot From Gun 12.  University Senate prioritizes students' privacy 13.  Picturing Privacy 14.  Senators Probe Airline - Passenger Privacy Breaches 15.  IETF to lead anti-spam crusade 16.  National ID card 17.  Software Security Flaws Hit Plateau 2:15:18 AM    comment [] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Slashdot ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.  Gmail Commentary and Responses ---------------------------------------------------------------------- NewsIsFree: Security ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 2.  New Snort signature for SSL Bomb DoS; Continued MS Exploit Development; Port 905 Slight Increase 3.  AOL Stalks Spyware 1:15:06 AM    comment [] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Boing Boing ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.  Economics of Hacking an Election. Counterpane.com's Bruce Schneier sez: "How hard would it be to swing an election by hacking computerized voting machines? How valuable would it be? I did the math, and the results are even scarier than I expected them to be." Link ---------------------------------------------------------------------- New York Times: Technology ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 2.  Slow to Adapt, Nokia Loses Market Share in Latest Cellphones. Nokia, the world's largest mobile phone maker, missed the trend toward clamshell handsets, denting its reputation as the arbiter of cellphone chic. By Alan Cowell. 3.  Making Nanotechnology More Than a Nanoissue. Merrill Lynch said on Friday that it had dropped six companies and added three to its recently created nanotechnology stock index. By Barnaby J. Feder. 4.  2 Acquitted in Qwest Case; Jury Deadlocked on 2 Others. The jury's verdict dealt the government a serious setback in a case it had seen as the start of a sweeping investigation of Qwest. By Reuters. 5.  Blue Chips Climb as Rate Fears Ease, but Tech Shares Fall. By Reuters. By Reuters. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! News - Technology ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 6.  Brussels set to lose a fourth chief (FT.com). FT.com - Romano Prodi's European Commission is set to lose its fourth prominent member with the expected departure in July of Erkki Liikanen, the enterprise commissioner, to head Finland's central bank. 7.  U.S. Prods Microsoft to Widen Protocol Disclosures (Reuters). Reuters - U.S. antitrust authorities are prodding Microsoft Corp. (MSFT.O) to disclose more to rivals who license key Windows computer code under the company's landmark antitrust settlement, according to court papers filed on Wednesday. 12:14:56 AM    comment []

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