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Latest Mydoom Shows Hackers Using Search Engines For Attacks

Thu, 24 Feb 2005 08:45:12 GMT

"The latest variant of the Mydoom worm shows how hackers can use popular search engines such as Google and Yahoo to spread worms and find easily exploitable targets and vulnerability data for launching attacks... ."

Windows Security Updates Summary for February 2005

Thu, 10 Feb 2005 09:37:41 GMT

"The security updates for February 2005 include several high-priority updates for Microsoft Windows that also affect Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft Internet Explorer, and Microsoft Media Player technologies. If you have any of the software listed on this page installed on your computer, you should install the updates from Windows Update... " [Microsoft]

Microsoft issues 12 patches, eight of them for 'critical' flaws

Thu, 10 Feb 2005 09:31:30 GMT

"On the same day that it announced a deal to acquire antivirus software vendor Sybari Software Inc., Microsoft Corp. today released a total of 12 software patches designed to fix 16 vulnerabilities in Windows, Office and other products..." [Computerworld]

New holes threaten media players

Wed, 19 Jan 2005 12:49:36 GMT

"Security researchers have discovered new security risks affecting media players from Apple Computer Inc. and Microsoft Corp. ... "

Experts warn of trick to bypass IE download warnings

Wed, 19 Jan 2005 12:32:51 GMT

"A computer security researcher and an antivirus company are warning Microsoft Corp. customers about an unpatched hole in the company's Internet Explorer Web browser that could allow a remote attacker to bypass security warnings and download malicious content onto vulnerable systems ... ."

Microsoft patches Windows, offers malware removal tool

Wed, 12 Jan 2005 10:54:48 GMT

"Two security fixes are classified "critical" and one is "important".
Microsoft Corp. ...offered patches for several serious Windows security holes and released a new tool that lets users remove malicious software from their PCs."
Read More.

What is Mozilla Thunderbird?

Sun, 09 Jan 2005 14:03:46 GMT

"Most of you have used either Outlook, Outlook Express, Eudora, Netscape Communicator, Mail.app, or one of many e-mail clients. Like Mozilla Firefox, which has been steadily gaining more press and acceptance as a better web browser, Mozilla Thunderbird is shaping up to be a better mail client... "

Amaya 9.0 and 8.7.1

Wed, 05 Jan 2005 15:27:07 GMT

"The current releases, Amaya 8.7.1 (old User Interface) and Amaya 9.0 (new User Interface), supports HTML 4.01, XHTML 1.0, XHTML Basic, XHTML 1.1, HTTP 1.1, MathML 2.0, many CSS 2 features, and includes SVG support (transformation, transparency, and SMIL animation on OpenGL platforms). You can display and partially edit XML documents. It's an internationalized application..."

Multiple Browsers Window Injection Vulnerability Test

Thu, 09 Dec 2004 15:16:26 GMT

"Secunia Research has reported a vulnerability, which affects most browsers. The vulnerability can be exploited by a malicious web site to "hi-jack" a named browser window, regardless of which web site is the true "owner" of the window... "

Open Source's Lessons for Historians

Thu, 09 Dec 2004 08:02:02 GMT

Nathan L. Ensmenger, University of Pennsylvania

"Of all the developments in the recent history of computing, none has attracted such widespread attention as the emergence of the open-source software movement. In part, this is due to the remarkable successes of such open-source projects as Linux, Sendmail, and Apache. Versions of the GNU/Linux operating system are used by 40 percent of large American corporations, 65 percent of the world's Web servers run Apache, and Sendmail manages 80 percent of the world's email. Even traditional commercial vendors such as IBM, Apple, and Novell have jumped on the open-source bandwagon; the Macintosh OS X operating system is based on a BSD derivative, and IBM recently announced a $1 billion commitment to open-source development.
Despite these apparent successes, however, the lessons of the open-source movement are not necessarily those that its proponents might hope or imagine. They suggest more about new methods and questions for historians to grapple with than obvious conclusions about a new "one best way" to manage software development ... "

Spyware Removal Tools

Thu, 25 Nov 2004 09:55:08 GMT

"...spyware is a rampant problem. This is clear to anyone who engages in even the slightest bit of field support. The scenario is so typical, the diagnosis is instant. A user complains about a slow computer; programs don't start as fast as they used to, pop-ups continually flood the screen – you know how to identify the problem. But the solution? [By Adam Baratz, Ars Technica]"

Phishing For Savvy Users

Mon, 15 Nov 2004 09:34:36 GMT

Scott Granneman:

"Recent "phishing" episodes, and two new browser vulnerabilities, show how the bad guys are tricking people into exposing their passwords and bank accounts. Couldn't happen to tech-savvy users, right? Unless you consider how entire nations have been fooled." More...

Phishers develop sophisticated lure

Thu, 11 Nov 2004 11:18:12 GMT

John Leyden, The Register Nov 4 2004 9:15AM:

"Fraudsters have developed phishing emails capable of automatically stealing bank log-in details without requiring users to click on a website link, email filtering firm MessageLabs warns." More...

Thunderbird 0.9

Wed, 10 Nov 2004 13:33:31 GMT

"Thunderbird 0.9 is Mozilla's next generation e-mail client. Thunderbird makes emailing safer, faster, and easier than ever before with the industry's best implementations of features such as intelligent spam filters, a built-in spell checker, extension support, and much more."

Mozilla Firefox 1.0 Released

Wed, 10 Nov 2004 11:34:54 GMT

"The Mozilla Foundation ...; released Firefox 1.0, the first major new product release since the Mozilla Suite's 1.0 in June of 2002. Firefox 1.0 is the completion of roughly 2 years of work on the revolutionary new browser, which has raised the Mozilla Foundation's profile greatly in its year of existance. The release follows up the hugely successful Preview Release which had over eight million downloads." More ...

Tech Tonic: Towards a New Literacy of Technology

Tue, 02 Nov 2004 08:47:50 GMT

Child Advocates Challenge Current Ed Tech Standards
New report says government and high-tech industry foist expensive and unproven technology on schools, hurting children and undermining real technology literacy.

Steve Talbott is back

Tue, 02 Nov 2004 08:02:38 GMT

Stephen L. Talbott, the editor of Netfuture, has published issue #157 of his newsletter after a four-months break.

I am glad that Steve has returned and is prepared to continue to share his insights, in times when they are needed.

Important Security Update for Firefox Available

Wed, 06 Oct 2004 10:47:06 GMT

October 1, 2004. The Mozilla Foundation releases an important security update for Firefox. All users should upgrade to the latest version of the Firefox Preview Release. A patch is available for current Preview Release users...>>

The Mozilla Foundation continues to have a very strong track record on security. According to Secunia, an independent security monitoring organization, Firefox currently has 1 open security issue, out of a total of 13 security advisories filed in 2003 and 2004. 0% of these are labeled "extremely critical", 15% are labeled "highly critical". For the same period, Secunia lists 16 open security issues out of 44 advisories for Internet Explorer 6.0, 14% of which are labeled "extremely critical", 34% are "highly critical".

Windows XPSP2 Firewall or ZoneAlarm?

Fri, 01 Oct 2004 08:15:00 GMT

"ZoneAlarm products have more robust and comprehensive security features than the Windows Firewall, including monitoring and controlling inbound and outbound Internet activity. Windows Firewall can only monitor and control inbound network traffic.
ZoneAlarm products also provide hijacking protection, expert controls, safe-sharing, spoofing protection, and program control features"...>>

Bloglines Tackles RSS Bandwidth Issue, Matt Hicks

Thu, 30 Sep 2004 15:05:37 GMT

A Weblog aggregation startup is partnering with some of the leading news reader applications to address the bandwidth consumption of XML syndication feeds...

Microsoft Security Bulletin MS04-028

Mon, 20 Sep 2004 10:22:06 GMT

Buffer Overrun in JPEG Processing (GDI+) Could Allow Code Execution (833987)

Firefox Preview Release ("Greenlane")

Wed, 15 Sep 2004 08:58:19 GMT

"The new Firefox Preview Release is the award winning preview of Mozilla's next generation browser. Firefox empowers you to browse faster, more safely, and more efficiently than with any other browser." Read more>>

Hixie's Thoughts on Web Applications

Fri, 18 Jun 2004 08:35:52 GMT

Ian Hickson provides interesting insights into the W3C Workshop on Web Applications and Compound Documents, as well as his travel experiences.

See also the Position Paper for the W3C Workshop on Web Applications and Compound Documents, jointly authored with Mozilla.

@RISK: The Consensus Security Vulnerability Alert

Tue, 11 May 2004 08:29:09 GMT

"The Critical Vulnerability Analysis and the Security Alert Consensus have merged to become @RISK: The Consensus Security Alert. Delivered every Monday morning, @RISK first summarizes the three to eight vulnerabilities that matter most, tells what damage they do and how to protect yourself from them, and then adds a unique feature: a summary of the actions 15 giant organizations have taken to protect their users."...

64-Bit Desktop Challenge

Thu, 06 May 2004 08:33:50 GMT

"Desktop systems based on IBM's PowerPC 970 and Advanced Micro Devices Inc.'s Athlon 64 processors place 64-bit computing within the reach of mainstream users without closing the door to 32-bit applications. This is important because for now—and for the foreseeable future—it's a 32-bit world."

By Jason Brooks, eweek