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7 January 2009
Certification authorities respond to MD5 hack
Certification agencies have responded to work by a research group that demonstrated the lack of security of MD5. The group faked a certificate that allowed them to issue further certificates with arbitrary identities more…
7 January 2009
Microsoft: Customers play "Russian roulette" with their systems
A new worm outbreak took Microsoft's EMEA support to its limits, as customers have failed to install a patch that has been available for two months more…
7 January 2009
Apache Mailet freed from Apache James
The Apache James developers have now made the Mailet API independent of their Java based enterprise mail system more…
7 January 2009
Nokia: SMS vulnerability is not a serious risk to customers
To protect themselves from possible crafted SMS or MMS messages, Nokia is recommending users to only open messages from trusted senders. In addition to Nokia S60 phones, Sony Ericsson's UiQ is also reported to be affected more…
7 January 2009
Vietnam goes "100 per cent open source" by 2010
Vietnam's government is going "100 per cent open source" by the end of 2010, but the mandate isn't clear if this includes server operating systems, as well as desktop applications more…
7 January 2009
Fake LinkedIn profiles spread trojans
Criminals are making use of fake LinkedIn profiles to launch trojans on unsuspecting users more…
7 January 2009
Twitter hack explained by hacker
The person behind the Twitter hack has explained how they gained access to Twitter's administrative functions. A weak password and unlimited log in attempts allowed the hacker in more…
6 January 2009
Top ten spam ISPs
According to watchdog Spamhaus, spam continues to flood the internet at least in part because of complicity by some ISPs. Spamhaus name and shame the current top ten more…
6 January 2009
EMC buys parts of SourceLabs
EMC purchases assets and staff from SourceLabs, but SourceLabs remains an independent company more…
6 January 2009
Security update for Samba file server
By specifying an empty share name, in the right circumstances, it is possible to access the root directory of a Samba file server more…
6 January 2009
Xterm terminal emulator executes injected commands
Using escape sequences, it is possible to get the X Window system's terminal emulator to execute commands with the current user's privileges more…
6 January 2009
USB Security key for Mac Boot Campers
Securikey have released a bundled version of their USB security key, specifically for users who dual boot their Mac, between Mac OS X and Windows, using Boot Camp more…
5 January 2009
Major security problem for Twitter
High profile Twitter accounts have been compromised and reports suggest the hole may still be open despite Twitter's assurances that it is fixed more…
5 January 2009
Kernel Log: 2.6.29 development kicks off, improved 3D support
2.6.29 will see kernel-based mode setting for Intel graphics hardware; experimental graphics driver code utilises 3D features of the latest Radeon GPUs; problems with the leap second; new versions of Gutenprint and Hplip more…
5 January 2009
X Server 1.6 misses its release date
X Server 1.6 was due to come out on January 5th, but a lack of activity in the source code is leading to reports that the release date has been missed more…
5 January 2009
Anti-malware and Police surveillance
Security product vendors deny they allow back-doors for police surveillance software. However their compliance could be forced by future regulations more…
5 January 2009
Re:Versions - PHPExcel 1.6.5 and FindBugs 1.3.7
The PHPExcel library gets an update to its OpenXML reading and writing abilities while the FindBugs static analysis tool adds some new bug spotting rules more…
5 January 2009
Grsecurity needs a sponsor to survive
Version 2.1.12 of grsecurity, a Linux security extension, has been released, along with a warning that there will be no further development unless a new sponsor can be found more…
5 January 2009
Government backs more remote searching of private PCs
The government is backing proposals that could lead to more remote searching of private PCs more…
5 January 2009
Phishing in the Twitter pond
Social messaging and networking sites have been struck by a wave of spam and phishing attacks over the course of the weekend more…
5 January 2009
Will the Gnome Project change version control system?
The Gnome Project have surveyed their contributing community looking for information on what distributed version control system they would like to move to more…
5 January 2009
Apache Commons Digester gets a major update
The Java library for digesting XML documents and mapping them to Java Beans sees a version 2.0, with improved schema support and less dependencies more…
5 January 2009
FreeBSD 7.1 released
The new stable release of FreeBSD includes in-kernel DTrace support and better multicore scheduling by default more…
5 January 2009
Freescale hints at Apple netbook - Updated
Chip manufacturer Freescale shows an Apple netbook in the press release for its lean i.MX51 embedded processor, but denies it is making an Apple netbook more…
4 January 2009
IEEE ranks patent applications
The IEEE has ranked the companies that held the most power in their patent portfolios during 2008 more…
