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Kayodeok's Headlines for Friday 08 October 2004

Friday 08 October 2004

Security

• sans.org: The Twenty Most Critical Internet Security Vulnerabilities via SANS Handler Diary: October 7th 2004
• Downloader.Lunii is a Trojan horse program that attempts to download remote files, terminate adware products, and delete files via SANS Handler Diary: October 5th 2004
• Handler's Diary October 6th 2004: Microsoft ASP.NET vulnerability, URL obfuscation, more MD5
• Microsoft Word Document Parsing Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
• MS Word multiple exceptions, at least one exploitable
• Microsoft releases fix for Windows XP SP2-adware (TV Media) clash
• Rather than just stealing the identity of random people, organized crime groups are stealing the identity of companies

Web Development

• Trends at the Web 2.0 Conference via Jeremy Zawodny
• Cybersquatting? Domain owners are protesting a move by eNom to register the .info equivalents of nearly a million .com domains owned by its customers
• WordPress 1.2.1 released
• GMail Drive shell extension via Delicious
• AOL Readies Standalone Browser

Windows News

• United State Patent 6,802,061: The USPTO granted Microsoft a broadened patent on "automatic software downloading from a computer network" (which is similar to the Eolas Patent)

Open Source

• Mandrakesoft releases Move - Linux has never been more ready for the desktop
• Linux Hardware Knowledge Base Launched

Utilities

• NirSoft has a collection of very useful freeware utilities
• SpoofGuard is a tool for Internet Explorer to help prevent a form of malicious attack called "web spoofing" or "phishing." via Compendium

Programming

• PHP Switch() Statement: Ignorance is bliss, defaults are worse