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today's compendium, and a jabber note
From: Paul Vixie <paul () vix com>
Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2006 22:43:44 +0000
we lost power at jabber.tisf.net this morning, and so the funsec () conference jabber tisf net conference room was down for a few hours. all is once again well. and now the news. --- "Trojan horse installs antivirus program" http://news.com.com/2061-10789_3-6128767.html?tag=6128767 In addition to setting up a compromised computer to relay spam, one example of malicious software also installs Kaspersky Lab's antivirus program to get rid of competing malicious software. --- "Zombies continue to chase Windows PCs" http://news.com.com/2100-7349_3-6129235.html?tag=6129235 Malicious remote control software continues to be one of the biggest threats to Windows PCs, according to a new Microsoft security report. --- "Diebold Source Code Disks Mailed to Maryland Democrat" http://www.betanews.com/article/Diebold_Source_Code_Disks_Mailed_to_Maryland_Democrat/1161618740 The Baltimore Sun is reporting that a former delegate in Maryland's state legislature, who is also both a well-known local philanthropist and critic of the state's election system, received an anonymously mailed package appearing to contain original source code diskettes used by Diebold Election Systems for machines used in that state's election in 2004. --- "High Assurance SSL Certificates Will NOT Eliminate Phishing" http://www.oreillynet.com/onlamp/blog/2006/10/post.html?CMP=OTC-3W3B95036222&ATT=High+Assurance+SSL+Certificates+Will+NOT+Eliminate+Phishing There seems to be a lot of talk about the new -Y´High Assurance SSL Certificates¡ to be introduced by Verisign. IE7 will be the first browser to support this type of a certificate. From my understanding, High Assurance SSL Certificates have nothing to do with better encryption, but the process an entity must go through before being granted the certificate. --- "IronPort taps Webroot for anti-spyware" http://news.com.com/2110-7355_3-6129854.html?tag=6129854 E-mail security company IronPort has tapped anti-spyware specialist Webroot for its new Web security appliances. IronPort is using the Webroot RockSafe E1000 SDK in its new S-Series appliances, security gear designed to block threats, including spyware, at the network perimeter. --- _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
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