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Submission + - Linux distributor security list compromised (zdnet.com)

Submitted by andrea.sartori
andrea.sartori writes: ZDNet reports that "Hackers have compromised a private e-mail list used by Linux and BSD distributors to share information on embargoed security vulnerabilities and used a backdoor to sniff e-mail traffic, according to the moderator of the list. In a note to Vendor-Sec's members, moderator Marcus Meissner said he noticed the break-in on January 20 but warned that it might have existed for much longer.
Immediately after Meissner's warning e-mail, the attacker re-entered the compromised machine and destroyed the installation."
Meissner has since killed the list: So everyone please consider vendor-sec@....de is dead and gone at this point, successors (or not) will hopefully result out of this discussion.
The H Security notes (link to the H's article) that this isn't the first compromise of the Vendor-Sec list. In 2005, black hat hackers reportedly hijacked a kernel exploit for root access from the list.
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Submission + - BSA worried about proposed EU consumer law (pcworld.com)

Submitted by crimperman
crimperman writes: The Business Software Alliance is worried about proposals for a new EU consumer rights law. The new law (to be voted on in a couple of weeks) would bring software and digitial content into line with other goods. That is that the consumer would own what they "buy". The BSA is clearly worried about its members revenue and raises a number of arguments against this law including the fact that software companies "could stop offering patches and updates because they are only liable for faults at the time of purchase."

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