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Submission + - The Days of Insecure Firefox Are Here (osweekly.com)

Submitted by

akakakak

on Wednesday August 15, 2007 @04:33AM

akakakak writes: "Matt Hartley of OSWeekly.com comments on the upcoming securities flaws of Firefox. He writes, "We have seen exploits come and go with Firefox for years, but this is the first time that I am aware of that Firefox really appears to have their backsides to the wall because of such a serious problem. And despite the knowledge that they'll get a handle on this just a quickly as possible, one cannot help but feel the browser's innocence has been taken away forever. Am I wrong here? Has Firefox always been this vulnerable and it is only now that we are seeing this come to fruition? Email me above. I would be interested in your thoughts on this matter."

Submission + - New Milestone Demoscene Releases. (pouet.net) 4

Submitted by on Sunday August 05, 2007 @08:56AM

An anonymous reader writes: With over 3000 visitors one of the biggest computer festivals, the Assembly 2007, just closed doors. The event saw the release of some of the best demoscene productions of this year. Among them the first good demos for the XBOX 360, but also for platforms as obscure as the Atari VCS2600 from 1976. The main demo competition was won by Lifeforce, one of the most acclaimed demoscene demos ever. Other releases can be found here.

Submission + - Anti-Virus Software Recommendations

Submitted by

Knossos

on Saturday December 16, 2006 @05:51PM

Knossos writes: "My free AVG anti-virus system is going to run out (as free will no longer be supported). So as the subject says, I'm on the hunt for the most superior anti-virus package available. If you're going to reply to this question, then please don't just say "Norton", or "AVG". Why is your suggestion the best? Suggestions don't have to be free, but of course that is a good factor. Thanks!"

Vista Zero-Day Exploit For Sale 233

Posted by kdawson on Saturday December 16, 2006 @05:02PM from the crack-bazaar dept.

Snakepit Bit writes "Underground hackers are hawking a zero-day exploit for Windows Vista at $50,000 a pop, according to computer security researchers at Trend Micro. The Windows Vista exploit, which has not been independently verified, was just one of many zero-days available for sale at an auction-style marketplace infiltrated by the anti-virus vendor. Prices for exploits for unpatched code execution flaws are in the $20,000 to $30,000 range. Bots and Trojan downloaders that typically hijack Windows machines for use in botnets were being sold for about $5,000." From the article: "According to [Trend Micro CTO Raimund] Genes, the typical price of a destructive exploit has increased dramatically, driving an underground market that could exceed the value of the legitimate security software business. 'I think the malware industry is making more money than the anti-malware industry,' Genes said."

Journal Journal: Fedora core 6 1

Journal by Alioth on Saturday December 16, 2006 @02:20PM

I have an old laptop (a cast-off from work) which is - all in all, a perfectly good laptop really. It's a circa 2001 1GHz Pentium 3 machine, with 256MB of RAM.

I did have Ubuntu in it, but the upgrade to Edgy didn't go very well, so I thought I'd go for FC6 instead - I generally prefer RedHattish distros for desktop machines anyway - my workstation runs FC5.

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by f.meltzer on Saturday December 16, 2006 @10:26AM

The 10 Most Dangerous Toys of All Time 404

Posted by Zonk on Saturday December 16, 2006 @04:04AM from the watch-your-hands dept.

Ant writes "An article at the Radar lists the ten most dangerous toys of all time, those treasured playthings that drew blood, chewed digits, took out eyes, and, in one case, actually irradiated. To keep things interesting, the editors excluded BB guns, slingshots, throwing stars, and anything else actually intended to inflict harm." My favorite: 'Feed Me!' begged the packaging for 1996's Cabbage Patch Snacktime Kid. And much like the carnivorous Audrey II from Little Shop of Horrors, the adorable lineup of Cabbage Patch snack-dolls appeared at first to be harmless. They merely wanted a nibble--a carrot perhaps, or maybe some yummy pudding. They would stop chewing when snack time was done -- they promised. Then they chomped your child's finger off."

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