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Submission + - Some WHOIS servers has been hacked

Submitted by

yohanes

on Friday March 09, 2007 @01:58AM

yohanes writes: "It seems a WHOIS server (crsnic.net) belonging to Verisign has been hacked (may be not just one, I can't confirm the others). Try doing whois google.com or whois microsoft.com on your console, and see what happens. If you miss it, you can see my archive at http://tinyhack.com. Please verify this story, as I have tested on three machines on different parts of the world."

Submission + - User-Privilege Flaw Hits Vista

Submitted by

IT071872

on Thursday March 08, 2007 @02:51AM

IT071872 writes: "According to PC world, A security firm has discovered one of the first security flaws to directly affect Windows Vista, a bug that it claims allows local users to escalate their privileges.

The flaw involves Windows' system for managing user security levels, User Account Control (UAC), which was introduced with Vista. UAC is designed to limit the damage that can be caused by mass attacks such as worms by giving standard users limited privileges, a practice common with other operating systems."

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