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'Greasemonkey' Malware Targets Firefox 370

Posted by CmdrTaco on Thursday December 04, 2008 @12:25PM from the oh-this-can't-end-well dept.

snydeq writes "Researchers have discovered a new type of malware that collects passwords for banking sites but targets only Firefox. The malware, dubbed 'Trojan.PWS.ChromeInject.A,' sits in Firefox's add-ons folder, registering itself as 'Greasemonkey,' the well-known collection of scripts that add functionality to Web pages rendered by Firefox. The malware uses JavaScript to identify more than 100 financial and money transfer Web sites, including PayPal, collecting logins and passwords, which it forwards to a server in Russia. Trojan infection can occur via drive-by download or download duping."

Linus Denounces NDISWrapper, Denies It GPL Status 457

Posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday March 05, 2008 @01:18PM from the he-has-spoken dept.

eldavojohn writes "On message boards, Linus Torvalds was explaining why NDISWrapper is not eligible to be released under the GPL even though the project claims to be. Linus remarked, "Ndiswrapper itself is *not* compatible with the GPL. Trying to claim that ndiswrapper somehow itself is GPL'd even though it then loads modules that aren't is stupid and pointless. Clearly it just re-exports those GPLONLY functions to code that is *not* GPL'd." This all sprung up with someone restricted NDISWrapper's access to GPL-only symbols thereby breaking the utility. Linus merely replied that "If it loads non-GPL modules, it shouldn't be able to use GPLONLY symbols." As you may know, NDISWrapper implements Windows kernel API and then loads Windows binaries for a number of devices and runs them natively to avoid the cost and complication of emulation."

Comment Valgrind is king (Score 1) 398

by Amrik on Wednesday June 06, 2007 @07:53PM (#19418369) Attached to: Memory Checker Tools For C++?

I've used Purify, Boundschecker, Efence, various hand-rolled stuff and by far the best tool for checking memory access and for leaks is Valgrind. Because of the way it works, it finds all sorts of tricky memory problems at the point that they happen without *any* instrumentation of your program before hand.

The downside is that it only works on linux (and x86 at that), but it kicks ass. It's one of the unsung heros of open source.

Try if you can.

Blue Origin Building DC-X Lookalike 106

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Wednesday January 10, 2007 @01:18PM from the carrot-on-a-stick dept.

rrohbeck writes "The New York Times is running an article on what Blue Origin (Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos' space company) is up to after his Texas land grab. A couple of Flash videos show a short successful test hop of the 'Goddard' test vehicle. From the article: 'The Goddard has a science-fiction sleekness. Videos show the craft taking off and landing again with a loud whooshing sound. In one view, one of the nine rocket nozzles jitters as it maintains the ship's attitude. Goddard resembles the DC-X, another vertical-takeoff-and-landing craft under development in the 1990s by McDonnell Douglas for the Defense Department and NASA until the government pulled the plug.' And in case you're an aerospace engineer, they're hiring."

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