Dell, the Linux desktop, and timing
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| Dell may have picked the perfect time to begin offering
| Linux-powered desktops. Why? Because, the next generation of
| Windows, Vista, has just sprung its first major security leak:
| the .ANI vulnerability.
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| Think you can stop it by blocking .ani files? Nope, SANS reports
| that crackers are renaming the .ani files as .jpegs and your
| Windows system will still get smacked.
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http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS3993153601.html
Also today:
TJX card problem flags retail ID theft risk
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| "The retail sector has some unique vulnerabilities from the
| older technologies they use, often from legacy systems," said
| Tom Arnold, partner at PSC, a San Jose, Calif.-based data
| security and compliance consulting firm. "Adopting more
| up-to-date security standards has been a slow process."
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http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6172460.html
Many servers/PCs even run Windows 2000, because of hardware/software upgrade
costs. Linux adopters do not suffer from this deficiency. No
incompatibilities either, which an upgrade to Vista make inevitable (upgrade
become a deterrent for a plethora of other reasons). No source code...
Apparently, some malware was installed on the server for 18 months and data
got stolen over a long period of time, undetected. Almost 50 million people
are affected.
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