Hackers Descend on Las Vegas
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| Some of the juiciest consumer targets at this year's hacker conventions are
| Apple Inc.'s iPhone, social networking Web sites, software for routing voice
| calls over the Internet, and Microsoft Corp.'s Vista operating system.
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http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/070801/vegas_hacker_confabs.html?.v=1
At least two Vista cracks will be demonstrated there. Blue Pill and the one at
the bottom.
Video: Technology Shakedown: Windows Vista's 'blocked program' warning
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| The feature warns users of a blocked program, but then it's difficult for
| users to identify which programs are being blocked.
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http://news.com.com/A+closer+look+at+a+Windows+Vista+nuisance./1606-2_3-6200240.html?part=rss&tag=2547-1_3-0-20&subj=news
A Defcon survival guide
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| Make sure your system is fully patched, no matter what operating system
| you're running. Those running Linux, make sure your kernel is current.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/08/01/defcon_survival_guide/
Making open-source browsing safe for the masses
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| Mozilla quickly fixed the vulnerability, but also called on Microsoft to
| patch IE, arguing that other Windows applications were also at risk of being
| tricked by IE into running malicious code. Soon after, researchers discovered
| that Mozilla could also pass along attack code to other programs.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/08/02/window_snyder_interview/
That IE problem spread itself to Skype recently (see below). Since Mozilla's
security chief is originally from Microsoft, she is being apologetic rather
than accuse Microsoft like Secunia did (see below).
Mozilla Updates Firefox Ahead Of Black Hat
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| Mozilla has patched a pair of security vulnerabilities in its Firefox Web
| browser just in time for its release of security tools at the Black Hat
| security conference in Las Vegas this week.
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http://www.internetnews.com/security/article.php/3691671
Related:
Researchers expose Microsoft Vista's kernel security
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| A security feature in the 64-bit version of Windows Vista can be easily
| circumvented with a free utility that loads unsigned drivers into the kernel,
| according to researchers at Symantec.
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http://www.computerworlduk.com/technology/operating-systems/windows/news/index.cfm?newsid=4297
Skype also affected by supposed "Firefox vulnerability"
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| The ripples from the problematic way special URLs are handled, discovered
| last week, continue to spread.
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http://www.heise-security.co.uk/news/93565
Secunia says Firefox URI handling bug is also a Microsoft issue
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| Secunia blamed Microsoft this week for a URI handling flaw that can be
| exploited when a user browses with Firefox but has Internet Explorer (IE) 7
| installed.
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http://scmagazine.com/us/news/article/673767/secunia-says-firefox-uri-handling-bug-microsoft-issue/
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