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New worm targets notworking sites
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| The worms reportedly transform victim machines into zombie computers and form
| a network of botnets.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/08/04/worm-targets-notworking-sites
Learn how to write your own malware
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| There is something of an 'Oh My God' feel to the Newsweek article which
| covers the story. It claims that Professor George Ledin is somehow trying to
| disrupt the IT security industry status quo: "His syllabus is partly a veiled
| attack on McAfee, Symantec and their ilk" it says.
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http://www.itwire.com/content/view/19830/1054/
Even Microsoft can't trust Windows...
Is Microsoft secretly using open source?
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| Microsoft Corp., even while mounting a new campaign against open-source
| software, has quietly been using such free computer code in several major
| products, as well as on key portions of a popular Web site -- despite denying
| last week that it did so.
|
| Software connected with the FreeBSD open-source operating system is used in
| several places deep inside several versions of Microsoft's Windows software,
| such as in the "TCP/IP" section that arranges all connections to the
| Internet. The company also uses FreeBSD on numerous "server" computers that
| manage major functions at its Hotmail free e-mail service, whose registered
| users exceed 100 million and make it one of the Web's busiest sites.
|
| Microsoft acknowledged its repeated use of open-source code Friday, in
| response to questions about the matter. Just two days earlier, it had
| specifically denied the existence of any such software at Hotmail.
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http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-116100.html
Microsoft: powered by GNU/Linux but, selling overpriced Windows to 'the
masses'.
Related:
Top secret: Microsoft's $6 billion open source play
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| This month's announcement by Microsoft to acquire digital marketing
| services firm aQuantive has revealed little on how the companies
| will integrate their IT, but inside information indicates the deal
| may be Redmond's largest commitment to free software.
|
| [...]
|
| Whether the businesses are complementary or not, Microsoft's integration
| work will no doubt involve a lot of open source software used by aQuantive.
|
| Information available from Atlas' Web site indicates the Internet software
| company employs extensive use of open source software including Linux,
| Apache, MySQL, and Solaris.
|
| Software engineers at Atlas' Raleigh office do client/server development in
| C and C++, software maintenance and "scripting", and developing and
| maintaining custom reporting capabilities.
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http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php/id;1616039231;fp;2;fpid;1
It's unofficial: Microsoft bets business on Linux
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| What the press statement didn't mention is that Aruba mobility
| controllers run the Linux operating system which Microsoft has
| aggressively targeted as being inferior to Windows as part of
| its "Get the Facts" marketing campaign.
|
| [...]
|
| Pandey's appraisal of Aruba's technology is in stark contrast to
| Microsoft's "Get the Facts" rhetoric which places Windows as a more secure,
| and higher-performing choice over Linux.
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http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php/id;754084996;fp;2;fpid;1
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