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Estonian DDoS attacks "highly organised" but spontaneous
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| Such a confederation was identified in the case of the Dark OwneD Mafia
| cracker network, 110760 five of whom were recently arrested in Spain. It
| might indeed explain why only one person has so far been prosecuted in
| connection with the Estonian attacks.
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http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/108518/from/rss09
More proprietary 'fun' (can't even patch until the vendor gets around it):
Attack code targets new Adobe Flash vuln
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| Security researchers have discovered attack code in the wild that targets a
| previously unknown vulnerability in the latest version of Adobe Flash.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/05/27/new_adobe_flash_vuln/
And here's why FOSS wins when it comes to security:
Distributed bug tracking
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| It is fair to say that distributed source code management systems are taking
| over the world. There are plenty of centralized systems still in use, but it
| is a rare project which would choose to adopt a centralized SCM in 2008.
| Developers have gotten too used to the idea that they can carry the entire
| history of their project on their laptop, make their changes, and merge with
| others at their leisure.
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http://lwn.net/Articles/281849/
Recent:
Gaining System-Level Access To Vista
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| This video shows a method by which a user can use a Linux distro called
| BackTrack to gain system access to Windows Vista without logging into Windows
| or knowing the username or password for any accounts. To accomplish this, the
| user renames cmd.exe to Utilman.exe — this is the program that brings up the
| Accessibility options for users without sight or with limited vision. The
| attack takes advantage of the fact that the Utility Manager can be invoked
| before the user logs into the system. The user gains System access, which is
| a level higher than Administrator. The person who discovered this security
| hole claims that XP, 2000, 2003 and NT are not vulnerable to it; only Windows
| Vista is.
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http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/05/26/0257213
Study Says Linux More Secure
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| More than 70 percent people surveyed said they found Red Hat Linux less
| vulnerable to security issues than Microsoft's operating system.
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http://www.techtree.com/India/News/Study_Says_Linux_More_Secure/551-88850-580.html
Study: 70 percent say Red Hat more secure than Windows
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080425-study-70-percent-say-red-hat-more-secure-than-windows.html
Vista security credentials tarnished in malware survey
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| "[Vista]has been hailed by Microsoft as the most secure version of Windows to
| date. However, recent research conducted with statistics from over 1.4
| million computers within the ThreatFire community has shown that Windows
| Vista is more susceptible to malware than the eight year old Windows 2000
| operating system, and only 37 per cent more secure than Windows XP," said
| Simon Clausen, chief exec at PC Tools.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/05/09/win_malware_survey/
Vista as Insecure as Windows 2000
http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/145681/vista_as_insecure_as_windows_2000.html
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