Thursday, 19. December 2002

Analyzing steganography software


for the fun of learning about it

¬> Analyzing

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WinLinux 2003 Free Version


Download self extracting file WL2003FreeVersion.EXE (363MB) WinLinux 2003 CD-ROM Includes: Linux Kernel 2.4.18, KDE 3.0 graphical interface, KOffice 1.1, GLIBC 2.5, and dozens of Unix applications.

¬> WinLinux

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Avant Browser


Never surf with a MDI browser? Try Avant Browser, an upgrade for your Internet Explorer. Avant Browser is a fast, stable, user-friendly, versatile multi-window browser. Avant Browser is a freeware. You can use it for free, no registration is required.

¬> Avanti

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Asterisk Key


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Sony drängt blaue Laser zur Serienreife


Sony und Nichia, ein japanisches Unternehmen, das blaue Laser entwickelt, wollen bereits im ersten Quartal 2003 Blue-Laser-Dioden auf den Markt bringen. Im Wettstreit der Formate Blu-ray und AOD könnte das ein Vorteil sein.

¬> tecchannel

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Sicherheitslecks im Audio-Player Winamp


Im populären Medien-Player Winamp sind Sicherheitslecks aufgetaucht, die das Handling von ID3v2-Tags bei MP3-Dateien betreffen. Sowohl in Version 2.81 als auch die Ausgabe 3.0 des Players können Buffer Overflows bei bestimmten Tags auftreten, die Angreifer zum Ausführen von Code mit den Rechten des Anwenders, der am lokalen Rechner angemeldet ist, nutzen können.

¬> Heise

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Kidnapped in Canada: One lawn Santa


Canadian thieves calling themselves Grinch Enterprises kidnapped a Santa Claus figure off an Ontario family's front lawn and are holding the jolly icon for ransom, the owner said Wednesday.

The group -- who have struck at the same family home before and demanded a similar ransom -- want the owners to collect canned goods for a food bank in return for getting their plywood Santa back before Christmas Day, Evelyn Hussey said.

¬> CNN

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German drinkers face beer shortage


German drinkers could be about to face their worst nightmare -- a beer shortage. The potential trickle in the supply of the nation's favourite tipple is due to new government regulations restricting deposits of disposable cans and bottles which takes effect in January.

¬> Reuters

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More armed police in London


London to try to stop the growing problem of gun crime. Illegal use of firearms rose by 20% this year compared to 2001. The Metropolitan Police will increase its number of armed vehicles from 12 to 15, and there will be 50 more armed officers.

¬> BBC

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NORAD tracks Santa


Deep inside Cheyenne Mountain, engineers with the North American Aerospace Defense Command, or NORAD, daily track missile launches all over the world. Special attention goes to the skies over North America.

¬> Santa

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eBay Sues Operator of eBaytoo.com


The online auction house eBay has sued a man for allegedly operating a similar business on the Internet. John Wederman, of Schenectady, who operates eBaytoo.com, allegedly violated eBay's copyright in an attempt to "trade on the eBay name and to take advantage of initial consumer unfamiliarity and confusion," according to the lawsuit filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Albany.

¬> Associated Press

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Music file flaws could threaten traders


A security firm on Wednesday warned that people using Windows XP or popular music player WinAmp could fall prey to a vulnerability, enabling a modified music file to take control of a person's PC. Flaws in both pieces of software could introduce malicious MP3 or Windows Media files--which sound identical to unmodified music--into the file-swapping systems, said George Kurtz, CEO of Foundstone.

¬> CNET

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