Topic: - on January 24, 2003 at 7:01:03 PM CET
Norwegen: Sicherheits-Behörde verbreitete Virus
Datatilsynet, so der Name der norwegischen Daten-Aufsichtsbehörde, verschickte am 20. Januar mit dem Sicherheits-Newsletter ein Virus. Etwa 1.700 Abonennten kriegten den "FunLove"-Virus zugeschickt.
Nach Angaben von Datatilsynet hat "FunLove" zuvor den E-Mail-Server infiziert. Der Server sei eine Stunde danach vom Provider abgeschaltet worden, zu spät wie sich herausstellte. Ungewöhnlich ist, dass es die Behörde mit der Computer-Sicherheit auch nicht allzu genau nimmt, "FunLove" ist bereits seit 1999 in Umlauf.
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Topic: - on January 24, 2003 at 6:41:27 PM CET
Could Attack on DALnet Spell End for IRC?
For at least a month, distributed denial of service (define), or DDOS, attacks have been crippling DALnet, one of the world's largest Internet Relay Chat (define) networks, bringing it to its knees and raising the possibility that many hosting providers may refuse to host IRC servers at all.
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Topic: - on January 23, 2003 at 6:40:27 PM CET
FBI investigating theft of data on international students
University of Kansas officials discovered Wednesday that a computer hacker downloaded personal information gathered on 1,450 of its international students.
The information was collected as part of new homeland security measures. The university alerted Immigration and Naturalization Service and FBI officials and said it was told the INS was notifying U.S. ports of entry. The FBI was starting an investigation.
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Topic: - on January 23, 2003 at 1:17:56 PM CET
Security Flaw Exposes 35 Million AOL Accounts
UPDATED The accounts of millions of AOL subscribers were jeopardized this week due to a serious flaw in the company's Web-based mail system, BetaNews has learned.
The vulnerability stems from an error in one of AOL's international e-mail authentication systems, which granted users access without correctly verifying passwords. By simply entering an account name, an AOL user had the ability to read any other user's e-mail and all personal data contained therein.
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Topic: - on January 23, 2003 at 1:01:43 PM CET
Japanese Smileys (Emoticons)
The difference between eastern(1 byte) Smileys(Emoticons) and Japanese ones(2 bytes) Apparently Japanese Smileys(Emoticons) are read vertically, when eastern Smileys(Emoticons) are read hosizontally. And Japanese face marks have much more kinds of variation than eastern ons. I think the reason is that while American(alphabet) letters in computer are 1 byte, Japanese letters in computer are 2 bytes, so Japanese letters can have more caracters. And also, Japanese sentences contain Chinise caracters which are phonograms, so it is easier to express and recognize something graphic with letters for Japanese people.
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Topic: - on January 23, 2003 at 12:05:50 PM CET
SBC stakes claim on Web frames patent
SBC Communications is claiming a wide-ranging patent on Web frames that could affect hundreds of sites that use the technology.
In a letter sent to at least one company that uses frames on its Web site, SBC said it is entitled to as much as $50 million in licensing fees, although actual figures would depend upon a company's revenue.
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Topic: - on January 22, 2003 at 10:06:57 AM CET
Happy BirthDay Lisa!
20 Years ago, Apple created Lisa to be the computer of the future, yet all the hype and Lisa web-sites around are stuck in the past. I hope to change that. With all the hype about the mouse and the GUI, two of the most important points of her design seem to be always forgotten:
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She was designed to run multiple operating systems, Apple knew that the LisaOS may not be popular in 2002, so they left the door open for her to run newer OS's (like MacOS).
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She was made to be hardware expandable: memory upgrades, additional ports, hard disks, and 3 expansion slots (with great ZIF connectors).
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Topic: - on January 21, 2003 at 4:56:54 PM CET
PC in a Humidor
I spotted this "PC in a Humidor" at CES last week. The developer used Via's new tiny motherboard to cram an entire computer into a cigar humidor. It was originally designed for a corporate bigwig who hates computers – but had to have one. It certainly fits into a wood-paneled corner office better than the standard beige box!
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Topic: - on January 21, 2003 at 4:27:26 PM CET
New Software Aims to Snare Computer Intruders in Real Time
A suspected crooked insider at a New York software company sells consumer-credit reports to identity thieves, at roughly $30 a pop, in a high-tech scam that prosecutors say victimizes thousands.
An unemployed British computer administrator fights extradition to face federal charges in Virginia and New Jersey that he hacked into 92 separate U.S. military and government networks, often getting past easy-to-guess passwords to download sensitive data.
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Topic: - on January 21, 2003 at 11:30:46 AM CET
WELCOME BACK Mitnick Rides Again
The infamous hacker celebrates his first day of computer freedom with 'The Screen Savers.' Watch today at 7 p.m., 10 p.m. and tomorrow at 2 a.m. Eastern.
Three years ago convicted hacker Kevin Mitnick was released from Lompoc federal prison after serving four years, 11 months, and six days behind bars -- the longest sentence ever for computer cracking crimes. But according to his die-hard supporters at FreeKevin.com, Mitnick won't truly be free until Tuesday, January 21, 2003, when he's finally allowed -- after three years of court-enforced abstinence -- to use a computer.
On Tuesday, January 21, Mitnick will celebrate his long-awaited re-entry into the magical world of computing by appearing live on "The Screen Savers." Don't miss this landmark moment in hacker history.
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Topic: - on January 20, 2003 at 11:32:06 AM CET
Legendary hacker to get unleashed and online
One of the world's most famous computer hackers gets off probation this week and plans to dive back into the Internet, his former playground where breaking-and-entering landed him in jail for five years.
On Tuesday, 39-year-old Kevin Mitnick will log on to the Internet for the first time in eight years, during the live TechTV show "Screen Savers." Also scheduled to be on the program are Shawn Fanning, creator of Internet music downloading pioneer Napster, and Steve Wozniak, a co-founder of Apple Computer Inc.
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Topic: - on January 19, 2003 at 11:26:04 AM CET
Designed for your Discomfort
Your hands might be ready for a challenge and you don't even know it. Why not put them to the test? Introducing a completely new style of keyboard: the Microsoft Unnatural Keyboard Pro. With a new inverted twist on the split keyboard design, you'll find the Unnatural Keyboard Pro remarkably hard to type on -- in fact, you'll wonder how it ever made it out of Microsoft R&D.
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