Category Archives: Current Events

http://www.daniweb.com/blogs/entry2060.html Apparently a company in Russian named Gleg finds security holes in commonly used software and then sells information about the exploitabilities to their ‘clients’ who pay lots of money to get knowledge like this. It sounds like they publicly … Continue reading →

The title says it all. According to the article linked below, Customs has been seizing electronics like cell phones and laptops on grounds of “suspected criminal activity.”  Some travelers complained that their devices were taken for more than a week … Continue reading →

Adrian Kingsley-Hughes has a new blog posting over at ZDNet reviewing the changes  Microsoft made to its Vista WGA (Windows Genuine Advantage – its authenticity check for pirated software) with the SP1 update.  In a nutshell, it appears Microsoft has decided to … Continue reading →

A new vulnerability has been discovered in the 2.6 Linux kernel that allows a local user to obtain a root shell. The bug description was posted within the last 24 hours, and includes exploit code that works on a large … Continue reading →

Toshiba has recently unveiled a new IC which is capable of generating 2 megabits/second of random bits. The IC utilizes analog noise generated by electrons trapped on a silicon nitride (SiN) layer of a transistor. The electrons randomly are bound … Continue reading →

I thought that since most of us use Firefox people might care – apparently the default installation/settings of Firefox’s latest release allow all scripts written on websites to be executed.  I don’t know with what privileges the code executes, but … Continue reading →

In the past couple of weeks, a loosely organized group of people have come together to attack the church of Scientology in a variety of technological related ways. The core group that has headed up these attacks calls themselves “Anonymous”, … Continue reading →