Month: July 2008

Details of DNS flaw made public

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(TheForceField.Net ) July 23, 2008 –A security company accidentally posted details of the DNS bug on their web blog Monday morning.

The bug was discovered by Dan Kaminsky of IOActive, Inc. and announced to the public earlier this month after a patch was created with the rare co-operation of major software vendors. Kaminsky planned to publicly release details of the DNS bug at the Black Hat conference next month and requested those who were already in the know to keep it under wraps until then.

However,  a representative at Matasano, a security research and development company, accidentally confirmed details of the DNS flaw in a blog post July 21. The post has since been removed but not before it could be read by many and cached in Google.

Now security experts predict the first attack based on the flaw is only days away and are warning the public to patch immediately and brace for the worst.

In an apology posted on the Matasano blog Monday, Thomas Ptacek, Principal, Mantasano Research, explained the snafu. "Earlier today, a security researcher posted their hypothesis regarding Dan Kaminsky’s DNS finding", Ptacek stated. "Shortly afterwards, when the story began getting traction, a post appeared on our blog about that hypothesis. It was posted in error. We regret that it ran. We removed it from the blog as soon as we saw it. Unfortunately, it takes only seconds for Internet publications to spread", he added. 

"We dropped the ball here", Ptacek admitted.

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Worm infects P2P audio files

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(TheForceField.Net ) July 22, 2008 — Reports are circulating on the net of a new malware threat that infects MP3 files. Dubbed Worm.Win32.GetCodec.a by Kaspersky Lab,  the worm is apparently spread through P2P networks.

According to Kaspersky Lab, the worm converts the MP3 file to a WMA file but does not alter the .mp3 file extension. When a user plays the file, it opens a malicious web site in Internet Explorer that requests the user download and install what it claims is a codec, but is actually malware. The page, says Kaspersky, "is digitally signed by Inter Technologies." If the user downloads the phony codec, a trojan is installed that allows hackers to take control of the PC.

Although the threat of downloading malware disguised as codecs is not a new idea, this is the first time audio files have been infected, says Kaspersky. While some knowledgable users will be wise to the codec ploy, many will be fooled because most users trust the integrity of their MP3 files. 

A bulletin released by Kaspersky July 16 says that the malware signature has been lncluded in their virus database

 

 

 

Episode 23 – The Business of Malware Part 3

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This week we’re going to talk to John Eddy, Senior Vice President of Sales at Kaspersky Lab and find out just how serious the malware problem is. Part 3 of a three part series.

TechPodcasts Promo Tag :10
Intro 1:18
Billboard 1:10

News and Comment segment 6:46
The OpenOffice.org Community announced a second beta release of OpenOffice.org 3 to the public July 15. The Office suite is released under the GNU/GPL and is freely available. OpenOffice.org v3.0 beta 2 is currently available for download in English for Windows, Linux, OS X and OpenSolaris at http://download.openoffice.org/3.0beta.

AMD announced that its Board of Directors elected President and COO Dirk Meyer as the new CEO of the company July 17. Meyer replaces Hector Ruiz, who led the company during the last six years. You can read the article at http://www.theforcefield.net/joomla/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1.

A debate is brewing over the necessity of defragging solid state drives. According to an article posted in the July 15 issue of System Management News, the debate centers on whether performing a defrag on a flash drive helps performance or provides no real benefits while actually hurts the drive.

You can read the article in the July 15 issue of System Management News. A single issue of System Management News is $9.95 but a subscription is free to professionals who qualify. if you are an IT professional and would like a free subscription to System Management News you can subscribe at http://theforcefield.tradepub.com/free/smns or simply click on the link in the show notes in the RSS feed for this episode.

The Microsoft-Yahoo deal is the talk of the media. There are many who think Microsoft Yahoo would be a great combination and would prevent a monopoly that Google is threatening to become. However, Microsoft Yahoo could actually be bad for competition – and consumers.

Commercial Break 1:00
Alternageek Podcast Promo :30

CS Techcast promo :30

Intro to Interview 1:45
This week we are going to talk to John Eddy, Senior Vice President of Sales at Kaspersky Lab. We’ll find out just how serious the malware problem is, learn about the Kaspersky Partner Program and find out how we can use it as resellers to market and sell solid security solutions to our customers. Part 3 of a three part series.

John Eddy Interview 18:35

Wrap up and Close :46

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Episode 23 – The Business of Malware Part 3

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This week we're going to talk to John Eddy, Senior Vice President of Sales at Kaspersky Lab and find out just how serious the malware problem is. Part 3 of a three part series.

TechPodcasts Promo Tag :10
Intro 1:18
Billboard 1:10

News and Comment segment 6:46
The OpenOffice.org Community announced a second beta release of OpenOffice.org 3 to the public July 15. The Office suite is released under the GNU/GPL and is freely available. OpenOffice.org v3.0 beta 2 is currently available for download in English for Windows, Linux, OS X and OpenSolaris at http://download.openoffice.org/3.0beta.

AMD announced that its Board of Directors elected President and COO Dirk Meyer as the new CEO of the company July 17. Meyer replaces Hector Ruiz, who led the company during the last six years. You can read the article at http://www.theforcefield.net/joomla/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1.

A debate is brewing over the necessity of defragging solid state drives. According to an article posted in the July 15 issue of System Management News, the debate centers on whether performing a defrag on a flash drive helps performance or provides no real benefits while actually hurts the drive.

You can read the article in the July 15 issue of System Management News. A single issue of System Management News is $9.95 but a subscription is free to professionals who qualify. if you are an IT professional and would like a free subscription to System Management News you can subscribe at http://theforcefield.tradepub.com/free/smns or simply click on the link in the show notes in the RSS feed for this episode.

The Microsoft-Yahoo deal is the talk of the media. There are many who think Microsoft Yahoo would be a great combination and would prevent a monopoly that Google is threatening to become. However, Microsoft Yahoo could actually be bad for competition – and consumers.

Commercial Break 1:00
Alternageek Podcast Promo :30

CS Techcast promo :30

Intro to Interview 1:45
This week we are going to talk to John Eddy, Senior Vice President of Sales at Kaspersky Lab. We'll find out just how serious the malware problem is, learn about the Kaspersky Partner Program and find out how we can use it as resellers to market and sell solid security solutions to our customers. Part 3 of a three part series.

John Eddy Interview 18:35

Wrap up and Close :46

©2008 Savoia Computer. All rights reserved.

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AMD names new CEO

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(TheForceField.Net ) July 18, 2008 –AMD announced yesterday that its Board of Directors elected President and COO Dirk Meyer as the new CEO of the company. Meyer replaces Hector Ruiz, who led the company during the last six years.

Ruiz led AMD from a second banana in the desktop market to a serious contender in the server arena with the launch of the AMD Opteron processor, transforming AMD from a minor player into a serious competitor for Intel. The company has struggled during the last two years  with snafus and product delays, resulting in quarterly losses for AMD. Ruiz will remain on the Board of Directors as Executive Chairman.

Meyer, who joined AMD in 1995,helped design the AMD Athlon processor, was involved in severaly facets of the company's operations, including Research and Development, manufacturing and marketing. He was elected to the board in 2007.

According to a company press release, Myer's appointment was part of a two-year plan. “Dirk’s election to CEO is the final phase of a two-year succession plan developed and implemented jointly by AMD’s board of directors and executive team,” Robert Palmer, lead independent director, said in the press release. “Under Hector’s strong leadership, AMD drove the industry adoption of pervasive 64-bit and multicore computing, became a trusted enterprise-class partner to leading technology suppliers and significantly expanded its global footprint in high-growth markets like China."

 

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Live Webinar Today: Win a $300 Gift Certificate

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(TheForceField.Net) July 15, 2008 — Habeas will sponsor a live webinar today and one lucky winner will win a $300 gift certificate for attendance.

The webinar, entitled "Your Digital Company, Today and in 2013: How to Leverage Email and Online Trust for Success ", will feature industry experts from Zinio, Habeas  and Jupiter Research. The panel will discuss best practices for e-mail marketing and brand protection. They will also reveal new research from Ipsos regarding consumer behaviour, information from Jupiter Research about e-mail in a Web 2.0 world, cases studies and helpful hints for your business.

Each attendee will receive a free white paper published by the Commerce Intelligence Unit entitled "The Digital Company in 2013 – How technology will empower the customer". One lucky winner will be chosen from attendees to receive a $300 gift certificate for Amazon, Circuit City, Starbucks or Zappos at the choice of the winner.

The one hour live webinar will be held today, July 15, 2008 at 11 AM PDT and 2 PM EDT and will be available on-demand the next day.

You can register for the live webinar at http://theforcefield.tradepub.com/free/w_habe04/prgm.cgi .

 

OpenOffice.org Releases version 3 beta 2

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(TheForceField.net ) July 15, 2008 — The OpenOffice.org Community announced a second beta release of OpenOffice.org 3 to the public early this morning. OpenOffice.org 3.0 is the latest release of the open source office suite originally developed by Sun Microsystems and is considered by many to be one of few serious competitors of Microsoft Office.

In an e-mail announcement distributed to members of the OpenOffice.org community Marketing Group, John McCreesh, OpenOffice.org Marketing Project Lead, told members of the marketing group that the second beta was released publicly in response to feedback received by the community to the first beta released two months ago. The new beta was released publicly to provide a broader base for testing the new version but was not intended for use in a production environment.

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According to McCreesh, New features to the office suite include a "Start Center", new icons and a zoom control located in the status bar. Other new features include an ability to display multiple pages in the word processor called Writer,  a solver component and an increase to 1024 columns in the Calc spreadsheet,  chart enhancements and an improvement to the crop feature used in Draw and the Microsoft Powerpoint-like presentation program known as Impress.

The new version will support ODF 1.2 and will work with Microsoft Office 2007, Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac and Microsoft Office binary file formats.

In the e-mail, McCreesh told members of the Marketing Group that the new version would also be more compatible with OS X.  "OpenOffice.org 3.0 will be the first version to run on Mac OS X without X11, with the look and feel of any other Aqua application. It introduces partial VBA support to this platform", McCreesh wrote. "In addition, OpenOffice.org 3.0 integrates well with the Mac OS X accessibility APIs, and thus offers better accessibility support than many other Mac OS X applications", he added.

According to McCreesh, OpenOffice.org 3.0 is due for release in September.

The Office suite is released under the GNU/GPL and is freely available. OpenOffice.org v3.0 beta 2 is currently available for download in English for Windows, Linux, OS X and OpenSolaris at http://download.openoffice.org/3.0beta . 

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