Monday, September 29, 2008

Bailout won't keep Wall Street from sending jobs offshore

Bailout won't keep Wall Street from sending jobs offshore
Collapse may prompt more job cuts in the US and increased offshore outsourcing

Software enables DNA comparison on 'regular PC'
Speed of algorithm allows for DNA comparison searches on regular PC

Mozilla Unicode URL Stack Overflow
Multiple Mozilla products are vulnerable to a stack buffer overflow allowing remote code execution by enticing a user to click on a specially-crafted URL.

Transmeta put up for sale
Move comes after investment fund takes stake

Multiple Vendors Vulnerable to DNS Cache Poisoning
Multiple vendor DNS protocol implementations could allow a remote attacker to poison the DNS cache.  Patches that resolve the vulnerability on the DNS may be rendered ineffective if the DNS is behind a NAT device that does not randomize ports. Public exploit code was made available on July 24, 2008.  At the time of this update, neither X-Force nor IBM MSS has witness any active exploitation nor the integration of this exploit into any exploit toolkits.

Microsoft Windows Media Encoder Wmex.dll ActiveX Control Remote Code Execution
The Microsoft Windows Media Encoder wmex.dll ActiveX control is vulnerable to a buffer overflowthat could result in remote code execution.

The grill: living with obsolescence
Peter Sandborn, an expert on parts obsolescence planning, talks to Robert L Mitchell

Trojan can grab extra personal banking data
Malware can operate even while the user is at the real bank site

CAZ forms Cyber Security Committee
Concerns raised over the security of information passing through networks

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