Thursday, October 2, 2008

Digital 'racehorses' need good stabling to run well

Digital 'racehorses' need good stabling to run well
Densely packed equipment creates creeping problem that could lead to sudden collapse

Te Puni Kokiri claims Virtual Earth first
Virtual Earth used in a GIS project to replace the ministry's old Maori Land Information Base website

Toybox: Autofocus webcam only for Macs
Most Macs already have a built-in webcam, but Logitech cam has its advantages

SmartPay restructures, sheds 25% of staff
Restructuring focuses company on key markets, says MD

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.

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.

Telstra opens new Sydney network management center
New centre to manage some 1100 corporate networks

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