With Windows Vista now shipping, and available on store shelves in a couple days, many people will soon be having their first Vista experiences. If it’s not a positive experience, chances are it’s because of User Account Control. While it’s probably Vista’s strongest security feature, its also ranks at the top of common annoyances. This [...]

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Today Microsoft released Security Advisory 932114, described as relating to a vulnerability in Microsoft Word 2000 which could allow remote code execution. In order for the attack to be successful, it is first necessary to open a malicious Word file attached to an e-mail or otherwise provided by an attacker. Obviously, the common sense approach [...]

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[ 15:58:30 ]  < @Coyote` > ain’t life wonderful?
driving to work this morning my truck decides it has gone far enough and dies while on the freeway,
trying to restart it did not work,
had to call my neighbors to come pick me up,
from the house I called a wrecker to take the truck to Goodyear
well, it [...]

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By way of Catherine’s Flying Hamster Blog, I see that the “Julie Amero mess” has sparked broader coverage. Brian Krebs published Substitute Teacher Faces Jail Time Over Spyware on the Washington Post site which includes information of his interview of Julie Amero.
As Catherine wrote:
“This does not sound like a teacher who, with malice of [...]

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The Columbus Dispatch in Columbus, Ohio reported today on a data breach by that state’s Board of Nursing. “The names and Social Security numbers of 3,031 newly licensed nurses were posted online twice in the past two months.”.
link: Error puts nurses’ personal data online
There are a few things that are unsettling about this matter. The [...]

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Excellent news for Microsoft customers not yet ready to upgrade to Windows Vista, Microsoft announced extended support for Windows XP Home Edition and Windows XP Media Center Edition:
“With the addition of Extended Support, the support life cycle for Windows XP Home Edition and Windows XP Media Center Edition will include a total of five years [...]

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Both Ed Bott of Ed Bott’s Windows Expertise and Robert McLaws of Windows Now have had their turn this week being upset with what, in my book, can be construed as sensationalism, irresponsible journalism, Microsoft bashing, or a combination of all three. (See Ed’s remarks here and here and Robert’s here and here.)
Now it is [...]

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Network Performance Daily provided the promised “Commentary by Detective Mark Lounsbury“. Also very interesting today was the link from the SunbeltBLOG to the Norwich Bulletin summary of the school board meeting on Tuesday, January 23, 2007, entitled Norwich porn a fluke, expert says.
Indeed, it must be a “fluke”, a mere “technical glitch” when
“From August to [...]

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Yesterday, Brian Boyko of Network Performance Daily published commentary by the forensic examiner who provided information on his analysis of the infected computer as well as his courtroom experience. The anticipated article by Detective Lounsbury, expected today, has been delayed while information in the article is double-checked.
In the meantime,

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Anti-Rootkit Blogger steo writes:
It has been reported that the authors of the Storm Worm which uses a rootkit called wincom32 have changed their code and tactics to try and avoid detection but in doing so have left bugs in the code.
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The list of email subjects also has grown.
Chinese missile shot down USA aircraft
Chinese missile shot down USA satellite
Fidel Castro [...]

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