Sunday, May 11th, 2008
Inspired by a comment on Ajaxian, I killed another afternoon or two making a small library capable of reading EXIF data from JPEG images, figuring I would at least learn a bit about EXIF and the JPEG (and TIFF) image formats.
Before we start, a small disclaimer. I'm somewhat of a ...
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Friday, April 25th, 2008
A remote vulnerability exists in the QuickTime player for Windows XP and Vista (latest service packs). Other versions are believed to be affected as well. For now, no details will be released regarding the method of exploitation.
Because we are an information security think tank and because we encounter some very ...
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Friday, April 25th, 2008
Opera 9.5 Beta 2 has stepped up its security game. The browser has added fraud protection and support for EV SSL (Extended Validation Secure Sockets Layer) certificates to help prevent identity theft.
Opera’s move to join the EV SSL crowd leaves Safari as the only browser without anti-phishing protection. As you ...
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Monday, April 21st, 2008
In a security alert last week, Microsoft reported a vulnerability which allows local users and users signed on with access to an Internet Information Server (IIS) or MS SQL server to escalate their privileges. Server operators such as hosting providers who allow user code to be executed, for example on ...
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Monday, April 21st, 2008
There's a ton of information in your computer's user manual, but it's also hundreds of pages long. To become a real power user, you could read through the entire thing, memorizing the details on each page. Or you could turn to PC Magazine.
For this very special feature, we'll boil down ...
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Sunday, April 20th, 2008
Storwize has developed a new range of in-line data compression appliances which it claimed can compress files at up to 500MB/s, doubling or even tripling the effective capacity of a NAS array.
The three new systems are 64-bit, meaning they can use far more memory than the company's previous models. That ...
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Thursday, April 17th, 2008
Once upon a time when you mentioned Linux to non-Linux users, the first thing they thought of was Red Hat. That's because the company was one of the first and most successful to get its desktop Linux onto retail shelves. But in a blog post today, the Red Hat team ...
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Thursday, April 17th, 2008
I’m not a Windows Vista fan. In fact, my new PC runs on XP, but uses OpenSource applications for most of my business needs. So why do I even care about a trick to get sluggish Vista browsing back to an acceptable speed? My mom uses Vista, and I love ...
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Wednesday, April 16th, 2008
Security researchers on Monday spotted malicious code that triggers a critical vulnerability in the Chinese version of Windows 2000, and warned users of other editions to expect attacks.
Symantec confirmed that the proof-of-concept code publicly posted to the milw0rm.com site earlier in the day successfully attacks Chinese editions of Windows 2000 ...
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Monday, April 14th, 2008
Many of the loopholes left in the code created for websites have been known about for almost a decade say the security researchers.
The poor practices are proving very attractive to hi-tech criminals looking for a ready source of victims.
According to Symantec the number of sites vulnerable in this way almost ...
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