Some guy decided to make a huge list of random Ubuntu repositories around the
web, and he recommends people to dump it to their sources.list without thinking[.] Hundreds of people (most of them Italian) have obeyed him without realizing that the maintainer of ANY of those repositories can do ANYTHING she wants to their systems: destroying or stealing files, stealing passwords, criminal activity through the computers…
Tag: security
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The Treviño Story
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AVG upgraded from 7.1 to 7.5
AVG, the excellent Anti-Virus software from Grisoft, has been upgraded from 7.1 to 7.5 (via Juha). Although this has happened already a month ago, for me, the auto-update feature hasn’t yet announced the availability of the new free version of 7.5. However, it is already downloadable from Grisoft’s site and can be installed on top of V7.1 by selecting
Repair installation
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FBI Raids Security Researcher's Home
The FBI has raided the home of Christopher Soghoian, the grad student who created the NWA boarding pass site. Details can be found on his blog including a scanned copy of the warrant. The bad news is that he really did break the law. The good news is that Senator Charles Schumer did it first, 19 months ago, on an official government website no less.
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Board of Elections Web site leaves Social Security numbers vulnerable
For at least the last six years, a loophole in the Chicago Board of Elections Web site has exposed the Social Security numbers and birth dates of more than 1 million registered voters to anyone with a computer, a Web connection and rudimentary programming knowledge.
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Jyväskylän yliopiston sähköpostia tuhoutui
Onnettomien yhteensattumien seurauksena saapuvia sähköposteja on tuhoutunut. Usean [yhtäaikaisen] laiterikon ja spämmihyökkäyksen aiheuttaman ylikuormituksen seuraksena postinvälitysjärjestelmässä pääsi syntymään vakava häiriötilanne, jonka seuraksena joitakin yliopiston ulkopuolelta tulossa olevia viestejä tuhoutui – joko katosi kokonaan tai korruptoitui […] Tuhoutuneiden viestien määrästä ei ole tarkkaa tietoa, mutta ongelmat alkoivat perjantai-iltana noin 16:30 ja pahin tuho tapahtui maanantaina.
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Internet Explorer 7 vulnerability discovered
A vulnerability has been discovered in Internet Explorer, which can be exploited by malicious people to disclose potentially sensitive information. […] Secunia has confirmed the vulnerability on a fully patched system with Internet Explorer 7.0 and Microsoft Windows XP SP2. Other versions may also be affected.
Secunia via Tietoviikko
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