Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> Hacker Super Bowl pits Mac OS vs. Linux, Vista
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
>| The catch? They have to use a brand-new 'zero day' attack that nobody has
>| seen before. The prize? $20,000, plus you get to keep the laptop.
> `----
>
> http://www.linuxworld.com/news/2008/032708-hacker-super-bowl-pits-mac.html
>
> Mac hacked in two minutes flat
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
>| A $10,000 PRIZE and a free laptop encouraged security experts Charlie Miller,
>| Jake Honoroff, and Mark Daniel to expose a brand new vulnerability in Apple's
>| Safari web browser within two minutes according to a report from Softpedia.
> `----
>
> http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/03/28/mac-hacked-two-minutes-flat
>
> Safari is a blob. Apple could give BSD a bad name...
>
> And then came this:
>
> Euro 2008 ticket site hacked
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
>| But not all of Cluely's colleagues think that football fans are being
>| victimised by the attackers. According to SophosLabs' Fraser Howard, "the
>| Euro 2008 ticket site has most probably not been specifically targeted, but
>| caught up in a larger, widespread attack."
> `----
>
> http://www.itwire.com/content/view/17363/1054/
>
> Case insensitive. Seems to be running Windows, unless mod_speling [sic] is
> used.
>
> http://euro2008.uefa.com/countries/cities/city=1226/news/newsid=669032.htMl#berne+turn+town+blue
> http://euro2008.uefa.com/countries/cities/city=1226/news/newsid=669032.html#berne+turn+town+blue
>
> This is made clearer here:
>
> http://toolbar.netcraft.com/site_report?url=http://www.uefa.com
>
> Netblock Owner IP address OS Web Server Last changed
> Verio ES madrid facility 81.19.110.11 NetApp NetCache Microsoft-IIS/6.0
> 22-Feb-2008
> VERIO DE frankfurt facility 213.198.96.11 unknown Microsoft-IIS/6.0 20-Feb-2008
> Verio FR paris facility 81.93.176.11 unknown Microsoft-IIS/6.0 16-Feb-2008
> Verio ES madrid facility 81.19.110.11 NetApp NetCache Microsoft-IIS/6.0
> 15-Feb-2008
> Verio UK london facility 83.231.156.11 NetApp NetCache Microsoft-IIS/6.0
> 14-Feb-2008
> Verio ES madrid facility 81.19.110.11 NetApp NetCache Microsoft-IIS/6.0
> 20-Jan-2008
> Verio FR paris facility 81.93.176.11 unknown Microsoft-IIS/6.0 27-Dec-2007
> Verio ES madrid facility 81.19.110.11 NetApp NetCache Microsoft-IIS/6.0
> 25-Dec-2007
> Verio FR paris facility 81.93.176.11 unknown Microsoft-IIS/6.0 23-Dec-2007
> Verio UK london facility 83.231.156.11 NetApp NetCache Microsoft-IIS/6.0
> 21-Dec-2007
When will the banking/finance people recognise that there are right and
wrong choices when it comes to financial security. They wouldn't buy a
safe or a lock with hundreds of thousands of known problems, why are
they doing same with computing platforms?
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