Bob Morris @ Feb 13th 2004 17:18 - Category: Unfiled ;
Moving up the food chain
Prosecutors Said to Seek Indictment of Enron’s Skilling.
Federal prosecutors are planning to seek a criminal indictment against a former chief executive of Enron. By Kurt Eichenwald.
Bob Morris @ Feb 13th 2004 10:26 - Category: Unfiled ;
Deja vu?
Secret Iran nuclear plan discovered (uh huh)
At a book signing last Sunday author Chalmers Johnson said, given the US propensity for invading countries, and given the US has not invaded North Korea (who may have nukes), he finds it quite logical that countries might be developing nukes as a deterrent against US invasion.
OF course Iran might not have nukes at all. We’ve been here before, with the non-existent WMD in Iraq, right? And that was all lies, so this could easily be the same - a bogus pretext for neo-cons who want to invade Iran.
Bob Morris @ Feb 13th 2004 10:23 - Category: Unfiled ;
Maybe it’s time to get a Mac
Research firm Gartner issued a note late Thursday that raises serious questions about Microsoft’s internal commitment to rid its operating system of security holes that make worms such as MS Blaster, SQL Slammer, and Code Red possible.
The report from Gartner was spurred by the Abstract Syntax Notation vulnerability which Microsoft made public and issued a corrective patch for earlier this week. The vulnerability affects most every modern version of the Windows operating system and most security experts agree systems that aren’t quickly patched are at high risk of hacker attacks or a quick-spreading Internet worm.
This latest security hole is appalling. I agree with Gartner, Microsoft, by design or by incompetence or both, appears asleep at the wheel. And that puts most any Windows computer in serious danger.
How bad is this hole? From respected Windows expert Brian Livingston in his Brian’s Buzz newsletter -
The weakness allows an attacker to gain total control over vulnerable Windows machines across the Internet, without any need for users to open an attachment or even view an e-mail. No actual exploit has yet been found on the Web, but it’s considered only a matter of time before working code is released that could lead to the compromise of millions of PCs.
But a controversy has broken out over the length of time - six months - that Microsoft took to release the patch after being notified of the problem, especially considering the severity of the threat.
Meanwhile, source code for Windows 2000 and NT has leaked out onto the Net, where virus writers no doubt will happily be reviewing it looking for security holes.
Bob Morris @ Feb 13th 2004 00:13 - Category: Unfiled ;
Bob Morris @ Feb 13th 2004 00:13 - Category: Unfiled ;
San Francisco officials marry gay couples
In an open challenge to California law, city authorities performed scores of same-sex weddings Thursday and issued a stack of marriage licenses to gay and lesbian couples.
Over 50 couples were married, according to the NY Times.
First Massachusetts, now San Francisco.
Prepare for the imminent culture war…
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