CommunityDNS News Bits, March 26, 2009.
Exploit code sends Mozilla scrambling to fix Firefox
Next week Mozilla’s security response team should have a fix ready to counter an existing security flaw. The current vulnerability could lead to malicious code execution attacks if the browser were taken to a website that contained exploits.
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Final countdown to Conficker’s ‘activation’ begins
Conficker is expected to “stealthier” than previous versions. While the number of domain names generated through Conficker’s latest version is much greater than the original, only a fraction of the domain names generated will actually be used. Also virus is expected to vary in the times the virus attacks are launched so as to lessen visible spikes encountered by DNS, thus making pinpointing more difficult.
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FAQ: Conficker time bomb ticks, but don’t expect boom
As the date nears more information will be coming out regarding Conficker. Here is a good articles on the simple FAQs around Conficker and what to expect.
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Denmark, Sweden top US in new global IT report
Poor political and regulatory environments are the reasons the World Economic Forum’s study placed the U.S. in third position, behind Denmark and Sweden, for a country’s ability to harness information technology for economic competitiveness and development.
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German police boot down doors of Wikileaks offices
The two offices of Wikileak, the whistle-blowing and anti-censorship group that exposed Australia’s ACMA filter list, were raided by German police. Wikileak has also published the blocked lists of other countries, such as Thailand and Denmark; a blacklist used to censor one’s access to the web.
While the raids were under the auspices of “discovery of evidence” for the “distribution of pornographic material”. At this point nothing has appeared to turn up as a result of the raid.
One theory is by the end of March seven of Germany’s ISPs will have signed a binding agreement with the government to block traffic to child pornography sites. Might Wikileak’s site, by way of this raid, be one to find themselves on this list?
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Aussie classification site hacked in censorship protest
Dissent towards Australia’s ACMA Internet filter list continues to gain attention. The site for the Australian organization that classifies content for films and video games was hacked with a message regarding attempts to control your freedom.
Australia’s Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy was on a show to answer questions regarding the filter list; apparently did not swing people in favor of the list.
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