Best patch this one!

It is not often that Microsoft release so-called "Out Of Band" patches, so best apply this one:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958644

There are already worms out there exploiting this particular vulnerability:
http://www.sophos.com/security/analyses/viruses-and-spyware/trojgimmiva.html?_log_from=rss

Mr-T strikes Back

Just reading the ha.ckers blog and a link was given to the Master Reconaissence Tool (MR-T). http://ha.ckers.org/mr-t/. This is an ace tool that can be used for user education to show how much info is leaked just by going on the net!

Crazy Fool!

dD

Nevermind Alice and Bob, read about S, A and H...

Right to silence is not enough, you have to give us the encryption keys:
http://www.out-law.com/default.aspx?page=9514

NSA shows us how to write secure code

The Tokeneer project was commisioned by the NSA, and has now been released to the community. The idea is to show that code can be written to comply with the Common Criteria EAL 5:
http://www.adacore.com/home/gnatpro/tokeneer/