Another worm burrows Mac OS X's way

A second OS X worm has been identified that exploits an old Bluetooth vulnerability to spread from one Mac to another.
Inqtana.A is a 'proof of concept' and harmless worm that relies on a vulnerability in both Panther and Tiger that Apple patched last June. The patch is also included in all subsequent OS X updates.

Unpatched, the flaw could allow access to files outside the default Bluetooth exchange folder.

Mac Security News notes that Inqtana.A has not been discovered 'in the wild' and relies on a Bluetooth library, locked into a specific Bluetooth address, that expires on 24 February 2006.

'If you are using OS X 10.4 make sure that you have latest security patches installed and you are safe from Inqtana.A and any future worm that tries to use same exploit,' the website advises.

7800 GS AGP Arrived

I did some benchmarks with new new card and 8th overall at www.glexcess.com






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Nvidia 7800 GS AGP

Well I finaly got a new video card ordered I chose the XFX Geforce 7800 AGP this way I can still get some more life out of my AMD 3200 XP motherboard and CPU

The Dawn of Blu-ray

The end of your DVD collection is near, for soon some newfangled format is going to replace your plain old digital versatile discs with their new Blu-ray or HD DVD technologies (depending on which of the two competing formats becomes the dominant one). And Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has announced its first wave of Blu-ray titles.
Variety reports that the movies will range from $29.95 for catalog pictures to $34.95 for new films, and titles in the first batch will include the (yawn) likes of The Fifth Element, Bram Stoker’s Dracula, Hitch, House of Flying Daggers, Sense and Sensibility, and Stealth. Additionally, MGM library titles, which are the purview of Sony as well since they took over that studio, include For a Few Dollars More, The Last Waltz, Robocop, Species, and The Terminator. Underworld: Evolution will be one of the first new releases on Blu-ray, probably in early summer.
The inevitable format wars between Blu-ray and HD DVD (endorsed by Warner Home Video, among others) – and fear of scaring off consumers – has already brought the prices of the discs down. They were originally intended to go for more than the $30 or $35 that has been announced. Street dates on the Blu-ray discs haven’t been announced yet, but the first HD DVD titles are expected to be released on March 28.

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NVIDIA set to launch GeForce 7800 GS AGP

Seems that core NVIDIA partners are set to inject a healthy dose of ‘customer centric’ love into those of us still running AGP mainboards with the introduction of an AGP 8x variant of its GeForce 7800GS.

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Merry Christmas to All!!!

I hope you all enjoy the holidays! Be Safe!

Seagate paying $1.9B to buy Maxtor Corp.

SCOTTS VALLEY, CA, United States (UPI) -- California-based Seagate Technology LLC, the world`s biggest maker of hard disk drives, is paying $1.9 billion for data storage company Maxtor Corp.

The all-stock deal has been approved by both companies` boards, Seagate said Wednesday.

Upon closing of the definitive agreement, Seagate shareholders will own 84 percent of the combined entity.

'The combination of Seagate and Maxtor will build on Seagate`s foundation as the premier global hard disc drive company, leveraging the strength of Seagate`s significant operating scale to drive product innovation, maximize operational efficiencies, and realize significant cost synergies,' Seagate said.

Sober.Y does something good for a change

Remember Sober.Y? The one which sends fake emails from FBI, CIA and German police.

One of the emails it sends to German recipients goes like this:

Das Herunterladen von Filmen, Software und MP3s ist illegal und
somit strafbar. Wir moechten Ihnen hiermit vorab mitteilen, dass
Ihr Rechner unter der IP erfasst wurde. Der Inhalt Ihres Rechner
wurde als Beweismittel sichergestellt und es wird ein
Ermittlungsverfahren gegen Sie eingleitet.

Die Strafanzeige und die Moeglichkeit zur Stellungnahme wird
Ihnen in den naechsten Tagen schriftlich zugestellt.

--- Bundeskriminalamt BKA
--- Referat LS 2
--- 65173 Wiesbaden
--- Tel.: +49 (0)611 - 55 - 12331 oder
--- Tel.: +49 (0)611 - 55 - 0

...which goes on to explain that illegal material has been found from your computer, an investigation against you has been started, contents of your hard drive has been seized as evidence and you should execute the attachment without thinking twice about it.

Now, turns out somebody in Padenborn, Germany got this message, freaked out about it and decided to turn himself in. Whoa. German police investigated his computer and found child porn from it.
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Source: F-Secure weblog

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Strange Password NT Challenge And Response Problem

I have been working on a new store for one of our biggest clients using the Miva Merchant Shopping Kart. Today when I setup the new store when I try to go the new store front (not the Admin) I get the windows 2003 Challenge and Responce password box, I have checked the setting in IIS 6.0 and I am using the Anonymous Access. I have also checked the persmisions and IUSR is enabled on the parent folder. I have went so far as deleteing the website from IIS and adding back with no luck. I cant for the best of me figure it out if anybody has any sugestion please post your comments.

Thanks in Advance

Ed

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