Quick info, July 20
Thursday, July 20, 2006 6:00:48 PM
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Phishing with two factors -- What's really changed? July 14, 2006
fradusters set up a Phishing site to be a Web proxy, passing the OTP and challenge response information to and from the actual bank customer, then ride into the online banking session on top of his or her credentials.
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WinTernals buy is bittersweet July 18, 2006
On the other hand, you're sad to see the end of a project like Sysinternals, which has provided free tools like Process Explorer, Autoruns, and Filemon to millions of Windows users and net admins -- free -- for going on a decade now.
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Bed sharing 'drains men's brains' Thursday, 20 July 2006
Although the men reported they had slept better with a partner, they fared worse in the tests, with their results suggesting they actually had more disturbed sleep.
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'Terror' trial opens in Sarajevo Thursday, 20 July 2006
Police also say they discovered a videotape of two of the men asking God for forgiveness for the sacrifice they were about to make, along with pictures of them apparently preparing explosives.
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UN warning on Mid-East war crimes Thursday, 20 July 2006
About 300 Lebanese, most of them civilians, have been killed in the violence. Thirty Israelis, including 15 civilians, have also been killed.
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Life prisoners lose parole rights Thursday, 20 July 2006
Announcing the plans, Mr Reid said: "Too often it appears that the criminal justice system is on the side of offenders, protecting their interest and individual rights rather than those of the victims and law abiding majority.
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Poisoned PowerPoint attacks users Thursday, 20 July 2006
Anyone opening the PowerPoint file will trigger the virus that installs a keylogger that records everything typed on an infected machine. It also opens up a backdoor into that machine that the creators of the virus are likely to exploit to gather the recorded keystrokes or to install other malicious programs.
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Microsoft said it was on target to release a patch to protect against the exploit on 8 August.
PowerPoint 2000, 2002 and 2003 are dead. Long live OpenOffice.
Words
vaunt (vônt, vŏnt) -v.intr.- To speak boastfully; brag.
bol·ster (bōl'stər) -tr.v.- To support or prop up with or as if with a long narrow pillow or cushion.
du·vet (dū-vā', dyū-) -n.- A quilt, usually with a washable cover, that may be used in place of a bedspread and top sheet.
en·gen·der (ĕn-jĕn'dər) -v.tr.- To bring into existence; give rise to
Comics
- - I find it rather demotivating that you never praise me for a job well done.
- You've never done a job well.
- That's because I'm demotivated.
- You have to go first.
- Wouldn't that make me the leader ? - - Hmm...
- How far can you hit a wedge ?
- Not as far as I can throw it. - C - It's all right for you to be complacent, Linus... You don't have a baby sister to worry about! I tell you the world is getting worse all the time! Murders, robberies, automobile accidents, blackmail, all sorts of terrible things!
S - Don't forget about kicking dogs... People are always kicking dogs, too..






