January 2008 - Posts

Massive Linux / Apache hacks spewing forth browser based malware
And NO one knows how it's being done? http://www.linux.com/feature/125548 Pure insanity . . . how can this be going on for months and no one has a clue and all they can do is guess that maybe a password was guessed and used for logon? If these boxes were Read More...
Posted 24 January 08 09:27 by Robert_Hensing | 0 Comments   
Mommy? Where do servers come from?
Farking hilarious!!! http://gizmodo.com/342499/microsofts-brainwashing-childrens-book-mommy-where-do-servers-come-from Here's the official book web site: http://www.stayathomeserver.com/book.aspx And this video isn't half bad either: http://video.msn.com/video.aspx/?mkt=en-us&vid=b3885042-6752-452a-8894-ba3d0075dcd7&wa=wsignin1.0 Read More...
Posted 10 January 08 12:24 by Robert_Hensing | 1 Comments   
GMER discovers a new MBR based rootkit in the wild . . .
EDITED : 1/10/2008 to remove information about possibly using ntbtlog.txt to detect the rootkit. The driver load routine for the rootkit seems to be non-standard and thus unlikely to appear in ntbtlog.txt You can read the gory details of it here: http://www2.gmer.net/mbr Read More...
Posted 10 January 08 11:23 by Robert_Hensing | 1 Comments   
Did Bill Gates just say Windows sucks?
No - I believe he is implying that he belives *Vista* sucks. :) http://gizmodo.com/342920/holy-crap-did-bill-gates-just-say-windows-sucks Read More...
Posted 10 January 08 11:21 by Robert_Hensing | 1 Comments   
Bill's last day . . .
This video is just all sorts of awesome: http://www.istartedsomething.com/20080107/bill-gates-last-day-microsoft-video/ Read More...
Posted 07 January 08 10:48 by Robert_Hensing | 0 Comments   
Random stuff from the last 2 weeks
My Adobe Flash paranoia isn't completely un-founded it would seem: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/12/21/flash_vulnerability_menace/ The Flash monoculture seriously concerns me . . . I'm surprised we haven't seen more active exploitation using Flash. Read More...
Posted 02 January 08 02:20 by Robert_Hensing | 2 Comments   
Is it cold in here?
So most of my friends / co-workers know that for *years* I've been hugely anti-Windows Mobile. I've owned a RAZR for a couple years and before that owned some LG phones that worked great as phones . . . and I appreciated their ability to run continuously Read More...
Posted 02 January 08 11:49 by Robert_Hensing | 1 Comments   
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