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Stories · 3

  1. Microsoft Security Patch Fixes URL Security Flaw

    Microsoft · · posted by ryuzaki0 · from the no-more-typing-URLs dept. · 545 comments
    loteck writes "Microsoft has just released Security Update 832894. According to their official information, it affects all NT kernel versions of Windows and most versions of Internet Explorer. Here's a rundown of the important fixes, notably 'A vulnerability that involves the incorrect parsing of URLs that contain special characters' in Internet Explorer, as previously discussed on Slashdot."

  2. US .gov WHOIS Info Restricted Over Attacker Fears

    Internet · · posted by ryuzaki0 · from the paranoia-strikes-again dept. · 178 comments
    An anonymous reader writes "VeriSign Inc has stopped providing access to information about the .gov internet domain, which is restricted to US government bodies, over concerns the data could be used in planning internet attacks."

  3. Rootkit Developers And Legal Liability

    Yro · Court · · posted by timothy · from the tools-is-tools dept. · 189 comments
    FatherTim writes: "I just saw this posting over at SecurityNewsPortal, and thought it would be of interest. It's a question regarding the potential civil risk that developers of rootkits, vulnerabilities, and exploit developers. It does cause one pause to consider the responsibility that would be associated with full-disclosure." Considering the fine line between evil cracking tools and legitimate remote access tools (how about BackOrifice?), this seems like asking whether hammer makers are responsible for murders-by-hammer. (On second thought, don't give any lawyers wind of that idea.)