Flaw Found iIn Ethernet Device Drivers

Licensed2Hack writes "Security researchers have discovered a serious vulnerability that may be present in many Ethernet device drivers that is causing the devices to broadcast sensitive information over networks. Seems the device driver writers couldn't be bothered with a memset() call. Eweek has their typical (puffy, low on tech details) take on it here. Since they don't specify the OS, I'm assuming these are drivers for Windows." It's actually Linux, *BSD, and Windows.

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Flaw Found iIn Slashdot Editors

[Anonymous Coward]

Anonymous Coward writes "English speakers have discovered a serious flaw that may be present in many Slashdot editors that is causing the devices to broadcast poor journalism over networks. Seems the editors couldn't be bothered with a Spellcheck call. Slashdot trolls have their typical (puffy, low on tech details) take on it here. Since a fault was found, Slashdot is assuming the problem is with Windows."

Your computer is broadcasting sensitive info !

[FullClip]

Oh my God, they were right all along ;)

Flaw Found iIn Slashdot News Title

[Satoshi Harada]

At least it isn't a dupe...

Am I the only one tired of this?

[los furtive]

Great, first we had users who posted replies without reading the articles.

Then we had editors who posted articles without checking if they had already been posted.

Now we have users who submit articles that are neither read by the user nor the editor before being posted.

What's next? The person who writes the article doesn't read it before a user sees the link, submits it for an editor to post twice in the same day?