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An anonymous reader writes "The Metasploit Project just released version 2.2 of the Metasploit Framework. This release includes a VNC server payload that can be used with almost any of the Windows exploits. The scary thing about this payload is that the VNC server executes as a new thread in the exploited process; without writing any files to the disk drive. Is this the end as we know it for simple remote command shell exploits? A couple articles have already mentioned this project."

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2nd post?

[Anonymous Coward]

2nd post?

First or close

[Rementis]

yeah yeah

Free Teekid!

[Anonymous Coward]

Free Teekid! 1st Amendment!

Root?

[ProppaT]

For a second I though this was going to be an article about Everquest...

Re:VNC ?

[airjrdn]

For those interested in RealVNC's response, see here - http://www.realvnc.com/faq.html#security

Isn't VNC open source? If so, isn't that supposed to make it not shitty and insecure?

More links!

[missing000]

Or, if you like, another ugly theme or 2.

IBM increases hiring to 18,800 this year

[Anonymous Coward]

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=busi nessNews&storyID=5959323

IBM Boosts Its Hiring Forecast
Aug 12, 2004

NEW YORK (Reuters) - International Business Machines Corp. said on Thursday it would nearly double the number of new hires this year from previous forecasts, due in part to growth in its global and business consulting services.

IBM said it would take on 18,800 new employees globally in 2004, an increase of 8,800 workers from its previous forecast of 10,000 for this year, excluding acquisitions.

"We do see growth, unlike some of our competition," IBM spokesman John Bukovinsky said.

IBM said it hired 10,000 people in the first six months of this year and another 3,000 in July. It expects to add an additional 5,800 people by the end of the year.

As a result of the hiring, IBM expects to end the year with more than 330,000 employees worldwide, the largest number of since 1991 when IBM finished the year with more than 344,000 workers. In the mid 80s IBM employed more 400,000 people.

Bukovinsky said most of the hiring is a result of growth in global services and business consulting services. Specifically, Linux services, consulting and development, grid computing and business transformation services.

One-third of the hiring will be from universities while the rest will be experienced professionals.

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[Anonymous Coward]

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Re: yr. sig.

[Anonymous Coward]

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[Anonymous Coward]

Condgucted at MIT members aal over

An example need for change

[mcrbids]

This is a pretty clear example of why we need to make a change in the way files/memory are kept.

Here's the heirarchy for data storage:

cpu registers (where the data is requested)
l1 cache
l2 cache
l3 cache
RAM
<snip>
disk/network

Notice the disconnect between RAM and disk. All levels of storage above disk are essentially buffers for the RAM - Why the disconnect at disk/network?

I think we should remodel the memory/storage model to fall fully in line with "everything is a file" - including blocks of memory! Treat memory as though it were simply a buffer for a file, and make the concept of "in memory" merely a detail for the disk cache controller.

Writing to memory and writing to disk/network share etc. should be the same operation and would eliminate all kinds of un-needed software complexity.