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eBay Looking for Allies Against Google

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the man-the-gates-bring-around-the-cannon dept.

Vitaly Friedman writes "A report in the Wall Street Journal today talks about how eBay is looking for partners to defend against the growing threat of Google. Specifically, Google Base and the payment system in the works in Mountain View are seen as possible dangers to eBay's auctions and PayPal payment operations, says the report. Google Talk just throws some salt in the wounds by looking for a toehold in Skype's turf."

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  1. MULTIPLE CRITICAL OSX VUL:NS by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    This has not been accepted as a story, and is of ciritical importance to OSX users. From SANS' incidnets'org page:

    Reports of multiple OS X vulnerabilities with PoC (NEW)
    Published: 2006-04-21,
    Last Updated: 2006-04-21 19:46:40 UTC by Adrien de Beaupre (Version: 1)

    Multiple vulnerabilities have been reported in Apple Mac OS X and applications. Proof of Concept code has already been posted along with the information regarding the vulnerabilities. At this time no patches or workarounds appear to be available for the majority of the vulnerabilities. The impact is Denial of Service or arbitrary code executed remotely, and severity is highly critical.

    Links to advisories:

    Apple OS X 10.4.5 .tiff "LZWDecodeVector ()" Heap Overflow
    http://www.security-protocols.com/sp-x24-advisory. php

    Apple OS X BOM ArchiveHelper .zip Heap Overflow
    http://www.security-protocols.com/sp-x25-advisory. php

    Apple OS X Safari 2.0.3 Multiple Vulnerabilities
    http://www.security-protocols.com/sp-x26-advisory. php

    Apple OS X 10.4.6 "ReadBMP ()" .bmp Heap Overflow
    http://www.security-protocols.com/sp-x27-advisory. php

    Apple OS X 10.4.6 "CFAllocatorAllocate ()" .gif Heap Overflow
    http://www.security-protocols.com/sp-x28-advisory. php

    Apple OS X 10.4.6 .tiff "_cg_TIFFSetField ()" DoS
    http://www.security-protocols.com/sp-x29-advisory. php

    Apple OS X 10.4.6 .tiff "PredictorVSetField ()" Heap Overflow
    http://www.security-protocols.com/sp-x30-advisory. php

    Mod htis up as a public service.

  2. Imagine by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Imagine cum oozing from the corner of your lips as I slowly pull out my cock.

    We must meet!

  3. Re:I remember by pinkythecat · · Score: -1, Troll

    OWN3D