Some slightly related from Technorati and Google.
[Denis Page] Security News - by security-l@googlegroups.com: Fewer Permissions Are Key to Longhorn Security - Microsoft claims that LUA (Least-Privilege User Account) will make life tougher for hackers and virus writers by limiting access to administrator permissions on Windows systems. But the company has been mum in recent months about its plans for implementing LUA in Longhorn, and it is considering incentives to encourage adoption of LUA (pronounced "loo-ah") by skeptical independent software vendors, including a new logo program for LUA compliance, according to interviews with independent software vendors and industry experts. [Realmente algo que pode mudar o "estilo" do Windows e de outros sistemas.
[A blog doesn't need a clever name] A blog doesn't need a clever name: Our electronic warfare simulation indicates that North Korea's capability has reached a substantial level, unlike what is generally known to the outside world, Byun told the Defense Information Security Conference 2005 held yesterday at Korea University in Seoul. The conference is organized annually by the Defense Security Command and the Korea Information Security Agency. He said the simulation was based on reliable information from the DSC, but refused to give any details.
[Weblog.physorg.com] PhysOrg.com: Science, Technology Blog: PhysOrg WebLog: science, technology blog for sci-tech oriented people. ... MSN South Korea was hacked Archaeologists find 100 bottles of beer ...
[Jetiranger.tripod.com] GI Korea Blog: Americans think that once someone touches you you are authorized to unleash more than is necessary to merely get out of the situation. Angered by that, the students accompanying Suh dragged one of the soldiers on to the campus of nearby Kyunghee University to make him "apologize." Well knowing that a US soldier had been taken by Korean students somewhere against his will, the riot police outside the school still chose not to raid the campus and rescue the guy. Like I'm saying, Koreans just don't think "detaining" someone to make a point is full-fledged kidnapping or hostage taking, and the police, being Korean, knew instinctively that the soldier would be coming back soon enough. It was not worth breaching the unwritten rules of engagement that exists between students and riot police.
[Digit.igeek.info] diGit Blog: The company finally learned about it and removed the nasty code. Microsoft confessed it removed the password-stealing software from the MSN site hours later. The hackers could have harvested stolen passwords from visitors to the MSN site for up to three days.
[Infoworld.com] In Brief: Microsoft investigates MSN Korea hack | InfoWorld | News ...: Acer announced its Ferrari 4000 notebook computer this week, with a sleek black and red casing made from what it says is the same carbon fiber technology used on the body of Formula One race cars. The engine of Acer's latest high-end notebook is a Turion 64 processor from Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) (Profile, Products, Articles) that runs both 32-bit and 64-bit programs, a Radeon X700 graphics processor from ATi Technology, a gigabyte of double data rate dynamic RAM, and a 100GB hard drive, Acer said. The Ferrari 4000 has a DVD reader/burner onboard and a 15.4 inch display. The notebook will come in two colors, black and Ferrari red.
[Fobiopatel.com] News Stand | Microsoft Says MSN Site Hacked in S. Korea (AP): He noted that some economists had advanced the idea that the large accumulation of holdings of U.S. Treasuries by foreign governments such as China had "doubtless" helped to lower rates on long-term U.S. Treasury securities. But he said a Fed study estimated that this impact was still "modest" given the overall size of the U.S. Treasury market.
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