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Malware Found Hidden In Screensaver On Gnome-Look
http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotIt/~3/2GexnyvjxJ8/Malware-Found-Hidden-In-Screensaver-On-Gnome-Look
AndGodSed writes "OMG! UBUNTU! Reports the following: 'Malware has been found hidden inside an innocuous 'waterfall' screensaver .deb file made available on popular artwork sharing site Gnome-Look.org. The .deb file installs a script with elevated privileges designed to perform a DDoS attack as well as keep itself updated via downloads. The dodgy screensaver in question has since been removed from gnome-look, and this incident was a very basic, if potentially successful, attempt.'" A similar report at Digitizor.com says that similar malware was also found in a theme called Ninja Black. For those affected, both sites also provide instruction on cleansing your system.<p><a href="http://linux.slashdot.org/story/09/12/09/2215253/Malware-Found-Hidden-In-Screensaver-On-Gnome-Look?from=rss"><img src="http://it.slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&op=image&style=h0&sid=09/12/09/2215253"></a></p><p><a href="http://linux.slashdot.org/story/09/12/09/2215253/Malware-Found-Hidden-In-Screensaver-On-Gnome-Look?from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p>
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http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotIt/~3/-db4Jm9gmoQ/emSaboteurem-Launch-Plagued-By-Problems-With-ATI-Cards
An anonymous reader writes "So far, there are over 35 pages of people posting about why EA released Pandemic Studios' final game, Saboteur, to first the EU on December 4th and then, after knowing full well it did not work properly, to the Americas on December 8th. They have been promising to work on a patch that is apparently now in the QA stage of testing. It is not a small bug; rather, if you have an ATI video card and either Windows 7 or Windows Vista, the majority (90%) of users have the game crash after the title screen. Since the marketshare for ATI is nearly equal to that of Nvidia, and the ATI logo is adorning the front page of the Saboteur website, it seems like quite a large mistake to release the game in its current state."<p><a href="http://games.slashdot.org/story/09/12/09/0542246/emSaboteurem-Launch-Plagued-By-Problems-With-ATI-Cards?from=rss"><img src="http://it.slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&op=image&style=h0&sid=09/12/09/0542246"></a></p><p><a href="http://games.slashdot.org/story/09/12/09/0542246/emSaboteurem-Launch-Plagued-By-Problems-With-ATI-Cards?from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p>
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http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotIt/~3/UKPO9kWTNLU/US-No-Longer-Leading-the-World-In-Spam
darthcamaro writes "America is no longer the spam king. According to Cisco, US-originated spam dropped by over two trillion messages — American-based IP addresses sent about 6.2 trillion spam messages. The new world leader is Brazil at 7.7 trillion messages. 'I'm not completely surprised to see US falling to number two in the spam stats, but I didn't expect it to happen yet,' said Cisco Fellow Patrick Peterson. 'I was really gratified to see the actual spam volume decrease, not just ranking, but we [also] decreased the amount of spam that is pouring out of the United States.'" The drop in US spam might have had something to do with the temporary shutdown of the McColo spam ISP.<p><a href="http://news.slashdot.org/story/09/12/08/2042253/US-No-Longer-Leading-the-World-In-Spam?from=rss"><img src="http://it.slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&op=image&style=h0&sid=09/12/08/2042253"></a></p><p><a href="http://news.slashdot.org/story/09/12/08/2042253/US-No-Longer-Leading-the-World-In-Spam?from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p>
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http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotIt/~3/vL7n0An6opI/Microsoft-To-Get-Malware-Bailout-In-Germany
hweimer writes "The German government plans on paying to set up a call center to help Windows users with malware infections. I think this has the effect of being a malware bailout for Microsoft, discouraging them and other software companies from writing better code and giving users little incentive to switch to more secure alternatives. How much government money is needed to run the call center is also not revealed." The call center, running in cooperation with ISPs (but not manufacturers), is envisioned to have a staff of about 40.<p><a href="http://news.slashdot.org/story/09/12/08/2011251/Microsoft-To-Get-Malware-Bailout-In-Germany?from=rss"><img src="http://it.slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&op=image&style=h0&sid=09/12/08/2011251"></a></p><p><a href="http://news.slashdot.org/story/09/12/08/2011251/Microsoft-To-Get-Malware-Bailout-In-Germany?from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p>
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http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotIt/~3/5AeHNaC5iGw/Saying-No-To-Promotions-Away-From-Tech
lunchlady55 writes "I have been happily working for my current employer for five years. After moving up the ranks within my department from Intern to Technical Lead, a new manager essentially told me that I have to move into a different role, oriented toward 'administrative duties and management.' We are a 24x7 shop, and will now be required to work five 8-hour days rather than four 10-hour days and be on call during the other two days of the week. Every week. Including holidays. My question is: have any Slashdotters been forced into a non-technical role, and how did it work out? Has anyone said 'No thanks' to this kind of promotion and managed to keep their jobs?"<p><a href="http://ask.slashdot.org/story/09/12/08/1759224/Saying-No-To-Promotions-Away-From-Tech?from=rss"><img src="http://it.slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&op=image&style=h0&sid=09/12/08/1759224"></a></p><p><a href="http://ask.slashdot.org/story/09/12/08/1759224/Saying-No-To-Promotions-Away-From-Tech?from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p>
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http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotIt/~3/FEEGU05R6TQ/What-Can-I-Expect-As-an-IT-Intern
p3np8p3r writes "I'm in college and working towards my Bachelors in Computer Science. Last year I passed both my CompTIA A+ and Network+ certifications and now have been offered (via a staffing company) a full-time Internship at a wireless lab of a major laptop manufacturer. The pay is going to be around $8 an hour full-time but that is not my primary motivator. I'm considering this significant decrease in pay from my previous (non-IT) job to be counterbalanced by what valuable knowledge I may gain both in the technical aspects and industry insight while I finish school. This field is all new to me and I don't personally know anyone who has worked in it before who will give me their honest opinions on it. Although I know circumstances differ greatly, in general, what can I expect as an IT Intern? What have been your experiences?"<p><a href="http://ask.slashdot.org/story/09/12/07/2243231/What-Can-I-Expect-As-an-IT-Intern?from=rss"><img src="http://it.slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&op=image&style=h0&sid=09/12/07/2243231"></a></p><p><a href="http://ask.slashdot.org/story/09/12/07/2243231/What-Can-I-Expect-As-an-IT-Intern?from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p>
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http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotIt/~3/db1FvZzc87w/TSAs-Sloppy-Redacting-Reveals-All
A travel blog breaks the story of a poor job of redacting by the TSA: they posted a PDF of airport screening policies, with certain sections blacked out — not realizing that simply laying a black rectangle over the text is hardly sufficient. Cryptome has posted a copy with the redaction removed (ZIP).<p><a href="http://news.slashdot.org/story/09/12/08/0057253/TSAs-Sloppy-Redacting-Reveals-All?from=rss"><img src="http://it.slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&op=image&style=h0&sid=09/12/08/0057253"></a></p><p><a href="http://news.slashdot.org/story/09/12/08/0057253/TSAs-Sloppy-Redacting-Reveals-All?from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p>
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http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotIt/~3/l0tJWeqvK6g/Subverting-Fingerprinting
squizzar writes in with news of a 27 year old Chinese woman who was discovered to have had her fingerprints surgically swapped between hands in order to fool Japanese immigration. "It is Japan's first case of alleged biometric fraud, but police believe the practice may be widespread. ... The apparent ability of illegal migration networks to break through hi-tech controls suggests that other countries who fingerprint visitors could be equally vulnerable — not least the United States, according to BBC Asia analyst Andre Vornic." Time for some biometric escalation. Could iris scans be subverted as easily?<p><a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/story/09/12/08/0015216/Subverting-Fingerprinting?from=rss"><img src="http://it.slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&op=image&style=h0&sid=09/12/08/0015216"></a></p><p><a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/story/09/12/08/0015216/Subverting-Fingerprinting?from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p>
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http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotIt/~3/KF0GdgKiflY/WPA-PSK-Cracking-As-a-Service
An anonymous reader writes "Moxie Marlinspike, a security researcher well known for his SSL/TLS attacks, today launched a cloud-based WPA cracking service, where for $34 you can test the security of your WPA password. The WPA Cracker Web site states: 'WPA-PSK networks are vulnerable to dictionary attacks, but running a respectable-sized dictionary over a WPA network handshake can take days or weeks. WPA Cracker gives you access to a 400CPU cluster that will run your network capture against a 135 million word dictionary created specifically for WPA passwords. While this job would take over 5 days on a contemporary dual-core PC, on our cluster it takes an average of 20 minutes.'"<p><a href="http://it.slashdot.org/story/09/12/07/2322235/WPA-PSK-Cracking-As-a-Service?from=rss"><img src="http://it.slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&op=image&style=h0&sid=09/12/07/2322235"></a></p><p><a href="http://it.slashdot.org/story/09/12/07/2322235/WPA-PSK-Cracking-As-a-Service?from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p>
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http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotIt/~3/fwD4ni3_6lA/What-Do-You-Look-For-In-a-Conference
Michael Lato writes "I've been a speaker at several Information Technology conferences and I know that I use conferences as both an opportunity to gain new skills and to network with my peers. In hopes of assisting others, I've started my own conference in order to boost the soft skills of computer professionals. However, we may need to cancel due to a lack of attendees. What are people looking for in a conference in the midst of this recession? Have we missed the mark in thinking topics like project management and remote team leadership will be well-received?"<p><a href="http://ask.slashdot.org/story/09/12/07/206248/What-Do-You-Look-For-In-a-Conference?from=rss"><img src="http://it.slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&op=image&style=h0&sid=09/12/07/206248"></a></p><p><a href="http://ask.slashdot.org/story/09/12/07/206248/What-Do-You-Look-For-In-a-Conference?from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p>
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http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotIt/~3/ZoxBw6zLSbo/Facebook-ID-Probe-Shows-Things-Getting-Worse
An anonymous reader writes "According to Sophos, Facebook users are getting sloppier with their personal info, not better. Revisiting a 2007 survey in which a plastic frog got 87 hits out of 200 friend requests, this time a rubber duck and a cat got 87 out of 200 friend requests, plus a bonus 8 friends who decided to trust them anyway. The research also suggests that older Facebook users are sloppier than the young, being keener to build their list of friends. (The older users had more than 4x the friends each, on average, than the young.)"<p><a href="http://tech.slashdot.org/story/09/12/07/146228/Facebook-ID-Probe-Shows-Things-Getting-Worse?from=rss"><img src="http://it.slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&op=image&style=h0&sid=09/12/07/146228"></a></p><p><a href="http://tech.slashdot.org/story/09/12/07/146228/Facebook-ID-Probe-Shows-Things-Getting-Worse?from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p>
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http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotIt/~3/hP0u--GbWGU/Hackers-vs-Phishers
An anonymous reader writes "Some hackers out there don't like to do all the hard work of running a successful phishing campaign. Instead, they developed a simple online service to 'steal' account details from the hard-working phishers. Named AutoWhaler, the service allows anyone to scan a phishing server for log files that contain juicy information such as usernames and passwords."<p><a href="http://it.slashdot.org/story/09/12/07/1318225/Hackers-vs-Phishers?from=rss"><img src="http://it.slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&op=image&style=h0&sid=09/12/07/1318225"></a></p><p><a href="http://it.slashdot.org/story/09/12/07/1318225/Hackers-vs-Phishers?from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p>
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Lexta writes with an interesting tidbit from IEEE Spectrum: "'Karsten Nohl, chief research scientist with H4RDW4RE, a Sunnyvale, Calif.-based security research firm, is mounting what could be the most ambitious attempt yet to compromise the GSM phone system.' The intended approach is to create an open source project to spread the computation of a giant look-up table across more than 80 machines. Interestingly, they've openly stated that nVidia's CUDA technology will be used to execute parallel elements of the problem on GPUs as well."<p><a href="http://it.slashdot.org/story/09/12/05/1958251/Open-Source-Attempt-To-Crack-GSM-Encryption?from=rss"><img src="http://it.slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&op=image&style=h0&sid=09/12/05/1958251"></a></p><p><a href="http://it.slashdot.org/story/09/12/05/1958251/Open-Source-Attempt-To-Crack-GSM-Encryption?from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p>
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darthcamaro writes "Yesterday we discussed Google's launch of its new Public DNS service. Now Metasploit founder and CSO at Rapid7, H D Moore, investigates how well-protected Google's service is against the Kaminsky DNS flaw. Moore has put together a mapping of Google's source port distribution on the Public DNS service. In his view, it looks like the source ports are sufficiently random, even though they are limited to a small range of ports. The InternetNews report on Moore's research concludes: 'What Moore's preliminary research clearly demonstrates to me is that Google really does need to live up to its promise here. Unlike a regular ISP, Google will be subject to more scrutiny (and research) than other DNS providers.'"<p><a href="http://tech.slashdot.org/story/09/12/04/1532258/A-Look-At-the-Safety-of-Google-Public-DNS?from=rss"><img src="http://it.slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&op=image&style=h0&sid=09/12/04/1532258"></a></p><p><a href="http://tech.slashdot.org/story/09/12/04/1532258/A-Look-At-the-Safety-of-Google-Public-DNS?from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p>
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http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotIt/~3/5oLpnrv5GHY/One-Way-To-Save-Digital-Archives-From-File-Corruption
storagedude points out this article about one of the perils of digital storage, the author of which "says massive digital archives are threatened by simple bit errors that can render whole files useless. The article notes that analog pictures and film can degrade and still be usable; why can't the same be true of digital files? The solution proposed by the author: two headers and error correction code (ECC) in every file."<p><a href="http://it.slashdot.org/story/09/12/04/0329231/One-Way-To-Save-Digital-Archives-From-File-Corruption?from=rss"><img src="http://it.slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&op=image&style=h0&sid=09/12/04/0329231"></a></p><p><a href="http://it.slashdot.org/story/09/12/04/0329231/One-Way-To-Save-Digital-Archives-From-File-Corruption?from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p>
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