"Axis of Evil" comics mine security issues
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LOS ANGELES  - Security and terrorism are no laughing matters, unless you happen to be one of the four stand-up comedians in "The Axis of Evil Comedy Tour."
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Some members discover itâs tough to erase all their information from the site.
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The Zend Developer Zone has posted two more handy security tips - one concerning file/directory naming and the other about input validation.   From the first tip:   Don't rely on obscure names to keep your application safe. You should always check permissions, test for vulnerabilities with testing tools and keep an eye on your log files for suspicious activity. When designing your applications and web sites though, don't make it easy for bad people to do bad things. Donât use default or common names for your files and directories.   And from the second:   It's a sad fact of life but users are evil. Users want nothing more than to find a way to exploit your application. As soon as you let your guard down and start thinking "I'm only selling small stuffed animals so how evil can my users really be?" you've lost the battle.   You can catch up on these and the other previous security tips on this page on the Zend Developer Zone website.
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Click-fraud menace spreads using IM Virus writers have crafted a malware threat that serves up expensive Google AdSense web pages related to mesothelioma, a rare cancer caused by exposure to asbestos.â¦
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Tycho:   It has become the Saturday tradition to do the next strip upon the expo's stark and terrifying stage, but since Armadeaddon needed its proper epilogue it got moved out to Wednesday.  Gabe was highly indulgent of audience suggestions in the final version, far more than he is to me, adding many, many things based on them being called out from the microphone - he has a version with more additions still that he'll be putting up later today.  But there are things in there like the blue ball in the last panel - to say nothing of the official "Hot-Dog Fairy" merchandise! - that began as anecdotes and have now graduated to true PAX lore.
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Gabe: We actually created yesterdays comic on stage at PAX. After I had finished I started doodling all over the first panel. The fans in the audience made me promise to upload this version as well as the regular comic. So here you go:
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Some users of PayPal are having trouble logging onto the site and are getting security warnings -- problems apparently tied to an SSL security certificate used by Omniture, which is gathering data for the online payment site.
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(InfoWorld) - Jihadists now have their own security magazine. "Technical Mujahid," a 64-page electronic magazine began circulating earlier this week on jihadist discussion forums, said Adam Raisman, an analyst with the SITE (Search for International Terrorist Entities) Institute, a terrorist tracking organization. SITE, based in Washington, has published an analysis of the new publication. The magazine is distributed by the al-Fajr Information Center, a group that in the past has distributed jihadist videos, according to SITE. The magazine's editors say their publication comes in response to a call for technical support from Abu Hamza al-Muhajir, who is reportedly al-Qaeda's leader in Iraq. Their purpose is "to help prevent acts of aggression against Muslims [in cyberspace], and to assist the mujahideen in their efforts," according to a translation provided by the Middle East Media Research Institute. "The Internet provides a golden opportunity... for the mujahideen to break the siege placed upon them by the media of the Crusaders and their followers in the Muslim countries, and to use [the Internet] for [the sake of] jihad and the victory of the faith," the translation states. Like early hacking magazines, Technical Mujahid takes information that has already been published in discussion forums and Web sites and compiles it into one single source, Raisman said. It represents an evolution in the jihadist's documentation of computer security information, he added. "It's interesting to see it in a magazine format, where everything is all included." Technical Mujahid's first issue, published Tuesday, contains articles on encryption, video encoding, global positioning systems, and how to use virtual machine technology to conceal files, Raisman said. Future issues will cover topics such as concealing one's identity on the Internet and how to set up a jihadi Web site, he said. Interestingly, Technical Mujahid does not provide technical information on how to conduct online attacks -- a subject that was put front and center in the U.S. this week, when the Department of Homeland Security's United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) warned that Islamic militants were threatening to attack U.S. financial institutions during the month of December. The magazine shows that militants share many of the same security concerns as many IT professionals, said Marcus Sachs, deputy director with research group SRI International's Computer Science Laboratory. "Western media only covers the story that the jihadists are out to destroy us," he said. "In fact they're just as worried about Internet security in the same way were are." Â
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CastleCops.com and similar good-guy sites are hard hit by distributed denial-of-service attacks.
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Critical hardware is back in hand, but websites run by the collective news organization remain offline after a mysterious seizure. Nobody seems to know who confiscated the servers or why. By Wendy M. Grossman.
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Tycho:  We have done things in the past which were not "for" you, or anybody else for that matter.  That isn't what's goin' on now.  What's going on now is we are shoveling dense chunks of fanservice into the site's iron belly, and increased fervor in that chamber makes each comic bend and groan to please you.
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Good-guy sites, like CastleCops.com, are suffering Web site outages from distributed denial-of-service attacks.
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Ken Dunham of iDefense called the availability of the Cabir source code on ominous sign. &quot;Whenever you see the source code available on the underground, the more likely it is to be exploited,&quot; he said.
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Irony alert: Game publisher is furious over stolen copy of "Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas," in which players steal lots of stuff.
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Multicasting migraine Security researchers have identified multiple unpatched vulnerabilities in a widely-used content distribution package.â¦
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