Adams enraged by electronic bug find
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Northern Ireland's separatist leader Gerry Adams was reported incensed Wednesday over an electronic listening device found in his group's headquarters.
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Computerworld readers across the country have written in angered and frustrated by antipiracy features that are included in the new Vista operating system.
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Aaron Wormus has a new posting on his weblog pertaining to the Dangers of SQLite Ignorance.
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A May trial run for the U.K.'s e-voting and e-counting systems resulted in crashed machines, confused tech-support staff, and raised concerns about security and reliability, according to a report released by a watchdog group.
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Also: Electronic devices seized at border searches. See what people are saying on News.com Extra.
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Sinn Fein has put on dislpay another bug it claims was found in its offices in west Belfast.
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Problems with the battery pack's latch could lead to overheating, company says.
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The Motley Fool - Shortly after we came back from our big vacation overseas in May, my Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL - News) PowerBook was hit with a computer virus. I can't tell you which one, but it was enough to cripple my Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT - News) Office for the Mac software. Symantec's (Nasdaq: SYMC - News) Norton Anti-Virus found the bug, and then eradicated it by exterminating my entire in-box. (Thanks, guys.)
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(InfoWorld) - Apple Computer will soon be a member of the "month of bugs" club. On Jan. 1, two security researchers will begin publishing details of a flood of security vulnerabilities in Apple's products.Â Their planÂ is to disclose one bug per day for the entire month, they said Tuesday. The project is being launched by an independent security researcher, Kevin Finisterre, and a hacker known as LMH, who declined to reveal his identity. Some of the bugs "might represent a significant risk," LMH said in an e-mail interview. "Others have a lower impact on security. We are trying to develop working exploits for every issue we find." The two hackers plan to disclose bugs in the Mac OS X kernel as well as in software such as Safari, iTunes, iPhoto and QuickTime, LMH said. Some of the bugs will also affect versions of Apple's software designed to run on Microsoft Corp.'s Windows operating system, he added. LMH was one of the brains behind the recent Month of Kernel Bugs project, which exposed flaws at the core of several different operating systems. It was inspired by an earlier effort, called the Month of Browser Bugs, which was kicked off in July. This latest Apple project is being launched to raise awareness of security vulnerabilities in Apple's products and to "stomp smugness," Finisterre said via e-mail. While the Macintosh is generally considered to be more secure than the Windows PC, many security researchers believe that this reputation is not attributable to any superior security practices on the part of Apple. They say attackers have been deterred by the Mac OS X's more secure Unix kernel and the product's less widespread adoption. Apple enthusiasts and security researchers have been at odds since last August, when David Maynor and Jon Ellch claimed to have discovered a flaw that affected Apple's wireless device drivers. They played a video at the Black Hat conference demonstrating how this flaw could be used to run unauthorized code on a MacBook. However, their claims have been slammed because the demonstration used a third-party wireless card rather than the one that ships with the MacBook, and because the two hackers still have not published the code used in their attack. LMH said the Apple community's negative response to Maynor and Ellch's claims played a role in the decision to launch the Month of Apple bugs. "I was shocked with the reaction of some so-called 'Apple fans,'" he said. "I can't understand why some people react badly to disclosure of issues in their system of choice. ... That helps to improve its security." A similar effort to disclose flaws in Oracle's software had to be abandoned before it was ever launched last month. The man behind the Week of Oracle bugs, Cesar Cerrudo, of Argeniss Information Security, said he pulled the plug when it became clear that the project could damage the relationship between one of his customers and Oracle. "This customer realized that they could have had serious business problems, so they changed their mind and asked to cancel it," he said via instant message on Tuesday. LMH said he didn't expect any legal problems from Apple. "I keep talking to a guy from the Apple security team and I'm willing to help whenever necessary," he said. "I'm far away from any illegal activity." Apple, for its part, did not seem to be upset with the project. "WeÂ always welcome feedback on how to improve security on the Mac," said Anuj Nayar, an Apple spokesman. Â
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Computerworld readers across the country have written in angered and frustrated by anitpiracy features that are included in the new Vista operating system.
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Sinn Fein, political ally of the Irish Republican Army, has found a bugging device at offices in Northern Ireland used by leader Gerry Adams, party sources said Tuesday.
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By Hudson Sangree, The Sacramento Bee, Calif.  Jun. 7--As Grizzly Flats resident Dennis Sheehan tells his story, he has lived a computer buyer's worst nightmare after purchasing a defective PC from Gateway last year.
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Science & environment: Â· Apple announces UK sale date for Â£269 gadgetÂ· Rural customers face network problems
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Also: E-voting a 'threat' to UK democracy. Read these stories and more from around the Web on News.com Extra.
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The same hacker who has found recent flaws in QuickTime and Windows Media Player claims to have discovered a PDF bug.
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Sinn Fein, political ally of the Irish Republican Army, said Tuesday it had found a British bugging device at party offices, days before crucial talks on Northern Ireland&#39;s future.
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The home computer maker is recalling nearly a million AC notebook adapters. The company says they can overheat, catch fire, or cause electrical shock.