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Figures… I finally get around to upgrading to the latest and greatest version of WordPress, and it was compromiesd! I’m now up to 2.1.2.
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Apparently, I’m not the only one who reported potential fraud with their Citibank card. Why is it that the largest and most profitable financial services company in the world has so many security issues? Apparently the problem not only affects ATM card use in Canada, UK, and Russia, but people are reporting problems [...]

Microsoft has rushed out an update for the WMF vulnerability. Everyone should patch their computers right away.

Security Update for Windows XP (KB912919)
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS06-001

Technorati Tags: Microsoft, WMF vulnerability, patch

This is must-have software!
Hamachi is a zero-configuration virtual private networking application with an open security architecture and NAT-to-NAT traversal capabilities.

What does this mean? Hamachi allows you to establish secure direct connections to computers that are not accessible otherwise due to the restrictions of firewalls and NAT routers. You essentially create your own [...]

There really isn’t anything that’s theoretically hack proof, but the Xbox 360 from Microsoft comes about as close as you can get. What makes the 360 so secure? Check this out (via Engadget):

The flash is encrypted with a per-box key
The key is stored inside the CPU
The boot ROM is stored inside the CPU
Also [...]

The End User License Agreement on the rootkit infected CDs are almost as bad as the rootkit themselves! Here’s a roundup:

You can’t keep your music on any computers at work.
If you lose the original CD, you must delete all digital music on your computer.
If your house is robbed, you must delete all music from [...]

Now that Sony has several lawsuits filed against them, they decided to stop producing CDs with the so-called “rootkit DRM” on them. A little too late Sony!
Sony BMG Music Entertainment said Friday that it will suspend production of CDs with copy-protection technology that has been exploited by virus writers to try to hide their [...]

From Slashdot
Lawyers in California have filed a class-action lawsuit against Sony and a second one may be filed today in New York. The lawsuit was filed Nov. 1 in Superior Court for the County of Los Angeles by Vernon, CA. It asks the court to prevent Sony from selling additional CDs protected by the anti-piracy [...]

DO NOT BUY CDs from Sony/BMG or Universal.
Apparently, any CD labeled “Contents Enhanced and Protected” actually contains malicious software (a rootkit) which can cause considerable harm to your computer. How bad is the problem? Over 24,000 CDs have this. Rootkits are typically used by hackers, viruses, spyware, etc. to hide [...]

via Guardian
Representatives of the EU have coalesced with the mission of stripping the United States of its solitary control on the internet. This comes as a result from the global acceptance of the net as the largest and most widespread economic operating and networking tool of the present and future.
I hope the U.S. retains control [...]