Severud @ SFSU

An interesting read on Steve Riley's WebLog regarding MS05-051 and modifying default ACLs on system folders and the registry.

Reformatting and rebuilding your production server is the ultimate destabilizing activity!

Posted by Kevin at 8:57 PM | Permalink | Comments | links to this post   

From the San Francisco Chronicle: UC piling extra cash on top of pay / 8,500 top staffers pulling down at least $20,000 each in bonuses, compensation

Are we surprised?

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Either Sony just doesn't have a clue or they think their customers are idiots*. See question 6 from the Content Protection area of Sony's FAQ. They claim XCP's software is not malware and that the user is notified in the EULA. Wrong and wrong.

*In an NPR audiocast, Thomas Hessa, PRESIDENT of Sony BMG's Global Digital Business, said, "Most people, I think, do not even know what a Rootkit is, so why should they care about it?"

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Mark Russinovich reports more about Sony's Dangerous Decloaking Patch, EULAs, and Phoning Home in his blog. Perhaps Sony should hire Rove for some spin, eh? Better yet, how about Sony clean up its act and make good for all those people who now have compromised computers!

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Windows Defender will be the official name of Microsoft's Antispyware product. Definition updates for the product will be integrated with Windows Update and will soon show up as a category in WSUS. In other news, Defender was also announced to be integrated with Vista.

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