I’ve been reading many of the Galileo reports and wondering where the privacy advocates are. For example this BBC report suggests all the amazing things that will come about when your every move in a vehicle can be pinpointed. I understand why some would argue that they should be able to pay more for faster … Continue reading Will Galileo be secure?
While I was reading about the history of the Hart-Rudman national security commission (sometimes also known as Hart-Gingrich or the Hart-Rudman-Gingrich), I ran into an interesting Weekly Standard article (Issue 35, May 29, 2000) by Tom Donnelly. Donnelly was deputy executive director of the Project for the New American Century at the time. This is … Continue reading America and the Con
“May the road rise up to meet you, may the wind be ever at your back. May the sun shine warm upon your face and the rain fall softly on your fields.” — Irish Blessing
Latest report is that the exploit installs if you even download or index an infected WMF file. In other words if you use Google Desktop, which automagically touches your media files, then your system will be trojaned faster than you can say “how convenient”. No known patches are available. F-secure, as usual, is ahead of … Continue reading WMF zero day exploit