2006.11.01 Daily Security Reading
by Rodney.Campbell on Nov.01, 2006, under Security
New Windows attack can kill firewall
Hackers have published code that could let an attacker disable the Windows Firewall on certain Windows XP machines. The code, which was posted on the Internet early Sunday morning, could be used to disable the Windows Firewall on a fully patched Windows XP PC that was running Windows’ Internet Connection Service (ICS)…
The attacker could send a malicious data packet to another PC using ICS that would cause the service to terminate. Because this service is connected to the Windows firewall, this packet would also cause the firewall to stop working.
MySpace entered a 127.0.0.1 (loopback) address into their DNS tonight causing 1/5 of requests to fail, brilliant!
Seagate Unveils Encrypted Notebook Drive
Seagate Technology on Monday announced another attempt at making a market for encrypted hard drives, and said it would start shipping units to notebook makers early next year.
