Wednesday Daily Feed 6/25/08

SQL Injection Attacks Exploiting Unverified User Data InputPosted Tuesday, June 24, 2008 11:35 AM by MSRCTEAM

New tools to block and eradicate SQL injection






Adobe Reader and Acrobat 8.1.2 Security Update


Vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat leads to public exploit
Dan Kaplan June 24, 2008
Adobe has updated its Reader and Acrobat products to shore up a major vulnerability that already is being exploited in the wild.






Using Google Earth to Find Unguarded Houses
UK teens are using Google Earth to find swimming pools they can crash.
How long before someone finds a more serious crime that can be aided by Google Earth?






Malicious Spam Traffic Triples in One Week - 6/25/2008 6:30:00 AM Sudden massive bot recruitment campaign by Srizbi botnet drives malicious spam up 9.9%, according to researchers at Marshal






The Difference Between Application and Session Layer Firewalls
by Ricky M. Magalhaes
Articles / Firewalls & VPNs
A review of the differences between Application and Session layer firewalls.






Two new Linux kernel vulnerabilities discovered & patched








Safari update fixes "carpet bomb" flawNews Brief, 2008-06-20Apple releases a patch for the Windows version of its browser, fixing four flaws including one that allows attackers to place an unlimited number of untrusted executable files on the desktop.






You Thought You Hated Windows? Check Out What Bill Gates Had To Say
from the classic dept
This one is getting passed around pretty quickly, but as he retires from Microsoft, we couldn't resist highlighting this fantastic internal email from Bill Gates complaining about the usability of some Windows features. It's old -- from 2003 -- but it's difficult to read it and not identify with some of the complaints.