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A widely known Web site Cryptome has released information about backdooring Microsoft Windows machines today. According to the post National Security Agency has access both stand-alone systems and networks running Microsoft products. The post states the following: "This includes wireless wiretapping of ?smart phones? running Microsoft Mobile. Microsoft remote administrative privileges allow ?backdooring? into Microsoft operating systems via IP/TCP ports 1024 through 1030." According to the Cryptome's source this is typically triggered when devices visit Microsoft Update servers. Cryptome.org: http://cryptome.org/nsa-ip-update11.htm SecuriTeam Blogs: http://blogs.securiteam.com/?p=1028 Reference Link h3r3

We all read about and find the super secured and encrypted mail hosting services, which in other words is fully on SSL and the messages are stored encrypted in the provider's storage space. That what we all know, but recently NSA (National Security Agency - National here is relative to USA -) is controlling such services and have back doors so that can read your ultra secured encrypted mail below is a list of the the no longer secured mail providers as they claim Hushmail / Canada ( http://www.hushmail.com/ ), Guardster / USA ( http://www.guardster.com/ ), and SAFe-mail.net / Israel ( http://www.safe-mail.net/ ) Reference Link : http://cryptome.org/nsa-ssl-email.htm Quoted from the above link : " Just learned following within the past few days: Certain privacy/full session SSL email hosting services have been purchased/changed operational control by NSA and affiliates within the past few months, through private intermediary entities. Hushmail: now fully owned by private

Open Admin for Schools is a School Administration Program . It is a freely available, open source software package and is licensed under the GNU General Public License. It is entirely web based and can run from a centrally located division wide server or a single computer in a school. It is designed to support an entire division on one or more central computers but can also work just fine for a single school. Currently several school divisions use this approach and have 15+ schools on a single central server. This is because it is designed to be lightweight both in server resource requirements and in communication bandwidth. It is secure . Each school has two or more virtual websites and each is protected with password(s). One site, the 'admin' site, is used by the school office and another, the 'teacher' site, is used by teachers in the classroom. The teacher site also has password access for entering attendance by teachers and also uses cookies that expire in a sh

ISBNdb project is a database of books in different languages providing on-line and remote research tools for individuals, librarians, scientists, etc. Taking data from hundreds of libraries across the world ISBNdb is a unique tool you won't find anywhere else. Please check the FAQ for more details.

OSVDB announced a major milestone in the cataloging, classification, description and management of software and hardware security vulnerabilities: The release of OSVDB 2.0, a complete rewrite of the web site using Ruby on Rails, provides substantial performance and reliability improvements for both developers and researchers. “OSVDB 2.0 will help evolve stagnant Vulnerability Databases and position OSVDB as the go-to security vulnerability database,” says Brian Martin, one of the project leaders. OSVDB, a recognized Open Source leader in providing services to the security industry for the past five years, has cataloged nearly 40,000 vulnerabilities, with the help of over 300 volunteers, while gaining industry recognition and vendor support. “The new Ruby on Rails MVC framework will allow for quick and efficient deployment of changes,” says Dave Shettler, Lead Developer of the OSVDB project. “This will provide greater flexibility to adapt to the changes in the vulnerability and securit

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Googls is testing KNOL, which is short for knowledge, would allow people to create Web pages on any topic. It is designed to include features that permit readers to submit comments, rate pages and suggest changes. However, unlike Wikipedia, which allows anyone to edit an entry, only the author of a “knol,” as the pages in the service would be called, would be allowed to edit. Different authors could have competing pages on the same topic. Google said that a main idea behind the project was to bring attention to authors who have expertise on a particular topic. Google Original Link h3r3

For those who do not know what is Movable Type. It is an Open Source Project and a community effort, led by Six Apart, devoted to creating an open source version of Movable Type, the award winning. This open source version (or MTOS for short) will be free for anyone to modify, redistribute and use for any purpose that they choose. The Movable Type Open Source Project is more then just a piece of software however. MTOS is an entire community of people devoted to making Movable Type better. MTOS is a set of projects , including a full version of the core platform, designed to innovate upon how the world publishes online. MTOS is a distribution of the core publishing platform licensed under an open source license. Announcement of going Open Source is h3r3 Screen shots link h3r3

The videos from Hack In The Box Security Conference 2007 Malaysia is now available for download! Torrents Download Link h3r3 On a related note, the Call for Papers for HITBSecConf2008 - Dubai is still open. If you're interested in speaking at the upcoming event in the UAE, please take a look at the CFP page for details on how to submit. We are especially looking for more submissions from the EMEA region. Link h3r3

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Now Oracle is releasing Free Server virtualization software. First it was RedHat and Linux, now it is with Virtualization. It is Obvious that Oracle is using Xen (Open Source Virtualization software) as their virutalization engine and now they are saying Oracle released Free Server Virtualization. Link where they are posting "Paravirtualized driver for HVM guests" based on Xen h3r3 Oracle VM is free server virtualization software that fully supports both Oracle and non-Oracle applications. Oracle is providing free templates for different virtual machines Oracle Virtualization Center link h3r3

SSL-Explorer is a fully-featured, web-based SSL VPN server. It includes SSL tunneling, intranet website proxying, access to multiple file systems and application launching/tunneling through a standard browser. SSL-Explorer version 1.0.0_RC10 has been released. SSL-Explorer is the first open-source, browser based SSL VPN solution. It provides users and businesses alike with a means of securely accessing network resources from outside the network perimeter using only a standard web browser. The 1.0.0_RC10 release provides a number of important bug fixes to many areas of the system. SSL Explorer Link h3r3 Details: Auditing o Added new report capabilities when a report template is selected the available fields change on screen o Remove All add All buttons options not available in recorded events selection Accounts o Last page arrow button not working Brandless Logon o Brandless Logon displays pad-lock icon when no custom logo specified Core o Shutdown time not updated c

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Compiere ERP+CRM is the leading open source ERP solution for Distribution, Retail, Manufacturing and Service industries. Compiere automates accounting, supply chain, inventory and sales orders. Compiere ERP is distributed under GPL V2 by Compiere, Inc. List of New Features: Returns Management Additional Financial Reporting Templates Improved Swing Client Usability Enhanced Security Improved Search Data Dictionary Functional Enhancements Installation Ease Updated Installation Instructions Database Certification Official Announcement h3r3 Download Link h3r3

I'm always concerned with Web accessibility, and I found about Yahoo mail accessible , which makes me so happy; and I wish to find other providers rolls in. The strange thing that I find is Google with all their research and development , I never found something for disabled people (or better say something that I know off). Google give some money for the community purely not only for your interest. Yahoo! India Research & Development has announced the launch of a new product which will help the visually impaired people to use Yahoo! Mail service. The company said Yahoo! Mail Classic, which has support for accessibility, will help the visually impaired users to use Yahoo! Mail with similar ease as other users. The Yahoo! Mail classic works on all standard screen reader software. A screen reader software helps in identifying and interpreting what is being displayed on the screen and then represent this to the users with text-to-speech, sound icons, or a braille output. A form of

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We have been through Open Source Hardware (meant computer Hardware) in many areas like BIOS,VGA,Processor and with ATI/AMD releasing the design of their GPU (Graphical Processing Unit) Now we are hitting Open Source Electronics prototyping, In other words a pre-made electronic kits and you assemble it/or just use and you can replicate the design , improve it and so on. Link is h3r3

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VLC Media player suffered some security issues, which inquired a new release Link h3r3 Details Various bugfixes: 7 * Mozilla plugin: supports a reasonable amount of MIME types on Windows 8 * Linux: Fixed S/PDIF passthrough with ALSA 9 * Automatic recovery on unexpected stream discontinuity (clock gap) occurrences in input 10 * Use field order (top/bottom) for correct bob/linear deinterlacing 11 * Fix invalid free in bookmarks loading code 12 13 Windows and Mac OS Binaries 14 * FLAC Security Update (CVE-2007-4619) to prevent multiple integer overflows 15 16 Active X plugin: 17 * Security update (VideoLAN-SA-0703) 18 19 Mac OS X Interface & Port: 20 * Apple Remote support on Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard with enhanced functionality 21 * Improved Video Output compatibility for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard 22 * Improved behavior of the Fullscreen Controller and mode changes between Fullscreen and Windowed Video Output 23 * Softened the white flash artifac

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