Bruce Shneier explains why the Witty Worm is a scary piece of malware
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Bruce Schneier explains why the Witty
Worm is a scary piece of malware
Bruce Schneier explains why the Witty
Worm is a scary piece of malware
06/08/2004 05:02 PMBruce Schneier of Counterpane
Security explains why the Witty Worm is so awful.
Witty was very well written. It was less
than 700 bytes long. It used a random-number generator to spread
itself, avoiding many of the problems that plagued previous worms. It
spread by sending itself to random IP addresses with random
destination ports, a trick that made it easier to sneak through
firewalls. It was -- and this is a very big deal -- bug-free. This
strongly implies that the worm was tested before release.
Witty was exceptionally nasty. It was the first
widespread worm that destroyed the hosts it infected. And it did so
cleverly. Its malicious payload, erasing data on random accessible
drives in random 64KB chunks, caused immediate damage without
significantly slowing the worm's spread.
LinkHere's a scary piece about a CIA spook
who is not sanguine about the success of
the War on Terror
Here's a scary piece about a CIA spook
who is not sanguine about the success of
the War on Terror
06/24/2004 06:51 AM'Book by C.I.A. Officer Says U.S. Is Losing Fight Against
Terror'
nytimes.com/2004/06/23/politics/23INTE.html
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the Times explains who's got a piece of
Google
the Times explains who's got a piece of
Google
04/26/2004 01:14 PMapparently, it's mostly larry and sergey. go figure.
A Piece-By-Piece Guide to the Most
Advanced Bots
A Piece-By-Piece Guide to the Most
Advanced Bots
06/25/2004 04:54 PMJ.D. Edwards 5 Delivers CRM Piece by
Piece
J.D. Edwards 5 Delivers CRM Piece by
Piece
03/14/2003 01:28 AMJ.D. Edwards 5 is a Web-enabled, integrated family of offerings that
covers everything
from ERP, supply chain management, and supplier relationship
management to CRM, business
intelligence and collaboration, and integration.
#something witty here
#something witty here
11/10/2003 10:47 PM Pax
TV. Salam Pax is diversifying; moving into TV. His first report
will be shown on the
BBC
's Newsnight programme.
Newsnight broadcasts at 10:30pm
GMT, and can be watched her
e by clicking on the "latest programme" link during or
after the show. So Witty
So Witty
06/11/2004 12:42 PMA brief postscript to the recent security-oriented coverage.
Witty Extinction
Witty Extinction
04/09/2004 04:09 PMWitty CD Player 0.0.7
Witty CD Player 0.0.7
12/05/2003 03:05 PMA CD player with software buffering for troublesome CD/DVD drives.
Tiny, witty pixellated avatars:
storTroopers are back
Tiny, witty pixellated avatars:
storTroopers are back
04/10/2005 12:29 PMCory Doctorow:
StorTroopers were an hilarious Internet meme half a decade ago, when
over a million users produced little pixellated avatars of themselves
and their friends to adorn their websites and lives. The engine for
producing the Troopers was whimsical and witty, and the pieces of
clothing and adornment on offer were mixed of equal parts
fashion-sense and hilarity.
The site went offline in 2002, but an active fan community has kept
the Troopers alive, making their own new clothing articles, even
building complete clones of the Troopers engine in Flash.
Now my pal Alice Taylor, the creator of storTroopers, has brought them
back to life, with whole new wardrobes -- goth, fashionista and
civilian -- and just like last time around she's taking requests for
new outfits and accessories. This time, though, the whole thing is
released under a CC license, so you've got explicit permission to go
on remixing and reusing your Trooper as you see fit.
Link
(Thanks, Alice!)
You've got a scary ex
You've got a scary ex
05/03/2004 08:06 AMUSA Today May 3 2004 12:27PM GMT
Scary
Scary
07/11/2004 01:36 PM
Transparent grab for power or
genuine threat? Scary!
Scary!
10/28/2003 11:08 PMOn Wednesday night, I got to ride in the Munster Koach. To a Big
Hollywood screening. With Leonard Stone, Marilyn Monroe, George Barris
and Screech.
Scary Movie
Scary Movie
05/21/2004 05:29 AMA Canadian documentary asserts that the modern-day corporation meets
the criteria of a psychopath.
Scary Hind.
Scary Hind.
07/04/2004 12:54 AM
Cust
om paint job on Afghan Hind attack chopper. Impressive, but why?
(Via Gizmodo)
War? Terrorists? No, Here's What's
Really Scary
War? Terrorists? No, Here's What's
Really Scary
06/29/2004 12:23 PMJane Jacobs, author of a seminal book that reshaped urban planning,
has produced a quirky and typically iconoclastic new book.
Scary article about the flu
Scary article about the flu
12/10/2003 06:41 PMThere isn't enough flu vaccine medicine to go around this year, but
that might not matter, because the vaccine might not be effective
against the "Fujian" flu that's going around.
Bad as they are, the difficulties in coping with this year's influenza
epidemic are like the tiny tremors in California that remind you of
the looming Big One. In the world of influenza, the Big One is a
pandemic—a strain of influenza so different from what has circulated
before that people have no immunity. That's what happened in 1918 when
the flu killed between 20 million and 40 million people worldwide.
Pandemics that killed well over half a million also struck in both
1957 and 1968.
Link(thanks,
Scott!)Dell's Scary Efficiency
Dell's Scary Efficiency
01/05/2005 11:16 AMEven when companies get huge, they can keep growing quickly.
Why Is Agile Development So Scary?
Why Is Agile Development So Scary?
06/17/2005 04:54 PM
Pres
ton Smith has written a pragmatic overview from of why Agile
works. I particularly liked the reference to Donald Reinertsen?s
research that showed:
* Out of hundreds of projects, there is
no case in which requirements remained stable throughout
design.
* Of more than 200 product developers, fewer than
5% had complete requirements before beginning design.
* On
average, design commenced with only 58% of requirements
specified.
If requirements are going to change, wouldn't
we be better off acknowledging this and building our processes to
accommodate it.
Related...
[Andy Pols'
Blog]
Why robots are scary--and cool
Why robots are scary--and cool
04/12/2005 07:38 AMTheologian Anne Foerst says we're a lonely species, and robots have a
lot to teach us about who we are.
pictures from when the subway was scary
pictures from when the subway was scary
01/09/2004 09:58 PMi like to give people the impression that mass transit in the city
hasn't changed since the 80s
Boing Boing: Tiny, witty pixellated
avatars: storTroopers are back
Boing Boing: Tiny, witty pixellated
avatars: storTroopers are back
04/11/2005 03:50 AMTiny, witty pixellated avatars: storTroopers are
back
boingboing.net/2005/04/10/tiny_witty_pixellate.html
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"Munch's Oddysee" a witty and
fun Xbox game
"Munch's Oddysee" a witty and
fun Xbox game
09/22/2004 12:08 AMWhptv.com - Tue Sep 21, 04:34 pm GMT
Scary-Crayon: Stupid Internet Ads!
Scary-Crayon: Stupid Internet Ads!
06/20/2004 02:12 AMScary-Crayon: Stupid Internet Ads! .. kill
yourself
scary-crayon.com/misc/netads
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Daily Gallery image: "Scary?"
Daily Gallery image: "Scary?"
06/05/2005 11:20 PMadbmice has posted this image of three PowerBooks.
"this scary Evening Standard article"
"this scary Evening Standard article"
04/24/2004 03:37 PMA Scary Bedtime Fable for the Future
A Scary Bedtime Fable for the Future
06/22/2005 01:49 AMDayana Yochim tells a bedtime retirement story for kids and their
freaked-out parents.
Scooby Doo: The Scary Stone Dragon
Scooby Doo: The Scary Stone Dragon
09/16/2004 11:31 AMvnunet.com Sep 16 2004 3:53PM GMT
It's impressive, scary to see what a
Zaba search can do
It's impressive, scary to see what a
Zaba search can do
04/16/2005 10:02 AMOnline to reality - the leap is scary
Online to reality - the leap is scary
06/28/2004 05:25 AMCanada.com - Mon Jun 28, 09:37 am GMT
Nightmarish, genuinely scary
photoshopping
Nightmarish, genuinely scary
photoshopping
08/27/2004 01:46 PM
Cory Doctorow:
Worth 1000's nightmare-themed photoshopping contest has yielded some
genuinely scary images.
Link
(
via ftrain)
Scary display settings are easy to
repair
Scary display settings are easy to
repair
08/30/2004 06:34 AMSiliconValley.com Aug 30 2004 10:52AM GMT
Scary Monsters Roam Catwalk (Reuters)
Scary Monsters Roam Catwalk (Reuters)
02/18/2004 09:19 AMReuters - Models stomped down the catwalk in
Frankenstein's monster masks and headless horse skirts as
British designers Antoni and Alison brought a touch of horror
to London Fashion Week Tuesday.
Coop Linux: scary kernel hack
Coop Linux: scary kernel hack
01/26/2004 10:15 AMWes "Kernel Hacker" Felter describes Cooperative Linux as, "a scary
hack that loads the Linux kernel into the NT kernel as a driver so
that they can both run in ring 0 at the same time, allowing Linux apps
to run full speed on Windows without porting."
Link
(
via Hack the
Planet)
"another video with a scary view from
the ground floor"
"another video with a scary view from
the ground floor"
12/30/2004 04:30 AMScary news for Bush: We're not afraid
anymore
Scary news for Bush: We're not afraid
anymore
06/22/2005 02:04 AMAmericans' fear of a terrorist attack is at its lowest since 9/11.
Scary article about cell phone use and
brain damage
Scary article about cell phone use and
brain damage
11/18/2003 02:04 PMThe jury is still out on whether wireless phones can cause brain
damage or cancer, but there are an increasing number of studies coming
out that suggest it might not be smart to yack all day on your
wireless phone.
Dr. Lief Salford, of Lund University in Sweden, who has called the
evolution of wireless phones 'the largest biological experiment in the
history of the world,' reported in June that cell phone radiation
damaged neurons in the brains of young rats.
The study showed cells in the parts of rats' brains that control
sensation, memory and movement died after being exposed to various
cell phones at different levels of radiation for two hours.
'The situation of the growing brain might deserve special concern,
since biological and maturational processes are particularly
vulnerable,' Salford said.
He cautioned that it is possible that after decades of daily use a
whole generation of users may suffer negative effects as early as
middle age. The paper was published in Environmental Health
Perspectives, a U.S. National Institutes of Health journal.
Link (via Wi-Fi Networking
News)A Ghost Story Turns Very Scary for
Malawi Journalists
A Ghost Story Turns Very Scary for
Malawi Journalists
03/29/2005 04:00 AMTwo reporters face possible criminal charges after using quotes that
implied Malawi's president feared ghosts.
Fight Aging!: The Scary Future of
Pro-Death Bioethics
Fight Aging!: The Scary Future of
Pro-Death Bioethics
06/15/2004 06:59 AMthis is a disturbingly plausible future .. opposition to anti-aging
research .. took a look ..
[LINK]
fightaging.org/archives/000143.php
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Grok Description matches for Bruce Shneier explains why the Witty Worm is a scary piece of malware
GrokA matches for Bruce Shneier explains why the Witty Worm is a scary piece of malware
RE: phpBB Worm
RE: phpBB Worm
12/22/2004 01:09 AMPaul Kurczaba (Dec 21 2004)
phpBB Worm
phpBB Worm
12/22/2004 01:09 AMShannon Lee (Dec 20 2004)
new phpBB worm affects 2.0.11
new phpBB worm affects 2.0.11
12/25/2004 05:08 PMHerman Sheremetyev (Dec 24 2004)
PHPBB worm in action
PHPBB worm in action
12/25/2004 05:08 PMColin Keith (Dec 24 2004)
Anti-Santy Worm Patches phpBB Flaw
Anti-Santy Worm Patches phpBB Flaw
12/31/2004 12:08 PMRSS comes to PHPBB
RSS comes to PHPBB
10/10/2002 09:55 AMYou can now use the incredibly popular, powerful and free forum
software PHPBB as a newsfeed management system.
phpBB
phpBB
12/31/2003 07:19 PMNew packages - security issues
Re[2]: sql injection in phpbb
Re[2]: sql injection in phpbb
11/11/2003 04:32 PMAlexander GQ Gerasiov (Nov 10 2003)
phpBB Fetch All 2.0.6
phpBB Fetch All 2.0.6
12/15/2003 11:46 AMA syndication addon for phpBB.
phpBB WAPgate
phpBB WAPgate
09/03/2004 05:44 PMWelcome
Re: Fw: sql injection in phpbb
Re: Fw: sql injection in phpbb
11/10/2003 11:39 PMMicheal Cottingham (Nov 10 2003)
phpBB Modifications
phpBB Modifications
10/31/2003 07:27 PMKnowledge Base CVS
phpBB Blog 0.9
phpBB Blog 0.9
05/10/2004 11:49 AMA simple blog system for phpBB.
phpBB Fetch All 2.0.5
phpBB Fetch All 2.0.5
12/12/2003 10:09 PMA syndication addon for phpBB.
phpBB Fetch All
phpBB Fetch All
12/05/2003 01:59 PMSourceforge page created
Re: sql injection in phpbb
Re: sql injection in phpbb
11/10/2003 11:39 PMJort Slobbe (Nov 09 2003)
Extreme PHPBB
Extreme PHPBB
12/08/2003 03:30 PMExtreme 2.2.0
When PHPBB Won't Work
When PHPBB Won't Work
01/06/2003 07:26 AMWhen PHPBB Won't Work
I had a situation last night where one of my PHPBB installations
wouldn't come up. It kept displaying:
phpBB : Critical Error Error creating new session : session_begin
The general solution seems to be to empty the sessions table. Why?
No clue. But a simple DELETE FROM phpbb_Session did the trick.
[_More_]
Note: A good way to troubleshoot this is to turn on debug mode in
PHPBB by editing includes/constants.php and set the debug constant to
1. This forces additional debugging information. Make sure you
remember to turn it back to 0.
phpBB Fetch All 2.0.11
phpBB Fetch All 2.0.11
07/28/2004 04:32 AMA syndication addon for phpBB.
phpBB Blog 1.0
phpBB Blog 1.0
06/01/2004 10:34 AMA simple blog system for phpBB.
phpBB Blog 2.0
phpBB Blog 2.0
08/01/2004 11:50 AMA simple blog system for phpBB.
phpBB Interview
phpBB Interview
02/14/2004 11:51 PMInterview - James Atkinson ,
Founder of phpBB: An interesting interview with the guy who
started the phpBB project. It's a
good look into how a successful open-source project is run.
The biggest thing is to listen to your users. They drive
your product forward and they help you support it. Secondly, you have
to stick to your ideals. One of the reasons that phpBB is as
successful as it is, compared to other "free" forum scripts, is
because our project is very stable. We've never changed our name,
we've never changed our leadership, and we've never changed our
license. We've stuck to the ideals on which we originally founded
phpBB, and this approach has given our community the perception that
phpBB is strong and stable.
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phpBB Fetch All 2.0.12
phpBB Fetch All 2.0.12
08/02/2004 08:15 AMA syndication addon for phpBB.
phpBB Fetch All 2.0.8
phpBB Fetch All 2.0.8
01/06/2004 12:00 PMA syndication addon for phpBB.
phpBB Fetch All 2.0.7
phpBB Fetch All 2.0.7
12/29/2003 09:49 AMA syndication addon for phpBB.
phpbb 2.0.13 Exploit (bug)
phpbb 2.0.13 Exploit (bug)
03/25/2005 02:56 PMtOnk3r (Mar 25 2005)
phpBB-php5 MOD
phpBB-php5 MOD
07/29/2004 06:38 PMNew forum Up!
phpBB 2.0.13 (Stable branch)
phpBB 2.0.13 (Stable branch)
04/05/2005 06:33 AM
phpBB is a UBB-style dissussion board written in PHP backended by a
MySQL database. It includes features such as posting/replying/editing
messages, private messages, private forums, user and anonymous
posting, robust theming, user ranking by posts or by special, admin
definable, ranks, and much more.
Changes:
This release is a security fix, including a patch to resolve a
potential authentication bypass bug.
Re: phpBB 2.06 search.php SQL injection
Re: phpBB 2.06 search.php SQL injection
12/02/2003 12:32 AMJay Gates (Nov 29 2003)
R45s phpBB Mods
R45s phpBB Mods
04/10/2004 05:10 AMAdvanced User Search 1.0.0 RC 1 Released!
Bruce Shneier explains why the Witty Worm is a scary piece of malware
