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Microsoft warned Windows users of a flaw in ActiveX's Certificate Enrollment Control that controls Web-based certificate enrollments. Attackers could potentially exploit the flaw to delete certificates on remote systems.
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Microsoft discloses 289 Windows APIs (IDG)
Microsoft has made not one, not two, but 289 application programming interfaces (APIs) available on its Developer Network Web site for the low low price of -- free. This was something Microsoft agreed to do as part of the antitrust settlement.
NEWS
MS must respond to Sun injunction request (The Associated Press)
The next milestone date in the Microsoft/Sun scrap is Oct. 4. That's when Microsoft must respond to Sun's request for a federal court injunction that would require Java's integration into Windows. The hearing on Sun's request for a preliminary injunction, in which Sun is trying to block MS from distributing its Virtual Machine for Java in an unlicensed manner, is December 3.
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Virus writers less like Dr. Jekyll, more like Anthony Michael Hall in "Weird Science"
When you think of a virus writer, what comes to mind? A mad scientist plotting Internet domination? A geek with a gangrenous grudge? One tech consultant, Graham Cluley, says you need to think more along the lines of a pimply teenager with posters of J. Lo and Britney on the wall and a preoccupation with video games. Cluley pretty much pooh-poohs the idea that these kids are writing mission-critical system killers. He points to the recent DuLoad worm to prove his point. It arrives in your inbox under the file names "J. Lo Bikini Screensaver.exe," "Kama Sutra Tetris.exe" and 'The Sims Game crack.exe," as well as some pornographic names that would make Howard Stern blush. Sex and games -- basically we're dealing with the two guys from "Weird Science."
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