.:Computer Defense:.

Hey Hey,

Welcome to Today's Daily Link List. Let's Get on With the Show.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/02/07/spyware_survey/ -- Previously 5.9% have sites tried to install something when you visited their site, this is now down to 5.4%.

http://reason.idealogica.com/ -- Reason is an application/network security scanner client for Nessus and Nessus compatible (OpenVAS etc.) servers. In addition to an improved user interface, it provides session management, templates, charts/graphs and report generation using XSLT. It is cross-platform, with platform specific releases available for Linux, Mac, and Windows, written in Java using SWT for a native experience, and it is open-source.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/02/07/ibm_power6_show/ -- IBM's new chip, Power6, has been known to fly by at speeds of up to 6Ghz.

http://www.stumbleupon.com/ -- An interesting site, a new way to surf. Here's how the site describes itself: 'StumbleUpon uses ratings to form collaborative opinions on website quality. When you stumble, you will only see pages which friends and like–minded stumblers have liked.'

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/02/08/windows_antivirus_protection/ -- Microsoft to charge 49.95 for One Care Live Anti-Virus.

http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/ -- This is an oldie, but seeing how it circulated the mailing lists today, let's throw it on here to remind everyone. Don't worry about forgetting your password, just reset it .

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/02/07/bit_torrent_sues/ -- Bit Torrent to sue those who present adware/spyware under the Bit Torrent name - Opera 9 to include Bit Torrent search bar.

http://www.nth-dimension.org.uk/news/entry.php?e=156579087 -- A Short paper entitled 'Misunderstanding Javascript injection: A paper on web application abuse via Javascript injection'

Well that's about it for this morning.... I'll compile another list later if I come across anything of interest.

Peace,
HT