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[Liquidmatrix Security Digest] I apologize for that. That being said, be sure to read up on the patches that were released yesterday from Microsoft.

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http://blog.washingtonpost.com [Blog.washingtonpost.com] Security Fix Archive by Category: The cyber attack last month against a U.S.-based public utility came wrapped in a Microsoft PowerPoint document featuring holiday illustrations and heartwarming reflections. This PowerPoint file, which resembled an innocuous version that was being forwarded around the Web by many...

[Liquidmatrix.org] Liquidmatrix Security Digest: The ffs_mountfs() function, part of the UFS filesystem handling code (shared between FreeBSD and Mac OS X XNU) is affected by an integer overflow vulnerability, leading to an exploitable denial of service condition and potential arbitrary code execution.

Rant-central.com[Rant-central.com] Rant Central - Blog-Referential: With the change of CMS software, Rant Central reopened user registration. But the Staff and Management remind you that any behavior that resembles blogspam is grounds for instant account vaporization.

http://www.tweakguides.com [Tweakguides.com] TweakGuides.com - Archived News: Microsoft has agreed to loosen Vista's new PatchGuard security feature which would have previously prevented third party security software - such as antivirus packages - from working properly under Vista. I am neither pro- nor anti-Microsoft, but it seems obvious that without any real competitor to Windows, and as witnessed by the licensing issues below for example, MS is constantly skirting close to anti-competitive behavior with the way they are preparing Vista.

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