Computerworld Breaking News reports Aussie firm finds hole in Skype client install. “Australian security firm Security-Assessment.com Ltd. has discovered a flaw in the install of the Windows-based Skype Ltd. client.”
Skype has issued an update they claim patches the problem. Get patching!
Ed Leafe posts: “Some of you have seen the Dabo AppWizard before, but for those who haven’t, here’s a screencast that shows what you can do…”
SANS Internet Storm Center posts Symantec Patch Posted, (Sat, May 27th). “Symantec has just posted patches for the Security Advisory SYM06-010.” Note that these patches seem to be for the Corporate Edition of Symantec’s anti-virus tool. Get patching!
Indeed, had some tyrannical god contrived to enslave our minds to time, to make it all but impossible for us to escape subjection to sodden routines and unpleasant surprises, he could hardly have done better than handing down our present system.
— Robert Grudin, Time and the Art of Living.
cited, in turn, in the GNU tar manual