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Posted by: Maynard - 02-11-2002, 08:53 PM - Forum: The Pit
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You should now be able to add and edit your own sig pics without moderator help.
If for some reason you are unable to post your sigs, PM me or IM me at jshoejr.
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| Black ice vunerable to hack - Another example of painful irony. |
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Posted by: Keyser Soze - 02-11-2002, 05:59 PM - Forum: Über Geek Zone
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Yes, that little firewall program some of you run to protect your computer may have the exact opposite effect...
Quote:Hole Found in Net Security Program
Fri Feb 8, 6:45 PM ET
By D. IAN HOPPER, AP Technology Writer
WASHINGTON - A programming mistake in a popular consumer Internet protection program can give hackers control over a user's computer, the publisher disclosed Friday.
All current versions of BlackICE Defender and BlackICE Agent, both made by Atlanta-based Internet Security Systems, running on Microsoft Windows 2000 (news - web sites) and Windows XP (news - web sites) are vulnerable to the attack.
The company released an update Friday evening that plugs the hole. It can be downloaded through the ISS Web site, or through the program itself.
Researchers at eEye Digital Security in Aliso Viejo, Calif., found the problem while probing a related hole in the product discovered earlier this week that lets hackers shut down the target computer. The patch fixes both problems.
BlackICE is designed to protect home computers — particularly ones with high-speed connections — from hacker attacks. Market researcher IDC recently named Internet Security Systems as the worldwide leader in intrusion detection products.
The problem, known as a "buffer overflow," is deep within BlackICE, said eEye's "Chief Hacking Officer," Marc Maiffret.
"It's basically the worst you can get," Maiffret said. "It lets you bypass any sort of protection that might be there."
Without the update program, the hole would let hackers remotely control the victim's computer, steal or modify files, or spy on their Internet habits.
Maiffret said his company suspects that the business edition of the product, known as RealSecure, also may be vulnerable, though that program hasn't been fully tested.
Internet Security Systems is a member of the recently announced National Cyber Security Alliance, made up of top technology companies and government security agencies.
In December, the same eEye team discovered a similar problem in Microsoft's Windows XP operating system that would give hackers the same freedom over a person's computer. Microsoft scrambled to create and deploy an update for the system.
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| Fucked up news story for monday, 2/11 - Man, this is just great! |
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Posted by: Sean Cold - 02-11-2002, 03:00 PM - Forum: The Pit
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Quote:Dead Wrong: She's Alive
EMTs leave Park Slope grandma
on floor for hours
Brooklyn great-grandmother was mistakenly declared dead by paramedics — a blunder that went undiscovered for hours, authorities said yesterday.
Instead of being rushed to the hospital, 77-year-old Frances Foster was left unconscious on the bathroom floor of her Park Slope apartment Saturday as loved ones grieved what they thought was the retired nurse's death.
"I called everyone and had to tell them my mother was dead, then only to call back and say she's alive," said Kim Foster Littlejohn, 40, of Queens. "She could have been at the hospital getting taken care of. What a costly mistake."
She said a medical examiner's official didn't discover her mother was alive until he started to put her into a body bag: "He told me ... she suddenly moved and opened her eyes and he jumped back, startled."
Two paramedics were placed on desk duty and Foster lay in a coma with a stroke yesterday as her daughter and authorities clashed over exactly how long the error went undetected.
Littlejohn said she hadn't heard from her mother for about 10 days. She became worried when she couldn't reach her by phone Saturday and finally called police after the superintendent wouldn't let her into Foster's 10th St. apartment.
Apparent Rigor Mortis
Police had to climb into the seventh-floor apartment through the terrace, and found Foster sprawled on the bathroom floor. Littlejohn said a police sergeant told her "my mother was decomposing and he didn't want me to see her that way."
Kim Foster Littlejohn (r.) and daughter Dorris are angry after EMTs pronounced Kim Littlejohn's mother, Frances Foster, dead ...
Authorities said two city Emergency Medical Service technicians later arrived and declared Foster dead at 2:21 p.m.
Donald Faeth, vice president of Local 2507, which represents the city's 2,600 EMTs and paramedics, said Foster was "cold to the touch."
One of her legs was bent and wouldn't straighten, leading the EMTs to assume rigor mortis had set in, Faeth said. There also was a stench in the air, he said.
Faeth said one of the EMTs has 16 years' experience while the other was "brand new."
After declaring Foster dead, the EMTs left her apartment while police remained to await the arrival of someone from the city medical examiner's office — standard procedure in such cases.
Ellen Borakove, a spokeswoman for the medical examiner's office, said her office was notified of the presumed death at 3:41 p.m. A physician's assistant was dispatched to Foster's home and at 5:35 p.m. reported that Foster was alive, Borakove said.
But Foster's daughter and a neighbor said the mistake wasn't discovered until 7 p.m. — seven hours, they said, after police arrived at the scene.
'Unfortunate Mistake'
... and left her on floor for hours. She was alive.
Foster was taken to the intensive care unit of New York Methodist Hospital, where she was listed in critical condition yesterday, said hospital spokeswoman Susan LaRosa.
Faeth said the ambulance crew that rushed Foster to New York Methodist said the hospital had a hard time finding her pulse. Her blood pressure was apparently only 60, while her body temperature was just 87 degrees.
"It looks like this is an unfortunate mistake," Faeth said.
The EMTs, whose names were not released, will remain on desk duty pending an investigation by a physician. Possible penalties range from a reprimand to termination.
Littlejohn said that her mother, who had worked as a pediatric nurse at Coney Island Hospital for 40 years, hadn't any specific health problems. But she had been in decline after losing her two sons to illness in less than two years.
"After the death of my brothers, she became very sad and very stressed," Littlejohn said. "She stopped paying attention to her diet and started getting frail. It took a real toll."
See, now this is the shit that makes reading the paper so worth it on a Monday. This is beyond a doubt one of the most fucked up things I ever read! I guess that the family should be happy that they didn't bag her as well. Imagine waking up in that sack? Fuck, I could have had this done to a couple of my ex's, think they would have gotten pissy?
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Posted by: Maynard - 02-11-2002, 06:12 AM - Forum: Entertainment Unlimited
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So how come in all the Cheech & Chong moves, when Cheech & Chong smoke, do they never eat. Yet when every other "straight" smokes, they have to eat immediately? :fuggin:
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