heise online news 07/02/2009

heise online news 07/02/2009 www.heise-online.co.uk Overview of the news from the past 24 hours heise online news HP LaserJets vulnerable to remote file access Some HP LaserJets and Color Laserjets are vulnerable to a directory traversal attack which could expose cached documents on the networked printers. Updated firmware is available › Read article     VPN at layer 2 from InfoGuard Infoguard's EGM devices encrypt network traffic between company sites at the TCP/IP network security layer, and should delivery speed gains over IPSec-based VPNs › Read article     advertisement QCon London, UK (March 11-13) is an enterprise software dev conference featuring speakers such as Martin Fowler, Tony Hoare, Joe Armstrong, Rod Johnson and others. BBC, guardian.co.uk and Linked-In architectures will be presented. Tracks include Emerging Languages, Real World SOA, Agile Organizational Patterns, DDD,.NET, Java.Next... Register before February 22nd and save £130! isitruby19.com helps Ruby developers go 1.9 A new site allows Ruby developers to report on the compatibility of Ruby Gems with Ruby 1.9 › Read article     RPM 4.6.0 released The RPM Package Manager, package manager for many Linux distributions, has been updated with support for larger files and LZMA compressed payloads › Read article     MySQL CEO Marten Mickos is leaving Sun According to a report by the 451 Group, Marten Mickos will be leaving Sun › Read article     $9 Million stolen in ATM Scam Using cloned U.S. debit cards, criminals were able to steal $9 million from ATM's › Read article     Microsoft U-turn on UAC vulnerability Microsoft relents over the UAC issue and announces it will make changes to the Windows 7 release candidate › Read article     OpenStreetMap ask for donations for new server OpenStreetMap is asking for donations to raise £10,000 for a new API database server and peripheral hardware › Read article     Facebook joins OpenID board Facebook has joined the OpenID board, following companies like PayPal, Google, IBM and Yahoo › Read article     DoS vulnerability in Squid web proxy squashed The free web proxy is vulnerable to a denial of service when processing specially crafted requests. Updated versions fixing the problem are available › Read article     Qt 4.5 Release Candidate Qt Software has made the release candidate for Qt 4.5 available to download › Read article     Microsoft to close critical holes in Internet Explorer and Exchange Server Microsoft plans to release four security updates next Patch Tuesday, for critical holes in IE and Exchange server and important issues in SQL Server and Visio › Read article     Flaws in UK government ID Card scheme In two separate developments, the UK government ID card scheme is found to be lacking both the money for card readers and transparency over how the cards work › Read article     This newsletter is sent to in a multipart format. If you want to read it as plain text, you will have to change the display mode of your e-mail program. You are receiving heise online news because you subscribed at our website. If you no longer wish to receive the newsletter, you can cancel your subscription at http://www.heise-online.co.uk/newsletter/manage/news. For more news from the world of technology, subscribe to our other newsletters: Newsletter heise open source: All the latest about Free and Open Source software from heise online, including news, features, analysis and case studies. www.heise-online.co.uk/newsletter/manage/open Newsletter heise Security: IT security news and alerts to keep your systems secure, with features giving an in-depth look at the world of IT security. www.heise-online.co.uk/newsletter/manage/security Newsletter heise networks features: In-depth articles, tools and techniques for networking and communications. www.heise-online.co.uk/newsletter/manage/networks Legal notice Publishers: Christian Heise, Ansgar Heise, Christian Persson Editor-in-chief: Dj Walker-Morgan All rights reserved. Any copies or dissemination on any medium, either in part of whole, requires the written consent of the publisher. Copyright (c) 2008 Heise Media UK Ltd.