heise online news 08/01/2009

heise online news 08/01/2009 www.heise-online.co.uk Overview of the news from the past 24 hours heise online news Certification authorities respond to MD5 hack Certification agencies have responded to work by a research group that demonstrated the lack of security of MD5. The group faked a certificate that allowed them to issue further certificates with arbitrary identities › Read article     Microsoft: Customers play "Russian roulette" with their systems A new worm outbreak took Microsoft's EMEA support to its limits, as customers have failed to install a patch that has been available for two months › Read article     Apache Mailet freed from Apache James The Apache James developers have now made the Mailet API independent of their Java based enterprise mail system › Read article     Nokia: SMS vulnerability is not a serious risk to customers To protect themselves from possible crafted SMS or MMS messages, Nokia is recommending users to only open messages from trusted senders. In addition to Nokia S60 phones, Sony Ericsson's UiQ is also reported to be affected › Read article     Vietnam goes "100 per cent open source" by 2010 Vietnam's government is going "100 per cent open source" by the end of 2010, but the mandate isn't clear if this includes server operating systems, as well as desktop applications › Read article     Fake LinkedIn profiles spread trojans Criminals are making use of fake LinkedIn profiles to launch trojans on unsuspecting users › Read article     Twitter hack explained by hacker The person behind the Twitter hack has explained how they gained access to Twitter's administrative functions. A weak password and unlimited log in attempts allowed the hacker in › 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: Jonathan Bennett 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.