heise online news 21/01/2009

heise online news 21/01/2009 www.heise-online.co.uk Overview of the news from the past 24 hours heise online news What's new in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.3 With version 5.3, Red Hat has released the third update of the current Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5. In addition to various bug fixes, RHEL 5.3 also offers a number of new features and improvements › Read article     "Frozen cache" method to thwart cold boot attacks ACME Security has described a "frozen cache" method in which vital encryption components are only held in the CPU cache, and can't be read out from there after a cold boot › Read article     Early glimpse of OpenOffice.org 3.1 OpenOffice.org Ninja blog has details on what features are coming in OpenOffice.org 3.1 › Read article     MD5 attack on Microsoft's Authenticode A security expert has succeeded in generating two different Windows programs with identical code signatures. However, the practical use of this hack is questionable › Read article     Moonlight 1.0 released Moonlight 1.0, a 'Silverlight for Linux' has been released, just in time for the inauguration of U.S. President-Elect Obama › Read article     Elcomsoft Wi-Fi auditor prompts security warnings Elcomsoft has released its GPU assisted WPA/WPA2-PSK Wi-Fi password cracking application, prompting security vendors to issue warnings about weak eight character passwords › Read article     Malware spread through fake 'Barak Obama resigns' websites Over 40 fake President-Elect Barack Obama resignation sites used to spread W32/Iksmas.A.worm Malware › Read article     Fedora announces Moksha and Fedora Community The Moksha Project is Fedora's new platform for creating live and collaborative web applications › Read article     Sophos releases details of a vulnerability in anti-virus products Sophos has released details of a vulnerability in Sophos Anti-Virus, which, they say, has been closed in current versions › 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.