The H news 05/03/2009

The H news 05/03/2009 www.h-online.com Overview of the news from the past 24 hours The H Security news Poll: Oracle admins have a poor update install record A study by the Independent Oracle User Group shows that eleven per cent of administrators have not installed any Critical Patch Updates › Read article     German police close down cracker forum According to a report, special internet investigators of Baden-Württemberg's Criminal Investigation Department have closed down a forum for sharing malicious software › Read article     Use of PGP by UK MPs is "not recommended" UK MPs are told not to use PGP on their computers as the authorities declare it incompatible with the Parliamentary VPN › Read article     Vulnerability in sound processing library libsndfile A vulnerability in the open source sound processing library libsndfile can allow an attacker to inject and execute arbitrary code › Read article     Security update for cURL cURL and libcurl are vulnerable to a redirection attack which could expose local files or even allow them to be overwritten › Read article     Five per cent of all company PCs infected with bots A study says antivirus software takes 54 days on average to detect a bot. Faced with a growing botnet problem, Australia has launched National Zombie Awareness Week › Read article     The H Open Source news Red Hat hit by a patent suit Red Hat is being accused of patent infringement, but it's not Linux in the dock, it's the company's JBoss middleware › Read article     Vulnerability in sound processing library libsndfile A vulnerability in the open source sound processing library libsndfile can allow an attacker to inject and execute arbitrary code › Read article     Security update for cURL cURL and libcurl are vulnerable to a redirection attack which could expose local files or even allow them to be overwritten › Read article     Car Makers collaborate on Linux for cars Genivi is a new industry alliance aiming to bring a Linux based open source platform for car makers to use for "In-Vehicle Infotainment" › Read article     End-to-End testing with JSFUnit 1.0 The Red Hat JBoss unit has released JSFUnit 1.0 which now includes HtmlUnit › Read article     Linux Foundation takes over Linux.com The Linux Foundation has taken over Linux.com to create a new community site and is now offering training courses › 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 The H news because you subscribed at our website. If you no longer wish to receive the newsletter, you can cancel your subscription at http://www.h-online.com/newsletter/manage/news. For more news from the world of technology, subscribe to our other newsletters: Newsletter The H Open Source: All the latest about Free and Open Source software from The H, including news, features, analysis and case studies. www.h-online.com/newsletter/manage/open Newsletter The H 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.h-online.com/newsletter/manage/security 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) 2009 Heise Media UK Ltd.