The H news 10/03/2009

The H news 10/03/2009 www.h-online.com Overview of the news from the past 24 hours The H Security news Security updates for Foxit Reader A new version of the Foxit PDF reader fixes three security vulnerabilities which can be used by an attacker to remotely execute code › Read article     Swindlers using new CSS method attack eBay Swindlers are using XSS in conjunction with the XML Binding Language (XBL), allowing elements in an HTML document to be linked to another web site. Whether the error lies with eBay or in the browser is still unknown › Read article     Conficker modified for more mayhem The worm now has a new strain with more aggressive domain generation and self-protection, making it harder to simply block › Read article     Google Docs: error allowed unauthorised document access Google has closed a vulnerability in its Google Docs service which could have allowed unauthorised access to users documents and presentations › Read article     The H Open Source news Election campaign kicks off for Debian Project leadership Steve McIntyre and Stefano Zacchiroli have been nominated as candidates for the Debian Project leadership › Read article     Maemo 5 Alpha SDK for Nokia Internet Tablets Nokia have released an alpha version of the SDK for Maemo 5, the forthcoming operating system for the Nokia Internet tablet devices › Read article     AMD stops maintaining proprietary Linux drivers for older graphics hardware In future Linux distributions, open source drivers will have to be used with older Radeon GPUs, because AMD will no longer support or maintain current Linux drivers for older graphics hardware › Read article     Zenwalk Linux 6.0 Version 6.0 of Zenwalk Linux has been released and includes the 2.6.28.7 Kernel and the Xfce 4.6 desktop › Read article     BlueJ and Greenfoot open sourced The two education oriented Java development environments have been open sourced to allow wider use as teaching tools at all levels of the education system › Read article     SCO appeals Unix copyright claim again The SCO Group is hoping to restart its legal action against IBM and Linux and has appealed last years ruling that Novell still owned the Unix copyright › Read article     The H Open Source feature Interview: Steve McIntyre of Debian Our German language associate site, heise Open recently spoke to Steve McIntyre, the current Debian Project Leader about the present state of the Debian project and and about his hopes for its future › 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.