heise online news 10/02/2009

heise online news 10/02/2009 www.heise-online.co.uk Overview of the news from the past 24 hours heise online news Opsview 3 released UK based Opsera has announced the release of version 3 of Opsview › Read article     PostgreSQL updates fix bugs The developers of the open source database PostgreSQL have released updates to fix bugs in versions 7.4 and higher › 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! TYPO3 Critical security issue The TYPO3 security team have found a critical security issue. Details and updates due tomorrow (10.02.09) › Read article     BitDefender website also leaking Kaspersky is not alone, as BitDefender's Portuguese site is found to be vulnerable to SQL injection by the same hacker who discovered the Kaspersky problem › Read article     New security initiative at PayPal Recently, PayPal rolled out a new, hardware based, security feature › Read article     DDoS attacks on security sites Websites including the Metasploit, Packetstorm and milw0rm sites were attacked by a botnet over the weekend › Read article     Kaspersky hack: Kaspersky respond Kaspersky admits it was hacked, but closed the hole "immediately". The hacker who reported the problem says he discovered the hole days before › Read article     Debian project seeks hardware sponsors The Debian project is looking for sponsors to support its two new official services › Read article     OpenStreetMap: Birmingham digital remapping complete Birmingham has become the first English city to be completely remapped by its own citizens › Read article     HP Network Node Manager patched The patches include fixes for several vulnerabilities, including the ability to remotely inject and execute code › Read article     FSF call for opposition to TLS-Authorisation standard The Free Software Foundation want to see opposition to this patent encumbered standard currently working its way through the IETF › Read article     Report claims German armed forces setting up cyberwar unit The IT unit will reportedly be fully deployable from next year and able to carry out interventions on foreign computers › Read article     H minus 8 8 days to go before heise online UK takes on a new look, a new focus and a new attitude. Today, we talk about what subjects we will be covering › Read article     Google helps OpenStreetMap exceed donation target A £5,000 donation made by Google to the OpenStreetMap project means last Thursdays fundraising call has raised 155 per cent of its target › 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.