A. Microsoft - Just Say No Bashing Micro$oft is just too easy these days. It seems every week at least one new security hole is announced or a new virus is released. Today it's five security warnings. Perhaps they subscribe to the view that "any publicity is good publicity". 1. "Microsoft Issues Five New Security Warnings" <http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=14200390> 2. "Microsoft Windows: Insecure by Design" <http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A34978-2003Aug23?language=printer> 3. "Taking Microsoft to task on spam" <http://news.com.com/2008-1082_3-5070492.html?tag=fd_lede2_hed> 4. "Slammer worm crashed Ohio nuke plant network" <http://www.securityfocus.com/news/6767> B. Silly Warning Labels 1. "101 Dumb Warning Labels" <http://msnbc.com/news/922010.asp?v61> Review of book: "Wearing Of This Garment Does Not Enable You To Fly: 101 Real Dumb Warning Labels." 2. "Warning: this salmon may contain fish" <http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2003/05/11/nwarn11.xml> "Top 10 ludicrous labels" <http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/graphics/2003/05/11/nwarn11.gif> 3. "Stupid Warning Labels" <http://astro.bu.edu/~avondale/Humor/MiscellaneousHumor/Warnings.html >
Friday, September 5, 2003
Posted by Bruno at 11:27am