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Security flaws galore: Researchers dissect China's Green Dam censorware

Security flaws galore: Researchers dissect China's Green Dam censorwareSomehow that figuresWho would expect censorware makers to actually be competent at what they do?BINGO!!!"The big question is whether these flaws enable the Chinese government to take control of PCs. If hackers can do it easily why can?t a few government employees?"Wouldn't...

Tags: security, CCP, Falun Gong, Green Dam censorware, censorware, Green Dam

Discussion threads 2009-06-12

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Remote code execution exploit for Green Dam in the wild

The recently exposed as vulnerable to trivial remotely exploitable flaws Chinese censorware Green Dam, has silently patched the security flaws (China confirms security flaws in Green Dam, rushes to release a patch) outlined in the original analysis detailing the vulnerabilities. However, not only is the latest Green...

Tags: Web, Flaw, Buffer, Web Site, Channel Management, Web Site Development, Security, Viruses And Worms, Marketing, Internet, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2009-06-24

PC makers plead with China for release from Youth Escort

True to form, having figured out the wind is blowing strongly against Green Dam - Youth Escort the censorware that China had ordered PC makers to install before selling computers in the country, the tech industry has now lent its name to a tepid letter of protest to the Chinese...

Tags: Software, China, PC Company, Tools & Techniques, Government, Management, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-06-16

China confirms security flaws in Green Dam, rushes to release a patch

China confirms security flaws in Green Dam, rushes to release a patchThe problem with backdoor softwareis the danger somebody else will discover your back door and use it.What was that about copyright infringement, again?[i]"?It is not responsible to crack somebody?s software and publish the details, which are commercial secrets, on...

Tags: Patches, Chinese People, Chinese Government, Green Dam, security flaw, patch, security

Discussion threads 2009-06-15

China confirms security flaws in Green Dam, rushes to release a patch

China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has instructed the developers of the Green Dam censorware, to briefly release a patch in regard to last week's published analysis detailing the possibility of remotely exploitable vulnerabilities within the software. Jinhui Computer System Engineering Co, developer of Green Dam,...

Tags: Software, China, Tools & Techniques, Security, Management, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2009-06-15

News to know: Nokia; Salesforce; Mozilla; Google; Facebook

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Sam Diaz: Salesforce opens Sites; offers free version to help push cloud adoption Dion Hinchcliffe: Cloud computing and open source face-off...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Google Inc., Facebook, Larry Dignan, Nokia Corp., Flaw, Palm Inc., Mozilla Corp., Keyboards, Cloud Computing, Hardware, Peripherals

Blog posts 2009-06-15

Security flaws galore: Researchers dissect China's Green Dam censorware

A team of researchers at the University of Michigan has found a bevy of exploitable vulnerabilities in Green Dam, censorship software that the Chinese government wants to bundle on every PC. This week, the Wall Street Journal reported that China wanted to require PC makers to bundle...

Tags: Software, China, Flaw, Vulnerability, Programming, Government, Tools & Techniques, Security, Development Tools, Management, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-06-12