The US Computer Emergency Readiness Team is already seeing “active exploitation” of the bug. The group is advising that WebDAV be temporarily disabled until things can be sorted out. The vulnerabilities are present in version 6 of IIS only, and WebDAV is not enabled by default. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/05/18/iis6_file_pilfering_bug/

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However, the Linux group and software maker are both opposing a law group’s proposal that would create an implied warranty that software products ship with no material defects. http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10243289-56.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20

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Imagine a world where your phone is smart enough to order and pay for your morning coffee. No more giving orders, handing over your payment or waiting in lines. No more face-to-face chit-chat or human interaction. http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=338575&source=CWNLE_nlt_dailyam_2009-05-18

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What should you expect from an IS audit? Jennifer Bayuk spells out the audit process, step by step. http://www.csoonline.com/article/492804/Information_Systems_Audit_The_Basics

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Q: Has the End of Life (EOL) announce and transition of Solaris 9 already happened? A: No. Sun has only issued a pre-notification to customers of its intent to announce the Solaris 9 End of Life transition announcement in calendar Q2 of 2009. http://www.sun.com/software/solaris/9/faqs/solaris9prenotificationEOL.xml

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The customer was running a multi-tiered web application on an x4600 (so Solaris on x86 as well!), with the web server, web router, and application tiers in different zones. They were using shared IP Instances, so all the network configuration was being done in the global zone. http://blogs.sun.com/stw/entry/what_happened_to_my_packets

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AirRadar seems designed for users serious about their wireless safaris. It scans for available networks, displaying highly detailed information about their MAC addresses, broadcast channels, signal strengths, and numerous other categories only a network administrator could love. Users can easily add networks to a list of favorites, or filter them out of the main scan [...]

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The project was launched last year with the goal of creating the world’s first publicly accessible database of human genomic and trait data from 100,000 people. Initially, it started as a closed test study with 10 volunteers so that those who later sign up for the project “will know what they’re getting into,” said George [...]

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Final verdict: Wolfram|Alpha is fun to play with, and introduces an original format for finding information on the Web. As it currently stands, it may be useful for mathematical and scientific research. However, until it aggregates a lot more data, and learns to handle more complex user queries, this interesting experiment is no danger to [...]

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The criminals are operating on the assumption that the Facebook password they acquire from any given user has a good chance of being the same password that person uses on other sites, such as online shopping services or even bank accounts. http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9133195&source=CWNLE_nlt_dailyam_2009-05-18

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