By James Sherwood 5th August 2008
Pioneer launched a 400GB Blu-ray disc just last month, but the firm’s already smashed its own capacity ceiling by unveiling a 500GB successor. The latest disc tops the 400GB disc’s measly 16 layers by adding a further four layers, resulting in 20 layers each with a 25GB capacity. Brendan Sheridan, Multimedia Division Product Manager at Pioneer, said that 25GB and 50GB Blu-ray discs might be enough for current demands, but that Pioneer envisages the need for “far greater capacities as HD streaming in particular becomes commonplace and users build larger files of digital content”.
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Tuesday, August 5, 2008
Adobe warns of bogus Flash Player installers
By Jeremy Kirk, August 05, 2008
Hackers are trying to dupe people into downloading malicious software labeled as Adobe Systems' Flash Player, prompting a warning from the company. Adobe is advising users to ignore links on social-networking sites that lead to other Web sites purportedly hosting Flash Player, as those sites often have malicious software. "If the download is from an unfamiliar URL or an IP address, you should be suspicious," Adobe's advisory said. Labeling malware as legitimate software is an old social-engineering tactic. But given the wide use of Flash on Web sites, most people have installed Flash Player to display the content. Adobe has also updated Flash Player several times this year due to other security issues, so it may not come as a surprise to see an upgrade message, albeit a fake one. The current version is 9.0.124.0.
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Hackers are trying to dupe people into downloading malicious software labeled as Adobe Systems' Flash Player, prompting a warning from the company. Adobe is advising users to ignore links on social-networking sites that lead to other Web sites purportedly hosting Flash Player, as those sites often have malicious software. "If the download is from an unfamiliar URL or an IP address, you should be suspicious," Adobe's advisory said. Labeling malware as legitimate software is an old social-engineering tactic. But given the wide use of Flash on Web sites, most people have installed Flash Player to display the content. Adobe has also updated Flash Player several times this year due to other security issues, so it may not come as a surprise to see an upgrade message, albeit a fake one. The current version is 9.0.124.0.
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Microsoft Consults Its Own Crystal Ball for Bugs
Will rate likelihood of attacks on flaws it fixes, improve vendor communication
By Gregg Keizer, August 5, 2008
Microsoft will soon edge into the crystal-ball business, predicting each month whether newly found bugs in its software will be exploited, the company said Monday. The company also spelled out changes to how much information it gives customers and rival security companies about vulnerabilities, and when. Starting in October, Microsoft will add an "Exploitability Index" to the security bulletins it issues when it releases patches for Windows and its other software. Also in October, said Andrew Cushman, Microsoft's director of security response and outreach, the company will begin providing select third-party security vendors with technical information about each month's vulnerabilities before patches are posted in order to give those companies a head start in crafting exploit-detection signatures.
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By Gregg Keizer, August 5, 2008
Microsoft will soon edge into the crystal-ball business, predicting each month whether newly found bugs in its software will be exploited, the company said Monday. The company also spelled out changes to how much information it gives customers and rival security companies about vulnerabilities, and when. Starting in October, Microsoft will add an "Exploitability Index" to the security bulletins it issues when it releases patches for Windows and its other software. Also in October, said Andrew Cushman, Microsoft's director of security response and outreach, the company will begin providing select third-party security vendors with technical information about each month's vulnerabilities before patches are posted in order to give those companies a head start in crafting exploit-detection signatures.
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