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Whatcha give? Whatcha get? Whatcha takin’ back?

Now that the post-Christmas sales are on and the line ups for the merchandise return counter are hours long, it’s time to tally up your giving, getting and returning. Head into the forums and let us know Whatcha give? Whatcha get? Whatcha takin’ back?

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Adobe’s Version Cue could leave you open to local hackers

DrunkenBlog has an intriguing post about a local remote root exploit found for Adobe’s Version Cue which ships with Adobe’s Creative Suite of software. Version Cue is designed to help creative professionals find, share and track multiple versions of files and jobs in progress in a collaborative environment. The problem is, the system is insecure and “could permit a local malicious user to obtain root privileges on the target system”. Beware the freelancer!!

See: Bugtraq
US-CERT

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Both NAV and Virex post redefined virus lists for late November 2004

With so few, if any, viruses that actually effect Macs, one often wonders why virus definitions for Mac OS X need to be updated at all. But just the same both Symantec NAV and McAfee Virex have posted new virus definition files for download.

Direct downloads:
NavM9_Installer_20041118_US.hqx
Virex 7 Virus Definitions 11/19/04

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