He might face state and federal charges. The attack crippled more than 50 schools, forcing some students to retake tests multiple times, among other miseries.
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A fault in a widely used component of most Linux distributions could allow an attacker to take remote control of a system after merely sending a malicious email.
The vulnerability, nicknamed “Ghost,” is in the GNU C Library known as glibc, according to security vendor Qualys, which disclosed the issue on Tuesday as many Linux distributions released patches. Glibc is a C library that defines system calls.
Red Hat, Debian, Ubuntu and Novell have issued fixes. It is advised administrators should patch as soon as possible.
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It affects every known Unix-based operating system including Linux and Apple MAC OS X. Bash bug can take over any Web server and enable hackers to manipulate, exploit and steal sensitive information on machines running Unix-based OS. Hackers can expose …
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If someone sends you a text message and awakens you at 2:30 a.m., then it had better be an emergency. But do you think well enough immediately upon waking to realize what the date is and to recognize an April Fools’ prank when you are staring at an emergency text message on your phone?
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