SecureMac discovers Trojan horse targeted at Mac OS X
June 21, 2008
SecureMac claims to have discovered several variants of a Trojan horse in the wilderness-oriented users of Mac OS X 10.4 and 10.5. The trojan is being distributed from a hacker Web site through iChat and LimeWire, the company said.
Distributed compiled as an AppleScript called ASthtv05 or as an application, the Trojan allows remote access to the system and can transmit the system and user passwords. SecureMac also said that the Trojan is also capable of logging keystrokes and turning on file sharing. Read more
Cyberduck FTP client gets updated
May 21, 2008
Cyberduck has been updated fixing several issues with the FTP client.
According to the developer, Cyberduck 3.0.1 Taco Edit HTML Added to the list of publishers, fixes a bug that caused the error can not connect to servers with key unknown destination, a mistake that caused external editor failures and maintain the active connection feature has been eliminated.
Cyberduck is a free application and can be downloaded from the website of the developers.
Red Hat updates enterprise Linux platform
May 21, 2008
Red Hat announced Wednesday the availability of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.2, with improvements in virtualization, clustering, and hardware support.
Version 5.2 was described as a minor update Red Hat Daniel Riek, product marketing manager for Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
“We do these twice yearly updates,” said Riek.
With the release, the virtualization of very large systems, since up to 64 CPUs and 512GB memory is possible. Support for NUM architectures have been used, as well as improvements in security, performance and management, Red Hat said. Read more
Nokia eyes wider usage of Linux in cellphones
May 21, 2008
The world’s top handset maker Nokia Oyj hopes that the role of the Linux operating system in its product portfolio to enhance the role of its Internet-focused devices grows, the company said.
Linux so far has had little success in mobile phones, but their role is increasing as more new Linux-based models coming to market, while Google Inc. gave a vote of confidence by using it to build their platform on android.
Nokia has used Linux for years in their Internet tablets, a large phone-like devices used to access the Internet on the road, but lacking the functionality of calls. “We will expand that range, and we believe that the role of Linux will grow,” said Nokia spokesman Kari Tuutti. Read more




