EFF vs AT&T wiretapping case moves forward!

A judge has ruled that the Government's objection to the lawsuit would violate state secrets doesn't stand. "The compromise between liberty and security remains a difficult one. But dismissing this case at the outset would sacrifice liberty for no apparent enhancement of security." The government is expected to appeal, duh!

Ars Technical story: http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060720-7316.html

Slashdot thread: http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/07/20/2026250

An estimated million MySpace users infected through a hacked banner ad

It exploits a Windows MetaFile weakness that was fixed months ago, but if you ran IE and didn't install the fix, your computer got served with adware!

WHEEE!

http://blog.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2006/07/myspace_ad_served_adware_to_mo.html

Security penetration tester gains access to pathology lab with shopper discount card

Apparently the system was misconfigured. It was part of a HIPAA security evaluation and the business was hideously insecure. Man, I'd love to work for an operation like that!

http://www.darkreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=99347&WT.svl=tease3_2

Former host of MST3K starting MST3K-like web site

Here's the catch: you have to own the movie. So you pop in Titanic, download the riffed audio track, and play it with your MP3 player while watching the flic.

Unfortunatley, no Tom Turbo.

http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/07/20/2327236