December 23rd, 2009
So it looks like the two recent BlackBerry Messenger updates are the culprit behind yesterday’s BlackBerry service outage. If you’re running either of the problem-versions, you should update your software immediately via BlackBerry App World or at BlackBerry.com/Messenger using your BlackBerry Browser.
The outage is the second major North American BlackBerry service disruption for RIM and its customers in a week’s time. The occurrence of two major BlackBerry outages so close together is uncommon, and RIM typically prides itself on near-perfect uptime statistics. I can’t help but wonder if the first outage earlier this week is somehow connected to yesterday’s fiasco, but RIM isn’t providing any additional information at this point.
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December 22nd, 2009
“It’s gotten completely out of hand. The bad guys are going to some local registries in Europe and getting massive amounts of IP space and then they just go to a hosting provider and set up their own data centers,” said Alex Lanstein, senior security researcher at FireEye, an antimalware and anti-botnet vendor. “It takes one more level out of it: You own your own IP space and you’re your own ISP at that point.
“If there’s a problem, who are you going to talk to? It’s a different ball game now. These guys are buying their own data centers. These LIRs and RIRs aren’t going to push back if you say you need a /24 or /16. They’re not the Internet police,” Lanstein said.
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December 19th, 2009
Waikato District Health Board has been crippled by a computer worm which has seen every PC in the organisation shut down.
While the main hospital in Hamilton and smaller outlying hospitals were continuing to function, spokeswoman Mary-Ann Gill said it was important people only came for treatment if it was absolutely necessary.
Emergency care was still available but those arriving for routine appointments were being affected, as were GPs who often made referrals to hospitals via email.
“We are asking GPs to only make urgent referrals,” she said.
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December 19th, 2009
BOSTON – A computer hacker who was a force behind one of the largest cases of credit card theft in US history says he has a developmental disorder and is asking for a reduced sentence.
Albert Gonzalez, of Miami, admitted invading the computer systems of such retailers as TJX Cos., BJ’s Wholesale Club and Sports Authority. Federal authorities say tens of millions of credit and debit card numbers were stolen.
His lawyers have submitted a report from a psychiatrist who concluded his behaviour was consistent with Asperger’s syndrome. That’s a form of autism.
Gonzalez was scheduled to be sentenced on Monday. The hearing has been postponed indefinitely so prosecutors can consider the psychiatrist report.
His lawyers are asking for a sentence at the lower end of the 15 to 25 years in his plea agreement.
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