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links for 2008-05-17

May 17th, 2008 by timelady

• SANS Internet Storm Center; Cooperative Network Security Community - Internet Security - isc
  Scripts that allow brute forcing of vulnerable keys (see this as rainbow tables for SSH keys) are in the wild so we would like to remind all of you to regenerate SSH keys ASAP.
  (tags: ssh security vulnerability warning keys)
• The 9 Most Obnoxious Memes to Ever Escape the Web | Cracked.com
  The internet is responsible for many terrible things, which the world tolerates as long as these terrible things stay on the internet. But some internet memes become so popular they spill out & infect the real world in ways that simply cannot be tolerated
  (tags: meme internet list funny humour humor cracked obnoxious annoying rickrolled)
• Facebook’s Big Facelift
  The social networking site’s coming redesign will be marked by a cleaner, more organized look to appeal to its vastly bigger, more diverse user base
  (tags: facebook web2.0 socialnetworking)
• ‘Major’ Flash Player beta released | Reg Developer
  The “first major” Flash Player update since Adobe Systems completed its 2005 acquisition of Macromedia is due to be made available today as a beta. With extended Linux support!
  (tags: flash macromedia adobe beta flash10)
• Yahoo: Pro-Microsoft shareholders control at least 29 percent of Yahoo — does that mean the fight’s over?
  pretty close to a tko. sad.
  (tags: microsoft yahoo corporate takeover merger)

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