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PHP 5.4 Remote Exploit PoC in the wild

PHP 5.4 Remote Exploit PoC in the wild, (Sat, May 19th)
There is a remote exploit in the wild for PHP 5.4 ...(more)...

ZTE Score M Android Phone backdoor, (Fri, May 18th)
The ZTE Score M phone, apparently available via Metro PCS in the US, comes with a special suid backd ...(more)...

ISC StormCast for Friday, May 18th 2012 http://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail.html?id=2545, (Fri, May 18th)
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ISC Feature of the Week: Tools->Information Gathering, (Thu, May 17th)
Overview One of the sections on the ISC Tools page is Information Gathering at https://isc.sans ...(more)...

New IPv6 Video: IPv6 Router Advertisements https://isc.sans.edu/ipv6videos, (Thu, May 17th)
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Do Firewalls make sense?, (Thu, May 17th)
Once in a while, someone comes up with the idea that firewalls are really not all that necessary. Mo ...(more)...

ISC StormCast for Thursday, May 17th 2012 http://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail.html?id=2542, (Thu, May 17th)
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Reserved IP Address Space Reminder, (Wed, May 16th)
As we are running out of IPv4 address space, many networks, instead of embracing IPv6, stretch exist ...(more)...

Avira Antivirus false positives http://forum.avira.com/wbb/index.php?page=Thread&threadID=144875, (Wed, May 16th)
------ Johannes B. Ullrich, Ph ...(more)...

New Version of Google Chrome released (19.0.1084.46) , (Wed, May 16th)
------ Johannes B. Ullrich, Ph ...(more)...
 
 
Microsoft Research News
 

How to Replace Early Polls
Microsoft Research's David Rothschild suggests a fundamental model for predicting the winners of U.S. Senate and gubernatorial races months well before Election Day.

Kinect Imaging Lets Surgeons Keep Their Focus
New device lets surgeons consult medical images during an operation without having to scrub out.

Inside Microsoft Research: New England Postdocs Collect Dissertation Awards
Aleksander Madry and David Steurer of Microsoft Research New England have been awarded Honorable Mention awards by the Association for Computing Machinery as part of its Doctoral Dissertation Award program.

Inside Microsoft Research: Awards for Young Indian Scientists Adding Up
Neeraj Kayal of Microsoft Research India has been named one of the recipients of the 2012 Medal for Young Scientists from the Indian National Science Academy.

Podcast: Look, Computer, No Hands!
Microsoft hopes its SoundWave will let you interact with your PC using hand gestures in mid-air rather than on a keyboard.

Inside Microsoft Research: More Research Contributions to Windows Phone Translation
A recent post discussed translation work from Microsoft Research that has been incorporated into Windows Phone. But wait, there’s more!

Dino Distefano Presented with the BCS Needham Award
Dino Distefano, lecturer at the Department of Computer Science at Queen Mary, University of London, has been named as the winner of the BCS Roger Needham Award sponsored by Microsoft Research Cambridge.

Inside Microsoft Research: Incremental, Iterative Computation for Big Data
The Naiad project from Microsoft Research Silicon Valley focuses on enabling incremental and iterative computation for big-data analysis.

CHI 2012: Microsoft Research Explores the Potential for Emotional Technology
It was another amazing year for the annual Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. Here are some of the highlights.

Exploited Display Bug Lets LCDs Show Two Images Simultaneously
Microsoft researchers have turned a display annoyance into a way to show two different images simultaneously.

Microsoft's MirageTable Allows AR Teleconferencing
A new system developed by Microsoft Research enables people in remote locations to share and interact with real and virtual objects.

Inside Microsoft Research: A Hybrid Approach to Direct Search Answers
Researchers from Microsoft Research Redmond and MIT have devised a technique, being presented during the 2012 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, to deliver quick answers to user questions about relatively obscure topics.

New Apps for the Bottom Billion
Low-tech phone technology from Microsoft Research enables images to be sent as bitmaps in text messages, opening up applications for the world's poorest.

Gesture Control System Uses Sound Alone
SoundWave, a project from Microsoft Research, lets an ordinary laptop function like a Kinect sensor.

Picking the Brains of Strangers Helps Make Sense of Online Information
People who have already sifted through online information to make sense of a subject can help strangers facing similar tasks without ever directly communicating with them, researchers at Carnegie Mellon University and Microsoft Research have demonstrated.

CHI 2012 Melds Physical and Virtual
Microsoft researchers participating in CHI 2012 show new ways for sound, light, motion, and ordinary consumer electronics to enhance human interaction with computers.

Tip Tap Tones: Microsoft Research Releases a Mandarin Teaching Tool for Windows Phone
Microsoft Research has released an interesting application designed to make it slightly easier to learn Mandarin.

Microsoft's New Lab Hunts for Value in User Data
The New York lab will search for patterns in aggregated user data and suggest new revenue sources for Microsoft's existing products.

Microsoft Research Debuts N.Y.C. Lab
On May 3, Microsoft Research announced the creation of its newest lab, this one located in New York City.

Inside Microsoft Research: Start Spreading the News … Announcing Microsoft Research New York City!
On May 3, Microsoft Research announced the creation of its newest lab, this one located in New York City.
 
 
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