September, 2004

About 2 weeks ago Microsoft posted this security bulletin to warn of a bug in virtually every single piece of software they make that allows remote execution of code when a JPEG file is loaded. The usual unchecked buffer overflow is to blame.

The implications are far reaching since you would essentially get the virus by simply opening a web page. I can think of no parallel for such nastiness. It didn’t take too long but there is now a virus that takes advantage of this exploit. Needless to say this is some really really bad stuff. It’s only a matter of time before some spam merchant starts bulk mailing this stuff to all the addresses in his spambook.

I await the global internet catastrophe and demise of Microsoft with baited breath.

My brother has qualified for the World Cyber Games yet again. Last year he screwed up and didn’t manage to go to Korea for the third time in a row. This year however, with a trip to San Francisco at stake, he has reached the finals and gets an all-expense paid trip stateside. Here is a completely pointless news story that showed up on the front page of the Sunday Express supplement thing. Hopefully he will visit a strip club this time around.