Doom ported to the iPod (via engadget)
It looks like the folks over at the iPod Linux project have successfully ported over the classic first person shooter Doom to the iPod. In order to play this though you will need to install their Linux port to your iPod, this is a neat idea but I think I will personally wait until the whole thing is a little more stable and I know it will not break my new generation 4 iPod. 
The HoneyMonkey cometh: automated malicious website detection from Microsoft (via M Dollar Journal over at ArsTechnica.Com)
Apparently M$ is unleashing the power of “monkeys” to seek out websites that host malicious code that can cause all sorts of lovely levels of nastiness to your copy of windows running on your home or work PC. What this basically amounts to is that Microsoft has a lab someplace with a whole slew of computers running windows XP in various stages of security patches installed and they expose these computers to viruses, etc and watch how quickly the operation system deteriorates. The article on M dollar probably has the most simplistic overview of this but for my fellow geeks I found a really in depth article called
Microsoft Unwraps HoneyMonkey Detection Project over at eWeek and one other from eWeek called Strider HoneyMonkey: Trawling for Windows Exploits. This article did help me better understand exactly what they are up to but I realize this is not for everyone. The article also discusses a new technology that Microsoft is developing called Strider Ghostbuster. This type of technology is called a Rootkit, what a rootkit is according to the ever informative Wikipedia is:
A root kit is a set of tools used by an intruder after cracking a computer system. These tools can help the attacker maintain his or her access to the system and use it for malicious purposes. Root kits exist for a variety of operating systems such as Linux, Solaris, and versions of Microsoft Windows.
The hope is that once you can detect a rootkit attempting to install itself onto your system you can nip new vulnerabilities and viruses in the bud before they even have a chance to frolic in the wilds of the Web. Microsoft is planning to include this technology in a future version of their Antispyware program that is currently in beta testing according to eWeek. I will keep watching this because I am sure i will need to know as much about future attacks to keep myself prepared for my freelance and paid regular work that will come my way.
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