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Warner, Norcross & Judd, LLP

Microsoft Hunting for Bugs



Microsoft has announced that it plans to scour the code of Microsoft Windows to look for flaws that are similar to one the company patched last week. Last Thursday, Microsoft issued a patch to address the way certain images, called Windows Meta File images, are handled. As Brian Krebs, of the Washington Post reported, before the fix, a flaw in Windows would allow a computer to be infected simply by visiting a website with a malicious image file or “viewing an infected image in an e-mail through the preview pane in older versions of Microsoft Outlook, even if users did not click on anything or open any files.” Once infected, a victim’s computer could be controlled remotely by a hacker. “Windows Security Flaw Is 'Severe',” http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/29/AR2005122901456.html. Unlike other flaws, the WMF flaw was not a gap in the software but a feature of Windows that could be used in a way the programmers did not intend. An article in yesterday’s Cnet News.Com explains:

When WMF files were designed in the late 1980s, a feature was included that allowed the image files to contain computer code that could be executed on a PC, said Mikko Hypponen, chief research officer at Finnish security company F-Secure.

"This was not a bug; this was something that was needed at the time," Hypponen said. "It is just bad design, design from another era." The graphics file format was introduced with Windows 3.0 in early 1990. Executable code in the image file could help abort the processing of large images on the slow systems of yesteryear, security experts said.

According to Ilfak Guilfanov, a European software developer who created the first fix for the flaw, "WMF was designed a long time ago, when information security was not considered an essential part of software design."


Microsoft has now pledged to look for other instances in which its code could be used for unintended purposes. Cnet News.Com quotes a Microsoft spokesperson as saying that, "Now that we are aware that this attack vector is a possibility, customers can be certain that we will be scrubbing the code to look for any other points of vulnerability based on this kind of attack." “Microsoft to hunt for new species of Windows bug,” http://news.com.com/Microsoft+to+hunt+for+new+species+of+Windows+bug/2100-1002_3-6024778.html?tag=cd.lede


Meanwhile, it is being reported this morning that researchers have identified two additional flaws related to how Windows treats WMF images. These new flaws are reportedly not as serious as the flaw that has recently been patched. That flaw would allow a hacker to take control of Windows machines. The newly identified flaws, instead, simply cause the WMF-viewing software, such as Internet Explorer, to crash. They do not appear to cause the computer to execute malicious code. “Two new Windows bugs found,” http://www.techworld.com/applications/news/index.cfm?NewsID=5120

01-10-2006

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Susman Godfrey LLP

SUSMAN GODFREY WELCOMES ASSOCIATE KALPANA SRINIVASAN TO THE LOS ANGELES OFFICE
Susman Godfrey L.L.P. announced today that Kalpana Srinivasan has joined Susman Godfrey’s Los Angeles office as an associate. Ms. Srinivasan received her J.D. with distinction, at Stanford Law School and her B.A., cum laude, at Yale University. Ms. Srinivasan was a law clerk to the Honorable Raymond C. Fisher, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (2004-05).

01-10-2006

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Smith Moore Leatherwood LLP

Smith Moore LLP Attorneys Honored as Legal Elite
GREENSBORO – January 10, 2006 – Smith Moore LLP is proud to announce 18 of the firm's attorneys have been named to Business North Carolina's 2006 Legal Elite listing of the best lawyers in their fields. Smith Moore attorneys were recognized in nine of 12 possible categories.

Two additional Smith Moore partners, J. George (Jerry) Oliver and Larry B. Sitton, were previously added to the Legal Elite Hall of Fame. Term limits were created for the top winners in each specialty from previous years, and those recognized as being among the state's top practitioners were recognized in the Legal Elite Hall of Fame, rather than in the annual list.

Smith Moore attorneys recognized in the 2006 Legal Elite listing include:

Bruce Ashley (Construction)
E. Kent Auberry (Business)
Jonathan A. Berkelhammer (Litigation)
Carole W. Bruce (Tax and Estate Planning)
Harold N. Bynum (Environmental)
Brian W. Byrd (Real Estate)
J. Donald Cowan, Jr. (Antitrust/Litigation)
Herbert O. Davis (Business)
Alan W. Duncan (Litigation)
Stephen W. Earp (Environmental)
Gregory G. Holland (Antitrust)
Amy H. Kincaid (Tax and Estate Planning)
Alexander L. Maultsby (Employment)
James A. Medford (Patents and Intellectual Property)
Charles E. Melvin, Jr. (Real Estate)
Julianna C. Theall (Employment)
E. Garrett Walker (Real Estate)
Denise Smith Cline (Employment)

To select the honorees, Business North Carolina distributed ballots to more than 17,000 lawyers licensed by the State Bar in North Carolina, asking them to name the best attorneys in a variety of legal specialty areas.

Participants were not permitted to vote for themselves. Attorneys could vote for members of their firms, but only if they also voted for someone outside of their firm in the same category. Votes cast for attorneys outside of a voter's firm were weighed more heavily than those for colleagues. Lawyers who did not receive votes from outside of their firm did not qualify, regardless of the number of votes received. More than 1,700 lawyers received votes, with 495 getting enough to be named to this year's Legal Elite.

01-10-2006

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Schiller Du Canto & Fleck LLP

SCHIFF HARDIN LLP SPONSORS ABA MULTICULTURAL WOMEN ATTORNEYS NETWORK SEMINAR - OUR MOTHERS, OUR SISTERS, OUR DAUGHTERS, OURSELVES - FEBRUARY 9, 2006
Features Panel Presentation by Schiff Hardin Partner, Patricia Brown Holmes
January 10, 2006

Schiff Hardin LLP is sponsoring the American Bar Association ("ABA") Multicultural Women Attorneys Network day-long seminar - "Our Mothers, Our Sisters, Our Daughters, Ourselves" - on February 9, 2006 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, 151 East Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois, beginning at 8:30a.m. Schiff Hardin partner, Patricia Brown Holmes, will moderate one of the seminar panel programs - "Into the Forefront: The Current Role of Minority Women in the Struggle for Civil Rights" - at 9:45a.m. The ABA Multicultural Women Attorneys Network is a joint project of the ABA Commission on Racial and Ethnic Diversity in the Profession and the ABA Commission on Women in the Profession.


This seminar will also include presentations and panels featuring prominent women and minority attorneys from other major law firms, corporations, and law schools. For registration information, contact Richard Williams at williari@staff.abanet.org. The deadline to purchase tickets is January 16, 2006.

01-10-2006

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Roetzel & Andress A Legal Professional Association

Phenise Poole to Present as Panelist at ABA Midyear Conference
J. Phenise Poole, an associate in the Cincinnati office of Roetzel & Andress, is scheduled to be a panelist at the American Bar Association Midyear Meeting in Chicago, February 10th. The National Conference of Bar Presidents is scheduled for February 9-11, 2006 at the Hyatt Regency Chicago Hotel.

Poole is a panelist in the opening plenary, featuring a discussion entitled, "After the J.D.: Implications for Bar Associations." The American Bar Foundation has undertaken this project to track the professional lives of more than 5,000 law school graduates of the year 2000, during their first ten years after law school. The program is researching the impact of geographic location and practice according to race, ethnicity and gender. The moderator will be Ruthe Ashley, a member of the ABA Standing Committee on Bar Activities and Services, a past president of NAPABA, and a career placement director at McGeorge Law School in Sacramento. Following the discussion, several concurrent workshops are scheduled.

Poole focuses her practice in the areas of labor and employment, workers' compensation, and risk management. Poole earned a juris doctorate degree from the University of Dayton School of Law and a bachelors degree in Communications from the University of Tennessee.

01-10-2006

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Roetzel & Andress A Legal Professional Association

Joseph Zaks Re-Certified in Wills, Trusts, and Estates Law
Roetzel & Andress is pleased to announce that Joseph Zaks has been re-certified in Wills, Trusts, and Estates Law by the Florida Bar Association. Zaks first received his Board Certification in 1995. The Bar requires recertification every 5 years.

Certification is the highest level of recognition given by The Florida Bar for competency and experience within an area of law. The Board Certification program was established in 1982 by the Florida Supreme Court and the requirements include a minimum of five years in practice, substantial involvement in the certified field of law, an examination and a positive peer assessment regarding the field of law, as well as character, ethics and professionalism.

Zaks focuses his practice on charitable planning, family business succession planning, probate and estate administration, and trust administration matters. Zaks is licensed to practice in Massachusetts and Florida. He earned a juris doctorate degree from Boston University School of Law.

01-10-2006

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Perkins Coie LLP

Perkins Coie's Lindley Receives Environmental Excellence Award
PORTLAND, OR (January 10, 2006) – Perkins Coie partner Tom Lindley recently received the 2005 Environmental Excellence Award at the Northwest Environmental Conference in Portland.
This annual award given by Associated Oregon Industries (AOI) is the highest business environmental award in the state. The award recognizes a person who has demonstrated a career-long dedication to Oregon's environmental legacy.
Lindley's efforts include his contribution to volunteer organizations such as SOLV, his donation of countless hours to helping the Oregon business community, and his dedication to finding innovative solutions to seemingly intractable environmental problems.
"Tom is the kind of person who loves taking on a tough problem and finding a solution that benefits everyone and especially the environment," said John Ledger, AOI vice president.
Lindley's experience includes water, air, solid and hazardous waste permits, water quality and rights, site investigations and remediation and defense of Endangered Species Act and Clean Water Act citizen suits. Lindley is listed in Best Lawyers in America.
About Perkins Coie: Perkins Coie serves great companies with more than 600 attorneys in 14 offices across the United States and in China. The firm represents clients that range in size from FORTUNE 100 companies to startups and has historically represented market leaders in traditional and cutting-edge technology industries

01-10-2006

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