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- Vista, Leopard, Linux to compete in hack contest
- Vista, Leopard, Linux to compete in hack contestCompetitionThe competition is among the attendees, not the operating systems. I frankly would be doubtful about walking away with dissing rights because their operating system got cracked in 9hrs 5mins when mine might have been cracked in 9hrs 8mins or faster had the...
- Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Hacking, Linux, hack contest, Leopard, Microsoft Windows, Apple Inc., Microsoft Windows Vista
- Discussion threads 2008-02-07
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- New Android SDK finally given to developers
- It's been a long time since a new Android SDK has been publicly released to developers -- the last one was made available only to contest winners which made some developers feel less than appreciated. This comes right after the FCC approved the first Android handset expected to be...
- Tags: Developer, SDK, Garett Rogers
- Blog posts 2008-08-19
- MIT students ungagged: Judge vacates gag order
- MIT students ungagged: Judge vacates gag orderThere was no trespassAs stated above, this was a case where a public agency didn't want researchers to reveal their security holes for fear of being exposed to malicious hackers. The students themselves merely identified the holes, likely exploits and suitable repairs. They provided...
- Tags: Advertising & Promotion, SECURITY, Hacking, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Discussion threads 2008-08-19
- Submit your best, new Microsoft codenames. Win a prize
- As Labor Day approaches, it's pretty quiet out there on the Microsoft news front. So what better time to launch a contest? by Mary Jo Foley
- Tags: Codename, Microsoft Corp., E-mail, Blogging, Online Communications, Internet, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-08-19
- China busts hacking ring, managed to penetrate 10 gov't databases
- If you needed a university certificate in China during the last couple of months, there's a big chance that a group of ten people could have supplied with you such, going a step further and adding your details in more than ten government databases across different provinces in the country,...
- Tags: China, Cybercrime, Hacking, Certificate, Government Database, Shanghai Daily, Storage, Databases, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2008-08-19
- DEFCON 16: List of tools and stuff released
- Â Guest editorial by Rob Fuller DEFCON, the 9000+ attendee hacker conference in Vegas has become a sort of hydra conference. It has become more like a global fair than what most people think of conferences; even the badge is highly...
- Tags: Tool, E-mail Address, E-mail, Productivity, Online Communications, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-08-18
- It's official: OOXML is a standard
- It's official: OOXML is a standardA right decisionYou can only FUD so much.Now......we get to see who's going to implement it and how much of it will be implemented. Note that if multiple vendors are using the same MS-Windows API to support OOXML, they're not creating independent implementations of...
- Tags: OpenDocument Format (ODF), Fast Tracking, Office Open XML, oXML, OSI, Microsoft Corp., open source
- Discussion threads 2008-08-15
- Intel proactively fixes security flaws in its chips
- Despite the skepticism surrounding Kris Kaspersky's upcoming "Remote code execution through Intel CPU bugs" presentation to be held at this year's Hack in the Box con, it appears that he's been on the right track, as Intel has proactively taken care of the problem by fixing two of the critical...
- Tags: Intel Corp., Chip, Flaw, Intel Trusted Execution Technology, Semiconductors, Network Technology, Security, Hardware, Networking, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2008-08-15
- Where on earth are these Microsoft patches?
- Where on earth are these Microsoft patches?exploits exploitsJust get a Mac. I did after 15 years with Windows. I will never go back. Not a "fanboy", just sick of problems."critical, code execution vulnerability"Ryan,What I find really frustrating for this "security blog" is that targeted mitigation is never...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, administrative right, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., patch management
- Discussion threads 2008-08-14
- Apple market capitalization tops Google
- Apple market capitalization tops Googleit means nothingEasy comes, easy goes, that number is just that, a number; prosperity doesn't always last forever...This news comes as great relief to manyThis will totally make up for the fact that MobileMe doesn't work, the iPhone 3G doesn't work, Mac video cards don't work,...
- Tags: Investment, Apple Inc., market capitalization, Apple market capitalization, Google Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-08-14
- Go ahead and nap, PC. We'll wake you when we need you.
- Go ahead and nap, PC. We'll wake you when we need you.Sounds perfect for hacking...... “wakes” the computer remotely but leaves the monitor on the remote PC dark and disables the audio on it so it won’t disturb anyone who may be nearby.I read exactly the same thing.This is good...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Monitors & displays, Go-ahead, computer, PC
- Discussion threads 2008-08-14
- Decision on MIT students' gag order delayed until Tuesday
- The MIT students currently under a gag order not to speak about their research into security holes in the Boston's CharlieCard system will spend the weekend still gagged. A federal judge today declined to lift a temporary restraining order until it expires on Tuesday, News.com reports. ...
- Tags: Massachusetts Institute Of Technology, Student, Security, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-08-14
- MBTA published checksum info in court filings
- Something most troubling in the email exchange between Electronic Frontier Foundation lawyer Jennifer Granick and MBTA attorney Leuan Mahony, posted by News.com. The essence is that MBTA itself included the MIT students' confidential report PDF to MBTA on their security weaknesses as an exhibit in their complaint and it is...
- Tags: Security, Card, Electronic Frontier Foundation, MBTA, Essence, CharlieTicket, E-mail, Online Communications, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-08-14
- Security researcher demands money from Sun, Nokia
- A researcher claims to have found multiple flaws in mobile Java and Nokia Series 40 handsets, and wants Sun or Nokia to pay him almost $30,000 for the details. A Polish security researcher has claimed to have found multiple flaws in mobile Java, but is demanding €20,000 ($29,790) in...
- Tags: Researcher, Nokia Corp., Mobile, Java, Sun Microsystems Inc., Research Paper, David Meyer ZDNet.co.uk, security, malware, antivirus, code, flaws, Nokia, Sun Microsystems
- News items 2008-08-14
- 65% of online Obama’s supporters and 56% of online McCain’s supporters get political news online
- Obama and McCain supporters are equally likely to use the internet, but some 65% of online Obama’s supporters in a fall contest say they get political news and information on the internet, compared with 56% of online McCain’s supporters, according to Pew Internet Project. by NB
- Tags: Contest, Internet, NB
- Blog posts 2008-08-13
- Georgia conflict may mean the birth of modern cyber-warfare
- Georgia conflict may mean the birth of modern cyber-warfareTaiwanI think an impetus for Red Flag Linux wqas the inability of Beijing to secure Windows against Taiwan, but my memory might be faulty.Cyberwar? You must be kiddind...I thought that word "war" is applicable for some serious events that have catastrophic consequences...
- Tags: Government, Vertical industries, PRODUCTIVITY, SECURITY, Hacking, Saakashvili
- Discussion threads 2008-08-12
- No more need for an antivirus software?
- No more need for an antivirus software?This still uses a thin client type application installed on the client.Yes, its more clound than local, but most corporate AV's work similar to this. They are more client heavy, but with a little tweaking they could move to a cloud type formation....
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, Operating systems, Debian repository, software, virus, antivirus software, Linux, DSL
- Discussion threads 2008-08-12
- News to know: Cyber attacks; Google; Windows security; Gmail outage
- Notable headlines: Larry Dignan: Georgia turns to Google's Blogger amid Russia onslaught Dancho Danchev: Coordinated Russia vs Georgia cyber attack in progress ZDNet UK: Georgia accuses Russia of co-ordinated cyberattack Video: Defcon: Where feds and hackers rub elbows News.com: Defcon ends...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Google Gmail, Larry Dignan, Russia, Windows Security, Cyberattack, Outage, Georgia, E-mail Providers, Cloud Computing, Microsoft Windows, Hacking, Security, Viruses And Worms, Internet, Operating Systems, Software
- Blog posts 2008-08-12
- Go MIT! (or should the students get a slap on the wrists?)
- Go MIT! (or should the students get a slap on the wrists?)Government censorship is wrong...and UNconstitutional.Make no mistake, the MBTA is a government organization.The US Constitution states "no law abridging freedom of speech".The judge who issued the restraining order is:1. an idiot2. a d_o_u_chebag3. a fool4. retardedRE: Go MIT! (or...
- Tags: Government, DC-metro, Government Censorship, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, wrist
- Discussion threads 2008-08-11
- Hack-the-T presentation hits the Web
- Hack-the-T presentation hits the WebMBTA made it publically available anyway...Look, the orginal paper didn't include the most sensative material anyway. But the MBTA did obtain that though a court order and then submitted it to the courts in a way that made it publically available. sheesh. It...
- Tags: SECURITY, Web, MBTA, Hack-the-T presentation, Hack-the-T, extradition, messenger
- Discussion threads 2008-08-11
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