Tag archives for Hackers
Bill Gates and other communists
When CNET asked Bill Gates about software patents, he shifted the subject to "intellectual property," blurring the issue with various other he said anyone who won't give blanket support to…
Wi-Fi overtakes Ethernet for home networks
Wi-Fi now rules the roost, according to a new research report concluding that wireless technology has gained a slight edge over Ethernet cables in US home survey, by research firms…
Worm plays games with victims
A worm that plays video game Tetris with victims as it attempts to further contaminate networks has infected a small number of PCs, antivirus firm Sophos warned worm, known as…
McAfee Launches SiteDigger 2.0 – program, which checks sites for their vulnerabilities
Using Google's search index has a tool, McAfee has launched SiteDigger , a utility designed to locate human error information vulnerabilities that can show up in search checks for errors…
iWork productivity software targets Microsoft’s Office
San-Francisco - Apple Computer announced its iWork '05 productivity software suite as part of a cavalcade of products putting it on a collision course with Microsoft and its Office chief…
Troy-horses infects Windows Media files?
Video files appear that download malicious application when they are run. These files are .wmv files infected by and , two Trojans that take advantage of a new technology incorporated…
Taiwan police seize 60,000 suspect AMD CPUs
Based on tips provided by Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) Taiwan, the police Friday raided an electronics company located in Tainan, southern Taiwan, and seized a total of 60,000 suspect AMD…
IDC: 3 future technologies
According to IDC's recently published research, we have top 3 technologies for the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) market."The current ICT industry structure is inefficient and highly fragmented with numerous…
Windows XP SP2 Firewall shows your files and printers to every Internet user
After you set up Windows Firewall in Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2), you may discover that anyone on the Internet can access resources on your computer when you…
phpBB Attachment Mod: new vulnerabilities discovered
Due to two new discovered vulnerabilities and the release of phpBB a new attachment mod version has been update your Attachment Mod to version as soon as possible. You are…
Multiple vulnerabilities within PHP <= 4.3.9, PHP5 <= 5.0.2
Advisory: Multiple vulnerabilities within PHP 4/5 Release Date: Application: PHP4
Toshiba puts quantum crypto into practice
The system, which has run continuously since it was set in motion last week, relies on single photons to transmit an untappable key over standard optical fibers, the company said.…
New Internet domains in the works
The Internet may soon see two new top-level domains: .jobs and .mobi. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) said Monday that its board had voted unanimously to…
New hacking tool: chocolate
The survey was conducted by the organizers of Infosecurity Europe 2004, a security exhibition to be held in London next week. They offered 172 commuters at Liverpool Street Station a…
Who says safe computing must remain a pipe dream?
But that's not true, and the reality is more complicated. You're screwed if you do nothing to protect yourself, but there are many things you can do to increase your…
Reports shows – only 12% of all E-Mail messages were legitimate during the month of November
Postini’s Email Stat Track Data Shows Spam and Viruses on the Rise in November 2004 Postini, the industry's leading provider of email security and management for the enterprise, today announced…
Alert: New Sober variant rapidly spreading
Antivirus vendors reported the discovery of a new Sober variant Friday. Dubbed or , the new worm variant was first detected in Western Europe and is rapidly spreading as users…
Microsoft pays hackers $250,000 to turn in their friends
I love this move by Microsoft: put a $250,000 bounty on the authors of the Sobig virus, and let the free market handle the problem for you. Might as well…
What is a script kiddie, hacker or cracker?
This is a short compilation of terms and definitions referring to script kiddies, hackers and crackers. A script kiddie is a term related to a person who is normally not…
Hacker Psych 101
Who are hackers, and what makes them tick? Two experts in the field of cyber forensics and psychology have some answers to that question. One is Marc Rogers, a behavioral…