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Several weeks ago Microsoft announced that a known exploit was going to be impossible to fix in Windows NT. Seems the brains over at Microsoft figured out how to patch NT up and have a fix ready for installation. This update has not made it to the MS Update site yet but it is on there Technet Site. [Microsoft]
Ensure that you only install updates that you can verify are coming directly from the Microsoft support website. Downloading and installing patches and supposed fixes from sites other than Microsoft can be dangerous. There is a patch floating around that has a virus in it that is not a Microsoft release. So like any software you install trust the source.
In what can only be described as amazing a young man who stumbled across some of Direct TV's inner most secrets while working for his uncle's law firm, was able to acquire data about Direct TV's P4 smart card. This card controls access to the channels people can watch. The individual pleaded guilty to violating the 1996 Economic Espionage Act.
Verizon has lost it's 5th round fight with the RIAA. We can only hope that ultimately the Supreme Court will hear the case. "Verizon must reveal the names of two Internet customers the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) claims have illegally downloaded hundreds of copyrighted songs from the Web. " This ruling is landmark, in that the RIAA will
We have all heard that saying and it amazes me still in this digital age that people would try to get away with mass fraud and leave a paper trail. Digital data goes everywhere and criminals that use the digital medium will eventually get caught. When it comes to bankers they not only hurt themselves but they hurt companies and
Surprised? No neither am I, my thoughts are I can't believe my computer hasn't been hacked up to this point considering the number of bugs that Microsoft keeps finding. [Zdnet]
EMI has decided to try a different tactic to try and deter Music Pirates. They essentially have made available 90% of there entire music catalog. They have admitted the Pirates are stealing more than they are buying. I am unsure if this is going to help them as people are still gonna rip music. They are going to have to
Despite funding issues the organizer of the OpenBSD Hacathon will continue with current plans to host the conference which will be used to help detect and clean up code and security issues. [Wired]
Seems newspapers are starting to see those of us that are running news and information weblogs a threat. I knew a long time ago that the thousands of people writing weblogs would eventually start to kill the on-line news business model. After all I don't have a editor telling me that he doesn't like my politics etc. What turned me
The husband and wife team Ben and Mena Trott the creators of Movable Type have announced there Six Apart Ltd. website that they have successfully negotiated funding and will be launching a new product. "TypePad
Thanks to Lockergnome for providing the link. They have found a very comprehensive security and privacy checking site that is the most in depth I have ever seen. Well worth the look around. [www.auditmypc.com]
My employer makes it very apparent that I am subject to monitoring at all times. It covers the gambit. I knew this when I took the job, does it bother me? Not in the least as it is a condition of my employment and good employees who are doing there job are not worried about such measures. But what if
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