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Why Microsoft code leak worries me
Talkback There are all too many who believe that the only reason that MSoft products are being hacked to the degree they are is because they are so prevalent. One would be inclined to believe that nothing is further from the truth.
[February 18, 2004, 12:15]
Medical fears may hamper acceptance of biometrics
Talkback A lot of these biometric systems give al false sence of security and can easily be hacked. Especialy with home computers. You can plug an iris scanner into your computer get access to online services.
[November 3, 2003, 7:19]
Linux keeps dodging hackers and viruses
News A survey of 500 Linux developers carried out by Evans Data, a research company, and published last week, found that 78 percent of them claimed never to have been hacked. Of the 22 percent that had fallen victim to hacking, nearly a quarter said...
[August 2, 2004, 17:35]
When justice is a one-way street
Talkback Nobody is disputing that he hacked into US computers, a criminal act. It appears some (US? posters are missing the point. But his crime is pretty minor compared to deliberately targetting and murdering civilians, and yet the US refuses to extradite...
[July 10, 2006, 12:27]
When justice is a one-way street
Talkback Does everybody know that McKinnon admitted that he hacked into the US systems? He may be just a self confess 'bumbling' hacker but he is believed to have caused damaged to some of the systems that he was accessing.
[July 10, 2006, 13:30]
Oxford hackers face suspension
News Two Oxford University students are facing suspension and a fine after they hacked into the University computer system to show just how easy it was to access supposedly secure personal details. The pair used free software that they downloaded and...
[July 19, 2004, 15:55]
Major breach at Fasthosts
Blog Comment And they've been hacked again and have changed EVERY customer's passwords arbitrarily and without warning. Then posting the new ones out. A complete shambles. Read the Comments on The Register! We're moving.
[December 3, 2007, 8:29]
Oracle lawsuit accuses SAP of spying
News Oracle announced on Thursday that it has filed a lawsuit against archrival SAP, alleging the software giant hacked into Oracle's customer support centre and downloaded copies of its proprietary software code.
[March 23, 2007, 7:43]
Microsoft: 5,000 US patents and counting
Talkback Have you been hacked? By the way, all of your pages today have been disfigured by a picture of a big crane advertising Xerox.
[March 7, 2006, 12:31]
Nasa hacker: Whistleblower or menace?
Talkback I think its just the Egoistic Americans who just cannot believe that after all their millions and millions spend on their research-someone hacked into their top defence sites-it just shows how thick headed they are really !
[May 15, 2006, 14:21]
Business Bloggers Leave Blogs Open To Hackers
Blog Corporate bloggers need to pay as much attention to the security of their blogs as they do in writing them, to avoid being hacked. The two main threats bloggers face are comment spam and SQL injection attacks.
[November 10, 2008, 7:28]
Hiya!
Talkback I did a little investigating and rumour has it the site was hacked, and details were being intercepted by an unknown source or logged from their end by an employee for fraudulent use. Hey thanks for that.
[February 15, 2009, 20:02]
ISS defends itself over Cisco flaw
Talkback As you can see from cisco's site getting hacked the backlash is already occuring. The security industry protects it's own. Mike Lynn is one of it's own. It's only a matter of time till the exploit is reproduced and released into the wild.
[August 4, 2005, 15:37]
Attack Site!
Blog Comment @blackholesun: thanks for the link, will check my ports and lock all the doors.ator1940 definitely right about the web platforms vulnerabilities, I've been hacked before with a joomla site I ignored for a while!
[January 3, 2010, 22:16]
Sharman clamps down on Kazaa Lite K++
Talkback The whole point of Kazaa Lite and the other hacked versions is that they are FREE! Why do so many of you keep posting idiotic suggestions for downloading PAY-AS-YOU-DOWNLOAD software? And I don't mean "free" in the corporate sense that Shareaza or...
[June 12, 2005, 23:32]
Uhm hows that...
Talkback how many handsets out there haft to be hacked to allow the end user's pursue other ways of doing stuff. Microsoft fault if the manufacturer's don't give there existing consumers the choice for a software upgrade?
[October 6, 2009, 23:28]
OpenSocial doesn't knock down walls
Blog Comment A developer claims to have hacked into an app designed to run on Plaxo. It could be that breaking down those walls might let in unwanted visitors, going by a story on ZDNet here today. Read more here.
[November 5, 2007, 16:00]
ACCS Is Not 'Technically" cracked
Talkback Although it appears that 'muslix64' has developed a work around via key or volume information on HD-DVD the medias continuing rant that the encryption is 'cracked/hacked' is misleading. After reviewing the source code itself it appears that quite...
[December 29, 2006, 11:03]
re: high profile sites attacked
Talkback hmm, this sounds like a very familiar story.a few months ago, an admittedly less high-profile site (for a London-based nightclub, since you ask.was hacked by what seems like a very similar group of (Turkish) hackers.whilst that hack didn't cause...
[April 21, 2009, 16:42]
EBay closes password option to plug hole
Talkback In your letter you say that you have closed the Change your Password Option,I am one of the poor unfortunate account holders that had their account hacked into.Since being taken off ebay I have tried relentlessly to get back on asking for...
[March 29, 2006, 17:51]
