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Hole found in Windows Media Player "skins"

...It is a high risk," said Elias Levy, chief technology officer for SecurityFocus.com. "[The vulnerability] allows you to take full control of a machine... Read more

17 January, 2001 by Gwendolyn Mariano

Microsoft: Striking out in security?

...it, according to Elias Levy, chief technology officer for security information site SecurityFocus.com. "This is definitely something that should concern people," he said. On... Read more

18 April, 2000 by Robert Lemos

It's war: The Web under attack!

...they all say the same things." Elias Levy, chief technology officer of Securityfocus.com, a computer security information service, concurred, noting that the rapid succession... Read more

9 February, 2000 by Jennifer Mack and Robert Lemos

Hack attack bad news is good news for Net security stocks

RSA Security shares scampered up 5, or 9 percent, to 58 Wednesday as investors jumped on it and other security software vendors in the wake of a recent attack on major Web sites Read more

9 February, 2000 by Larry Barrett

Meet the hackers

Who are the people for whom hacking is more than a hobby? We meet five of the world's most experienced hackers and find out what motivates them Read more

12 May, 2004 by Patrick Gray

HP backs down on DMCA warning

...Saturday. On 19 July, a researcher at SnoSoft posted a note to SecurityFocus.com's popular Bugtraq mailing list with a hyperlink to a computer... Read more

2 August, 2002 by Declan McCullagh

HP threatens researchers with DMCA

...works. On 19 July, a researcher at SnoSoft posted a note to SecurityFocus.com's popular Bugtraq mailing list with a hyperlink to a computer... Read more

31 July, 2002 by Declan McCullagh

Combating binary bandits: Honeynet's Reverse Challenge

...with the official write-ups, is enterprise security threat management systems vendor SecurityFocus.com. "As for who the contestants are, we simply have no idea... Read more

10 May, 2002 by Jeanne Vida Douglas

'Patchwork' security is right for you

...on top of security holes is to become a regular visitor to SecurityFocus.com. Check daily for new security advisories. Sign up for the appropriate... Read more

27 November, 2001 by Lee Schlesinger

New analyses reveal Nimda's tenacity

The Nimda worm is so versatile that it may continue to cause disruption for some time, warn experts Read more

24 September, 2001 by Robert Lemos

Yahoo! News hacked, content altered

...hack was first reported and brought to the company's attention by SecurityFocus.com this week. A Yahoo! representative said the Web portal had taken... Read more

21 September, 2001 by Paul Festa

Worms find fertile ground in IM

Is email old black hat? Virus writers in search of the biggest bang for their bugs are beginning to target instant messenger services. It's only a matter of time before outbreaks plague IM as much as they do email, say some experts Read more

15 August, 2001 by Jim Hu

'Code Red': So long, for now

...service until the power to the router has been cycled." Reports on SecurityFocus.com's Bugtraq security mailing list indicated that some of Hewlett-Packard... Read more

23 July, 2001 by Robert Lemos

Hacker helps Excite@Home toughen defences

...said. The details of the breach were first reported by security site SecurityFocus.com, which had been contacted by Lamo. Lamo is "someone who tries... Read more

30 May, 2001 by Robert Lemos

The Cheese worm: A welcome helper?

...several security administrators. In postings to the Incidents mailing list run by SecurityFocus.com, several people reported encounters with the worm or the results of... Read more

17 May, 2001 by Robert Lemos

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Lonnie

those conformation letters are hard to figure out what is which letters it is a pain in the back side. Please make it more Ledge-able being better...

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BrownieBoy

"cites" even. Ouch!

10 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Horace Ontalhold

...... and PDP11s too

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BrownieBoy

I had a quick skim through the PDF. It seems to be that many of these so-called cost savings would be down to a hardware refresh. Although...

12 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
bobandroid

496,999 BT Fon Hotspots lovingly situated in your next door neighbours garden, no matter how you dress that up its still a pup... Not where I need...

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apexwm

Jack : I was hoping you could provide us a summary since you are familiar with this report. I am not yet sure how much of my time I'd like to...

15 hours ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Smilig Eddie

2 – 4 more weeks of waiting: how many buyers are going to decide instead to see what the iPhone 5 offers? Consumer trust in the brand has also...

15 hours ago by Smilig Eddie on Samsung Galaxy 'S3' delayed by special paint
SRist

So it looks like this was a complete red herring - Adobe are allowing upgrades from Photoshop CS3, CS4 and CS5 at the same price. When did this...

16 hours ago by SRist on Photoshop users attack Adobe upgrade policy change
Jack Schofield

@apexwm Have you considered either (a) reading the story above or (b) reading the PDF? There are answers in both.

18 hours ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
apexwm

I would love to hear why Microsoft believes that "upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7 pays for itself in a year, in increased productivity and...

19 hours ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
debsmk

I have just changed mine to white they said 3 to 5 days

19 hours ago by debsmk on Samsung Galaxy 'S3' delayed by special paint
Atangana

I would like a job for me and do good to their tackiness vellent my help I will do my best to help you mercie for all

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BrownieBoy

Well done to IDC for producing a report that says using XP is a waste of money. Only 11 years too late with it is all....

21 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Jack Schofield

@Burn-IT ...which doesn't mean it isn't true ;-) I'll be interested if you can find any properly-researched, independent data from any of the...

22 hours ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Burn-IT

As said, sponsored by Microsoft........

23 hours ago by Burn-IT on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
mrbigdong

@620W, I mine 1 BTC/daily for cost of 1.7eur, they naysayers regurgitate the rubbish they read as usual

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Mike Denton

If the link to the next section existed that would be awesome.... Guess I have to ask uncle google where it is

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minzhu

Don't blame CEO, they want RIM win. RIM has strange culture and self distruct political environment. In RIM if a new hired person figure out...

1 day ago by minzhu on RIM CEO: Time to squash BlackBerry myths
Thomas Gellhaus

I've been very pleased with Mageia 2. My review went up on Sunday. My only issue is that my particular wireless printer hasn't been detected on...

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knapper

That we have :-) Retailers don't buy stuff to lie around in warehouses, particularly with fast moving technology products. If they didn't think...

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