Archives for February, 2009
Caching bugs exposed in second biggest DNS server
Birthday Paradox stumps djbdns
For years, cryptographer Daniel J. Bernstein has touted his djbdns as so secure he promised a $1,000 bounty to anyone who can poke holes in the domain name resolution software.…
Camelot dismisses lottery website hack claims
Unu strikes again
Camelot maintains the National Lottery website it runs is secure, following the publication of a supposed breach on an underground hacking forum.…
Sun powers Niagara hypervisor update with IBM speed boast
Truth-stretching savings claim
Sun Microsystems has updated the Logical Domain (LDom) server virtualization hypervisor for its Niagara family of servers, and used the occasion to brag about some benchmark results it has posted on a popular Java application test.…
Europe ditches Skype probe
Calling for clarity
Eurojust – the EU body for judicial cooperation – is not investigating ways to intercept Skype calls, contrary to reports earlier this week.…
IT admin stole students’ nude Facebook pics, cops say
‘Upskirt’ camerawork alleged
As if we need more proof that people will post anything to social networking sites, we now have this: A former computer administrator at the University of Massachusetts is facing charges he illegally obtained nude pictures of some 16 students by breaking in to their Facebook accounts.…
HP iron still haunted by ghost of Compaq
Solaris does ProLiant. Not HP-UX
Comment Hewlett-Packard might have been the acquirer when it merged with Compaq back in May 2002, but when it comes to server operating systems, the Compaq inclusionary philosophy usually prevails even if it does take some time to be turned into action. Like something akin to a decade in the case [...]
Intel preps ultra-thin notebook chips
You can’t be too rich or too ultra-thin
Intel will soon release two new ultra-low voltage (ULV) processors designed for ultra-thin notebooks.…
Cambridge security boffins slam banking card readers
‘Optimised to fail’
Card readers for online banking are inherently insecure, according to a new study by Cambridge security researchers.…
Cambridge security boffins slam banking card readers
‘Optimised to fail’
Card readers for online banking are inherently insecure, according to a new study by Cambridge security researchers.…
Sky taken to task for online promo cock-up
Broadcaster broke ASA rules after servers failed
Broadcaster Sky should have made sure its websites could handle the traffic generated by its promotional advertising, and should have made a web offer available on the phone once it ran into problems, the advertising regulator has said.…
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