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“Nice” Anti piracy photo on Vista CDs

Stuart — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 20:22:59 +0000

Microsoft has clarified the identity of the mysterious trio on the installation disks for the business version of Windows Vista. And no, you can’t play the installation DVDs backwards and hear the devil talking, either.

Pharmaceutical company falls Victim to P2P Hack

Stuart — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 20:11:31 +0000

A telecommuter’s casual link to a file-sharing network leaked personal information on more than 17,000 current and former employees at pharmaceutical giant Pfizer.

Identity Theft Expert Says P2P Networks Invite Online Thievery

Stuart — Fri, 25 May 2007 13:28:59 +0000

In a YouTube clip, Robert Siciliano, identity theft expert and widely televised speaker on personal security, demonstrates how easily cyberthieves can gain access to, and obtain sensitive information from, a computer that’s sharing music files on a P2P network. Dartmouth researchers say such security flaws cause large data breaches at large firms.