Back in 1971, Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak (founders of Apple Computer Inc.) went into business to build ‘Blue Boxes’. A device that allowed free illegitimate phone calls by faking the signals used by AT&T (Apple’s exclusive network carrier). In the picture, you can see Steve Jobs with a ‘Blue Box’.

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An early freaking tool, [...]

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The copy protection seems to be ruined on the latest Blu-Ray and HD DVD technology has been broken, according to a code writer’s post at the Doom9 video enthusiast forums.
Someone on this forum has claimed to have written software, named BackupHDDVD, that bypasses the Advanced Access Content System (AACS) protection found on the new storage [...]

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Yahoo Messenger users are being urged to upgrade to the latest version after the application was hit by a ‘highly critical’ vulnerability.
The flaw allows for a buffer overflow attack against an ActiveX control bundled with the installer for the application. An attacker could exploit the vulnerability to take control of a system by luring a [...]

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McAfee has recently predicted about the new patterns of the online crime that we may need to prepare ourselves as exploiters will continue to expand their malware tools in 2007 and it is most likely to include the emerging media such as video files and mobile phones.
Unfortunately the online criminals will develop malware for any [...]

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Adobe declared about a new discovery of a security flaw that could give attackers control over compromised systems. They have warned their users about its root cause.
The vulnerability affects the ActiveX components for versions 7.0.0 through 7.0.8 of both its Reader and Acrobat applications.
This vulnerability can be exploited when a user views a specially-crafted web [...]

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A hacker known for cracking the copy-protection technology in DVDs claims to have unlocked the playback restrictions of Apple Computer Inc.’s iPod and iTunes music products and plans to license his code to others.
The move by Jon Lech Johansen, also known as “DVD Jon,” could pit the 22-year-old against Apple’s lawyers, experts say, but if [...]

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