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Submission + - ImageShack Hacked! (mashable.com) 5

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revjtanton

on Friday July 10, 2009 @11:18PM

revjtanton writes: "Tonight a group calling themselves "Anti-Sec" hacked ImageShack and replaced many of the site's hosted images with one of their own detailing their manifesto. The group's grievance is against full-disclosure. They simply want the practice in security cirlces to end, and they've promised to cause mayhem and destruction if it doesn't.

These guys/gals are taking direct aim against a sect of the IT industry who is already armed to fight them...but they also already know that. It should be interesting to see how this plays out, whether you agree with them or not."

Undocumented Open Source Code On the Rise 94

Posted by Soulskill on Sunday June 15, 2008 @12:40PM from the exercise-for-the-reader dept.

ruphus13 writes "According to security company Palamida, the use of open source code is growing rapidly within businesses. However, the lack of documentation and understanding of how the code works can increase the vulnerability and security risks the companies face. OStatic quotes Theresa Bui-Friday saying, 'In 2007, Palamida's Services team audited between 300M to 500M lines of code for F500 to venture-backed companies, across multiple industries. Of the code we reviewed, Palamida found that applications written within the last five years contain 50% or more open source code, by a line of code count. Of that 50% of open source code, 70% was undocumented. This is up from 30% in 2006.' How can businesses protect themselves and still draw on open source code effectively?"

Comment ...what? (Score 1) 246

by FedeLebron on Tuesday April 29, 2008 @09:19PM (#23246934) Attached to: MS Beta Software To Manage Unix/Linux Systems

The Cross Platform and Interop team at Microsoft...

Cooperating with China's Public Information and Human Rights team?

Journal Journal: Rocketeers Find Large Impact Crater In Nevada 29

Journal by SEWilco on Tuesday March 06, 2007 @11:54AM

While participating in amateur rocket launches in Black Rock Desert (Burning Man site), Ian Kluft KO6YQ noticed rocks with some oddities. Through the Internet he learned the characteristics of impact craters, then found some clues in photographs and Google Maps. Examining the area he got samples of rock with impact patterns in them and other evidence. Previous geological puzzles in the region are well explained as impact structures. Volunteers are finding peculiarities in satellite imagery

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