Copy-Protection Game Changes From Whac-A-Mole to Keep Away
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Three weeks after sparking an internet user rebellion, the processing key used to encrypt HD DVD and Blu-ray discs is now obsolete -- and the replacement key has been cracked, too.
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If it can boot off smut peddlers, it can boot off copyright infringers
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The Internet&#39;s growing band of plagiarists are about to meet their worst nightmare-- a program that claims to be able to detect copy theft in any text document.
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Researchers show how objects with multimedia attributes within Second Life can unleash malware on unsuspecting users.
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Plus: More DRM standards, and a self-encrypting hard drive.
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A series of security holes in three common Linux components has led open-source vendors to rush out several updates. Two of them, rated &quot;highly critical&quot; by security company Secunia, are in libpng, a library
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Over the past month, a new type of malicious software has emerged, using a decades-old technique to hide itself from antivirus software.
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Handling of images could allow an attacker to take over your PC.
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Also: Windows worm travels with Tetris [News.com Extra]
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Image files found on image-hosting sites look harmless, but conceal PHP exploit code.
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Users of the music player should watch out for hacked themes; a flaw allows would-be intruders to take control of PCs.
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User-generated Web content is becoming a target for hackers and cross-site scripting attacks on Web sites can lead to malware taking over the browsers of machines that use the sites.
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Hacker claims to have discovered cryptographic key that can circumvent copy restrictions on HD DVD and Blu-ray movies.
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A company finds a sneaky new way to silence security researchers: Claim that defeating its products infringes on patents. Commentary by Jennifer Granick.
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The company's antipiracy software adds a "yellow state" for times when it just can't tell if software is genuine.Image: A 'maybe pirate'
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&quot;It&#39;s the same old stuff we&#39;ve seen in all the Bagle variants over the last months. The authors have just modified it to evade detection of most antivirus programs and spammed it widely,&quot; said Mikko HyppÃ¶nen of F-Secure.
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Microsoft has begun a short-term validation programme aimed at tackling software piracy. Users are invited to have their copies of Windows XP analysed, with the promise that they will be replaced free of charge if found to be counterfeit.