| From: | Andrew Guard |
| Date: | 28 Oct 2000 at 14:45:15 |
| Subject: | Re: Our "friends" have been hacked |
--- In amigactive@e..., Alan Buxey <alanb@f...> wrote:
> hi,
>
> > Our "fiends" have had a major hacking problem.
> >
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/talking_point/newsid_994000/994164.st
m
> > http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/business/newsid_993000/993933.stm
>
> :-)
>
> to quote:
>
> "Microsoft is moving aggressively to isolate the problem ..."
>
> pretty much a normal day for them then.. ;-)
>
>
> " the integrity of Microsoft source code"
>
> since when has any of their code had any kind of integrety?? :-)
>
> on a more serious note - not only does this show that trojan
viruses are
> actual more a danger than those that just delete HD's, it does show
serious
> complacency in one of the worlds largest computing company
It also showed that my worst fear's which you could do with a Trojan
were correct. Not so long ago I was nocked because I sead a Trojan
could do such thing. Well here it is, I belive me point has been
proven to be true. That have a system whith memory protection is no
form of securty. Memory protection dons't give you any extra form of
securty. Which I would belive that "freinds" where using on there
systems.
http://www.egroups.co.uk/message/amigactive/14376
Which puts my ego at all time high!
On happer note and update of ProPassWord will be published soon. But
of couse it woundn't stop something like this. As it was only
designed as an FOF entery system.
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