The Web, Unsafe at Any Speed:
How serious is the hacking problem faced by Internet browsers? ZDNet reports that the official Web site of Dolphin Stadium where Sunday's Super Bowl is to be played was hacked by someone in China. A java script code was inserted into more than one of its pages so that anyone visiting the site, and there have been many, will find their computer hijacked by someone in China to do with as they please.
The folks running the Dolphin Stadium site finally managed to rid their sit of the malicious script, but no one knows how many machines have been hijacked at this time. But things only get better, or worse, depending on your sense of humor and fears.
The U. S. government's Centers for Disease Control site has also been hacked with the same malicious code.
So, are you still paying your bills and buying things on line?
Viacom v. YouTube:
Friday, Viacom demanded that YouTube remove over 100,000 pirated video clips from the YouTube site. Interestingly, many companies, like CBS, have deals with YouTube, allowing for the activity which it is said promotes the companies' shows by having avid viewers pass around the clips. Viacom, which owns MTV and Comedy Central, prime networks for the company's youthful clientel, in other words, those folks with the most discretionary income, seems unaware of the advantages it is thumbing its nose at.
How serious is the hacking problem faced by Internet browsers? ZDNet reports that the official Web site of Dolphin Stadium where Sunday's Super Bowl is to be played was hacked by someone in China. A java script code was inserted into more than one of its pages so that anyone visiting the site, and there have been many, will find their computer hijacked by someone in China to do with as they please.
The folks running the Dolphin Stadium site finally managed to rid their sit of the malicious script, but no one knows how many machines have been hijacked at this time. But things only get better, or worse, depending on your sense of humor and fears.
The U. S. government's Centers for Disease Control site has also been hacked with the same malicious code.
So, are you still paying your bills and buying things on line?
Viacom v. YouTube:
Friday, Viacom demanded that YouTube remove over 100,000 pirated video clips from the YouTube site. Interestingly, many companies, like CBS, have deals with YouTube, allowing for the activity which it is said promotes the companies' shows by having avid viewers pass around the clips. Viacom, which owns MTV and Comedy Central, prime networks for the company's youthful clientel, in other words, those folks with the most discretionary income, seems unaware of the advantages it is thumbing its nose at.
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