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L0pht Gives FAQ of @Stake Merger

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the getting-together dept.

Duke of URL writes "The gray hat hacker think tank L0pht Heavy Industries has provided a FAQ list on their recent merger with @Stake. It sounds like there will be a few more changes than I personally previously thought, (i.e. Web site changes, etc.) but the good news is that L0pht 'will continue to act as a Consumer Reports style organization in posting our general findings through analysis and evaluation as general customers reviewing software.' Also Hacker News Network will still be run by L0pht/@Stake and will receive more time and resources. "

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  1. Consumer Reports? by Signal+11 · · Score: 5
    Hmm, that's an interesting image. Let's see, the typical table of contents for such a "consumer report" for security might look something like this...


    Cover: More bugs found in W2K. Microsoft denies problem exists and says they're working to fix it as quickly as possible.
    MacOS: Most secure? Performance details p. 30
    AOL users swindled (again)- passwords leak out by the thousand.
    AOL 5.0 Upgrade of Death: Marketing ploy or gross incompetence?
    Slashdot source released: Malda's e-mail was out for a few weeks, thus bypassing the mandatory "24 hour wait per request" problem.
    L0pht drops SuperMegaCorp's pants with another vulnerability.
    The Press: Getting it wrong again. HNN goes inside to reveal why "they didn't get it" again.
    Buffer Overflow found in Cup 'O' Noodles. (After 2:30, the thing spills all over the inside of the microwave).

    Also inside: A feature on Kevin Mitnick - Martyr or idiot, and an in-depth review of Emacs as an Operating System.