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AMI BIOS source code and UEFI signing key found on public FTP

AMI BIOS source code and UEFI signing key found on public FTP
  • Posted April 8, 2013, 9:41 AM by Shawn Knight | Filed in IT Security
  • The source code and unique UEFI signing test key for firmware developed by American Megatrends Inc. (AMI) has been discovered on an FTP server in Taiwan. What makes the news especially damning is that the sensitive data was allegedly stored…

Adobe releases original source code for Photoshop version 1.0

Adobe releases original source code for Photoshop version 1.0
  • Posted February 15, 2013, 2:00 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Software
  • It’s been nearly 25 years since Adobe released the first full version of Photoshop, a program that would eventually become the go-to graphical editing tool for professionals and amateurs alike. In the event that you weren’t around back then to…

VMware source code stolen by hacker, published online

VMware source code stolen by hacker, published online
  • Posted April 27, 2012, 9:00 AM by Lee Kaelin | Filed in IT Security
  • VMware just became the latest victim of hackers, with the firm acknowledging a breach that resulted in source code for their ESX virtualization products being stolen and posted online. The attack is reportedly the work of a hacker known as…

Symantec offered hacker $50,000 for stolen source code

Symantec offered hacker $50,000 for stolen source code
  • Posted February 7, 2012, 8:30 AM by Lee Kaelin | Filed in IT Security
  • Anonymous released email exchanges between a member and Symantec yesterday, revealing that the security firm offered them $50,000 in exchange for destroying the source code of pcAnywhere and Norton Antivirus tools, believed to have been obtained by hackers after breaking…

Symantec recommends disabling pcAnywhere after source code leak

Symantec recommends disabling pcAnywhere after source code leak
  • Posted January 26, 2012, 4:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in IT Security, Software
  • In a PDF outlining the impact of its proprietary source code being stolen, Symantec recommends disabling pcAnywhere until the next update is issued. This warning includes users who are running pcAnywhere 12.0, 12.1 and 12.5, which is the latest version.…

Source code for Android 3.0 and 4.0 released

Source code for Android 3.0 and 4.0 released
  • Posted November 15, 2011, 8:30 AM by Lee Kaelin | Filed in Industry News, Software
  • Google has released the source code for its tastily titled Ice Cream Sandwich release of Android 4.0, enabling manufacturers to begin to customize it for their handsets. This is also the first version released that is optimized for both tablets…

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