Could Password Hoarding at Work Get You Jail Time?; Google Bots Performing SQL Injection Attacks

To view a web version of this message, click here Send this message to a friend Could Password Hoarding at Work Get You Jail Time? Google Bots Performing SQL Injection Attacks Ender's Game Movie Review Snowden Publishes 'A Manifesto for the Truth' Speed Test: Comparing Intel C++ vs. GNU C++ vs. LLVM Clang Compilers Hot Comment: "Name one thing the TSA has stopped. One. Give up? They have..." From the Vault: Apple Voiding Smokers' Warranties? Watch It: Blizzard Co-Founders, Author Talk Diablo, Evolution of Video Game Making Poll Booth: WRT trans fats, the FDA should ... Could Password Hoarding at Work Get You Jail Time? A California appeals court has upheld the conviction of network engineer Terry Childs who withheld computer passwords after he was suspended from his job. The ruling provides a cautionary tale for anyone who thinks they can gain leverage over their employer by controlling key passwords. Sound Off>> Google Bots Performing SQL Injection Attacks While Google could really care less about your site and has no real interest in hacking you, the company's automated bots can be used to do the heavy lifting for an attacker, according to cloud-based firewall/proxy system developer Daniel Cid. Sound Off>> Ender's Game Movie Review When Hollywood decided to finally go forward with a movie adaptation of the quintessential classic military sci-fi book, the initial reaction from most fans was one of skepticism. Find out if that skepticism was justified in our review of the movie, which was released last week. Sound Off>> Snowden Publishes 'A Manifesto for the Truth' Former NSA contract analyst Edward Snowden has published a letter in Der Spiegel titled, "A Manifesto for the Truth," where he reflects on the consequences of the information released so far, and their effect on exposing the extent and obscenity of international and domestic surveillance. Sound Off>> Speed Test: Comparing Intel C++ vs. GNU C++ vs. LLVM Clang Compilers Benchmarking is a tricky business: a valid benchmarking tries to remove all extraneous variables in order to get an accurate measurement, a process that's often problematic. See how developer and editor Jeff Cogswell approached comparing three compilers by taking a number of "real world" factors into account. Sound Off>>    Re: NOT posted as AC. "Name one thing the TSA has stopped. One. Give up? They have never stopped anything. Everything gets by them and has been stopped on the plane or failed on the plane. They only exist to get you used to "showing your papers" and getting searched." --by Dishevel Read More>>   Apple Voiding Smokers' Warranties? Four years ago, the Consumerist reported that Apple refused to work on computers that have been used in smoking households. "The Apple store called and informed me that due to the computer having been used in a house where there was smoking, [the warranty has been voided] and they refuse to work on the machine "due to health risks of second hand smoke," wrote one customer. Read More>> Blizzard Co-Founders, Author Talk Diablo, Evolution of Video Game Making We talk with author David Craddock about his investigation into the early days of game studio Blizzard and Dave Brevik and Max Schaefer, two of the co-founders of Blizzard North. Topics discussed include how an argument led to Diablo being a real-time action game, instead of being turn-based. Watch the Video>>   WRT trans fats, the FDA should ... Ban 'em outright Regulate with a heavy hand, but not ban. Regulate moderately; labels & limits. Try to nix egregious or unlabeled use. Stay out of my cabinet and grocery store! Die in a Twinkie fire! Cast Your Vote>>   Follow Slashdot on Twitter and Facebook. To unsubscribe, click here or send an email to: unsubscribe-213087@elabs10.com To ensure delivery of this newsletter to your inbox and to enable images, please add slashdot@newsletters.slashdot.org to your e-mail address book or safe senders list. Slashdot | 594 Howard Street, Suite 300 | San Francisco, CA 94105 To view our Privacy Policy click here.