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As it turns out, the incident as a result of which hackers managed to obtain the source code of some Symantec products is far from being over, the security solutions provider even requesting aid from a law enforcement agency after the attacker tried to blackmail the company into giving him $50,000 (35,000 EUR) in exc... |
7 February 2012
03:20 GMT |
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After admitting that the Indian hacker called YamaTough managed to obtain the source code for Symantec Endpoint Protection 11.0 and Symantec Antivirus 10.2, the company came forward with another statement to say that the source code for some of their Norton products was leaked as a result of a hacking operation that ... |
18 January 2012
03:04 GMT |
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A group of Indian hackers claim to have obtained the source code for Symantec’s Norton Antivirus, the 2006 version. Experts report that if the claims were true, it could give cybercriminals the opportunity to create new malware that incorporates mechanisms to better avoid security solutions. Infosec Island has... |
6 January 2012
03:45 GMT |
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As Phoronix announced a couple of minutes ago, it appears that a snapshot of the kernel source code for Oracle's Solaris 11 operating system has been leaked on major torrent and file hosting sites. Searching "solaris11.tar.bz2" on Google, Softpedia can also confirm that the bzip2 archive of about 104 MB co... |
19 December 2011
09:00 GMT |
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The source code of the famous Doom 3 FPS game is now available, starting today November 23rd, under the GNU GPL (GNU Public License) Version 3 license.After having numerous legal troubles releasing the Doom 3 game under an open source license, John Carmack, one of the founders of id Software, announced a few hours ag... |
23 November 2011
06:12 GMT |
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Internet giant Google has just made available the source code for the newly launched Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich operating system flavor. Following this release, developers can build a suite of custom applications for the mobile OS, while hackers will be able to come up with special ROMs for various mobile phones ... |
15 November 2011
01:36 GMT |
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It's no secret that Google is working on improving Google+ in several ways and has debuted over 100 changes and new features since the project was unveiled a few months ago. And it shouldn't be any secret, to anyone following Google, that it's experimenting with new features at this very moment.Luckily... |
14 November 2011
05:50 GMT |
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John Carmack, one of the founders of id Software, has just announced that the Doom 3 source code will be available shortly. In a tweet today, John Carmack said "Doom 3 source is packaged and tested, we are waiting on final lawyer clearance for release".This means that the work is pretty much done and they just have d... |
1 November 2011
13:31 GMT |
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South Korean mobile phone maker Samsung Electronics has just made available for download the source code for one their latest Android-based devices, namely the Samsung Galaxy Note.
The new device was unveiled to the world in early September during the IFA 2011 show in Berlin as the largest smartphone in the world, ... |
21 October 2011
13:31 GMT |
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Yesterday, Internet giant Google announced the release of a new flavor of their mobile operating system, namely Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, and the company also unveiled some info on when the platform should be released.
Google also announced that they are working on bringing the Ice Cream Sandwich OS to the ... |
20 October 2011
09:51 GMT |
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Wireless services provider T-Mobile has just added to its offering the high-end Samsung Galaxy S II smartphone, and the carrier already made the source code for the device available for download. The main difference between the T-Mobile flavor of the high-end device and other flavors that landed on shelves in the US ... |
17 October 2011
10:50 GMT |
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Developers interested in learning more on some of the popular Android-based devices on the market today have now the possibility to take a better look at the source code of some HTC products, as well as to download an updated kernel for Galaxy S II.
The list of HTC devices that saw their source code pushed into t... |
20 July 2011
14:11 GMT |
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Anonymous claims that blackhat hackers associated with its Antisec campaign have broken into the network of a company called Nimbuzz and stole the source code of its popular VoIP application.The hacktivist group accuses Nimbuzz of colluding with oppressive governments to block its own VoIP services in countries like ... |
7 July 2011
10:57 GMT |
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Microsoft publicly shared the source code related to Windows Phone 7 Wi-Fi location data collection in order to address privacy fears expressed by consumers and officials.Earlier this year when researchers discovered iPhone files filled with what appeared to be location information dating back months, a lot of people... |
4 July 2011
07:06 GMT |
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Unidentified attackers have managed to backdoor the official vsftpd source package prompting the project's administrator to issue an alert and switch hosting providers.Vsftpd is a popular FTP daemon used by some important open source projects. It is developed and maintained by reputed vulnerability researcher Ch... |
4 July 2011
05:33 GMT |
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Lulz Security has hit Sony again, this time leaking source code corresponding to Sony's Computer Entertainment Developer Network (SCE Devnet). In addition, the group also hacked into Sony BMG's network.These latest attacks bring the number of Sony-related compromises credited to LulzSec to six and the hacki... |
7 June 2011
09:41 GMT |
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The Internet might soon be plagued by new versions of the notorious ZeuS banking trojan because its source code is now freely available online.ZeuS remains the most popular crimeware toolkit despite its development having stopped last autumn when its creator retired.The ZeuS Bot (Zbot) trojan is one of the most succe... |
11 May 2011
12:37 GMT |
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The source code for Samsung Galaxy S II smartphone, the latest flagship Android handset from South Korean mobile phone maker Samsung, is now available for download for those interested in learning more on what the handset has to offer. The software that Samsung made available through its developer website represents... |
10 May 2011
13:51 GMT |
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Security researchers worry that ZeuS source code, which is already available for sale on the underground market, could become widely available for anyone to use.The history of ZeuS, one of the longest running and most successful trojans ever created, took an interesting turn last year when its creator decided to reti... |
2 April 2011
03:45 GMT |
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Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia has made the source code for the Symbian platform available for download for the company's platform development partners. The process of making the Symbian platform open source has been finally completed, during which the code delivery from the Symbian Foundation has been replac... |
1 April 2011
03:54 GMT |
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HTC ThunderBolt, the first 4G LTE-based smartphone to come to Verizon Wireless' airwaves with Google's Android operating system on board, has just been overclocked to 1.8GHz.The new clock speed enabled the mobile phone to score an impressive 3047 Quadrant Benchmark result, which is more than double when co... |
31 March 2011
05:24 GMT |
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Users with a camera-equipped mobile phone that download and install the Microsoft Tag client can have a shot at winning no less than $10,000 by simply scanning a barcode.Microsoft has partnered with Summit Entertainment in order to promote both its barcode technology as well as the upcoming Source Code movie sci-fi ... |
16 March 2011
06:27 GMT |
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The source code of the infamous ZeuS banking trojan is being offered for sale on the underground market suggesting the malware might continue to be developed independently from SpyEye.Back at the end of October, rumors appeared that the ZeuS developer, Slavik, aka monstr, is retiring from the malware writing scene an... |
7 February 2011
00:31 GMT |
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Russian antivirus vendor Kaspersky Lab has confirmed the unauthorized online availability of its intellectual property in the form of source code and warned that it will launch legal action against people who downloaded and shared it.In a statement sent to Softpedia, the company says that partial source code for its... |
31 January 2011
02:34 GMT |
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The Kaspersky source code that recently made its way onto public websites was leaked by a former employee of the antivirus vendor who is already serving a prison sentence received a suspended prison sentence for intellectual property theft.Yesterday, we reported about the complete source code of an older Kaspersky pr... |
29 January 2011
04:56 GMT |
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It seems that the source code for one of Kaspersky's security products has been leaked online and is available for download from torrent and file hosting websites.According to a description accompanying the release, the sources were stolen from Kaspersky Lab in 2008 with the last changes dating from December 200... |
28 January 2011
09:19 GMT |
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The source code for the new Android 2.3 Gingerbread operating system has been released. The move was meant to offer manufacturers the possibility to start readying the installation of the platform on new devices, but it would also enable enthusiasts come up with custom builds .
The release of Gingerbread's s... |
18 December 2010
04:27 GMT |
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Taiwanese handset manufacturer HTC has just released the kernel source code and binaries for T-Mobile's T-Mobile myTouch 4G smartphone. The device adds to a longer list of available source codes released by HTC at the beginning of November for smartphones such as T-Mobile G2, HTC Desire Z and Droid Incredible.Th... |
18 November 2010
09:11 GMT |
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Samsung Galaxy S, one of the nicest Android-based devices available for purchase on the market at the moment, is about to get better, as its maker is getting ready to deliver the long-waited Android 2.2 Froyo software update for its owners. Launched several months ago, the smartphone runs under Google's Android... |
14 October 2010
08:17 GMT |
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Lunar Linux 1.6.5, codenamed "Mare Ingenii," has been released, the latest version of the source-based Linux distro. The new release brings a new Linux kernel and support for the EXT4 filesystem as well as hybrid ISO. "The Lunar team proudly announce the final release of Lunar Linux 1.6.5 codename 'Mare Ingenii&... |
23 August 2010
09:15 GMT |
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The author of the JailbreakMe service has released the source code of the entire website including the exploits for the two critical vulnerabilities patched by Apple, which were leveraged to unlock the device.The version of the JailbreakMe.com website launched at the end of last month was actually the second iteratio... |
12 August 2010
02:41 GMT |
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Yesterday, Apple released the source code for MacPaint and QuickDraw to the Computer History Museum. As some of the most important pieces of software written in the early days of Apple, MacPaint version 1.3, and QuickDraw are directly downloadable from the Computer History Museum as source code. Both applications rem... |
21 July 2010
06:27 GMT |
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While proprietary software is characteristically closed-source, there are exceptions to this rule, with select third parties being allowed complete access to products such as Windows and Office. Microsoft has announced that it plans to share the source code of Windows 7 with the Russian federation, also opening up ad... |
8 July 2010
05:54 GMT |
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Hot on the heels of the unveiling of DROID X by Motorola, the next Android-based handset to land on Verizon Wireless' airwaves, comes an announcement from Google regarding the open sourcing of Android 2.2 code. The source code for the new platform version, known as Froyo, is meant for Google's partners foc... |
24 June 2010
04:17 GMT |
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Microsoft has started sharing the source code for a project involving a new approach to building gaming content, by leveraging a visual programming language, designed to open up game development to the public. Now, although Kodu is indeed available for download free of charge from Microsoft, and despite the fact that... |
16 June 2010
09:00 GMT |
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The Symbian Foundation announced today the completion of the largest transition towards open source in the history of software. Starting today, the Symbian platform is available to every one, as the Foundation has just finalized the open source release of the source code for the most popular mobile operating system ... |
4 February 2010
09:45 GMT |
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Taiwanese mobile phone maker HTC Corporation has just made available for download, on its HTC Developer Center website, the source code for the HTC DROID ERIS available for purchase at the moment via Verizon Wireless in the US. The handset, as most of you should know already, runs under Google's Android operati... |
2 February 2010
03:53 GMT |
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Android 2.0, the latest flavor of Google's operating system for mobile phones, has been released on Motorola DROID for more than a week now, while the SDK went available a few days before the handset's launch, and now we learn that Google also released the Android 2.0 source. The best part here is that, as... |
16 November 2009
02:33 GMT |
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Microsoft .NET Micro Framework 4.0 has entered Beta stage and the Redmond-based company is offering testers two Beta releases to try out. In this regard, developers looking to leverage the next iteration of .NET Micro Framework will be able to download Beta builds of both the software development kit and the Porting ... |
7 September 2009
07:44 GMT |
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Ruben Unteregger, a 33-year-old software developer from Switzerland, has made public the source code of a trojan that taps into Skype conversations, records all audio data and sends it back to the attacker. This latest development comes after a serious scandal that flamed in 2006 about the usage of a similar Skype wi... |
27 August 2009
10:53 GMT |
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At the start of May, impacted by the latest wave of layoffs at Microsoft, the .NET Micro Framework was transitioned under the Developer Division. At that time, Colin Miller, product unit manager, announced that the Redmond company was planning to open up the source code of the technology to third-party developers. A ... |
26 May 2009
08:49 GMT |
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Microsoft plans to open up the .NET Micro Framework to the community by allowing access to the source code. According to the Redmond company, the source code for the runtime, object model and drivers of the .NET MF will be made available. The move comes as the .NET Micro Framework team was left suffering from the lat... |
8 May 2009
09:28 GMT |
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ASP.NET MVC 1.0 was initially released to web at Microsoft's web-centric conference MIX09, but the Redmond company took the new Model-View-Controller (MVC) framework for the ASP.NET 3.5 runtime a step further. In a move designed to indicate increasing support for the open-source model, the software giant is not ... |
2 April 2009
10:14 GMT |
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No access to the Windows source code? Well, Microsoft offers the next best thing. Microsoft Detours 2.1 is now available as a free download. According to the Redmond company, as long as the solution is deployed exclusively on 32-bit platforms, and into research, non-commercial, and non-production environments, Detour... |
1 December 2008
14:01 GMT |
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You must have noticed that classic video games are making a strong comeback on today's consoles thanks to services like the Microsoft's Xbox Live Arcade. We all have our favorite titles, and many still remember the good old days when Sega's System 16 or System 24 were the ultimate form of entertainment... |
29 July 2008
13:06 GMT |
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Yesterday we reported that the source code of the popular MMO game Eve Online was leaked to a torrent website, following one user's attempt to prove to the developers at CCP that the security of the game itself is not good enough. Today, a CCP rep talked about the problem and explained why this leak can not affe... |
16 April 2008
13:06 GMT |
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The full source code of the popular MMO game Eve Online has just been made available on a torrent site and thousands of users are said to be downloading it as we speak. Along with the torrent, a chat transcript between Eve's publisher CCP, Morpheus and the poster of the code, Abuser, has been released to prove t... |
15 April 2008
06:23 GMT |
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Back in October 2007, Microsoft indicated the first signs of its plans to make available the source code to the .NET Framework libraries. Well, developers have been waiting since that day for the moment when they would be able to debug .NET Framework source code using Visual Studio. Well, the wait is over. Microsoft... |
17 January 2008
05:06 GMT |
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