9 November 2003

09Nov2003

Australian Idol: A Licence to Print Money (Unless you win it)

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stories

Between broadcaster Channel 10, producers FremantleMedia/Grundy, record label BMG Australia and concept licensors 19, there must be a lot of people wringing their hands with glee. There's a lot of money to be made here, and with any luck, a bare minimum is going to be wasted on the "talent" →

09Nov2003

[AHOV 1] Directory Traversal

java
nerd
security

A user is able to specify a filename to a program that allows them to access files in areas of the filesystem that should be unavailable. →

09Nov2003

A Handful of Vulnerabilities: Introduction

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nerd
security
stories

A series of articles detailing common security flaws found in software: stuff that gets reported to Bugtraq every day. If you're a developer, it's your job to know what these are, and how to avoid them. →