Mod-chip makers and Linux programmers have managed to break through a revamped security system in Microsoft's gaming console, allowing it to run their own software
The software giant changes the internal configuration of its game console in a move intended to thwart hackers and lower manufacturing costs.
A graduate student in the US claims he has found a way to circumvent the security system for Microsoft's Xbox video game console, opening the way for hackers to use it to run competing software.
Microsoft may backtrack on a pledge not to use its online gaming service to crack down on "mod chips"--chips that modify the Xbox console so it can run copied game discs and unlicensed software.
The software giant is seeking an engineer charged with "collecting, evaluating and conducting analysis of modification chips" as part of security research on Xbox hardware and software.
Mudge, Kevin Mitnick, Adrian Lamo, Jericho and Raven Alder speak to ZDNet Australia about the making of a hacker.
In part two of 'Securing Microsoft', we learn how the company slowly became more intimate with the security community. Microsoft's slow shift to focus more on security came to a head with Vista, with more money spent in securing Vista than anybody has ever been invested into securing any piece of software before.
A US company wants to inject computer networks with randomly generated malicious code in order to build the necessary defences before the next Nimda-like worm strikes.
The Web services movement is intensifying its focus on security--and additional vendors are now vying for a spot in the network security space. Not surprisingly, Microsoft is positioned smack in the middle of the fray.
With the settlement Monday of its long-simmering patent dispute with InterTrust Technologies, Microsoft has cleared away legal concerns that have been looming over many of its most important plans.
A growing army of PC owners is hoping to use the power of the masses to crack the main security code of Microsoft's Xbox and claim $100,000 in the process.
A computing project has abandoned its effort to crack the main security code for Microsoft's Xbox video game console.
Michael Robertson, CEO of software company Lindows, has revealed himself as the formerly anonymous donor of US$200,000 in prize money in a contest to translate the Linux operating system to Microsoft's Xbox video game console.
The group of programmers working to run Linux on Microsoft's Xbox video game console is seeking the software giant's seal of approval.
A hacker group specializing in software for Microsoft's Xbox has announced the release of the first full version of Linux for the game console.
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