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Wednesday, August 03, 2005

News


Risk Digest is now over 20 years old, a online zine about computer risks to us:
http://catless.ncl.ac.uk/Risks/

Cisco in the news again password protection for their website compromised!

From Cisco:*IMPORTANT NOTICE:*
* Cisco has determined that Cisco.com password protection has been compromised.* As a precautionary measure, Cisco has reset your password. To receive your new password, send a blank e-mail, from the account which you entered upon registration, to cco-locksmith@cisco.com. Account details with a new random password will be e-mailed to you.* If you do not receive your new password within five minutes, please contact the Technical Support Center.* This incident does not appear to be due to a weakness in Cisco products or technologies.

Rumour that astronauts travelling to Mars would be bombarded with radiation and about 10% would end up with cancer and die http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn7753

Thats it for right now :)