[yorkie]

Looks like this could cause a bit of a problem to those who use their credit card to make online purchases, or pay their bills or do their banking online.

[flintsilver7]

Are we pretending this doesn’t affect Apple, Linux, and every machine with an IEEE 1394 port (it is, after all, built into the standard)?

Also, are we pretending this isn’t old news?

[JerseyHighlander]

Is this new?

The only thing new I see is an automated script.
The script was already public.
http://www.it.iitb.ac.in/~sudhir/Hacking/Win_XP_Hack.html

Saved me a major headache while repairing a pc about a year ago.

[ThomasThomas]

Programs like Crack have been around a long time. Don’t let strangers in your house while your gone. Often the easiest method of obtaining a password is to look under the keyboard.

[webschooner]

Now I know why I didn’t want a Firewire port when I bought my new ‘puter, LOL ...

[bamahead]

ping...

[AlaskaErik]

I wish I could find a way to unlock the drivers for my printer that I downloaded onto my new computer! I’d use the cd that came with the printer, but that was two moves and five years ago. I have it, just can’t find it easily. It’s a Brother 1440 laser printer. I downloaded the drivers from the Brother web site, but I can’t seem to get it to work with the printer.

[kalee]

ping

[ShadowAce]

[shorty_harris]

Huh? If the machine will boot from a cd drive, all you have to do is boot any linux live distro, and all the computers files are there for the taking.