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Article: On Microsoft's new network, hacker perils
- Article from:
- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- August 21, 1995
CopyrightCopyright 1995 The Boston Globe. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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Dear Voxbox:
Cyberspace has always been fertile ground for hackers.
Fortunately, most end-users employing the commercial on-line services
such as AOL, Compuserve and Prodigy do not have much to fear provided
they follow a few simple rules. These rules include not giving your
password out to anyone and not downloading and executing programs
unless you can be sure such programs are benign.
Unfortunately, the new Microsoft Network (MSN) provides the hacker
with a significantly expanded arsenal for waging terrorism on
unsuspecting users. MSN provides a very rich facility for creating
e-mail or BBS messages. Unlike the current services, where the user
is limited to plain text messages with an ...