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Offline krissel

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iTunes at risk for hacker attack
« on: December 02, 2007, 05:09:39 PM »
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« Reply #1 on: December 02, 2007, 07:46:22 PM »
On a related "note" I picked up an iTunes gift card for my son. Has anyone heard of those being "hacked"? I know there have been problems with some gift cards being depleted by the time the recipient gets around to using them because the numbers are copied and tried until the card is activated when it's purchased.
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Offline RNKIII

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« Reply #2 on: December 02, 2007, 08:02:35 PM »
Have purchased and received a number of iTunes gift cards without problem so far.... whistling.gif

MN passed a law that the 'originator' of the card and not apply yearly charges to gift cards, so that if you 'forgot' to use them they would be worth less than face value when you did finally use them....


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« Reply #3 on: December 02, 2007, 11:01:36 PM »
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/659761

More:

http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/getDocument.x?id=699

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This vulnerability affects the Apple QuickTime Player on both Mac OS X and Windows platforms.  Mac OS X and Windows Vista based systems typically restrict user privileges and may have lowered impact in the case of a successful exploit attempt.  Windows-based systems that grant users elevated privileges may allow attackers to run code with administrative privileges and potentially gain complete control over affected systems.
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« Reply #4 on: December 03, 2007, 07:28:06 AM »
QUOTE(RNKIII @ Dec 2 2007, 08:02 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
MN passed a law that the 'originator' of the card and not apply yearly charges to gift cards, so that if you 'forgot' to use them they would be worth less than face value when you did finally use them....


I like that! thumbup.gif

I'm sure the issuers don't. tongue.gif
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