Neowin News Feed for: Leaks

WikiLeaks hit by sustained DDoS over surveillance leaks

Tyler Holman — Sat, 11 Aug 2012 09:18:21 +0100

WikiLeaks has been facing a sustained DDoS attack for over 5 days, with a new patriotic hacker group taking credit, but there could be more to the story (it involves surveillance and the government). Read more...

Iceland fears arrest of MP over WikiLeaks

Paul Ferson — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 01:23:48 +0100

Due to their part in leaking video footage of American soldiers killing civilians in Baghdad, a prominent Icelandic MP has been advised to avoid going to the USA by her own government. Read more...

Rumor: Two employees fired over Windows 8 leaks

Brad Sams — Mon, 09 May 2011 17:53:58 +0100

When a build of Windows 8 leaks, most enthusiasts are overwhelmed at getting their hands on the build that was supposed to remain inside the walls of Microsoft. But to get that information out, an... Read more...

Updated Office 2010 technical preview build leaks

Tom Warren — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 07:47:59 +0100

An updated version of Microsoft's upcoming Office 2010 technical preview has leaked onto the internet, days before the company is due to launch a private beta today. Office 2010 build 14.0.4302.1000 is the latest to... Read more...

Morro to be named Microsoft Security Essentials, build leaks

Tom Warren — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 14:37:39 +0100

Yesterday Neowin exclusively revealed Microsoft Morro to the world, today we can unveil that Microsoft's new and free Anti-Virus will be named Microsoft Security Essentials. The software product, codenamed "Morro" after a beach in Sao... Read more...

Update: MSFT to RTM Windows 7 by June 26? Build 7260 leaks

Tom Warren — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 17:41:24 +0100

Earlier today Neowin reported that Windows 7 build 7232 had leaked. What a difference a few more hours makes, now 7260 has leaked and the Russian site Wzor claims that Microsoft will build the RTM... Read more...

Windows 7 build 7232 leaks, with new wallpaper

Tom Warren — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 08:27:32 +0100

It's that time again, another week and another Windows 7 build leak. They are really starting to flow now leading up to RTM and this time there are changes to report. Last week we had... Read more...

Windows 7 build 7227 leaks

Tom Warren — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 07:43:11 +0100

Not a week goes by these days without a Windows 7 leak so why should this week be any different? Last week it was 7201 and this time around it is 7227. The build... Read more...

Windows 7 build 7201 leaks

Tom Warren — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 18:02:56 +0100

Another week and another Windows 7 leak. Last week 7137 leaked and this week it is 7201's turn. This time around the build tag is 7201.0.winmain_win7ids_sp.090601-2255 meaning this build is only 3 days old. As... Read more...

Windows 7 box art leaks

Tom Warren — Tue, 12 May 2009 17:19:01 +0100

Potential Windows 7 box art leaked earlier this week from Polish site Centrumxp. Originally many speculated that these images were fake but blogger Long Zheng has unearthed Microsoft using the same logo on the box... Read more...

Windows 7 RC build 7100 leaks

Tom Warren — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 09:58:44 +0100

Redmond still haven't called that plumber, the official RC build has leaked online at the usual places. We revealed yesterday that the Windows 7 RC build was 7100 and according to many Neowin members the... Read more...

Windows 7 build 7077 leaks

Tom Warren — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 07:28:15 +0100

According to several reports from Neowin members, Windows 7 build 7077 has leaked to various torrent sites. Named as an RC escrow build it's likely that 7077.0.090404-1255 is the RC that will be modified to... Read more...

Microsoft Office 2007 SP2 leaks

Tom Warren — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 09:16:58 +0100

Microsoft is currently working on SP2 for Office 2007 and could be ready to release a final version as early as this month. Today an early copy has leaked to BitTorrent according to Windows Vista... Read more...

Windows 7 Build 7048 leaks

Tom Warren — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 20:13:15 +0000

Yesterday we covered the 7048 screenshot leak but word reaches us that an x64 version of 7048 has leaked to popular torrent sites today. 7048 carries the build tag 7048.0.winmain.090219-1845 meaning it was compiled on... Read more...

Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM leaks for Sony Xperia

Chakkaradeep Chandran — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 02:01:13 +0000

Earlier we saw a YouTube user posting a video of Windows Mobile 6.5 on his HTC Touch HD, now we have another user from xda-developers forum who has ported the latest Windows Mobile 6.5 to... Read more...

Windows 7 build 7022 leaks

Tom Warren — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 15:52:30 +0000

Microsoft are currently working hard towards the Release Candidate of Windows 7. Currently the only official build available to testers and the general public is build 7000 but we have learned that 7022 has leaked... Read more...

First Windows Mobile 6.5 beta ROM leaks

Tom Warren — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 15:09:27 +0000

Wmpoweruser is reporting that the first Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM has leaked and is available for Blue Angel (O2 XDA IIs, Qtek 9090, T-Mobile MDA III) devices. The ROM has leaked at XDA-developers, an enthusiast... Read more...

Windows 7 Beta 1 build 7000 leaks

Tom Warren — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 19:25:29 +0000

Reports surfacing on various Chinese and Russian forums today indicate that Windows 7 beta 1 (build 7000) has leaked to torrent. Neowin members have posted screenshots of the beta and we can confirm the 7000.0.081212-1400_client_en-us_Ultimate-GB1CULFRE_EN_DVD... Read more...

Band Leaks Track to BitTorrent, Blames Pirates

James Hall — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 14:35:18 +0100

When we reported about the leak of a BuckCherry track last week, and specifically the band's response to it, we hinted that this could be a covert form of self-promotion. Indeed, after a few days... Read more...

Firefox leaks info useful to attackers

Slimy — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 20:30:40 +0000

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Mozilla's head of security yesterday confirmed a bug in Firefox that could be used by attackers to scout out a system prior to mounting a more thorough assault. The flaw, said Window Snyder, Mozilla Corp.'s... Read more...