The prevention of unauthorized copying of software and media. With regard to software, from the 1950s to the 1980s, copy protection was not a major issue. It became a problem after the advent of the ...

Mark Russinovich couldn’t understand how the rootkit had sneaked onto his system. An expert on the internals of the Windows operating system, he is careful when it comes to computer security and ...

In the 2020s we’re used to software being readily accessible, and often free, whether as-in-beer or as-in-speech. This situation is a surprisingly new one, and in an earlier era of consumer software ...

Midbar, the Tel Aviv, Israel-based company that makes copy-protection technology for audio CDs, said on Monday that its products are now to be found in more than 30 million CDs worldwide, with 10 ...

IRVINE, Calif. -- Uniloc USA Inc., the technology leader in physical device recognition for protecting intellectual property, networks and personal data, today announced its next-generation software ...

Macrovision, a company that specializes in copy protection and digital rights management (DRM) technologies, is releasing SafeDisc LT for Mac OS X and Mac OS 9. Plus, the company is porting all ...

Introducing UniKey Software Protection USB KeyUniKey is advanced software protection HID hardware USB Key that attaches to USB port of a computer. Jul 14, 2008. The development of UniKey is based on ...

The growing buzz over copy-protected CDs may be causing some consumers to hear double. For several weeks, news that record companies have quietly been selling copy-protected compact discs in stores ...

Sony BMG Music Entertainment has temporarily suspended the manufacture of music CDs with antipiracy technology that can leave computers vulnerable to viruses. The company will stop making CDs with the ...

The battle between DRM developers and cracking teams continues on as AACS 2.0 copy protection has been broken by Russian company Arusoft. Dubbed 'DeUHD', Arusoft's newly released utility allows Ultra ...

Retrogaming enthusiasts will also be permitted to crack copy protection on abandoned titles, albeit for "archival" purposes only. The rules also allow teachers to copy "snippets" from DVDs for ...

Nope, however the general premise that obfuscation of code makes your software 'more secure' is bunk. If someone has a copy of your software and wants to hack it, they will. obfuscated or not.