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The appeal which aimed at avoiding the extradition of the Briton responsible for what is considered to be the biggest military hack in history was rejected by the European Court of Human Rights, according to The Register. Before even judging the case, the high court decided to step aside from the litigation and did n... |
28 August 2008
08:41 GMT |
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Being famous is all Paris Hilton does, and, by God, she does it so well. If it's not the drama over being banned from the Oscars, it's a photo shoot with her almost naked, and lowering the bar even further, a shower scene and, my gosh, even some sex tapes that were released for the world to see. I guess a b... |
10 March 2008
15:56 GMT |
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Imagine this: you're at home, watching a movie with your girl/boyfriend. Calm and quiet atmosphere. Without even doubting that something might happen you're enjoying a cup of coffee. But BOOM! Somebody shouts at you "This is POLICE, put your hands on the wall, everything you say can and will be used against... |
16 November 2007
06:19 GMT |
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More than a month ago, a hacker had been nabbed for breaking into VOIP networks and stealing one million dollars worth of voice minutes. This is the material I wrote on the matter at that time. Back then, he stated that he was working for a certain Eduard Pena and that he was very well paid. He needed the money to pa... |
28 September 2007
05:13 GMT |
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Hackers attacking servers today has become something common. Though only a few are successful - they strive every day to do some damage to high profile companies. VeriSign - a giant amongst IT companies, and which operates two of the Internet's thirteen root servers - has complained that a successful denial of s... |
26 September 2007
10:17 GMT |
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Some people waste their IT knowledge on cyber-crime. They have great minds, but their intentions are wrong; fortunately, employers can see through this. Sometimes, when hackers are really good, even though they cause a lot of damage, some firms decide it would be a smart thing to hire them in the IT department. This ... |
26 September 2007
03:07 GMT |
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Perhaps you remember that piece of news yesterday about the hackers that just browsed a huge part of a data base and didn't retrieve one piece of info from it. To say it short, malicious users bypassed TD Ameritrade's security systems and breached their database. You would expect them to acquire all the sen... |
18 September 2007
04:30 GMT |
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Irving Escobar - the name might not mean much to you, but he's really famous among hackers. This is the boss of the black-hater gang that swiftly stole sensitive data from retail giant TJX. Sure, hackers breach databases daily, but this one has been accounted for the theft of 45.7 million credit card numbers. Th... |
17 September 2007
05:36 GMT |
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Max Butler, known as Max Vision or as Iceman, is a dangerous cyber-criminal that had already been convicted for hacking into the US military's servers, but now, he has been accused of mass identity theft and could face 40 years in jail and paying a huge fine, if he is found guilty.He was indicted by a federal co... |
12 September 2007
03:07 GMT |
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Jan Paul Oson is an IT manager that has been working for a community health care organization in the United States. He got a bad performance evaluation so he resigned. Two months after doing that, he decided that it would be a nice thing to hack into his ex-employer's data base and start deleting some stuff. Tha... |
10 September 2007
06:26 GMT |
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The authorities have arrested Francisc Wonerth after he was caught driving in a stolen car. They were not after him anyway, it was just a routine control. Thing is, the driver was also behind the "Notre Dame Federal Credit Union phish-n-fraud scam" (quite a mouthful). That was just pure luck for the Police to nab him... |
7 September 2007
09:36 GMT |
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It's not so hard to be a hacker these days. You don't have to be a geek to know a lot of script. Now, hackware has a nice interface and even comes with support! I guess that the hardest part is to get inside one of these communities because then you can simply buy the software and with so many sites and use... |
4 September 2007
09:26 GMT |
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The Russian Business Network: many of you have heard about it and about all the bad stuff related to it. But for those of you who don't know, let me tell you that RBN is a sort of ghost Internet service provider (ISP). They are not registered anywhere and there are no official records of this network. There are ... |
4 September 2007
05:06 GMT |
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What I'm going to write next is about to astonish you, I sure know it made my jaw drop when I first got a hold of the news. Perhaps you've already read the material about the boy who shut down Internet access in Marshfield. If you didn't or you don't remember it too well, allow me to say it briefl... |
3 September 2007
04:28 GMT |
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More and more trojans pop up daily on sites and maliciously try to infect computers for different purposes. But all hackers have to start somewhere - It seems that a newbie black-hatter tried to hit a site, but couldn't do it right.The site we are talking about belongs to The Bill, a popular British Tb series. A... |
31 August 2007
07:59 GMT |
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sk0t has been arrested, fact which comes as quite a blow to torrent users all around the world. He was the one that uploaded Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith before its theatrical release, as The Register informs. Known under the name Scott McCausland in real life, he is the ex-admin of Elite Torrents Bit... |
24 August 2007
10:18 GMT |
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Michael Dolan was 18 years old in 2002 when he first hacked AOL. For 4 years, he had used all sorts of malicious software upon America Online users. He has been arrested in September 2006. I read this piece of news on Sophos, and I have to say that the tactics he used were pretty much standard phish-and-cash-in schem... |
23 August 2007
08:47 GMT |
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I was just browsing the Internet in search of some material when I ended up on this guy's blog where I found a story about a Russian hacker. Then I went and read more on WJS' site. This guy was pretty smart while on the computer, but I'm sorry I cant say the same about real life. First, this Russian du... |
23 August 2007
06:28 GMT |
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As you might have read before, retail giant TJX has suffered from hackers' attacks for about one and a half years. The malicious users had compromised more than 45 million accounts, both debit and credit. Wow!The United States have three great law enforcement agencies on this: The US Postal Inspection Service, U... |
23 August 2007
03:08 GMT |
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Young people hacking computers and scamming others on the Internet are starting to become more and more numerous. Cyber-crime is a lot easier to commit than real life crime, it's more at hand to fraud people on eBay than to steal money directly from their pockets, that's because fooling people on the Intern... |
22 August 2007
07:48 GMT |
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This may sound sad, but it's true, and the law never cares why hackers do what they do, as long as they commit a crime. Sure, we all like Robin Hood, but he was an outlaw and this hacker is as well, even though he had a noble purpose. Robert Moore is a 23-year-old man from Spokane, Washington. According to itWo... |
21 August 2007
03:57 GMT |
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Although the Mountain View company has recently hired one of the best known hackers coming from Poland, it seems that Google is not afraid of the successful exploitations of the vulnerabilities since it is not interested in some of the reports sent by the users. Security researcher Robert Hansen recently discovered a... |
20 August 2007
05:10 GMT |
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It's been only a few days since hackers reported they have managed to fully unlock the iPhone, that the cracked handset version now pops up in Hong Kong, on a special sale offer. The price is huge, but those too eager to wait for it to officially arrive in their country have an expensive solution to satisfytheir... |
17 August 2007
02:49 GMT |
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The search giant Google hired Michal Zalewski, a famous hacker who's well-known for multiple major security holes discovered in the applications. In 2007, the 26-year-old hacker was more focused on the web-browsers, finding several flaws in Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox. According to ZDNet, "in February,... |
14 August 2007
04:56 GMT |
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The iPhone has been hacked once again. In fact, what still makes this event newsworthy is the fact that hackers find new ways of cracking Apple's smartphone every time. In fact, there are no two hacks alike, just as the Nintendo emulator on the iPhone sounds like a pretty special achievement.Hackers have managed... |
7 August 2007
10:34 GMT |
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The race for unlocking the iPhone seems to have come to an end, as some reports of hackers managing to make the device available without AT&T SIM cards have appeared. Most solutions have presented several disadvantages, making the hacking alternative less appealing for those who care about their newly purchased devic... |
7 August 2007
06:26 GMT |
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Some hackers in Brazil have managed to put the iPhone's virtual keyboard on a Nokia N800 handset. That is only one of the attempts (both successful and failed) of many people around the world to break the iPhone myth of perfection.The Brazilian hackers' intention was one of testing their own limits and mana... |
31 July 2007
10:18 GMT |
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According to a recent research conducted by security company Sophos, China, United States and Russia are the countries that host the biggest amount of dangerous websites with 53.9 percent, 27.2 percent and 4.5 percent. It seems like the most popular malware files hosted by these countries are Mal/Iframe with 49.2 per... |
25 July 2007
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A great number of hackers have put their minds to making the iPhone available for people without having to subscribe for a two-year contract with AT&T. People who are not fond of the services provided by this carrier have been the ones most supportive for such attempts, despite their risks presented for the handset.H... |
18 July 2007
08:42 GMT |
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Apple has announced the date when their iPhone will become available on worldwide markets. The information shows that Israeli people are not on the list, which makes a good enough reason for trying to crack it.The touchscreen performance has been considered the ultimate revolutionary feature coming from the iPhone. O... |
18 July 2007
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The iPhone can now be unlocked without having to relate to AT&T at all. This is possible by running an application that you can find here, if it might be of interest to anyone.The information has been posted on Jon Lech Johansen's blog on the third of July. His solution means that the iPhone can now be made avai... |
4 July 2007
10:05 GMT |
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The iPhone might look great, it may also be capable of managing a great deal of evolved performances, but has its own weak spots. This has happened in the first three days since the release of this device, which makes it even more possible that their number increases in time.The most important vulnerability rests in ... |
4 July 2007
08:28 GMT |
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Apple's iPhone is not only the most awaited product developed by the Cupertino company but also a bait used by the hackers to attract users on dangerous websites. Security company Secure Computing discovered several webpages that tried to install malicious files on visitors' computers using no less than 10 ... |
3 July 2007
06:57 GMT |
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What better location where you can have unrestricted fun than Sin City? There isn't a promiscuous thing you can't find there. So the same location as last year was elected by DefCon organizers. The hotel however was a different one.1995's location for the conference was the Tropicana Hotel. A larger au... |
1 July 2007
15:37 GMT |
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The cybercriminals are now using legitimate websites to spread child pornography on the Internet. Moreover, most of the webpages are clean and some of them are even targeting children so the threat is extremely dangerous. Security company Sophos discovered this campaign of child pornography distribution and informed ... |
14 June 2007
04:56 GMT |
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The Websense Security Lab released an advisory announcing the popular online video sharing service YouTube is being used in an attempt to steal private information from an affected computer. The entire exploitation is based on a file named YouTube04567.exe that must be downloaded and executed by a user with administr... |
12 June 2007
10:36 GMT |
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Five people from the Eastern Europe were sentenced to jail after they were found guilty for the largest UK credit card fraud. The gang was led by Roman Zyking, a Russian immigrant who received no more than five and a half years in prison while his wife was sentenced to six months in jail. According to Viruslist, the ... |
14 May 2007
09:16 GMT |
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Andrew Cushman, the new director of the Microsoft Security Research Center, has taken the role of Sr. Director Security Response and Community after being at the lead of the company's Security Outreach Initiative in the past couple of years. Cushman is one of the Microsoft veterans, being with the company for ov... |
11 May 2007
03:47 GMT |
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Hackers and Microsoft products are intimately connected with one another. A closed food chain where Microsoft software is the dish of the day, and where hackers manage to feed without hesitation on every faulty piece of code, turning it around and exploiting it to their advantage. Microsoft is in fact no stranger to ... |
10 May 2007
13:36 GMT |
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The electronics industry is confronted with an increasing number of thefts and is continuously developing new technologies to prevent this. Theft accounts for as much as $400 million in annual losses for the manufacturers.A new technology is hoped to do just that with the help of a small chip installed on each DVD.... |
10 May 2007
08:41 GMT |
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The University of Missouri was recently affected by one of the most impressive hack attempts that managed to steal no more than 22.396 social security numbers. It seems that the hacker broke into the university computer and discovered private information about the students, ex-employees and the current staff of the c... |
9 May 2007
13:26 GMT |
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Gary McKinnon, a 41-year-old British hacker, was arrested and released in 2002 when the US Metropolitan Police found evidence about several hack attempts over secret information stored by the authorities. According to Viruslist, the hacker caused almost $700.000 worth of damages after he managed to connect to several... |
5 April 2007
06:08 GMT |
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Courtney Smith, a 36-year-old man from Anderson, India, was sentenced to 27 months in prison after he managed to sell pirated software through the online bidding website, eBay. He managed to earn more than $700.000 with counterfeit computer applications distributed on the website and directed to millions of users fro... |
30 March 2007
08:17 GMT |
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The security of our computers is a continuous problem for both users and security companies because more and more hackers are starting malicious attacks. Symantec released a security advisory sustaining the hackers are currently selling a credit card number, date of birth or other sensitive information for $14 on the... |
20 March 2007
07:52 GMT |
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The security of our computers is more and more threatened by a lot of dangerous technologies including viruses, malware files, hack attacks and other numerous malicious files. Although the security companies are struggling to develop a powerful solution able to block the dangerous attempts over our computers, it seem... |
19 March 2007
11:21 GMT |
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Google will help the Mumbai police identify web offenders by offering them IP addresses and other information recorded by the search technology. It seems like all the trouble was caused by Google's social network orkut because some of its users misused their identities. Although the agreement isn't based on... |
12 March 2007
10:48 GMT |
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Exploits dead, Linux dead, pirated games 'deader'. Microsoft is patching up everything regarding their Xbox 360, so if you're a total gamer and can't rest until you play the newest titles, forget about your old console because you're probably going to get a new one. Microsoft's patching ... |
6 March 2007
09:44 GMT |
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Hackers are continuously attacking vulnerable targets but sometimes, they are looking to infiltrate into one of the most known companies. As you surely know, Microsoft is one of the most attacked firms, numerous hackers trying to exploit vulnerabilities and connect to their computers. It seems like the security compa... |
5 March 2007
09:15 GMT |
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