Here's a good change from the usual security news that depict one worm or Trojan as the apocalypse, turning PCs into zombies and proud members of botnets. A hacker calling himself CuciOtak defaced the official website of the Malaysian F1 Grand Prix that is to take place this weekend. No claims and demands, no me... |
21 March 2008
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Owen Thor Walker, 18, a computer programmer from Hamilton, New Zealand, is facing up to ten years of jail time for allegedly being the head of an international cyber crime network. Additional charges brought against him are: accessing a computer for dishonest purposes on two counts, damaging or interfering with a com... |
29 February 2008
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After spending millions and even more into software that would protect the computers from vicious attacks with ever new viruses, loggers and whatnot, the simplest method is the one that works best, provided access to the PC is granted. It's simple and everybody can do it, but only somebody more experienced can a... |
25 February 2008
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Hacking has become more and more organized in the past years. Very rarely will a computer geek be seen sending spam and phishing all by himself, organizations have been formed and there's even a black market dealing with acquiring security vulnerabilities, paying up to one hundred grand depending on how severe t... |
21 February 2008
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The help-wanted ads are circulating the underground Internet channels and the desired applicants must be hackers and nothing less. As the web society evolves, so must the attacks and now after all of the major companies opened local branches to deal with the problems that might show up in the course of time (Google, ... |
21 February 2008
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Every credit card has personally identifiable information inserted into the magnetic strip on the back, but hacking it so far proved a task too difficult for most malevolent figures to even attempt. RFID security guru Adam Laurie has come up with a test program named CHaP.py, specifically designed to read the chip an... |
21 February 2008
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Apple's iPod is no longer the sole beneficiary of music downloaded via iTunes. Jon Lech Johansen, also known as DVD Jon, has created software that converts the restricted format into others, making it available for non-Apple devices. The famed Norwegian hacker was formerly involved with breaking copy-protection ... |
20 February 2008
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The web site of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at Harvard University was attacked and went offline yesterday. The purpose of it all, the guy behind the attack says that he wanted to demonstrate the insecurity of the university's server and, I dare add, the recklessness of those in charge of it. You... |
19 February 2008
05:29 GMT |
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The hack is a term broadly used when talking about computer science. It has roughly three meanings, that of a quick fix, a clumsy or inelegant solution to a problem, or a modification to a program or device that would give the users access to features that were otherwise unavailable to them. The term used in security... |
18 February 2008
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Usually, the man who gets others to do his job for him is either called 'boss' or just 'smart'. Wait till you see the latest sample of hacking ingenuity: Mr. Brain, a Moroccan group was just found to be offering free phishing kits for scammer wannabes for free. The catch is that they have some cod... |
13 February 2008
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The Yahoo! plan to head towards free (if possible) and ad-supported music downloads is a reality and a pitching point for the company's future. Only one impediment has surfaced this far, namely the vulnerability discovered by Krystian Kloskowski, a Polish security researcher, that might convince Yahoo!ers that t... |
4 February 2008
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