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  • By Lucian Constantin
  • June 30th, 2009
Notorious Phreaker Gets Sentenced to Eleven Years in Prison

Notorious Phreaker Gets Sentenced to Eleven Years in Prison

For fraud, harassment and hacking phone lines

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  • By Lucian Constantin
  • June 23rd, 2009
Lindsay Lohan Claims Her Twitter Account Was Hacked

Lindsay Lohan Claims Her Twitter Account Was Hacked

After questionable tweets were posted on her stream

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  • By Lucian Constantin
  • June 15th, 2009
International Phone Fraud Ring Busted

International Phone Fraud Ring Busted

Hacked PBXs used to make $55 million worth of international phone calls

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  • By Lucian Constantin
  • June 11th, 2009
StrongWebmail Hacking Contest Winners Officially Recognized

StrongWebmail Hacking Contest Winners Officially Recognized

The company prepares a new competition with additional restrictions

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  • By Lucian Constantin
  • June 6th, 2009
Hacker Joins the Homeland Security Advisory Council

Hacker Joins the Homeland Security Advisory Council

Jeff Moss sworn in as member by DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano

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  • By Lucian Constantin
  • June 5th, 2009
Webmail Service CEO: Hack My E-mail, Get $10,000

Webmail Service CEO: Hack My E-mail, Get $10,000

Security researchers: Done

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  • By Lucian Constantin
  • May 27th, 2009
Twitter's API Used to Create Worm

Twitter's API Used to Create Worm

Through cross-web2.0 scripting

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  • By Lucian Constantin
  • May 25th, 2009
Nokia 1100 Phones of German Origin to Help Fraudsters

Nokia 1100 Phones of German Origin to Help Fraudsters

Alleged vulnerability exploited to hijack phone numbers

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  • By Lucian Constantin
  • May 23rd, 2009
RBS WorldPay Website Vulnerable to Phishing Attacks

RBS WorldPay Website Vulnerable to Phishing Attacks

XSS weakness allows arbitrary IFrame injection

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  • By Lucian Constantin
  • May 16th, 2009
Hacker Delivers Fatal Blow to Major Flight Sim Website

Hacker Delivers Fatal Blow to Major Flight Sim Website

AVSIM's servers destroyed with no offline backups to restore from

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  • By Lucian Constantin
  • May 13th, 2009
Universal Google Cross-Site Scripting Flaw Discovered

Universal Google Cross-Site Scripting Flaw Discovered

Putting most of a user's Google-hosted assets at risk

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  • By Lucian Constantin
  • May 7th, 2009
Swedish Cisco and NASA Hacker Identified and Indicted

Swedish Cisco and NASA Hacker Identified and Indicted

His location is currently unknown and extradition to the U.S. is highly unlikely

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  • By Tudor Vieru
  • April 21st, 2009
Hackers Steal Terabytes of Data from Pentagon in Cyber Attack

Hackers Steal Terabytes of Data from Pentagon in Cyber Attack

The institution's defenses have been breached again

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  • By Lucian Constantin
  • April 14th, 2009
U.S. Pharmacy Hackers Arrested in Romania

U.S. Pharmacy Hackers Arrested in Romania

Keyloggers planted to steal credit card information

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  • By Lucian Constantin
  • April 13th, 2009
Romanian Cybercriminal Gang Dismantled

Romanian Cybercriminal Gang Dismantled

Twelve students arrested for taking part in a major phishing operation

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  • By Lucian Constantin
  • April 7th, 2009
Wireless Networks Belonging to Fortune 1000 Companies Are Vulnerable

Wireless Networks Belonging to Fortune 1000 Companies Are Vulnerable

A researcher plans to dismantle the FHSS network security myth

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  • By Lucian Constantin
  • March 31st, 2009
Romanian Phisher to Spend 50 Months in a U.S. Prison

Romanian Phisher to Spend 50 Months in a U.S. Prison

The first foreign phisher to be convicted in the United States

 
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