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  • By Lucian Constantin
  • January 13th, 2009
NASA Hacker McKinnon Pulls Ace Out of His Sleeve

NASA Hacker McKinnon Pulls Ace Out of His Sleeve

Which might lead to avoiding extradition to the U.S.

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  • By Lucian Constantin
  • January 10th, 2009
Palestinian Supporters Hack NATO and U.S. Army Sites

Palestinian Supporters Hack NATO and U.S. Army Sites

The pages have been defaced and have displayed protest messages

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  • By Marius Oiaga
  • January 6th, 2009
Intel vPro Hacked

Intel vPro Hacked

Allows for attacks against Xen and Linux

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  • By Lucian Constantin
  • January 6th, 2009
British Police Can Hack Computers

British Police Can Hack Computers

Without requiring court-issued warrants

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  • By Lucian Constantin
  • December 30th, 2008
SSL Security Broken

SSL Security Broken

MD5 weakness exploited to create trusted CA certificate

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  • By Tudor Vieru
  • December 30th, 2008
Russian Hackers Wreak Havoc in the West

Russian Hackers Wreak Havoc in the West

Chinese hackers are not far behind

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  • By Lucian Constantin
  • December 3rd, 2008
PDF Passwords 100 Times Less Secure in Acrobat 9

PDF Passwords 100 Times Less Secure in Acrobat 9

According to a company developing password recovery software

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  • By Lucian Constantin
  • November 20th, 2008
Underage Hacker Pleads Guilty to Multiple Offenses

Underage Hacker Pleads Guilty to Multiple Offenses

Denial of service attacks, hoax phone calls and credit card fraud are amongst the charges

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  • By Lucian Constantin
  • November 11th, 2008
No Prison Time for Romanian NASA and U.S Navy Hacker

No Prison Time for Romanian NASA and U.S Navy Hacker

He was sentenced to 16 months of suspended prison, and a fine of almost $240,000

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  • By Lucian Constantin
  • November 7th, 2008
WPA Encryption No Longer Secure

WPA Encryption No Longer Secure

Two researchers successfully cracked the TKIP key used by the WPA protocol

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  • By Lucian Constantin
  • November 5th, 2008
Disgruntled Ex-Employee Turns Company Server into Spam Relay

Disgruntled Ex-Employee Turns Company Server into Spam Relay

The former IT manager was sentenced to one year in prison

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  • By Lucian Constantin
  • October 31st, 2008
Infamous International Hacker Indicted for Credit Card Fraud

Infamous International Hacker Indicted for Credit Card Fraud

He is known for having hacked systems belonging to the Pentagon, NASA, the Air Force and others

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  • By Lucian Constantin
  • October 23rd, 2008
The FBI Raids the Home of Alleged Miley Cyrus Hacker

The FBI Raids the Home of Alleged Miley Cyrus Hacker

He is suspected of posting stolen provocative photos with the star on the Internet

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  • By Lucian Constantin
  • October 21st, 2008
Keystrokes Can Be Sniffed Without the PC Being Compromised

Keystrokes Can Be Sniffed Without the PC Being Compromised

By picking up the electromagnetic radiations wired keyboards emit

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  • By Lucian Constantin
  • October 15th, 2008
Underground Carding Forum Run by the FBI

Underground Carding Forum Run by the FBI

The sting operation lasted for two years

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  • By Lucian Constantin
  • October 14th, 2008
U.S. Bot Runner Sentenced to Two Years in a Federal Prison

U.S. Bot Runner Sentenced to Two Years in a Federal Prison

The hacker launched denial of service attacks against two online communities

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  • By Lucian Constantin
  • October 9th, 2008
Indictment in the Palin Hacking Case

Indictment in the Palin Hacking Case

David Kernell has been charged with breaking into Sarah Palin's e-mail account

 
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