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Photos: Tracking Last HOPE hackers
The New York conference, where attendees are tracked via RFID, attracts hacker celebrities including the guys behind the phone phreaker movement and the TV-B-Gone remote control. by CNET News.com
Tags: TechRepublic Inc., Photograph, Hacker, Hacking, Wireless, Security, Biometrics, CNET News.com, news, rfid, hackers
Image galleries 2008-07-22
Security news roundup: Hackers crack London Tube's Oyster Cards
This week's security events include a vulnerability in the multicast filter of an unpatched Solaris 10 system, Trojans targeting the ARDAgent flaw in Mac OS X, hacks of the London Tube's Oyster Card, and an IT manager who got 63 months for causing massive data loss at his former employer....
Tags: Card, Sun Solaris 10, Trojan Horse, Hacker, Londen Tube, Sun Solaris, Spyware, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Apple Mac OS X, Operating Systems, UNIX, Security, Servers, Viruses And Worms, Software, Apple Mac OS, Hardware, Paul Mah
Blog posts 2008-06-28
New phishing scam targets high level executives
A new phishing attack has been circulating lately, but instead of trying to dupe millions of computer users into giving up their financial information, this one is aimed at high level executives. The e-mail scam purports to notify the executive about court proceedings and tries to get them to...
Tags: Financial, Hacker, Phishing, Cyberthreats, Security, Hacking, Spam, Viruses And Worms, Spam And Phishing, Andy Moon
Blog posts 2008-04-16
Mobile device upgrades from Microsoft, Intel, Yahoo, and hackers
Mobile devices are receiving upgrades from some of the biggest players in the technology industry, led by the release of Windows Mobile 6.1 and System Center Mobile Device Manager. The new mobile OS extends the capabilities of devices so that business users have easier, more secure access to corporate...
Tags: Mobile, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Mobile Device, Hacker, Intel Corp., Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Andy Moon
Blog posts 2008-04-03
Goolag security tool uses Google to scan sites for vulnerabilities
Goolag Scanner is a Web auditing tool released by the hacker group Cult of Dead Cows. The tool uses the prowess of the search engine to surface vulnerabilities on Web sites. A quote from the cDc Web site: "It's no big secret that the Web is...
Tags: Google Inc., Web, Vulnerability, Auditing, Hacker, Tool, Security Tool, Goolag Scanner, Goolag, Productivity, Scanners, Hacking, Security, Hardware, Peripherals, Arun Radhakrishnan
Blog posts 2008-02-27
U.S. hackers responsible for Panama assembly hack?
The Web site of Panama's national assembly was hacked recently, and the officials are pointing to a American hacker. An excerpt from Register: According to Reuters, unnamed officials accordingly suspect the attack may have come from the US, possibly provoked by the election to the legislature's...
Tags: U.S., Panama, Web Site, Hacker, Web Site Development, Hacking, Web Technology, Security, Internet, Arun Radhakrishnan
Blog posts 2008-01-25
What can be done to combat overseas hackers?
A high profile technology firm, Computer Associates CA, was hacked last week and, though the problem has been corrected, the hackers inserted code to redirect visitors to a Chinese Web site that was serving malicious code to the unsuspecting visitors. A similar attack was carried out on the Miami...
Tags: China, Hacker, Hacking, Security, Phishing, Spam And Phishing, Andy Moon
Blog posts 2008-01-07
Hackers target search terms on top search engines
Hackers have started on an organized attack on major search engines with innumerable keywords resulting in search results that point to malicious Web sites. Once clicked, the sites will cause a download of Trojans, key loggers, or elicit bogus clicks. An excerpt from ZDNet: Simply put,...
Tags: Search Engine, Malware, Computerworld, Hacker, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Search, Hacking, Viruses And Worms, Security, Arun Radhakrishnan
Blog posts 2007-11-29
How hackers get romantic revenge
Geek guys often dream of finding that perfect geek girl who will make all their dorktacular romantic aspirations come true. But just remember, fellas, hell hath no fury like a hacker-babe scorned, as xkcd so wisely reminds us. Moreover, should you...
Tags: Hacker, Hacking, Security, Jay Garmon
Blog posts 2007-11-12
BIOS PASSWORD
I have a Compaq Presario 2500 series Laptop and had entered a password which i have forgotten. Now i cannot check my bios for boot options etc. Please could someone advise me on how to unlock this password or reset it. Another point is if i remove the CMOS battery...
Tags: Engineering, malik_solo@..., CMOS battery, BIOS, battery, BIOS password, hacker, password
Discussion threads 2007-11-08
This is related to hacking
Im a student in high school right now and i was trying to find a person or people to teach me the skills i need to hack computers. nothing overly illegal just the basics...Thanks mIkeYfresHNeSSNothing overly illegal?There IS no such thing!All hacking...
Tags: SECURITY, mikeyfreshness69@..., hacking, hacker
Discussion threads 2007-10-26
Can we firewall China?
Seeing that 99% of material I've ever downloaded from China has been attempting to hack my computer, and that even Google's own index has been compromised by redirecting the Googlebot to a legitimate source by a source in China I have decided that - in addition to China blocking all...
Tags: firewall, hacker, Internet Service Provider, IP, nodisalsi@...
Discussion threads 2007-10-25
Video: Ultimate hacker pumpkin patch
You've seen all those nutty holiday videos of computer-coordinated, musically accompanied Christmas lights that draw crowds, amaze YouTube viewers, and earn the murderous ire of whoever lives next to these overzealous illuminational nutjobs? Yeah, well, the fever has spread to Halloween. Check it out--the ultimate hacker pumpkin patch, complete with...
Tags: Video, Hacker, Corporate Communications, Hacking, Security, Marketing, Jay Garmon
Blog posts 2007-10-24
Webcomic: When your mom is a database hacker...
We here at the Geekend are big fans of database integrity and data security, but xkcd looks into the future and considers what happens when a generation of developers raised on SQL queries become parents. Short answer: I don't want to be tech support for their children's school--ever....
Tags: Database, Hacker, Storage, Databases, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Jay Garmon
Blog posts 2007-10-11
Hackers compromise Homeland Security computers
What have your experiences been like with such contractors?a better questionwhy is the DHS using software designed from the get go to be vulnerable?If they had professional quality software instead of MS' home user software [ doesn't matter which version of windows, they are all designed for video gaming only...
Tags: Games, Hacking, paulmah@..., homeland security, video game, Homeland Security computer, game, hacker, computer
Discussion threads 2007-09-24
Hackers compromise Homeland Security computers
In what must surely be a gigantic black eye, congressional investigators said on Monday that dozens of computers belonging to the Department of Homeland Security DHS have been compromised by hackers. To add salt to the wound, a government contractor hired to protect the DHS computers instead...
Tags: U.S. Department Of Homeland Security, Hacker, Computer, Productivity, Homeland Security, Security, Government, Paul Mah
Blog posts 2007-09-24
Hackers making money by unlocking iPhones
Unlocked iPhones are making the rounds on eBay and Craigslist, allowing users to choose T-Mobile, the cell phone carrier with the highest customer service ratings in 2007, or other smaller carriers that use the GSM standard. The unlocked phones themselves are selling for $450 to $700 with hackers charging...
Tags: Apple iPhone, Phone, Hacker, Telecom & Utilities, Hacking, Security, Andy Moon
Blog posts 2007-09-16
Forget hackers: Complex networks doomed to Murphy's Law
There is an interesting story in the New York Times today, "Who Needs Hackers?" by John Schwartz. The article appraises network threats and recent high-profile outages, suggesting that while malicious hacking might be good fodder for disaster movies, the mundane problems inherent in enormously complex software and systems are more...
Tags: Network, Article, Hacker, Selena Frye
Blog posts 2007-09-12
Job seekers beware, you may be feeding data to a Trojan
TechWorld | ComputerWorld reports on a variant of the Trojan variant called ‘Prg' that harnesses information from users who fall prey to dubious Job ads and click on them. It was the researchers at Security Firm SecureWorks who first uncovered the Trojan. A...
Tags: Job, Advertisement, Trojan Horse, Hacker, Spyware, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Viruses And Worms, Security, Arun Radhakrishnan
Blog posts 2007-08-17
URI browser flaw
URI flaws more serious than originally believedTell us what you think of this impending disaster involving the URI protocol handler.VIRUS SLIDINGThe hacker can enter your computer and slide a virus from the hacker's computer to your computer.Some of these virus then could reside in the CPU or BIOS and on...
Tags: Cyberthreats, SECURITY, Viruses and worms, Hacking, Web browser, paulmah@..., virus, URI, CPU, hacker
Discussion threads 2007-08-16


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