A HACKER has claimed to have mounted a successful attack against the CNN website.Reckz0r claimed to have extracted information from the US based 'news' company and posted four fake articles on its... read more
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Is Hacking in Self-Defense Legal?
Submitted by l33tdawg on Tue, 2012-07-24 01:09
When Robert Clark meets with large corporations and government agencies that have been hacked, many express the same feeling. They want revenge.
But the impulse to strike back is fraught with legal danger, said Clark, operational attorney for the U.S. Army Cyber Command, who plans to deliver that message on Thursday in a speech at the Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas.
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Dropbox: No hacking evidence from spam investigation
Submitted by l33tdawg on Mon, 2012-07-23 08:10
Dropbox's ongoing investigation into a possible security breach has not produced any evidence that its systems have been infiltrated, according to an update Friday to the company's user forum.
"As of today, we've found no intrusions into our internal systems and no unauthorized activity in Dropbox accounts," said the update, posted last Friday.
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HITB Magazine Issue 008 now available in print and PDF
Submitted by l33tdawg on Wed, 2012-04-11 07:15
The 8th issue of the HITB Quarterly Magazine is now available for download!
This edition is a little bit 'lighter' than previous issues as the editorial team is busy working on an extra special release for our 10th year anniversary conference in October, HITBSecConf2012 - Malaysia.
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Hacking Seen as Rising Risk With Car Electronics
Submitted by l33tdawg on Mon, 2012-01-30 06:47
Drivers can talk with each other via Bluetooth phone connections, ask their cars for directions and dial up satellite radio. The same cars use electronic components to signal the gas pedal to accelerate and control stability.
What increasingly worries scientists is that entertainment computers could be manipulated to tell the safety computers what to do.
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The Age Raided, Journalists Accused of Hacking
Submitted by l33tdawg on Thu, 2011-12-22 06:35
Victoria Police raided the headquarters of The Age newspaper, seizing computers and documents with the purpose of finding evidence to prove that journalists illegally hacked into the computers belonging to the Australian Labor Party (ALP).
Last year in November, after being alerted by a whistleblower, The Age journalists began investigating a story that claimed ALP was collecting private information on voters without their knowledge. The issue seemed serious especially since it was believed that a large number of people had access to the data.
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