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U.S. Investigation into China-Backed Telecom Companies Hack: The Role & Risks of Encryption Backdoors

U.S. authorities are on high alert as they investigate an alleged Chinese state-sponsored hack targeting major U.S. telecommunications companies. This attack has reignited debate about encryption backdoors, an ongoing contention a...
Oct 16, 2024
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FASTCash Linux Malware: A New Cybercrime Menace Targeting Payment Switch Systems

As malware threats evolve to increasingly target Linux ...
Oct 16, 2024
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32.Lock Code Circular Esm H115

The Infiltration of Supply Chain Attacks in Open-Source Software Management

Open-source projects are renowned for their collaborati...
Oct 15, 2024
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30.Lock Globe Motherboard Esm H115

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Is your computer a zombie?

Is your computer a zombie?

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You might think that since you use a personal laptop at home, and not a computer at a cafe, you are safe from hackers. Well, think again. Hackers don't even need to have physical access to your computer to be privy to all the information it contains.

VoIP Abuse Project Blacklists Attackers

VoIP Abuse Project Blacklists Attackers

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A security expert at a managed services provider has kicked off a project to expose and blacklist the networks hosting VoIP attacks against his and other companies' VoIP PBX servers. The VoIP Abuse Project uses a honeypot to gather as much data as it can from incoming VoIP attacks, including the IP address and a recording of what the call was sending.

Hackers Hit Twitter More for Devilry Than Profit

Hackers Hit Twitter More for Devilry Than Profit

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The latest hacker to hit Twitter this week unleashed a smutty bit of code that redirected unwitting users to a porn site. Such hacks are certainly unwelcome, but they resemble the not-for-profit pranks pulled by hackers of a bygone era. Nowadays, black-hat hacking is big business. Will malware writers soon see more financial opportunities in attacking Twitter?

Hackers meet in geeks paradise

Hackers meet in 'geeks' paradise'

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Away from the elegance of Budapest's historic centre, a dingy rock venue has been turned into a geek's paradise. The laptop screens glow in the dim light as fingers flicker quickly over keyboards. Lines of code, incomprehensible to all but the cognoscenti, are typed out.

Hacker breaks into ATMs for good, not evil

Hacker breaks into ATMs for good, not evil

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I'd just bought Barnaby Jack a pint of Harp when it hit me: Shouldn't he be buying my beer? Jack, as you might know, is the good-guy hacker who figured out a way to digitally hijack ATMs and command them to spit out $20 bills. Not that he would ever do that to buy a columnist a beer - or for any other reason, for that matter.

New government ID cards easily hacked

New government ID cards easily hacked

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News of the German ID card. The sensitive personal information found on the new German identification cards with data chips scheduled for nationwide introduction this November can be easily hacked, according to testing done by a TV news show.

Hackers say they can

Hackers say they can

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Less than a day after Apple released its iOS 4.1 operating system, hackers say they have jailbroken the software for the iPhone 4. In doing so, hackers have shown time and again that they can beat the security systems that Apple puts in place to keep control of its hardware devices.

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