Linux Hacks & Cracks - Page 33

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• Jun 05, 2014

Chinese Hacking of the US

Chinese hacking of American computer networks is old news. For years we've known about their attacks against U.S. government and corporate targets. We've seen detailed reports of how they hacked The New York Times. Google has detected them going after Gmail accounts of dissidents.

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• Jun 02, 2014

Hackers put security tool that finds payment card data into their arsenal

Like a crowbar, security software tools can be used for good and evil. Bootleg versions of a powerful tool called "Card Recon" from Ground Labs, which searches for payment card data stored in the nooks and crannies of networks, have been appropriated by cybercriminals.

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• May 30, 2014

New attack methods can 'brick' systems, defeat Secure Boot

The Secure Boot security mechanism of the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) can be bypassed on around half of computers that have the feature enabled in order to install bootkits, according to a security researcher.

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• May 30, 2014

Tens of thousands of 'Watch Dogs' pirates ENSLAVED by Bitcoin botmaster

Tens of thousands of pirate gamers have been enslaved in a Bitcoin botnet after downloading a cracked copy of popular game Watch Dogs.

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• May 28, 2014

A Hacker Is Using Find My iPhone To Hold iPhones, iPads, And Mac Devices Hostage

Mac, iPhone, and iPad owners across Australia are reporting that their devices have been digitally held hostage by a hacker, according to The Sydney Morning Herald.

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• May 28, 2014

Apple too late to stop massive iCloud breach, hackers claim

An anonymous hacker who has exploited an iCloud security flaw that lets anyone unlock a lost or stolen iPhone says Apple contacted him about the matter today, but he deleted the email.

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• May 23, 2014

Historic hacker attack on EBay happened 3 months ago

EBay Inc. said that hackers raided its network three months ago, accessing some 145 million user records in what is poised to go down as one of the biggest data breaches in history, based on the number of accounts compromised.

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• May 23, 2014

Hackers raid eBay in historic breach, access 145 million records

EBay Inc said that hackers raided its network three months ago, accessing some 145 million user records in what is poised to go down as one of the biggest data breaches in history, based on the number of accounts compromised.

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• May 22, 2014

Hackers can 'un-brick' stolen iPhones

Two hackers have figured out a way to unlock lost Apple devices -- a boon for criminals with stolen iPhones and iPads. The hackers have discovered a method for bypassing a protective feature on Apple (AAPL, Fortune 500) devices. Lost your iPhone?

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• May 22, 2014

Public utility compromised after brute-force attack, DHS says

A public utility in the U.S. was compromised after attackers took advantage of a weak password security system, according to a U.S. Department of Homeland Security team that studies cyberattacks against critical infrastructure.

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• May 21, 2014

More than 90 people nabbed in global hacker crackdown

It is nicknamed "creepware," and more than half a million people around the world have been prey to its silent computer snooping. Miss Teen USA Cassidy Wolf was one of them in a well-publicized case of hacking associated with the malware called Blackshades.

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• May 20, 2014

Chinese state-owned enterprises 'hired' military hacking unit

A U.S. criminal indictment against Chinese Army personnel over alleged hacking describes how stolen intellectual property was funneled to Chinese companies, an unresolved question for analysts.

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• May 20, 2014

The sky is falling! Hackers target satellites

With that basic assumption in mind, IOActive decided to assess the vulnerability of communication satellites. In a nutshell, here's what it found:

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• May 14, 2014

Security pioneer Alan Solomon uses Linux to avoid viruses

Alan Solomon, creator of Dr Soloman's Antivirus, has admitted to using Linux to avoid viruses rather than try to combat them on Windows. His comments come after Symantec's Brian Dye estimated that antivirus systems do not even catch half of cyber attacks.

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• May 12, 2014

It takes a hacker to catch a hacker, cyber security experts say

It takes a hacker to catch a hacker. That

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• May 06, 2014

5 easy ways to make a hacker

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• May 06, 2014

'Covert Redirect' OAuth flaw more chest-beat than Heartbleed

A recently reported new "vulnerability" in OAuth appears to be anything but. That unkind assessment has come from security specialists after a flaw called "Covert Redirect" made headlines that conflated the flaw with the Heartbleed vulnerability, a major security risk that legitimately sent administrators scrambling to fix their websites.

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• May 05, 2014

Script fools n00b hackers into hacking themselves

Security experts have warned Facebook users in India not to fall for a new scam which tricks victims into

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• May 02, 2014

Hackers Can Mess With Traffic Lights to Jam Roads and Reroute Cars

The hacker in the Italian Job did it spectacularly. So did the fire sale team in Live Free or Die Hard. But can hackers really hijack traffic lights to cause gridlock and redirect cars?

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• Apr 30, 2014