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Hackers Reveal Nasty New Car Attacks

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Stomping on the brakes of a 3,500-pound Ford Escape that refuses to stop

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Jul 25, 2013

Apple hack conducted for the greater good of research

A security researcher has stepped up and shouldered the blame for taking down Apple's Dev Center --all in the name of blowing the whistle on bugs.

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Jul 24, 2013

Code-breaker Karsten Nohl:

Renowned German code-breaker Karsten Nohl, who uncovered a design flaw in around 750 million SIM cards around the world leaving them vulnerable to hack attacks, told RT that phone users are helpless against hackers.

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Jul 23, 2013

Ubuntu forum defaced, breached by hackers

A website dedicated to discussion of the Ubuntu Linux distribution was breached on Saturday, with hackers gaining access to encrypted passwords and email addresses.

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Jul 22, 2013

Nations Buying as Hackers Sell Flaws in Computer Code

On the tiny Mediterranean island of Malta, two Italian hackers have been searching for bugs

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Jul 16, 2013

Security Researchers Side With AT&T 'Hacker' Weev

Hacker Andrew

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Jul 09, 2013

Nintendo cracks after month-long, 15.5 million-strong hacker bombardment

Hackers bombarded Nintendo for a month with 15.46 million bogus login attempts, out of which 23,926 struck the jackpot, exposing names, addresses, phone numbers and other personal details of corresponding Club Nintendo customers.

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Jul 09, 2013

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In 2010, while working for a National Security Agency contractor, Edward J. Snowden learned to be a hacker. He took a course that trains security professionals to think like hackers and understand their techniques, all with the intent of turning out

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Jul 05, 2013

Forwarding Your Phone's Texts Could Invite Hackers

Getting your text messages delivered to your PC or tablet sounds pretty convenient, until a hacker uses that text-forwarding feature to hijack your Gmail. This sequence of events recently happened to Lillian Smith, a prominent social media expert, who fought a valiant technological battle against a persistent foe.

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Jul 01, 2013

Can Your Car Be Hacked?

Not too long ago, securing a car meant popping the faceplate off the CD player, slapping a Club over the steering wheel, and locking the doors. As vehicles

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Jun 27, 2013

Raspberry Pi bot tracks hacker posts to vacuum up passwords

Password and credit-card details leak online every day. So no one really knows just how much personally identifiable information is available by clicking on the right link to Pastebin, Pastie, or similar sites.

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Jun 25, 2013

Popular WordPress Themes, Plug-Ins Vulnerable to Attack

Since late March, no fewer than a half-dozen high profile attacks have involved a compromised website built on the WordPress platform. Attackers abuse vulnerabilities in the content management system

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Jun 21, 2013

Cops Shut Down Hacker Drug Ring

A Dutch drug ring employed a group of Belgian hackers to reroute two tons (1,814 kilograms) of cocaine and heroin into their waiting arms

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Jun 19, 2013

Google detects phishing attacks in Iran ahead of elections

Google has detected large-scale phishing attacks targeting users in Iran, ahead of presidential elections in the country.

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Jun 14, 2013

Pirate Bay Warg accused of hacking international police database

Pirate Bay co-founder Gottfrid Svartholm Warg has been named as a suspect in the hacking of a European database containing data about wanted criminal suspects and missing people.

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Jun 07, 2013

How to Hack an iPhone With a USB Charger

When it comes to threats to mobile devices, most people don't think of chargers as a likely point of attack. But plugging in an iPhone

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Jun 06, 2013

Hacker Claims Airplanes Vulnerable at 30,000 Feet

Cyber hackers have already shown what damage they can do, but this may be the scariest hacking story yet, if it came true.

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Jun 04, 2013

Hacker accused of massive Stratfor attack pleads guilty

Jeremy Hammond was arrested in a major federal sweep last year on charges of computer hacking conspiracy, computer hacking, and conspiracy to commit access device fraud.

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May 31, 2013

Drupal.org compromised

The Drupal.org security team says it has discovered unauthorised access to Drupal.org and groups.drupal.org account information which has exposed user names, country, and email addresses along with hashed passwords.

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May 30, 2013

Raspberry Pi puts holes in China's Great Firewall

A tech-savvy China-based Redditor has spotted a hassle-free way of ensuring he or she is always able to bypass the Great Firewall, even when out and about, using the Raspberry Pi to connect to a virtual private network (VPN).

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May 29, 2013

Linux Hacks & Cracks - Page 39

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FASTCash Linux Malware: A New Cybercrime Menace Targeting Payment Switch Systems

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Discover Hacks/Cracks News

Hackers Reveal Nasty New Car Attacks

Apple hack conducted for the greater good of research

Code-breaker Karsten Nohl:

Ubuntu forum defaced, breached by hackers

Nations Buying as Hackers Sell Flaws in Computer Code

Security Researchers Side With AT&T 'Hacker' Weev

Nintendo cracks after month-long, 15.5 million-strong hacker bombardment

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Forwarding Your Phone's Texts Could Invite Hackers

Can Your Car Be Hacked?

Raspberry Pi bot tracks hacker posts to vacuum up passwords

Popular WordPress Themes, Plug-Ins Vulnerable to Attack

Cops Shut Down Hacker Drug Ring

Google detects phishing attacks in Iran ahead of elections

Pirate Bay Warg accused of hacking international police database

How to Hack an iPhone With a USB Charger

Hacker Claims Airplanes Vulnerable at 30,000 Feet

Hacker accused of massive Stratfor attack pleads guilty

Drupal.org compromised

Raspberry Pi puts holes in China's Great Firewall

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