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Who's Afraid of a Big, Bad Hacking Story?

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"Security by obscurity does not work, and the more people who know about means of attack/vulnerability, the more secure our IT will be," opined blogger Robert Pogson. "Most people are good and decent and should be empowered to defend their computers and networks. Knowledge is the key."

LinuxSecurity.com Team
May 07, 2012

Four Irish, British suspects helped Stratfor hack: U.S.

Federal prosecutors said four Irish and British men charged in a crackdown on the international hacking group Anonymous also helped breach the security analysis company Stratfor last year.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
May 03, 2012

DDoS attackers turning to simple 'booter' scripts

Internet criminals are sidestepping the need to launch DDoS attack from large networks of malware-compromised bot PCs by using simpler server 'booter shells', mitigation firm Prolexic has warned.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
May 02, 2012

VMWare Source Code Leak Follows Alleged Hack of Chinese Defense Contractor

The source code belongs to VMWare

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Apr 26, 2012

Hacker-proof pacemaker unveiled, thanks to wearable firewall

Millions of people use insulin pumps, pacemakers and other personal medical devices that rely on wireless communication to function. But what happens if someone was to tamper with that vital communication line between the health care provider and the patient?

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Apr 20, 2012

15-year-old arrested for hacking 259 companies

A 15-year-old boy has been arrested for hacking into 259 companies during a 90-day spree. In other words, during the last quarter he successfully attacked an average of three websites per day.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Apr 18, 2012

Meet The 'Place Hacker' Who Trespassed And Scaled Europe's Tallest Building

Very few people have taken in the magnificent view at the top of the Shard, the modern new tower that will be the tallest in Western Europe when it is finished in about a month

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Apr 10, 2012

Hackers claim they've snared Tunisian leader's emails

A group claiming affiliation with activist hacker collective Anonymous says it has hacked 2,725 emails belonging to Tunisia's ruling Ennahda party, including those of the prime minister, in the latest challenge to the Islamist-led government.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Apr 09, 2012

Mac hacker attack hits more than 600,000 computers

More than 600,000 Mac computers were affected by a hacking attack, a sign that the once rarely targeted company is becoming a bigger focus for people intent on spreading malware, a security-research firm said.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Apr 06, 2012

Good samaritan hackers politely point out security holes

Who says hackers can't be nice? One group, MalSec, left a calling card on a security firm's website that decisively struck down its claim of being "the largest and most trusted full-service security and life-safety company in the Cayman Islands." But instead of rendering it useless, gave them pointers on how to fix their holes.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Apr 03, 2012

NSA director: China was behind RSA hack

China was responsible for the attack on the servers of IT Security company RSA, according to the testimony of the US National Security Agency director, General Keith Alexander, at a Senate Hearing yesterday. Information Week reports that he also accused China of stealing large amounts of military-related intellectual property.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Mar 28, 2012

Reborn LulzSec Claims Hack of Dating Site for Military Personnel

A group of hackers claiming to be the reborn Lulz Security (LulzSec) took credit for an alleged compromise of MilitarySingles.com, a dating website for military personnel, and the leak of over 160,000 account details from its database.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Mar 27, 2012

Celebrity hacker pleads guilty to Scarlett Johansson e-mail hack

Christopher Chaney entered guilty pleas to nine felony counts in federal court today, admitting that he hacked into dozens of celebrities' e-mail accounts, including those of Mila Kunis and Scarlett Johansson, according to the Los Angeles Times.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Mar 26, 2012

Why hackers set their sights on small businesses

If you run a small business, and think that none of your data was of interest to a hacker, consider this: what if a hacker could take stolen bank account or credit card information from your computer and package it with the same information from a hundred or a thousand other small businesses? Would it be worth something then?

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Mar 26, 2012

Chinese hack Microsoft

Chinese hackers apparently have gained access to Microsoft problem details even before a company patch was released and security researchers are worried the leak came directly from Microsoft

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Mar 20, 2012

'Anonymous operating system' prompts security warnings

Warnings have been issued to internet users who have downloaded an operating system purportedly created by members of the Anonymous hacker group.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Mar 16, 2012

Anti-Anonymous hacker threatens to expose them

As if things couldn't get any worse for the hacktivists of Anonymous, the self-described patriotic hacker who calls himself The Jester has struck another blow.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Mar 13, 2012

Porn site breached in hack attack

Hackers claim to have stolen the details of more than 73,000 subscribers to porn site Digital Playground.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Mar 12, 2012

LinkedIn is a hacker's dream tool

If you use LinkedIn, you've probably told the site where you work, what you do and who you work with. That's a gold mine for hackers, who are increasingly savvy in using that kind of public -- but personal -- information for pinpoint attacks.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Mar 12, 2012

Anonymous Hacks Vatican Website

A group of Italian hackers who claim to be members of the loose-knit international gang of cyber criminals known as "Anonymous" took down the Vatican's website for a number of hours Wednesday, the Chicago Tribune reports.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Mar 07, 2012

Linux Hacks & Cracks - Page 48

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