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Profile of the World's Top Hackers

Data theft and breaches from cybercrime may have cost businesses as much as $1 trillion globally in lost intellectual property and expenditures for repairing damage. And this current economic climate has undoubtedly created more opportunities for hackers, criminals, and industrial espionage firms who are targeting critical infrastructures and systems...

Tags: Lumension Security Inc., Hacker, Hacking, Security

Webcasts 2009-06-29

Britain hires hackers for intel squad

Britain hires hackers for intel squadDOD Cyber CommandI can't wait to see the kind of job offers appearing when CYCOM stands up. All of the best guys could never get a clearance. Worst of all, if the NSA is running the show, they might need a polygraph. ...

Tags: Hacking, SECURITY, Recruitment & Selection, hacker, White Hat

Discussion threads 2009-06-25

Cybercrime doesn't pay: well it does, and very well

A large part of me is worried about writing this post because in some way, I could be considered as promoting the idea or inciting people to commit cybercrime. Well, that's not my intention as such - instead I'm taking a more back seat approach to denounce why people commit...

Tags: Cybercrime, Web Site, Hacker, Cybersecurity, Attack, Security Industry, Web Site Development, Government, Phishing, Web Technology, Security, Hacking, Internet, Spam And Phishing, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2009-06-25

Britain hires hackers for intel squad

The hackers are coming, the hackers are coming. Britain is hiring ex-hackers as a security cadre to protect the country's computer systems from cyber attacks, AP reports. [Anti-terrorism minister] Alan West said the technology-savvy staff will join efforts to trace the source of â€"...

Tags: Britain, Hacker, Hacking, Security, Viruses And Worms, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-06-25

Court hears NASA hacker 'at risk of psychosis'

Court hears NASA hacker 'at risk of psychosis'He should of thought of that before hacking into the US computers.He may be innocent in his eyes and his actions may not warrant the US allegations, but he did admit to hacking the systems. Maybe they can just use him as...

Tags: Hacking, SECURITY, NASA, hacker, risk

Discussion threads 2009-06-09

Court hears NASA hacker 'at risk of psychosis'

A judicial review of Gary McKinnon's extradition to the U.S. has begun in the high court in London, with questions of his health being raised. Lawyers acting for Gary McKinnon say the self-confessed Nasa hacker runs the risk of becoming psychotic and suicidal if his extradition to the U.S....

Tags: U.S., Risk, NASA, Home Secretary, U.K., Computer, Gary McKinnon, Productivity, Strategy, Management, security, hacker, Tom Espiner ZDNet UK

News items 2009-06-09

Hacker named to Homeland Security Advisory Council

Hacker named to Homeland Security Advisory CouncilCrooks hire CrooksWhere else can a crook get a Job.Crooks in D.C. hire crooks to help the crooked Gov't do crooked things to help the crooked Banks and crooked companies the politicians award contracts to while decent people get rolled because they follow the...

Tags: Hacking, crook, hacker, Homeland Security Advisory Council, security, homeland security

Discussion threads 2009-06-08

Hacker named to Homeland Security Advisory Council

Jeff Moss, founder of the Black Hat and Defcon hacker and security conferences, was among 16 people sworn in on Friday to the Homeland Security Advisory Council. Jeff Moss, founder of the Black Hat and Defcon hacker and security conferences, was among 16 people sworn in on Friday to...

Tags: Hacker, Conference, Computer, Homeland Security, Hacking, Productivity, Government, security, Defon, Black Hat, Jeff Moss, Elinor Mills CNET News

News items 2009-06-08

Ouch! Hacker-free e-mail gets hacked

Did you hear the one about the hacker-free e-mail service that was so confident about its enhanced security measure that it offered up $10,000 to anyone who could hack into it? It got hacked. Here's the part that's really crazy, though. There was initially...

Tags: Hacker, E-mail, Hacking, Security, Online Communications, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-06-05

Hacker claims to have phished Steve Jobs Amazon account

Hacker claims to have phished Steve Jobs Amazon accountHacker claims to have phished Steve Jobs Amazon accountClassicRE: Hacker claims to have phished Steve Jobs Amazon accountOh, yeah, classic alright, classic BS.First of all, this guy has offered no unrefutable proof of his claims. Could all be BS.Second, even if...

Tags: Hacking, Apple Mac OS X, Operating systems, Cyberthreats, Steve Jobs, Amazon.com Inc., hacker, Apple Inc., Apple Safari, operating system, security

Discussion threads 2009-05-15

Hacker claims to have phished Steve Jobs Amazon account

Cult of Mac's Leander Kahney was approached by a hacker looking to sell access to Steve Jobs' personal Amazon account "with all his purchase/interest details for 6-7 years." The hacker going by the handle "orin0co" claims to have phished the Apple CEO in a new...

Tags: Steve Jobs, Apple Inc., Amazon.com Inc., Hacker, Attack, Hacking, Security, Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2009-05-14

Apple eliminates CanSecWest Pwn2Own flaws

Here's a little ditty that was almost lost in the sheer volume of this week's Mac OS X security update: Apple has finally patched the two vulnerabilities used to win this year's CanSecWest Pwn2Own hacking contest. The two flaws were used by Charlie Miller and a German...

Tags: Apple Safari, Flaw, Vulnerability, Apple Inc., Hacker, Hacking, Security, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2009-05-14

French hacker gains access to Twitter's admin panel

French hacker gains access to Twitter's admin panelHigh value targetsPeople security is no joke.. when you build a service.. build it based on security or atleast with security in mind. Its open source.. ask some security experts to comment... but make sure it included.It may not be 100%... but...

Tags: Hacking, security, admin panel, Twitter, people security

Discussion threads 2009-04-30

French hacker gains access to Twitter's admin panel

UPDATE2: Twitter confirms the unauthorized access. UPDATE: The Twitter admin hack appears to be the result of a successful social engineering attack against one of Twitter's employees -- similar attack took place in January this year. Here's a retrospective of the events that took place. ...

Tags: Hacker, Twitter, Attack, Hacking, Security, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2009-04-30

To catch a hacker

To catch a hackerAAP/Reuters:Hacker fell down lift shaftI'm sure there must be someone in every secret service agency in the world who holds a 00 license and has a silencer.Point them in the right direction..

Tags: Hacking, hacker

Discussion threads 2009-04-25

Cisco CEO: Protecting companies against hackers

At the RSA Conference in San Francisco, Cisco CEO John Chambers discusses how physical and IT security are one and the same. The architecture must be tied together to form a balanced resolution.

Tags: Cisco Systems Inc., Hacker, CEO, Security, Cisco, John Chambers

Videos 2009-04-23

Time '100 Most Influential' hacked

Even venerated Time magazine isn't immune to hackers. The magazine's annual online poll of the top 100 most influential people in government, science, technology and the arts was flooded with fake votes by followers of 4chan, the popular online message board. The 4chan hackers...

Tags: Hacker, Hacking, Security, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-04-23

Analyst: Breach revelations part of campaign for new funds, powers

No doubt, you have seen the news that F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program was breached by hackers, with all signs pointing to China. The Post reports that Lockheed Martin and the Pentagon are saying that no serious compromises occurred: "We know we are probed on...

Tags: Revelation, Hacker, Pentagon, Cybersecurity, Chances, Hacking, Security, Government, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-04-22

Hackers hijack DNS records of high profile New Zealand sites

Remember the DNS hijackings of such high profile sites such as Comcast, Photobucket, and ICANN/IANA domains that were taking place last year? Similar incidents are still happening. Today, a web site defacement group known as "The Peace Crew" has successfully hijacked the DNS records for high profile...

Tags: Web, DNS, New Zealand, Web Site, Hacker, Web Site Development, Channel Management, Web Technology, Internet, Marketing, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2009-04-21

Twitter worm author gets a job at exqSoft Solutions

Twitter worm author gets a job at exqSoft SolutionsMake sandboxes availibleIt would be in the best interest of social webapp sites (twitter, myspace, facebook, skype, etc.) to make a developers sandbox available by registration for whitehats to submit exploits securely. Instead of Henry Hacker only emailing them and saying,"Hey you've...

Tags: Recruitment & Selection, exqSoft Solutions, worm author, sandbox, Twitter, job

Discussion threads 2009-04-17