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Hacked and mangled -- yet again

Posted April 5, 2012 - 1:56 pm

For the second time in two years my WordPress site was hacked, this time by Viagra spammers. Here are a few of the hard lessons I learned.
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FBI makes easy catch of alleged LulzSec hacker 'Recursion' for Sony data breach

Posted September 23, 2011 - 1:26 pm

The FBI has arrested a 23-year-old man it accuses of being LulzSec member "Recursion," for his alleged involvement in one of many attacks on Sony in April and May.
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The best example yet of how technology can improve your life

Posted September 9, 2011 - 1:14 pm

A Brooklyn-based video producer has invented a way to make television viewing far less annoying.
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'Wind turbine hacker' full of hot air

Posted April 19, 2011 - 11:33 am

Though noted as probably fake, the wind turbine hack hoax got lots of attention for its target and 'evidence;' could propaganda-generating fake attacks be the next hactivist weapon?
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Cloud cracks home wireless router; giant hammer squishes ant

Posted January 11, 2011 - 1:19 pm

Hackers using Amazon's EC2 to crack WLANs is no threat to corporate IT, but does highlight new options for ambitious, cash-strapped crackers.
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Verisign service shields small e-tailers from DDOS attacks

Posted November 5, 2010 - 12:17 pm

Aimed at smaller companies the DNS-server failover service is more of an insurance policy than for big companies, which expect to be hit with big, expensive attacks.
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Microsoft to Prosecute More Botnets

Posted October 13, 2010 - 12:30 pm

Just so you know Microsoft won't have to resort to arcane technical solutions to the botnet problem -- the way Facebook did by using obviously
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No safety for SMB2 users yet

Posted October 1, 2009 - 11:50 am

The Windows SMB2 security hole remains open and with malware out now that can take advantage of it, it's more dangerous than ever, but there's still no patch for it.
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Hacker recruitment: When it is safe to have a hacker on your IT staff

Posted September 2, 2009 - 5:16 am

How should you go about hiring your IT staff? There are a lot of nuances between hiring a hacker and recruiting a top-notch engineer. Here are a few suggestions.
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Kiwi teen hacker to use power for good rather than evil

Posted March 31, 2009 - 10:36 am

Having spent his teen years writing botnet programs that break into bank computers, the New Zealand computer whiz who went by the handle AKILL has returned his ill-gotten gains and is now working as a security consultant.
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