http://www.itworld.com/taxonomy/term/1288/all xx http://www.itworld.com/security/79507/no-safety-smb2-users-yet 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. http://www.itworld.com/security/79507/no-safety-smb2-users-yet#comments Endpoint security Security Windows Analysis hacker malware SMB2 Thu, 01 Oct 2009 11:50:06 -0400 sjvn 79507 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/it-managementstrategy/76318/hacker-recruitment-when-it-safe-have-a-hacker-your-it-staff 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. http://www.itworld.com/it-managementstrategy/76318/hacker-recruitment-when-it-safe-have-a-hacker-your-it-staff#comments IT management/strategy Security Best practice hacker hiring IT staffing recruitment white hat hacker Wed, 02 Sep 2009 05:16:00 -0400 davidstrom 76318 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/security/69962/blind-phone-hacker-gets-11-year-sentence Known as 'Little Hacker,' he'd use the 911 system to send SWAT teams to victims' houses http://www.itworld.com/security/69962/blind-phone-hacker-gets-11-year-sentence#comments Legal Security News hacker Mon, 29 Jun 2009 20:52:39 -0400 ITworld staff 69962 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/security/66610/twitter-teen-hacker-hired-web-app-developer An Oregon-based Web application developer Friday confirmed he has hired the teenager who admitted attacking Twitter with several different worms last weekend. http://www.itworld.com/security/66610/twitter-teen-hacker-hired-web-app-developer#comments Security News hacker Twitter Sun, 19 Apr 2009 20:28:44 -0400 ITworld staff 66610 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/security/66557/researcher-offers-tool-hide-malware-net A security researcher has upgraded a tool that simplifies the placement of difficult-to-detect malware in Microsoft's .Net framework on Windows computers. http://www.itworld.com/security/66557/researcher-offers-tool-hide-malware-net#comments Security News .Net Black Hat hacker Fri, 17 Apr 2009 09:19:09 -0400 ITworld staff 66557 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/security/66514/researcher-finds-possible-bug-apples-iphone Famed Mac hacker Charlie Miller has found another possible security vulnerability in Apple's iPhone. http://www.itworld.com/security/66514/researcher-finds-possible-bug-apples-iphone#comments Security News charlie miller hacker iPhone Thu, 16 Apr 2009 10:45:49 -0400 ITworld staff 66514 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/security/66408/mafiaboy-speech-standing-room-only-affair Michael Calce (aka Mafiaboy), the Montreal teen hacker who was the subject of an international manhunt after bringing down some of the highest-profile Web sites on the Internet, delivered on his promise to provide insight into underground hacker communities during his keynote with Craig Silverman at IT360 last week. http://www.itworld.com/security/66408/mafiaboy-speech-standing-room-only-affair#comments Security News hacker mafiaboy Tue, 14 Apr 2009 17:19:11 -0400 ITworld staff 66408 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/legal/65701/british-hackers-supporters-rally-us-embassy As protesters took to the streets again Thursday during the G-20 world leaders summit, the U.S. embassy saw a much smaller rally in support of a British computer hacker. http://www.itworld.com/legal/65701/british-hackers-supporters-rally-us-embassy#comments Legal Security News Gary McKinnon hacker Thu, 02 Apr 2009 12:45:36 -0400 ITworld staff 65701 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/security/65301/kiwi-teen-hacker-use-power-good-rather-evil 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. http://www.itworld.com/security/65301/kiwi-teen-hacker-use-power-good-rather-evil#comments Career Security Opinion hacker Tue, 31 Mar 2009 10:36:10 -0400 abennett 65301 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/legal/63309/uk-declines-prosecute-hacker-wanted-us British authorities said Thursday they can't prosecute a hacker who would prefer to face trial in his own country rather than face deportation to the U.S. http://www.itworld.com/legal/63309/uk-declines-prosecute-hacker-wanted-us#comments Legal Security News cybercrime Gary McKinnon hacker Thu, 26 Feb 2009 10:25:13 -0500 ITworld staff 63309 at http://www.itworld.com