Hacker articles

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  Microsoft executive blames cybercrime for delayed mobile strategy

  By Sam Byford on October 25, 2012 08:41 pm + 158 comments

  With over 100 million iPads sold, the one thing everyone can agree on about Surface is that Continue reading…

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  Hacker arrested in France for stealing about 500,000 euros using malware apps

  By Kimber Streams on October 19, 2012 11:13 am + 74 comments

  A 20-year old French hacker has been arrested for stealing about 500,000 euros ($651,000) from Continue reading…

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  Apple and iOS hacker Comex part ways after unanswered e-mail

  By Sam Byford on October 18, 2012 08:49 pm + 55 comments

  Apple tapped infamous iOS jailbreaker Comex for a remote intern position last year, but the Continue reading…

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  Internet Explorer vulnerability exposes Windows PCs, experts suggest switching to Chrome

  By Louis Goddard on September 18, 2012 04:43 am + 184 comments

  Hackers have used a new "zero-day" vulnerability — a hole previously unknown to security Continue reading…

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  Hacker Cosmo on how he bypassed Google's two-step authentication and stole personal data

  By Kimber Streams on September 11, 2012 01:39 pm + 19 comments

  After Wired's Mat Honan lost and subsequently recovered his personal data last month, he dove into Continue reading…

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  How Wired's Mat Honan recovered his data after 'epic hacking'

  By Aaron Souppouris on August 18, 2012 12:06 pm + 71 comments

  Last week, the internet was ablaze with the story of Wired writer Mat Honan's 'epic hacking,' which Continue reading…

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  3D printed key used to open handcuffs

  By Andrew Webster on July 16, 2012 05:26 pm + 40 comments

  3D printers can do plenty of good — like creating dinosaur bone replicas or blood vessel networks Continue reading…

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  Apple reportedly working to block in-app purchase exploit as creator responds

  By Adi Robertson on July 16, 2012 12:25 pm + 166 comments

  Apple is apparently blocking the IP address of the server hosting In-Appstore.com, a tool that let Continue reading…

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  PSA: League of Legends reports EU security breach, change your password

  By Sean Hollister on June 9, 2012 12:45 am + 24 comments

  LinkedIn, Twitter, eHarmony, and Last.fm recently fell to hackers, and now it's League of Legends' Continue reading…

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  LinkedIn hacked: over six million passwords compromised and published

  By Chris Welch on June 7, 2012 08:45 pm

  Professional networking site LinkedIn suffered a major security breach on June 6th, 2012 that Continue reading…