Hackers articles

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  Feature

  Def Con XX: twenty years of hacker evolution

  By Jesse Hicks on August 17, 2012 12:01 pm + 49 comments

  Twenty years ago, the world of consumer technology was a very different place. In the early 1990's, Continue reading…

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  Article

  The inside story of how hackers destroyed Mat Honan's digital life

  By Chris Welch on August 6, 2012 09:10 pm + 232 comments

  Reporter Mat Honan fell victim to a multipronged attack by hackers this past weekend, and he's just p Continue reading…

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  Article

  Facebook pays hackers over $400,000 to hunt down security bugs

  By Ellis Hamburger on July 27, 2012 03:53 pm + 10 comments

  At the Defcon hacker conference this week in Las Vegas, Facebook is not only recruiting new security Continue reading…

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  Article

  With hacker attacks on the rise, Facebook Connect emerges as security solution

  By Ellis Hamburger on July 18, 2012 11:50 am + 45 comments

  Last week, Formspring servers were compromised and over 420,000 hashed user passwords were stolen. Continue reading…

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  Phandroid's Android Forums hacked, 1m accounts compromised

  By Evan Rodgers on July 12, 2012 08:01 pm + 52 comments

  Phandroid's Android Forums announced this week that a hacker recently accessed the message board's Continue reading…

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  Article

  Big dreams and tiny spaces inside Silicon Valley's 'hacker hostels'

  By Joshua Kopstein on July 7, 2012 01:26 pm + 24 comments

  In the New York Times, Brian X. Chen explores a strange new kind of establishment that's popping up Continue reading…

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  Inside Facebook security: defending users from spammers, hackers, and 'likejackers'

  By Ellis Hamburger on May 25, 2012 12:35 pm + 17 comments

  If Facebook were a country, it would be the third largest in the world, just behind India and China. Continue reading…

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  The New Yorker profiles George Hotz, the original iPhone and PS3 jailbreaker

  By Ellis Hamburger on April 30, 2012 11:42 am + 9 comments

  "I hack because I'm bored," famed iPhone and PS3 hacker George "Geohot" Hotz told The New Yorker in Continue reading…

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  Facebook partners with McAfee, Symantec, Microsoft, others to offer free antivirus software, expanded URL blacklist

  By Ellis Hamburger on April 25, 2012 12:00 pm + 28 comments

  Upwards of 90 percent of "hacked" Facebook accounts don't get compromised on Facebook, the company Continue reading…

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  A look inside the world of government spying and high-paid hacker mercenaries

  By T.C. Sottek on March 22, 2012 01:58 pm + 6 comments

  Google's $60,000 bounty for Chrome vulnerabilities isn't enough coin for hacker group Vupen, which Continue reading…