Hacking articles

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  Custom Android software turns every notification into a Facebook-style Chat Head

  By Dieter Bohn on May 2, 2013 09:07 pm + 133 comments

  Facebook introduced a fairly compelling new way to do notifications and messaging with Chat Heads, Continue reading…

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  Facebook launches Trusted Contacts, help from friends if your account gets hacked

  By Tom Warren on May 2, 2013 12:00 pm + 14 comments

  Facebook launched two-factor authentication almost two years ago, but this week the social Continue reading…

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  Federal court questions whether using a bug to beat a video poker machine is hacking

  By Jacob Kastrenakes on May 1, 2013 08:49 pm + 48 comments

  A US District Court is questioning whether taking advantage of a computer bug is considered hacking Continue reading…

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  Hacked AP Twitter account shows need for new high-speed trading rules, US official says

  By Carl Franzen on May 1, 2013 02:14 pm + 23 comments

  Minutes after the Associated Press's main Twitter account was hacked last month and a completely Continue reading…

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  Spamhaus cyberattack suspect rolled around Spain in 'hacking van' command center

  By Jeff Blagdon on April 29, 2013 12:09 am + 24 comments

  More details are coming out about the arrest of the 35-year-old Dutch national charged in Continue reading…

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  Judge denies FBI request to hijack suspect's PC using spyware

  By Joshua Kopstein on April 26, 2013 09:45 am + 21 comments

  For a long time, the FBI has been refining its ability to get inside your computer whenever it Continue reading…

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  'Hacker' convicted by US court despite never hacking

  By Matt Brian on April 25, 2013 04:56 am + 57 comments

  After more than a year of bouncing between appeals courts, the hacking case involving David Nosal Continue reading…

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  Google accelerates push to replace passwords by joining FIDO Alliance

  By Casey Newton on April 23, 2013 08:38 pm + 29 comments

  Amid a growing consensus that passwords are not adequately secure, the group of tech companies Continue reading…

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  Chat Heads, set free: jailbreak tweak puts Facebook Messenger all over your iPhone

  By Ellis Hamburger on April 17, 2013 07:08 pm + 88 comments

  When Facebook launched Chat Heads for iOS yesterday, the feature's functionality was limited. On Continue reading…

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  NPR reports website and Twitter accounts were defaced by 'Syrian Electronic Army'

  By Carl Franzen on April 16, 2013 09:57 am + 6 comments

  National Public Radio (NPR) is reporting today that its website and several of its Twitter accounts Continue reading…