Hacking articles

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  SEC staffers bring computers with sensitive, unencrypted data to Black Hat hacker conference

  By Jeff Blagdon on November 8, 2012 11:20 pm + 33 comments

  In the face of a growing number of cyberattacks on businesses and government agencies, the White Continue reading…

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  For sale: your security

  By Aaron Souppouris on November 2, 2012 08:20 am + 18 comments

  Security firm Vupen has uncovered a zero-day bug in Windows 8 and Internet Explorer 10. The Continue reading…

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  3.6 million social security numbers exposed in unprecedented South Carolina cyber attack

  By Chris Welch on October 26, 2012 04:49 pm + 69 comments

  "This is not a good day for South Carolina." That was Governor Nikki Haley's public reaction to news Continue reading…

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  Twitter's lack of a security @blanket leaves users in peril

  By Nathan Ingraham on October 3, 2012 11:37 am + 47 comments

  The massive hack and subsequent dismantling of Wired writer Mat Honan's digital life in August Continue reading…

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  The Philippines bans cybersex, imposes harsh fines for libelous comments

  By Aaron Souppouris on September 20, 2012 05:58 am + 31 comments

  The Philippines has passed a law banning residents from "any lascivious exhibition of sexual organs Continue reading…

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  At Silicon Valley's elite startup school, success comes to the ascetic

  By Jeff Blagdon on September 11, 2012 09:52 pm + 5 comments

  For many would-be tech startups, Y Combinator is the promised land — an elite pressure cooker Continue reading…

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  Standing guard: a look at those who protect the citizens of the internet

  By Justin Rubio on September 11, 2012 03:19 pm

  The presence of fraudsters, cheaters, and hackers waiting to violate gamers on the internet is Continue reading…

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  Pro-Syrian government hackers send fake news through Al Jazeera's SMS service

  By T.C. Sottek on September 9, 2012 06:21 pm + 13 comments

  Combatants on both sides of Syria's domestic conflict have resorted to cyberwarfare to reach their Continue reading…

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  FBI: there is 'no evidence' that AntiSec stole Apple device IDs from an agency laptop

  By Nathan Ingraham on September 4, 2012 05:00 pm + 77 comments

  Earlier today, hacker collective AntiSec released a file with over one million iOS unique device Continue reading…

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  'Mahdi' malware still spreading in Iran even after discovery

  By Sam Byford on August 30, 2012 04:21 am + 10 comments

  Despite the recent uncovering of the 'Madhi' malware that has infected several hundred computers in Continue reading…