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Wal-Mart Hacked: Is Credit Card Data Safe?

BY Chris DannenWed Oct 14, 2009 at 10:05 AM

Source code for Wal-Mart's point-of-sale computer system was hacked and siphoned into Eastern European computers in 2005 and 2006, Wired.com reported today. The scale of the attack calls into question whether major retailers have been ...READ»

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Security Expert Proves Hacking the Smart Grid Is a Snap

BY Ariel SchwartzWed Sep 2, 2009 at 9:00 AM

As with all wirelessly-connected electronic devices, smart meters--and in turn, the smart grid--are vulnerable to hackers. And if the smart grid is hacked, well, there goes the neighborhood's (or the city's) power. CNN recently ...READ»

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Pirate Bay Not Dead After All

BY Chris DannenThu Aug 27, 2009 at 2:12 PM

Just two days ago it seemed as if former torrent network the Pirate Bay was going to be scuttled forever, as deals for its acquisition fell apart and its users held a hacking vigil in remembrance. But now it appears that that the ...READ»

SEASONAL HACKS | 3 comments

Hacking, Like The Weather, Is Seasonal

BY Kit EatonWed Aug 26, 2009 at 7:04 AM

A survey of the hackers attending this month's Defcon 17 conference turned up these rather interesting results: About 81% of the hackers say they're more active during the winter holidays. READ»

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As Pirate Bay Sinks, Cyber-Attacks Mourn It

BY Chris DannenTue Aug 25, 2009 at 3:23 PM

The popular peer-to-peer torrent network Pirate Bay will not go quietly. That's the message of deliberate attacks on the Pirate Bay's Internet service provider, perpetrated today as the company attempted to comply with a Swedish ...READ»

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Facebook and Twitter Attacks Were Political, and Personal

BY Kit EatonFri Aug 7, 2009 at 8:20 AM

The attacks that took Facebook and Twitter offline had a bizarre, and disturbing twist: They were aimed at a single user's web presence.READ»

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The Best (and Worst) Hacks of Defcon Computer Security Conference 2009

BY Kit EatonMon Aug 3, 2009 at 9:54 AM

Computer security is a famously murky world that tends to generate alarmist headlines--like the ones about Apple's vulnerabilities from last week. Defcon 2009 has just finished, and lived up to this reputation in many, surprising, ...READ»

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Your iPhone Could Kill Cellphone Towers, Steal Your Identity

BY Kit EatonWed Jul 29, 2009 at 11:09 AM

That iPhone in your pocket is nasty. If you're not careful about screening SMS's it can steal your personal details. And if you're careless enough to jailbreak the thing, it can kill cell-phone masts. Seriously--even Apple says ...READ»

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Palm Pre Code Leaks, Indie Apps Follow

BY Kit EatonWed Jun 10, 2009 at 8:09 AM

Coders have been hard at work since this past weekend's Pre launch delving into the digital innards of the phone. By tweaking the Reset Doctor, designed to resurrect a crashed phone, they've found all of webOS's root code, and that's led to the first independently developed Palm Pre "apps."READ»

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Update: The Facebook Phishing Scam Continues

BY Chris DannenMon May 18, 2009 at 5:25 PM

Last week I wrote about a phishing and malware scam that has plagued Facebook for weeks. It wasn't quite a virus, because it affected Mac users--but it wasn't entirely Web-based either, because some of the links it hawked were ...READ»

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Pentagon Says F-35 Classified Designs Have Not Been Stolen

BY Kit EatonWed Apr 22, 2009 at 6:23 AM

A national security panic spread through the Internet yesterday after a report by The Wall Street Journal suggested "terabytes" of classified data on the F-35 Lightning II had been stolen by hackers. Today the Pentagon and ...READ»

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What Happens if the Smart Grid Gets Hacked?

BY Ariel SchwartzMon Mar 23, 2009 at 1:05 PM

We've made a tacit agreement with the Internet to let it handle our business transactions, shopping, and daily communications, and yes, we've also agreed to accept the risk that our online lives could be disturbed by hackers. But ...READ»

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FAA Hacked; Obama Orders Review of Federal Cyber Security

BY Chris DannenWed Feb 11, 2009 at 1:12 PM

Hackers breached the network of the Federal Aviation Administration earlier this week and gained access to sensitive records, according to an aviation trade publication. The FAA breach has prompted President Obama to order an ...READ»

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Mac Rumors Live Hacked During Apple Keynote (NSFW)

BY Kevin OhannessianTue Jan 6, 2009 at 12:50 PM

Mac Rumors, among the most popular and best-known websites covering Apple, was hacked during its live coverage of today's MacWorld keynote presentation. Readers were shocked when one of the liveblog's auto-updating text messages said: ...READ»

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Tech Watch: Hackers on Obama's Network, Hookers on Craigslist

BY Chris DannenFri Nov 7, 2008 at 2:30 PM

The campaigns of both Barack Obama and John McCain were attacked by hackers. Who are the suspects? Craiglist is tightening security on its personals section to shutdown solicitations. And AT&T may be embracing the functionality of jailbreak apps for the iPhone.READ»

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The Biggest Hack Exposed: How Safe is the Web Really?

BY Rip EmpsonFri Aug 15, 2008 at 12:23 PM

Last week, the Department of Justice cracked the biggest case of credit card and identity theft in U.S. history. Oh, snap. Last Tuesday, Federal prosecutors charged 11 hackers with the theft and sale of more than 40 million credit and ...READ»