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Hackers Plan to Clobber the Cloud, Spy on Blackberries
A new era of computing is on the rise and viruses, spies and malware developers are tagging along for the ride.
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Website exposes sensitive details on military personnel
Programming errors on a website that helps commuters carpool to work are exposing sensitive information of workers for hundreds of employers in Southern California, including at least one military installation.
How a Phishing Attack Exposed an Energy Company to Hackers
The Intrepidus Group reveals some details behind a malware attack that exposed critical systems at an energy company. Using a Microsoft zero-day vulnerability and a bit of social engineering, hackers compromised a workstation and threatened critical SCADA systems, the security vendor says.
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Accused bank computer hacker faces court
Police will spend the next four months building a case against an alleged computer hacker who planned to attack 74,000 computers worldwide from Adelaide.
Hacker Ring Tied To Major Breaches Just Tip Of The Iceberg
TJX-Heartland attacker and cohorts also reportedly hacked ATM machines in 7-Elevens, but their wide net is likely just one of many.
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Hacker Agrees to Guilty Plea in Massive Data Breach Case
Notorious hacker Albert Gonzalez agrees to plead guilty to having a role in the theft of data from millions of credit and debit cards. Gonzalez, who has been tied by authorities to a cyber-crimewave that hit companies from Heartland Payment Systems to Hannaford Bros., now faces up to 25 years in prison.
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'Mafiaboy': Cloud Computing Will Cause Internet Security Meltdown
Reformed black-hat hacker Michael Calce, better known as the 15-year-old "mafiaboy" who, in 2000, took down Websites CNN, Yahoo, E*Trade, Dell, Amazon, and eBay, says widespread adoption of cloud computing is going to make the Internet only more of a hacker haven.
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Programmer Charged with Rocking 'Rolling Stone' with DDoS Attacks
A computer programmer from Pennsylvania could spend up to 10 years in prison if convicted of launching massive distributed denial of service attacks against Rolling Stone magazine and other sites. The case reveals that DDoS remains an effective and serious attack vector.
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Blind Hacker Hit with 11-Year Sentence
A blind man tracked by the FBI since he was a teenager was sentenced to prison recently for his role in hacking into a telephone system and intimidating a Verizon security investigator. The court sentenced him to 135 months in prison.
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