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RSS hackATM hack talk pulled from security conference
News It's almost security conference season in Las Vegas and with one month to go, a presentation has been pulled from Black Hat and Defcon. Juniper Networks says it pulled a talk about a flaw in ATM software that one of its researchers was... [02 Jul 2009]
Protect Databases From Security Threats and Automate Compliance
White Paper The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) had to warn over 45,000 employees that their personal data may have been compromised in a hack of one of its computer systems. This paper describes the immediate needs confronted... [03 Jun 2009]
Yahoo! opens up for future
News The winning hack this year was Open FreeCycle which makes the online recycling community Freecycle searchable using the Yahoo Mail API, the Yahoo! promotes its open strategy are regular Hack Days, the... [15 May 2009]
Why you should hack your own systems
Comment If you want to make sure your systems are safe from hackers, you've got to test, test, test, says Quocirca's Fran Howarth. The top two threats facing organisations today are web-based applications and end users, according to information... [22 Apr 2009]
Minority Report: Mac Tablet - to be or not to be?
Comment CP: As you well know, there are blogs all over the web with details about how to hack Intel-based computers to run OS X. The prognosticators are divided. Seb Janacek overhears the arguments for and against such a device. [07 Apr 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 20.03.09
Round-Up Strangely none of them were headed 'Read on Tube while sat next to nosy old hack', which is exactly what they were doing. Just because you can technically do something, doesn't always mean that you should. [20 Mar 2009]
UK biz not ready for hack attacks, flu, bad weather
News UK organisations are still not doing enough to ensure business continuity in the event of a disaster or IT failure, a new report has warned - despite fears over online attacks and disease. According to a report by the Chartered... [19 Mar 2009]
Apple: Jailbreaking iPhones violates copyright
News The EFF is trying to get the Copyright Office to grant a DMCA exemption on behalf of iPhone owners who have chosen to jailbreak - hack - their iPhones, or bypass the restriction Apple places on standard iPhones that only... [16 Feb 2009]
Hack Your Own Information Security Career
White Paper Often time's youngsters aspiring to be Information Security professional mistake Information Security to be a professional approach to the world "Hacking". In other words if one is an aspiring hacker he would definitely be looking at... [13 Feb 2009]
Satyam scandal, police search row and Apple without Jobs
News Full steam ahead for police plans to hack home PCs Security vendors Kaspersky Labs and Sophos responded to the news by saying they'd block attempts by the police to hack into computer systems without a... [02 Feb 2009]
Nasa hacker wins judicial review
News Gary McKinnon, the man accused by US prosecutors of "the biggest military hack of all time", has won the right to a judicial review of a Home Office decision to extradite him to the US. Lord Justice Maurice Kay made the... [23 Jan 2009]
Legal Eye: Does Home Office online surveillance go too far?
Comment Emails, internet searches and instant messaging discussions are just some of the personal data that the police could hack into if they deem it necessary during an active investigation. The Home Office's recent... [21 Jan 2009]
Will Nasa hacker be prosecuted in UK?
News McKinnon has been accused by US prosecutors of "the biggest military hack of all time". The Crown Prosecution Service will give a decision in the next four weeks as to whether it will prosecute Nasa hacker Gary McKinnon. [16 Jan 2009]
Nasa hacker says will plead guilty in UK
News McKinnon has been accused by US prosecutors of "the biggest military hack of all time", after entering Nasa and Pentagon systems. Self-confessed hacker Gary McKinnon has told UK prosecutors he will plead guilty to... [13 Jan 2009]
'We'll block police home PC hacks': Security vendors
News Two security vendors have said they would block police attempts to hack into systems without a warrant. UK police already have the power to hack into suspect systems without a warrant, due to an... [09 Jan 2009]
