hacking
RSS hackingLargest hack and ID theft in US: Three suspects charged
News Two Russians and a Florida man were charged on Monday with hacking into Heartland Payment Systems, 7-Eleven, and the Hannaford Brothers supermarket chain, and stealing data related to more than 130 million credit and... [18 Aug 2009]
Twitter's malware filter has 'disappointing results', say security experts
News Hacking is another challenge the popular microblogging site faces. Twitter's new malware filter is a sign the social media site is stepping up efforts to stem attacks but the measure has its shortcomings, say security... [04 Aug 2009]
Extradition for Nasa hacker rules high court
News Gary McKinnon has lost his high court bid to avoid extradition to the US for hacking into military systems in that country. McKinnon had tried to argue that former home secretary, Jacqui Smith, was wrong in law to push... [31 Jul 2009]
Communications Recording and the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard PCI DSS
White Paper The standard was created to help organizations that process card payments prevent credit card fraud, hacking and various other security vulnerabilities and threats. PCI DSS stands for Payment Card Industry Data Security... [14 Jul 2009]
Data moving to the cloud? Cybercrime will follow
News Looking ahead five years, "I'm thinking the attack is going to be on cloud computing centres," said Parrella, chief of the computer hacking and intellectual property unit at the US Attorney's Office. As data moves to the... [13 Jul 2009]
Hacking Leopard: Tools and Techniques for Attacking the Newest Mac OS X
White Paper This paper serves as an introduction to the tools and techniques available on the Mac OS X operating system for vulnerability analysis. It is particularly targeted for those security researchers already familiar with tools for Windows... [13 Jul 2009]
Minority Report: Can Palm Pre beat the iPhone?
Comment Apple didn't tolerate the hacking influences of Real when it tried to break Apple's DRM technology for its own commercial benefit. Palm is challenging Apple in the smartphone space, big time. Seb Janacek looks at why the... [08 Jul 2009]
Protect Your Sensitive Data, Ignoring Online Privacy and Application Security Isn't Just a Compliance Issue: It's a Risk Issue!
White Paper With 75% of attacks targeting Web applications, hacking has evolved into big business where stolen data carries a large dollar value. As a result, many regulatory groups are acknowledging this problem by creating Web... [04 Jul 2009]
ATM hack talk pulled from security conference
News Last year, a talk on hacking smartcards used in the Boston subway system was blocked after a federal judge granted the Massachusetts transit authority's request for an injunction. It's almost security conference season... [02 Jul 2009]
Check Point IPS Engine Architecture: New Technologies Provide a Robust Integrated Intrusion Prevention System
White Paper According to a Verizon Business Report in 2008 hacking led to data breaches by a margin of almost two to one.of the attacks targeting the Application Service Layer led to data compromise. Some organizations have a... [01 Jul 2009]
The Value of Integrated Security
White Paper In the 1990s, a second generation of security challenges could spread in days, including macro viruses, email viruses, Denial-Of-Service (DoS) threats, and limited hacking attempts. Security breaches can attack a company... [01 Jul 2009]
Detecting Deception in the Context of Web 2.0
White Paper Cybenko et al.introduced the concept of cognitive hacking and described several countermeasures for defending against cognitive hacking. Cognitive hacking was defined as a disinformation... [29 Jun 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 26.06.09
Round-Up A mobile that can automatically overlay your voice with a hacking cough and sniffles when you're on the phone to your boss trying to pull a sickie? The Round-Up is a big fan of Scandinavian countries. [26 Jun 2009]
Why 1970s hackers had 'whiz kid' status
Comment So you went from phone phreaking into hacking? At the time I had that idea but I never went through with it because I was so busy hacking.It was pretty much the trophy. Known more for social engineering... [23 Jun 2009]
Microsoft's Patch Tuesday unleashes record number of updates
News Microsoft has released 10 security updates fixing a record number of Patch Tuesday holes, including one for a critical hole in Internet Explorer 8 that was exploited as part of a hacking contest at CanSecWest conference... [10 Jun 2009]
