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RSS hackerHow Online Criminals Make Themselves Tough to Find, Near Impossible to Nab
White Paper That rootkit allowed the hacker who'd planted it to establish a secure tunnel so he could work undetected and "Get Root" - administrator's access to the aquarium network. A clear illustration of the fact comes from the... [13 Nov 2009]
When Corporate Network Safety Starts at Employees' Homes: Protecting Your Network From Home Wireless Hackers
White Paper While there is no guarantee for 100% hacker-free security, the "SAFE WIFI" practices package some of the best security that is commonly available with today's commercial products, to make home wireless network a less... [12 Nov 2009]
Prevent Leaks and Comply With PCI
White Paper A plethora of responses have emerged, with 63% of online retailers requiring Card Verification Value (CVV) at checkout and 47% displaying logos such as "Hacker Safe" on their home pages.1 In addition to these individual... [12 Nov 2009]
Web Application Vulnerabilities and Avoiding Application Exposure
White Paper Negative security logic solutions can prevent known, generalized attacks, but are ineffective against the kind of targeted, malicious hacker activity outlined in this paper. Web applications reach out to a larger,... [11 Nov 2009]
File Integrity Monitoring: Compliance and Security for Virtual and Physical Environments
White Paper When these devices are configured improperly, whether as a result of malicious hacker attacks or inadvertent employee modifications, the IT infrastructure may be exposed to security risk that leads to service outages and... [06 Oct 2009]
Gary McKinnon
AS Profile Gary McKinnon has become a household name thanks to the backing of The Daily Mail in his battle against extradition to the US. McKinnon has been fighting extradition to the US since 2003, a year after he was arrested for hacking into... [29 Sep 2009]
Credit card hacker pleads guilty to fraud worth millions
News A 28-year-old Miami man who made millions breaking into computer networks and stealing credit card numbers pleaded guilty on Friday and agreed to forfeit more than $2.7m in restitution, as well as a condominium, jewellery and a car. [14 Sep 2009]
Protect Data and Client Trust: An End-to-End Approach to Protecting Your Web Applications and Your Organization
White Paper It's a hacker's dream and your security nightmare. Every day, more and more business is conducted online creating new challenges for meeting Web application security and compliance. Due to the dynamic nature and... [10 Sep 2009]
Apple's Mac OS 'lagging behind Vista on security'
News Contrary to popular Mac fanboy belief, Macintosh is not more secure from a software standpoint than modern Windows; it's merely safer to use because malware writers prefer to target the platform with the biggest install base, according... [27 Aug 2009]
Twitter blackout confirmed as denial-of-service attack
News But it's probably not a coincidence that they all coincide with the annual Defcon hacker convention. Twitter was inaccessible for several hours on Thursday, followed by a period of slowness and sporadic timeouts, and... [06 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 for the... [31 Jul 2009]
MI5 plugs website flaw that left site open to hack attack
News Last week, a hacker with the handle '[-TE-]-Neo' wrote that the MI5 website was vulnerable to cross-site scripting and Iframe injection. The hacker put the post on the Team Elite hacker... [30 Jul 2009]
Fake antivirus claiming tens of millions of scalps
News Last September, a hacker was able to infiltrate rogue antivirus maker Baka Software and discovered that in one period an affiliate made more than $80,000 in about a week, said Sean-Paul Correll, a PandaLabs threat... [29 Jul 2009]
'Hack your own Oracle database' tool unveiled next week
News During their presentation at the Black Hat and Defcon hacker conferences next week in Las Vegas, security experts will release a tool that can be used to break into Oracle databases. Chris Gates and Mario Ceballos will... [24 Jul 2009]
Mozilla unearths critical Firefox 3.5 Just-in-time hole
News The hole could allow a hacker to launch a 'drive-by' attack, according to Mozilla. There is a critical JavaScript vulnerability in the Firefox 3.5 web browser, Mozilla has warned. The zero-day flaw lies in Firefox 3.5's... [16 Jul 2009]
