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RSS hacksEthical Hacking Techniques
White Paper Gartner Group estimates that 75 percent of Web site hacks that occur today happen at the application level and this number is expected to increase. As public and private organizations migrate more of their critical... [02 Sep 2008]
Firefox extension to protect from wireless hacks
News Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have released an extension for Firefox 3 that can protect wireless network users from so-called "man-in-the-middle" attacks. The software, dubbed "Perspectives", is available for download for free. [27 Aug 2008]
UK at risk from repeat of US hack attack?
News Retailers handling up to six million Visa transactions in the UK are not subject to an independent audit to check they are compliant with PCI DSS security standards that can block such hacks. UK shoppers credit card... [06 Aug 2008]
Nasa hacker loses extradition appeal
News McKinnon, aka "Solo" (the tag he used at the time of the Nasa hacks), claims that he is "a bumbling hacker" who was only looking for UFO files that he believed the US government were hiding from the public. [30 Jul 2008]
Model Generation for an Intrusion Detection System Using Genetic Algorithms
White Paper As malicious intrusions (commonly termed "Hacks") into computer systems have become a growing problem, the need for accurately detecting these intrusions has risen. This paper presents a novel approach to detecting these... [09 Jul 2008]
Securing the New Wireless World
White Paper But with the staggering number of reported wireless hacks and eavesdropping incidents, many companies are taking a closer look at their security needs before deploying new wireless networks or devices. [03 Jul 2008]
Exchange 2003 Hacks
White Paper Exchange Server 2003 is highly customizable and there are plenty of tips, tricks, tweaks and hacks floating around on the web. This white paper discusses at some of the lesser known hacks one can apply... [03 Apr 2008]
Mobile World Congress 2008 Diary - Wednesday
Comment The press room is a hive of manic, mobile working activity as hacks bristle with all sorts of mobile hardware - a vision of the future perhaps? Welcome to day three - the day of the clammy handshake. You can practically... [14 Feb 2008]
Mobile World Congress 2008 Diary - Monday
Comment So just-around-the-corner in fact that PRs had been dispensed to stand outside Ericsson's gig with signs informing well-fed hacks that Nokia's event really was just around the corner. It's day one of Congress which means... [12 Feb 2008]
FAA: Boeing's Dreamliner to cause "security vulnerabilities"
News The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has revealed it fears Boeing's 787 Dreamliner computer systems could be hacked by passengers. The 787's flight, business and administrative support navigation systems, and entertainment... [07 Jan 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 02.11.07
Round-Up Basically system hacks to change the colours of menus and the Dock - a strip for launching applications and documents in OS X. There were banners fluttering in the breeze, high above the concourse of the San Francisco... [02 Nov 2007]
Mac OS X Panther Hacks: Turn on PHP
White Paper PHP is just the ticket to get started. PHP (short for PHP: Hypertext Processor, yet another geeky recursive name) is a widely used scripting language that is designed from the ground up to be used in web pages. [25 Oct 2007]
Mac OS X Panther Hacks: Share Your Mac's Net Connection With a Bluetooth Phone
White Paper Soon after going Bluetooth with the authors Nokia 3650 in the summer of 2003, he discovered that one of his favorite programs from Palm OS days, Avantgo, would not sync between the 3650 and the Mac. Rather, Avantgo is designed to sync... [25 Oct 2007]
Mac OS X Panther Hacks: Rendezvous Picture Transfer
White Paper There are many clever features in Mac OS X 10.3 that don't appear on the cover of Apple's Panther page. One of the author's favorites is the new Image Capture application that enables the user to network images directly from the digital... [25 Oct 2007]
Mac OS X Panther Hacks: Label Your Mail
White Paper One thing many switchers from Eudora to Mail miss is the ability to flag, identify, and categorize messages within a mailbox by using different colors and associated textual categories. In Eudora, a labeled message appears in its mailbox... [25 Oct 2007]
