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At Last HOPE conference, everyone can hack it

July 21, 2008 Gathering in New York brings together the hacker community for sessions on hacking the usual (computer systems) and not so usual (the media, food, and sex). TAGS: Elinor Mills, conference, hacker, hacking, RFID, New York, security, session, food, electronics, camera, video

Microsoft confirms Vista OEM hack

April 12, 2007 Hack may allow users to bypass antipiracy feature, but no action is planned yet, according to a post on the Windows Genuine Advantage blog. TAGS: product activation, Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage, OEM, blog, hacker, product key, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., post, operating system, security, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP

Police blotter: Trojan horse leads to porn convictions

August 25, 2006 In this week's installment, judge upholds conviction instigated by a hacker who reported incriminating files. TAGS: Police Blotter, SubSeven, conviction, Alabama, hacker, Turkey, law, trial, trojan horse, U.S., photograph, e-mail

Analyst: Corel's DRM patch only a bandage

April 10, 2007 Hack of Blu-ray, HD DVDs prompts software company to issue fix. Critics call it waste of time. TAGS: Corel Corp., digital-rights management, HD-DVD, hacker, Blu-ray disc, Blu-ray, key, playback, DVD, security, software company, e-mail, PC

No end in sight to hacking of 'WoW' accounts

April 10, 2007 'Tens of thousands' of players' accounts have been compromised with keylogging exploit, security experts say. TAGS: World of Warcraft, Blizzard Entertainment, keylogging, hacker, exploit, hacking, victim, account, security, password, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

MySpace hackers cop plea, extortion charges dropped

February 28, 2007 Two men accused of trying to extort $150,000 from site dodge major jail time, plead no contest to unlawful access of computer data. TAGS: MySpace, plea, News Corp., district, attorney, hacker, men, agent, office

Google plugs account hijack holes

January 16, 2007 If left unpatched, the vulnerability could let hackers modify third-party documents and view e-mail subjects, search history. TAGS: XSS, Google Inc., vulnerability, hacker, cookie, security, e-mail

Security from A to Z: Zero-day

November 27, 2006 Such alerts set off a scramble to get a patch out fast for a bug vulnerable to hackers. Part of a series on hot security topics. TAGS: disclosure, patch, hacker, flaw, security

Zombies try to blend in with the crowd

October 19, 2006 Hackers aim to make networks of hijacked computers go unnoticed by merging their communications with common Web traffic. TAGS: zombie, Jose Nazario, IRC, hacker, traffic, Internet service, service provider, Internet Service Provider, security, server, PC, Microsoft Corp.

Online gamblers targeted by scams

May 18, 2006 Through hidden rootkits and Trojan horses, hackers attempt to use casinos' popularity to steal from poker players. TAGS: Betfair, casino, scam, Graham Cluley, popularity, hacker, rootkit, F-Secure Corp., trojan horse

Macworld crack offers VIP passes, hacker says

January 12, 2007 Security weakness in conference Web site apparently let enterprising hackers get free platinum passes to the event, a $1,695 value. TAGS: Macworld, pass, Steve Jobs, hacker, registration, event, priority, code, JavaScript, security, conference, Apple Computer

Alleged NASA hacker's appeal set for New Year

December 12, 2006 Gary McKinnon, the Briton faced with extradition to the U.S., is charged with hacking into U.S. military systems. TAGS: hacker, court, U.K., U.S., London, hacking

Zombie builders send out phone texts

June 23, 2006 Hackers are trying a cell phone approach to try to dupe people into downloading a Trojan horse program. TAGS: Websense Inc., bot, hacker, attack, trojan horse, monitoring, cell phone, security

Playing chess with hackers

June 15, 2006 Former Congressman Rick White says a deal giving Internet operators flexibility to raise domain name prices within reason makes sense. TAGS: VeriSign Inc., Internet-infrastructure, increase, domain name, chess, infrastructure, attack, hacker, flexibility, New Orleans, community, agreement, dollar

AOL security breach exposes personal info

June 16, 2000 The online service confirms that hackers have illegally compromised an undisclosed number of its member accounts by targeting key company employees with an email virus. TAGS: Richard Smith, America Online Inc., attachment, account, hacker, Time Warner Inc., virus, e-mail, password, security

Kevin Mitnick, the great pretender

June 14, 2006 newsmaker Famed hacker says companies need to beware social-engineering techniques used to get sensitive data. TAGS: Kevin Mitnick, ruse, engineering, attack, hacker, policy, U.S., security

Details on defacement of Microsoft's U.K. Web site

July 3, 2007 Company says breach last week by hackers likely had no impact on customers, but it continues to investigate the incident. TAGS: defacement, SQL injection, hacker, Oracle Corp., activity, SQL, U.K., security, Microsoft Corp., database

Bug hunters face online-apps dilemma

April 13, 2007 Security holes in online applications may go unreported because well-intended hackers don't want to risk going to jail. TAGS: Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, Computer Fraud, Web application, dilemma, hacker, chief technology officer, law, security company, Web 2.0, vulnerability, security, professor, bug, PC

Open-source intrusion detector found to be flawed

February 21, 2007 Sourcefire says hackers could potentially execute malicious code on a system running earlier versions of Snort. TAGS: Snort, Sourcefire Inc., Internet Security Systems Inc., hacker, open source, malicious code, vulnerability

Another suspected NASA hacker indicted

December 1, 2006 Romanian charged with breaking into U.S. government systems faces up to 54 years in federal prison if convicted. TAGS: Romania, prosecutor, hacking, hacker, attorney, U.S.
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