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Kevin Mitnick Web site hacked

August 22, 2006 Famed security consultant has tables turned on him when a hacker attacks his site, posts a vulgar message. TAGS: Kevin Mitnick, Web hosting company, hosting company, Web hosting, Pakistan, hacker, attacker, server, security, message

Illinois university hit with security breach

July 5, 2006 Data on more than 180,000 people is at risk after hackers get into servers at Western Illinois University. TAGS: security breach, university, breach, institution, Illinois, incident, hacker, identity theft, security, student, credit card, server

Sacred Heart is latest university to be hacked

May 26, 2006 TV station says personal data of 135,000 was possibly exposed, including people who were never associated with the school. TAGS: university, social security number, Social Security, school, recruiting, hacker, security, server

University server in hackers' hands for a year

May 22, 2006 Intruders go undetected in total on three servers containing student data at Ohio University. TAGS: university, social security number, Social Security, school, hacker, server, security, health

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, security, Internet Service Provider, server, Microsoft Corp., PC

Security firm: Samsung site hosts Trojan

September 8, 2006 Malware that steals access codes sits on Samsung server and is spread by malicious spam and IM, Websense says. TAGS: Websense Inc., hosting, Sydney, malicious software, AJAX, malicious code, hacker, attack, Samsung Electronics, trojan horse, server, security, Web browser, IM, e-mail

Winner mocks OS X hacking contest

March 7, 2006 Hacker gains operating control of a Mac Mini using an unpublished vulnerability, says machine is "easy pickings." TAGS: Apple Mac OS X, vulnerability, hacking, Apple Macintosh, Apple Intel Mac Mini, Apple Computer, hacker, Apple Mac OS, patch management, security, server, operating system

Year in review: Old worms, new tricks

December 27, 2005 Sober came back to bite, while hackers hunted for new ways to attack and spread code--and Sony stumbled into a rootkit debacle. TAGS: Zotob worm, rootkit, zombie, worm, antivirus company, Cisco Systems Inc., hacker, trick, security, e-mail, Web browser, antivirus, server, operating system, Microsoft Corp., PC
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