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NewsIllinois 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. - News
The next generation of security threats
December 5, 2007 Forget widespread worms. Nowadays, limited-scale threats like targeted e-mail attacks are causing the most concern. - News
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. - News
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). - Downloads
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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. - News
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. - News
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. - News
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. - News
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. - News
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. - News
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. - News
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. - News
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. - News
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. - News
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. - News
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. - News
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. - News
Kevin Mitnick, the great pretender
June 14, 2006 newsmaker Famed hacker says companies need to beware social-engineering techniques used to get sensitive data.
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