Watch Your Back: Even Trusted Sites can be Hacked

Are we still safe if even secured sites are threaten to thefts and hackers? "If you think you are safe visiting trusted sites, not anymore as hackers at the Black Hat and DefCon security conferences revealed a serious weakness of web browsers on how they block untrustworthy...

Forget about Wardriving, the new thing is WarCarting

Students at MIT have invented a new craze in WiFi network security: Warcarting, using an abandonned shopping cart stuffed with computers and antennas to go hunting for wireless networks, wireless phones and all kinds of fun stuff. Htey are creating a new kind of trash chic in...

Defcon 16: Hacking and Publicity- How Far is Too Far?

Update: still the blockade continues..."he EFF tried to get the gag order lifted off the three MIT students who had planned a presentation on how Boston's subway system was vulnerable to some hacks. However, a...

Hacker Update: "We are Ultimate Explorers"

In a Forbes.com article Hackers try to reach out to improve their image. ""Middle America thinks we're stealing your social security numbers, raping your children and breaking into your bank account," he says....

Hackers: NBC Shock Piece Backfires

As i reported over the weekend NBC is full of unqualified young producers just like the one outed by Defcon Members. It shows everyday on the MSNBC Live format. They pick the daily themes and book experts who...

NBC Producer Hacked

This is what you get when you hire a bunch of young just out of college so called "producers". NBC is full of them and it shows.Video link below."An NBC News producer working on a story for Dateline became the...

First-ever "fully anonymous talk" given at Hacker Conference

"This year at Toorcon we had a talk that was done fully anonymously over Tor. As far as we can tell, it's the first anonymous talk ever given at a conference. Alan Bradley and Kevin Flynn gave the talk on methods for circumvent and conceal software copyright protection which...

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