Got a Trojan? Call H Like Hacker for Help

On Friday last week, German media reported that government computers had obviously fallen prey to a Chinese hacker attack using Trojans. Of course, one might wonder about the state of German government IT-departements, after - some months ago and deplorably enough - files...

As I sit with my laptop, using it at McCormick Place...

This is so disheartening. Especially as I was emailing yesterday, in the presence of ubiquitous laptops and computer geeks, in public and I don't know if the network was encrypted or not. Just as things get easy and comfortable to use, the bad element sneaks in. Sigh."He even...

CES + RFID Badges = Hacking Fun!

crazy article about rfid , marketing and personal privacy

Curse of the Cursor Continues

The patch for Microsoft's cursor vulnerability is giving grief to Realtek users. Yikes. "Installing Microsoft's Tuesday patch for a "critical" Windows vulnerability is causing trouble for some users. Microsoft broke with its monthly patch cycle Tuesday to repair a bug in the...

The year hacking became a business

"IT was the year when cyber-criminals targeted everything from MySpace to Wikipedia, and even a website maintained by a local boy scout troop wasn't safe. Computer security experts say 2006 was also the year hacking stopped being a hobby and became a lucrative profession...

Judge sentences 'hacker' PIs, clients

"BT tipped off by mis-billed customers A total of 38 months jail time was handed down on Wednesday to employees and clients of a London private detective agency which illegally hacked into telephone lines.… "

Romanian Charged With Hacking in U.S.

A Romanian national was indicted on charges of hacking into more than 150 U.S. government computers, causing disruptions that cost NASA, the Energy Department and the Navy nearly $1.5 million.