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'Trojan Horse' Bug Lurking in Vital US Computers
A destructive “Trojan Horse” malware program has penetrated the software that runs much of the nation’s critical infrastructure and is poised to cause an economic catastrophe, according to the Department of Homeland Security.
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Home Depot hackers stole 53 million email addresses
US retail giant Home Depot says hackers who stole payment-card details of millions of customers also stole 53 million email addresses. It said hackers accessed its network with a vendor's username and password between April and September.
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Flaw in New 'Secure' Credit Cards Would Let Hackers Steal $1M Per Card
As U.S. banks and retailers are barreling toward a 2015 deadline to replace magnetic-stripe credit and debit cards with more secure cards that come embedded with a microchip, researchers have announced a critical flaw in the card system.
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Army considers raising weight limits for cybersoldiers
Patriotic hackers, your big belly may no longer hinder national security. Over 70 percent of Americans between ages 17 and 24 can’t become soldiers, the U.S. Army reports, because of three big issues: obesity, lack of education, and criminal records.
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Ex-CBS reporter: Government agency bugged my computer
A former CBS News reporter who quit the network over claims it kills stories that put President Obama in a bad light says she was spied on by a “government-related entity” that planted classified documents on her computer.
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Here’s Why Public Wifi is a Public Health Hazard
We took a hacker to a café and, in 20 minutes, he knew where everyone else was born, what schools they attended, and the last five things they googled.
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Russian 'Sandworm' Hack Has Been Spying on Foreign Governments for Years
A cyberespionage campaign believed to be based in Russia has been targeting government leaders and institutions for nearly five years, according to researchers with iSight Partners who have examined code used in the attacks.
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Dropbox wasn’t hacked
Recent news articles claiming that Dropbox was hacked aren’t true. Your stuff is safe. The usernames and passwords referenced in these articles were stolen from unrelated services, not Dropbox. Attackers then used these stolen credentials to try to log in to sites across the internet, including Dropbox. We have measures in place to detect suspicious login activity and we automatically reset passwords when it happens.
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Chinese hacking prodigy Wang Zhengyang, 12, says he wants to help expose security flaws
A 12-year-old Chinese ‘hacking prodigy’ broke into his school’s computer system and a shopping website, but claims he’s only doing it to help fix security flaws. Wang Zhengyang hacked into his school’s system, then notified the software company of a security flaw that affected other schools using the program.
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Inside a Russian malware scheme that hijacked 500,000 computers
The group stayed under the radar and ahead of antivirus scans
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Finding a Video Poker Bug Made These Guys Rich—Then Vegas Made Them Pay
John Kane was on a hell of a winning streak. On July 3, 2009, he walked alone into the high-limit room at the Silverton Casino in Las Vegas and sat down at a video poker machine called the Game King. Six minutes later the purple light on the top of the machine flashed, signaling a $4,300 jackpot.
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Jennifer Lawrence Calls Photo Hacking a “Sex Crime”
“I was just so afraid. I didn’t know how this would affect my career.” That’s just the beginning of what Jennifer Lawrence has to say about her stolen-photos saga in the cover story of Vanity Fair’s November issue, the digital edition of which will be available Wednesday, October 8, and which hits newsstands in New York and Los Angeles on Thursday, October 9.
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FBI Director: China Has Hacked Every Big US Company
In his first major television interview, the director of the FBI has warned that Chinese hackers have embarked on a widespread campaign of cyberwarfare against the US.
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JPMorgan Says Data Breach Affected 76 Million Households
JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), the biggest U.S. bank, said a previously disclosed data breach affected 76 million households and 7 million small businesses. Customer names, addresses, phone numbers and e-mail addresses were taken, the New York-based bank said today in a regulatory filing. Hackers also obtained internal data identifying customers by category, such as whether they are clients of the private-bank, mortgage, auto or credit-card divisions, said a person briefed on the matter.
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Hackers charged with stealing over $100m in US army and Xbox technology
Four men have been charged with breaking into the computer systems of Microsoft, the US army and leading games manufacturers, as part of an alleged international hacking ring that netted more than $100m in intellectual property, the US Department of Justice said on Tuesday.
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The Home Depot reportedly ignored warnings from its own cybersecurity team
56 million credit cards were compromised in a recent hack on The Home Depot. Now, The New York Times is reporting that the company dismissed and largely ignored concerns put forth by security researchers as far back as 2008.
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Kim Kardashian, Vanessa Hudgens Targeted in Latest Celebrity Photo Hack
Another wave of stolen explicit celebrity photos, that reportedly includes Kim Kardashian and Vanessa Hudgens, has allegedly surfaced on 4chan and Reddit.
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Ex-Employees Say Home Depot Left Data Vulnerable
The risks were clear to computer experts inside Home Depot: The home improvement chain, they warned for years, might be easy prey for hackers. But despite alarms as far back as 2008, Home Depot was slow to raise its defenses, according to former employees. On Thursday, the company confirmed what many had feared: The biggest data breach in retailing history had compromised 56 million of its customers’ credit cards.
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How hackers have embarrassed technology | Tricon Infotech Pvt Ltd
We may not agree with their methods, but we have to respect their talent in exposing the flaws in system. Without them internet wouldn’t have improved.
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Meet the Internet’s DIY brain hackers
Wire together some resistors, current regulators, and a 9-volt battery, then connect the slapdash device to your head with saline-soaked sponges that serve as electrodes and get ready. A mild current will flow across your skull.
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