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White-Hat Hacker Posts On Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook Wall To Point Out Security Bug
After Khalil Shreateh couldn't get Facebook's attention with his report the white-hat hacker took matters into his own hands and hacked the social...
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FBI Puts $100,000 Bounty on Most-Wanted Cyber Criminal
As part of a crackdown on fugitive hackers, the Federal Bureau of Investigation has added more digital racketeers to the decades-old Most Wanted program and upped the ante for their arrest. The cybercriminal category, consequently, now has its own Top 10 list, FBI officials announced this week.
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The FBI's Most Wanted Cyber-Criminals Have Terrible Aliases
The FBI added five names to its “Cyber’s Most Wanted” list this week.
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FBI warns of U.S. government breaches by Anonymous hackers
Activist hackers linked to the collective known as Anonymous have secretly accessed U.S. government computers in multiple agencies and stolen sensitive information in a campaign that began almost a year ago, the FBI warned this week.
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Microsoft's new Cybercrime Center combines tactics against hacking groups
The maker of the most popular computer operating system in the world is launching a new strategy against criminal hackers by bringing together security engineers, digital forensics experts and lawyers trained in fighting software pirates under one roof at its new Cybercrime Center.
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Hack of Cupid Media dating website exposes 42 million plaintext passwords
A hack on niche online dating service Cupid Media earlier this year has exposed names, e-mail addresses, and—most notably—plaintext passwords for 42 million accounts, according to a published report.
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Texas Hacker Debunks Link Between Bitcoin Founder and Online Drug Market
Israeli academics Dorit Ron and Adi Shamir thought they may have uncovered an intriguing link between the anonymous creator of the bitcoin digital currency and the illicit online drug marketplace the Silk Road. But it turns out the idea was bunk.
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Found: hacker server storing two million pilfered passwords
Researchers have unearthed a server storing more than two million pilfered login credentials for all kinds of user accounts, including those on Facebook, Yahoo, Google, Twitter, and a handful of other websites.
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Research shows how MacBook Webcams can spy on their users without warning
The woman was shocked when she received two nude photos of herself by e-mail. The photos had been taken over a period of several months — without her knowledge — by the built-in camera on her laptop. Fortunately, the FBI was able to identify a suspect: her high school classmate, a man named Jared Abrahams. The FBI says it found software on Abrahams’s computer that allowed him to spy remotely on her and numerous other women.
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An Incomplete List of Things That Are Not Actually “Hacking”
So, how's your hacking going today? Pretty good? Really slam dunked that upload, eh? Aces, champ. I'm happy for you. I'm not, however, happy about the course of the word "hack." Near as I can tell it used to have something to do with breaking into a computer system and doing cool or at least meaningful stuff
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Who's Still Robbing ATMs with USB Sticks?
Here’s one quick way to rob a bank, over and over again. Find an ATM running Windows XP. Skeptical? Don’t be, they’re still installed all around the world. Next, cut a piece from its chassis to expose its USB port. On your own USB stick, you’ll have malware stored that will load the moment you force the ATM to reboot, rewriting the old operating system’s registry.
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The Syrian Electronic Army Rings In The New Year By Hacking Skype’s Social Media Accounts
The Syrian Electronic Army is at it again. The group just hacked Skype’s blog and twitter accounts, spreading an anti-NSA, anti-Microsoft message in the process. “Don’t use Microsoft emails (hotmail,outlook), They are monitoring your accounts and selling the data to the governments”, says one posting. “Hacked by Syrian Electronic Army.. Stop Spying!”, says another. Skype, the service itself, does not appear to be affected.
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Skype social media platforms hacked by 'Syrian Electronic Army'
The social media platforms of Skype have been hacked by a group claiming to be the Syrian Electronic Army (SEA). The group posted anti-surveillance messages, including a message telling people not to use email services of Microsoft, the owner of Skype. It claimed "they are monitoring your accounts and selling the data to the governments".
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Sabu wasn't the only FBI mole in LulzSec, suggest leaked docs
Leaked search warrants suggest Sabu wasn't the only LulzSec hacker who helped the FBI take down the infamous hacktivist group. The unredacted search warrants for Sabu and LulzSec refer to involvement of three different informants in the investigation, at least two of whom it is implied were members of the organisation.
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A year later, DOJ unable to answer questions over Swartz’s death
A bipartisan group of lawmakers has called for an investigation into the death of hacktivist Aaron Swartz. The group criticized Attorney General Eric Holder about the Department of Justice’s handling of the prosecution of the activist. The eight lawmakers blasted Holder over the DOJ’s unwillingness to turn over information related to the case. The information was requested a year ago, and the lawmakers see the reports by the DOJ as inconsistent.
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As much as one fifth of Germany had its email hacked
Sixteen million email users in Germany have had their passwords and other account information stolen, BBC reports. Little has been reported about the details of the attack, and Germany’s Federal Office for Security hasn’t elaborated on its progress catching the hackers. Apparently, the attackers used malicious software to trick email users into enrolling onto “a network from where data could be stolen,” BBC wrote.
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The U.S. Crackdown on Hackers Is Our New War on Drugs
Before Edward Snowden showed up, 2013 was shaping up as the year of reckoning for the much criticized federal anti-hacking statute, the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (“CFAA”). The suicide of Aaron Swartz in January 2013 brought the CFAA into mainstream consciousness, so Congress held hearings about the case, and legislative fixes were introduced to change the law.
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The Not-So-Secret Black Market Of Twitter Handles
Not all Twitter usernames are worth $50,000, but when they are, hackers want them.
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British spy unit reportedly hit Anonymous with DDoS attacks
A British spy unit turned a cyberattack method favored by Anonymous against it and other hacktivist groups, according to an NBC report based on documents Edward Snowden removed from the National Security Agency. A division of the Government Communications Headquarters, the UK's communications intelligence agency, used distributed-denial-of-service attacks to disrupt communications among members of Anonymous, according to the documents.
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Hacked X-Rays Could Slip Guns Past Airport Security
Could a threat-simulation feature found in airport x-ray machines around the country be subverted to mask weapons or other contraband hidden in a traveler’s carry-on? The answer is yes, according to two security researchers with a history of discovering flaws in critical systems, who purchased their own x-ray control machine online and spent months analyzing its inner workings.
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