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Target stores attacked by pornographic pranksters
Pornographic audio has been blaring out at Target stores across California. A weak system is to blame.
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Apple Confirms Discovery of Malicious Code in Some App Store Products
Apple confirmed on Sunday that a tool used by software developers for the company’s devices was copied and modified by hackers to put bad code into apps available on the App Store. So far about 40 apps with malicious code, or malware, have made it into the App Store, said researchers at Palo Alto Networks, an online security company that is investigating the incident.
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Hollywood Finally Gets Hacking Right with Mr. Robot
A few weeks ago I started hearing about a new show on the USA network, Mr. Robot. The synopsis for the show was “Mr. Robot is a psychological thriller that follows a young programmer who works as a cyber-security engineer by day and a vigilante hacker by night.” Yeah, that sounds like another Hollywood crapfest. Cue crazy GUIs and virtual reality flybys representing hacking scenes. After watching the pilot though, I realized I couldn’t have been more wrong.
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Nine Charged in Insider Trading Case Tied to Hackers
It was a symbiotic relationship that brought together the underbelly of Wall Street and the dark reaches of the online world. From their suburban homes in the United States, dozens of rogue stock traders would send overseas hackers a shopping list of corporate news releases they wanted to get a sneak peek at before they were made public. The hackers, working from Ukraine, would then deliver how-to videos by email with instructions for gaining access to the pilfered earnings releases.
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How Hackers Could Get Out of House Arrests
A security researchers find flaws in an anklet used to track people under house arrest.
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The Mob's IT Department
How two tech consultants fell into one of Europe's biggest drug-smuggling operations
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