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Los Angeles city employees charged with hacking traffic lights

Los Angeles city employees charged with hacking traffic lights

Two Los Angeles municipal traffic engineers were arraigned and charged with hacking city systems to disable traffic lights, all in connection with a labour dispute.
Ericka Chickowski Jan 9 2007 6:32PM Security
Venezuelan teen accused of hacking government sites

Venezuelan teen accused of hacking government sites

A Venezuelan teenager has been detained for posting unauthorised photos of President Hugo Chavez and Cuban dictator Fidel Castro on government websites.
Frank Washkuch Jan 8 2007 4:28PM Security
Surge in targeted hacking attacks expected in 2007

Surge in targeted hacking attacks expected in 2007

Computer users will see a surge in targeted hacking attacks this year as criminals continue to reap large sums of money from phishing scams, security experts predict.
Fiona Raisbeck Jan 4 2007 4:45PM Security
Privileged passwords create hacking threat

Privileged passwords create hacking threat

Non-personal passwords offer easy way in to enterprise networks.
Bobby Pickering Oct 6 2006 10:11AM Security
Lieberman campaign site hacking investigated

Lieberman campaign site hacking investigated

Connecticut and federal officials are investigating whether the apparent hacking of U.S. Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman's campaign website just before his Democratic primary loss to challenger Ned Lamont was an illegal political dirty trick.
Frank Washkuch Aug 11 2006 5:55PM Security
Lieberman camp accuses opponents of hacking campaign site

Lieberman camp accuses opponents of hacking campaign site

On the day of his boss' heated Democratic primary contest, the campaign manager for U.S. Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman, D-Conn., accused supporters of opponent Ned Lamont a new political dirty trick: hacking into Lieberman's campaign website and disabling email distribution.
Frank Washkuch Aug 8 2006 8:04PM Security
Political hacking hits MySpace

Political hacking hits MySpace

Several bloggers are reporting today a MySpace hacking scheme in which malware writers embed Flash-based malicious code in profiles and redirect victims to an online tirade concerning the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
Dan Kaplan Jul 17 2006 5:09PM Security
Euro teens put PCs at risk of viruses and hacking

Euro teens put PCs at risk of viruses and hacking

Teens in Europe are risking their home PC security by downloading music and videos, according to new research.
René Millman Jul 10 2006 3:19PM Security
Get a degree in hacking

Get a degree in hacking

Security professionals will soon be able to get a degree in hacking when a Scottish university launches the U.K's first ethical hacking degree this September.
René Millman Jun 23 2006 11:25AM Security
Gartner warns of 'PIN block' hacking scams

Gartner warns of 'PIN block' hacking scams

Recent automated teller machine (ATM) fraud cases involving Citibank and other banks points to a new wave of "personal identification number (PIN) block" schemes, Gartner has warned.
William Eazel Mar 14 2006 9:41AM Security
Former federal auditor cops to hacking charge

Former federal auditor cops to hacking charge

An IT security expert once employed by the federal government now faces a five-year jail term after pleading guilty to monitoring the email and PC use of his superior, the U.S. Department of Justice said in a Wednesday statement.
Frank Washkuch Mar 2 2006 7:14PM Security
Dan Newman, Instructor and hacking expert on the Ethical Hacking course (CEH) at The Training Camp

Dan Newman, Instructor and hacking expert on the Ethical Hacking course (CEH) at The Training Camp

Staff Writers Jan 25 2006 2:36PM Security
Microsoft takes aim at security 'myths'

Microsoft takes aim at security 'myths'

Microsoft pushed security to the front of its Tech.Ed agenda on the Gold Coast this month, aiming to debunk what it claimed were common myths about IT security.
Fleur Doidge Sep 13 2005 8:00AM Security
How not to get hacked: Microsoft

How not to get hacked: Microsoft

Microsoft pushed security to the front of its Tech.Ed agenda on the Gold Coast this week, holding a developer and technical support session aimed explaining the easiest routes to hack attack on any IT network.
Fleur Doidge Sep 1 2005 3:18PM Security
Debate» Ethical hacking courses fail to provide practical information to security professionals

Debate» Ethical hacking courses fail to provide practical information to security professionals

Prof. Ken Jul 1 2005 4:20PM Security
'Computer genius' jailed for hacking Pentagon

'Computer genius' jailed for hacking Pentagon

A Californian man was sentenced to four months in prison for hacking into the computer systems of federal agencies and defacing websites in April 2002.
René Millman Jun 27 2005 3:28PM Security
Don’t do it Bill. All this will achieve is more hacking

Don’t do it Bill. All this will achieve is more hacking

In an interview last month for the BBC, Bill Gates once again stressed how seriously Microsoft is now taking security. He spoke proudly, for example, of the 100 million downloads of Service Pack 2 for Windows XP. "Users don't achieve full potential," he said, "if they're having to worry about something like security."
Robert Schifreen Mar 17 2005 3:03PM Security
Spanish man arrested on webcam hacking charge

Spanish man arrested on webcam hacking charge

Spanish police have arrested a 37-year-old man in connection with writing and distributing a trojan which hijacks unsuspecting users' webcams.
René Millman Jan 19 2005 1:25PM Security
Review: Wi-Foo: The Secrets of Wireless Hacking

Review: Wi-Foo: The Secrets of Wireless Hacking

Despite the names (Konstantin Gavrilenko, Andrei Mikhailovsky, Andrew Vladimirov), the three people who wrote this book are based in the UK and are the founders of an IT security company there by the name of Arhout. They have decided to impart gems of knowledge to us about wireless networks and how to kept hackers out. Or alternatively if you possess a degree of moral flexibility, you could use this book to learn about hacking into said networks.

René Millman Dec 2 2004 12:00AM Security
Ethical hacking: Think like the bad guys

Ethical hacking: Think like the bad guys

Fancy learning the black art of hacking? Marcia Savage speaks to Jill Davis about a course that helps you to understand your enemies
Marcia Savage Dec 1 2004 5:25PM Security

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