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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 299 days ago
Via: http://www.infoworld.com | Tags: one year after mac hack contest linuxvista may be tested comments Discuss  
One year after launching a controversial Macintosh hacking contest, the promoters of the CanSecWest security research conference are thinking about giving hackers another shot at cracking the Mac. Only this time, they're looking to broaden the field. read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 298 days ago
Via: http://go.theregister.com | Tags: forth road bridge hack redirects to smut bazaar comments Discuss  
Firth and degradationUpdated Hackers turned the Forth Road Bridge website into a filth jamboree after breaking into its systems to plant script designed to redirect surfers to a Turkish site hosting malware.… read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 284 days ago
Via: http://lists.jammed.com | Tags: isn black hat conference security researchers claim hack gsm calls comments Discuss  
http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=206800800By J. Nicholas HooverInformationWeekFebruary 20, 2008Security researchers presenting Wednesday at the Black Hat D.C. conference in Washington, D.C., demonstrated technology in development that they say will be able to greatly decrease the time and money required to decrypt, and therefore snoop on, phone and text message conversations taking place on GSM networks.Many mobile operators worldwide use GSM networks, including T-Mobile and read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 278 days ago
Via: http://go.theregister.com | Tags: bitlocker hack easily prevented microsoft says comments Discuss  
Restoring Vista disk crypto's good nameA disk encryption system built into Windows Vista remains a viable way to protect sensitive files, according to Microsoft. In a blog posting, Russ Humphries, senior product manager for Windows Vista Security, outlined simple steps that users can take to prevent an attack laid out last week in a high-profile research report. He says the hack can be easily prevented.… read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 278 days ago
Via: http://go.theregister.com | Tags: bitlocker hack easily prevented microsoft says comments Discuss  
Restoring Vista disk crypto's good nameA disk encryption system built into Windows Vista remains a viable way to protect sensitive files, according to Microsoft. In a blog posting, Russ Humphries, senior product manager for Windows Vista Security, outlined simple steps that users can take to prevent an attack laid out last week in a high-profile research report. He says the hack can be easily prevented.… read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 271 days ago
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http://www.theage.com.au/news/security/hack-into-a-windows-pc-no-password-needed/2008/03/04/1204402423638.htmlBy Asher MosesThe AgeMarch 4, 2008A security consultant based in New Zealand has released a tool that can unlock Windows computers in seconds without the need for a password.Adam Boileau first demonstrated the hack, which affects Windows XP computers but has not yet been tested with Windows Vista, at a security conference in Sydney in 2006, but Microsoft has yet to develop a fix.Interviewed in ITRa read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 262 days ago
Via: http://www.infoworld.com | Tags: trend micro hit massive web hack comments Discuss  
Security vendor Trend Micro has fallen victim to a widespread Web attack that splashed malicious software onto hundreds of legitimate Web sites in recent days. read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 258 days ago
Via: http://go.theregister.com | Tags: exms staffer demo vista smart card hack comments Discuss  
Hot FuzzA former Microsoft worker has identified security vulnerabilities in smart card plug-in software for Windows Vista that might allow hackers to take over vulnerable PCs.… read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 257 days ago
Via: http://go.theregister.com | Tags: so easiest box hack vista ubuntu os x comments Discuss  
CanSecWest's Pwn2Own contest returnsTired of all the knee-jerk banter from fanboys about whose operating system is the most secure? So are the organizers of the CanSecWest security conference, which will be held in Vancouver later this month. And with a contest awarding as much as $25,000 worth of prizes, they're likely to breath fresh life into a stale debate.… read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 255 days ago
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/03/19/pwn2own_contest_returns/By Dan Goodin in San FranciscoThe Register19th March 2008Tired of all the knee-jerk banter from fanboys about whose operating system is the most secure? So are the organizers of the CanSecWest security conference, which will be held in Vancouver later this month. And with a contest awarding as much as $25,000 worth of prizes, they're likely to breathe fresh life into a stale debate.This year's Pwn2Own competition will place three brand-new, fu read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 252 days ago
Via: http://www.infoworld.com | Tags: fbi chinese role darfur site hack comments Discuss  
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation is looking into a possible China connection in the hack of a nonprofit group created to draw attention to the ongoing genocide in western Sudan's Darfur region. read more »
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