[ad] Apparently he stopped his naughty activities back in 2006, but still…a guy that is supposed to securing machines was installing malware and had a bot totaling about a quarter of a million zombies. Most used for info gathering, Paypal accounts and installing Malware for comission, he claims to have made $19,000 in a week […]
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New German Hacking Law 202(c) – Sites Close & Possible Backfire
[ad] This has been floating around for a while and you might have noticed a warning on some German based security sites that they’ve had to move their tools due to this new legislation known as 202(c) – a couple of examples are KisMAC and Phenoelit. Basically the new law prohibits manufacturing, programming, installing, or […]
Pentagon Hacked by Chinese Miltary
[ad] The details are still a bit shaky, but this news has been making the rounds. Apparently the the hack attack in June on the Pentagon may have been carried out by the Chinese Military (People’s Liberation Army). One senior US official said the Pentagon had pinpointed the exact origins of the attack. Another person […]
German Hacker Successfully Clones E-Passports
[ad] So the latest news is that the RFID chips in electronically enabled passports are NOT encrypted, which bright spark came up with that idea? Ok so you implement ‘more secure’ RFID passports, and leave all the data in plain text for anyone to tamper with – nice! So what do you think they are […]
The Homeland Security Department Suffered More Than 800 Successful Hack Attacks
[ad] Not just attempts, but 844 successful intrusions over the past two years, quite a scary statistic no? They are actually having a subcommittee hearing entitled “Hacking the Homeland”. This includes all kinds of intrusions including web site hacks, viruses, worms and other kinds of intrusion. DHS and its constituent agencies have suffered more than […]