Views: 9,537 [ad] Now this should be interesting, perhaps they should turn it into a hacking based reality TV show? From the description though it looks more centered around defense than offense and perhaps should be called ‘System Administrator Idol’. Not quite so catchy though is it. Well at least they doing something to try […]
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Malware Numbers Still Increasing Rapidly
Views: 3,906 [ad] It seems like malware numbers are going up, rather than down as I would expect. But then if you think about it as a numbers game, the more people that come online – the more in absolute terms that are going to have nefarious intent. This means more hackers, more script kiddies […]
Phrack 64 Released – It’s been a long time..
Views: 4,596 [ad] Finally a new Phrack! Phrack 64 has been released a while back at the end of May, and it’s been quite a wait. At the beginning in 1985, Phrack started as an anarchy magazine. You can learn from the first issues how to create your own bomb or how to seriously take […]
Anti-Spyware Groups Still Require Legislation
Views: 7,150 [ad] Cyber and computer laws are always a grey area, they tend to be very vague and don’t cover specific technologies. Spam is a good example, look at how long we’ve been getting spammed, and it’s been a SERIOUS problem for at least the last 5 years, spam legislation has only started coming […]
Former Hacker Irks Microsoft in EU Dispute
Views: 3,932 [ad] Ah the anti-trust battle continues, good to see someone with technical skills involved, I wonder how the case is coming along, I haven’t heard about it for a while. Again this is quite an old story. As an expert witness on digital crime, British computer consultant Neil Barrett has helped prosecutors in […]