by Joseph Forbes | Feb 26, 2013 | HACKING, NERD NEWS, SECURITY
from the join-the-crowd dept. Once upon a time, Microsoft claimed that falling prey to social engineering tactics and then being hacked was a ‘rookie mistake.’ But now is the time for companies to jump on the bandwagon, to admit they were targeted by...
by Joseph Forbes | Feb 26, 2013 | Blog Entry, HACKING, HARDWARE, Technicals
from the thanks-for-the-tablet-sirs dept. At last year’s RSA security conference, we ran into the Pwnie Plug. The company has just come out with a new take on the same basic idea of pen-testing devices based on commodity hardware. Reader puddingebola writes with...
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by Joseph Forbes | Feb 22, 2013 | DATA, HACKING, SECURITY
The website of the US television network NBC, NBC.com, has been hacked and the computers of visitors to it have been infected with malware. An NBC spokeswoman confirmed the incident in a statement to Huffington Post. According to various security researchers, a hacker...
by Joseph Forbes | Feb 20, 2013 | Blog Entry, HACKING, NERD NEWS, SECURITY
from the for-higher-love dept. “You thought you had successfully avoided the tiresome password guessing bots groping at your SSH service by moving the service to a non-standard port? It seems security by obscurity has lost the game once more. We’re now...
by Joseph Forbes | Feb 14, 2013 | Blog Entry, HACKING, NERD NEWS, SECURITY
from the but-password-stealing-is-wrong dept. An article by some Microsofties in the latest issue of Computing Now magazine claims we have got passwords all wrong. When money is stolen, consumers are reimbursed for stolen funds and it is money mules, not banks or...
by Joseph Forbes | Feb 10, 2013 | HACKING, NERD NEWS, POLITICAL, SECURITY
from the dubya-the-painter dept. The apparent hack of several e-mail accounts has exposed personal photos and sensitive correspondence from members of the Bush family, including both former U.S. presidents. The posted photos and e-mails contain a watermark with the...
