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World Bank Hacked for a while now it seem’s
The article states that at least 18 servers (and maybe as many as 40) had been penetrated, including Human Resources and the banks “security and password server”. More Info…
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ATM Skimming Revisited
While ATM Skimming is nothing new it really is interesting to look at the current situation with this technology and the way its being abused. ZDNet had a good write up revisiting the process in today’s world. Starting from $8,500 and capable of sending 1,856 SMS messages — processed credit card details — without any…
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Scientists show off 1st commercial network with unbreakable quantum encryption
Rather than base the encryption on complex maths, such systems use the laws of quantum theory – in particular, the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle, which says quantum information cannot be measured without disturbing it. More Info…
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To Clickjack Or Not To Clickjack?
Security researchers warned today that a new class of vulnerabilities dubbed “clickjacking” puts users of every major browser at risk from attack. More Info…
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Multiple flaws in the TCP stack could lead to DoS attacks
“Jack found some anomalies in which machines would stop working in some very specific circumstances while being scanned,” Lee told CNET News. One of the behaviors experienced was packet loss where the packets just kept trying, and trying, and trying, creating, more or less, a denial of service (DoS) on that machine.” More Info…
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Snow on Mars discovered by NASA’s robot
Forget trying to find evidence that there used to be water on Mars. Scientists from NASA said today that its instruments on the Red Planet have detected falling snow. More Info…
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Today is a Historical day in the fight for Human Rights
September, 25 1789 – James Madison lead US Congress to approve 12 amendments to the Constitution, 10 of those later form the Bill of Rights.. September 25, 1957 – Central High School in Little Rock, AK was integrated.. Let these inspire you to go out and exercise, or fight for these rights today. Because even…
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Grandpa Hack
A Solana Beach man was arraigned Monday in federal court after being indicted for computer intrusion and extortion, officials said. Bruce Mengler a 60 year old man seemed to have found a hole in a marketing website used by Maserati. The site was used for as a promotional tool for their new products but also…
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The Race to Space.. In an Elevator
It looks as if Japanese scientists are racing to beat US scientists to construct the first “Space Elevator”. As the name implies this will be able to transport cargo to space using much less energy than current rocket technology.. A space elevator would open civilian space travel, and would allow vast amounts of cargo to…
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Day in the Life of Web 2.0 Hacker
PC Magazine is running an interesting article on Web 2.0 “Hacking”. While I agree there is some hacking going on here with malicious code etc.. But really how great is it to be able to harvest information from some teenagers MySpace account? They harvest data about you, your family, your friends, and your work directly…
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