Thoughts of a Teenage Bot Master
High-school dropout and former bot master Sobe chats about his hacking and the federal investigation against him. 2008-05-09 http://www.securityfocus.com/news/11517 Groups warn travelers to limit laptop data In a letter to Congress, nearly three dozen organizations protest the seizures of electronic devices by U.S. customs officials, an act upheld by a federal appeals court in a recent ruling. 2008-05-02 http://www.securityfocus.com/news/11516 Radio Free Europe hit by DDoS attack The radio service's Web sites falls under fierce cyber attack after it covers a rally protesting the lack of compensation to Chernobyl victims and the decision to build more nuclear reactors. 2008-05-01 http://www.securityfocus.com/news/11515 Patches pose significant risk, researchers say A group of four computer scientists say Windows Update -- and other patch services -- should be redesigned, after they create a technique to quickly produce attack code from a distributed patch. 2008-04-23 http://www.securityfocus.com/news/11514 U.S. gov't pushes cybersecurity at con Top Bush Administration officials descend on the RSA Security Conference laying out their plans for protecting critical networks and giving a small taste of the latest national cyber exercise, Cyber Storm II. 2008-04-12 http://www.securityfocus.com/news/11513 Flash vuln fells Vista A laptop running a fully patched version of Microsoft's Vista operating system becomes the second and final machine to fall in a hacking contest that pitted the security of Windows, OS X and Ubuntu Linux. 2008-03-30 http://www.securityfocus.com/news/11512 Web developers, fix thy Flash Flaws that allow cross-site scripting attacks through Adobe Flash files could let attackers compromise online accounts and local networks. Yet, Web publishers have been slow to fix their sites, a security researcher says. 2008-03-28 http://www.securityfocus.com/news/11511 Hacking contest highlights value of vulnerabilities After a handful of critics slammed the modest cash prizes, larger bounties will be offered to the security pros that successfully compromise any of three laptops at a coming conference. 2008-03-25 http://www.securityfocus.com/news/11510 House aims to scrutinize warrantless taps The fight over a law to grant the U.S. government greater surveillance capabilities intensifies as House Democrats refuse to give telcos immunity for allowing past wiretaps without warrants. 2008-03-13 http://www.securityfocus.com/news/11509 Browser makers focus on beating malware Microsoft announces two features in Internet Explorer 8 aimed at better securing Web surfers, and Mozilla incorporates more security into Firefox 3. 2008-03-07 http://www.securityfocus.com/news/11508 |
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