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  • Judge halts Defcon hacking speech

    A federal judge on Saturday in the US granted the Massachusetts transit authority's request for an injunction preventing three MIT students from giving a presentation about hacking smartcards used in the Boston subway system.

  • German anti-hacking law: hijacking security?

    As of last weekend, it has become a crime in Germany to build, sell, obtain or distribute so-called "hacking tools", which experts say will damage overall computer security by severely curtailing legitimate research and analysis, and prevent "good" hackers from discovering and plugging system security holes.

  • Accredited open source anti-hacking course launches

    The first fully accredited Open Source Security Testing Methodology (OSSTM) program -- a five-day hands-on course run by penetration testing specialists Pure Hacking -- will kick off this September.

  • Security researcher to be jailed for finding bugs in software?

    A French security researcher, who published exploit codes that could take advantage of bugs in an antivirus application, could be imprisoned for violation of copyright laws.

  • ACA, AHTCC team up to fight spam

    The Australian Communications Authority (ACA) has joined forces with the Australian High Tech Crime Centre in the fight against spam.

Features and Case Studies (2)

  • Secure instant messaging with IM Guardian proxy

    Instant messaging is a security risk but admins can take control of IM--and P2P--by setting up IM Guardian as an automatic proxy that detects these applications.

  • Hack 2002: recognising the risks

    With over a trillion dollars in transactions passing over the Internet, the Hack 2002 Conference currently being held in Sydney attempts to expose some of the systemic flaws which lead to security breaches.

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