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News (8)

• Microsoft to hackers: Don't publish code

  The software giant criticises security firms and independent programmers who release sample programs to compromise computer systems.

• Hacking in the shadow of 9/11

  The September 11 terrorist attacks sparked suspicion of the security community -- but the hackers and white-hat experts haven't gone quietly away.

• Deciphering the hacker myth

  Going beyond popular hacker stereotypes, Symantec's Sarah Gordon says cyber-rebels aren't evil--they're just misunderstood.

• Report: Hackers hit New York Times

  Computer hackers calling themselves "Hacking for Girliez," or HFG, disabled the New York Times Web site for hours Sunday in what appears to be an act of revenge against a Times reporter.

• DEF CON home page gets hacked

  LAS VEGAS -- What better way to start the DEF CON hacker convention than by hacking the DEF CON home page? At least, that seems to be what some hackers had in mind, when they replaced the DEF CON home page with one of their own design late.

Features and Case Studies (3)

• Halting hackers

  You've discovered that your system has been compromised. What should you do next? Also: How to defend yourself from future penetration.

• Getting bad with Apple

  Michael Robertson started MP3.com and Linspire. Now he's taking on iTunes with BadApple.

• Software security--a matter of trust

  You can make a good argument that any practical computer security arrangement involves some level of trust between software providers and software users.

Reviews (1)

• Windows Superguide 2000

  We've upgraded and so should you. Here's our Windows Superguide with the straight story--much of it undocumented--about how to make Windows 2000 work for your business.

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