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News (397)

• Beta hack rattles Microsoft

  The software giant acknowledges that a hacker broke into its Windows beta testing network and had access to yet-unreleased software.

• Hilton hacker sentenced to juvenile hall

  A Massachusetts teen who admitted to accessing T-Mobile USA's internal systems and posting data from Paris Hilton's cell phone on the Web will serve 11 months in a juvenile facility.

• Group warns of hacked Sendmail programs

  Some copies of a popular mail-server program are implanted with a back door that could allow access to Internet attackers, security experts have warned.

• Microsoft rushes to close IE security hole

  Microsoft released a security patch to plug a hole in its Web browser that could allow hackers to steal passwords and trick people into downloading virulent files.

• Yahoo News hacked, story changed

  Online news took a hit this week with Yahoo's acknowledgment that a hacker substantially altered a news story that appeared on its site.

Blogs (3)

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  Baiting the Black Hats?

  The CIO of a rather large Australian company recently told me that the firm was happy with its security set-up but then quickly made a U-turn. Would that statement, on record, effectively lay down a hacker challenge?

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  CIO 'owns' the un-hacked Mac Mini

  The new and improved Mac hack competition, which was set up by an Apple systems engineer at the University of Wisconsin in response to a ZDNet Australia story shut down early because the university's CIO was concerned about "security and network access".

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  Admins stuck between a hack and a zero-day

  The world of IT security is in chaos, with CSOs seemingly on the front lines of a full scale global cyberwar being fought out by government hackers, botnet-controlling criminal gangs and compromised Web sites. Can we ever hope to keep networks safe in such an environment?

Features and Case Studies (123)

• You've been hacked: what to do in the first hour

  The hair stands up on the back of your neck, and you feel the first bead of sweat roll down the side of your face: You've been hacked. But what do you do first?

• You've been hacked: What to do in the first five minutes

  There's nothing quite like the mix of fear and adrenaline you get when you realise your system has been hacked. Here's how to best use that rush of energy during the first five minutes.

• Is the world ready to fight cybercrime?

  Cybercrime poses a growing threat to companies and governments around the world, yet experts are concerned law makers and judicial systems are still not equipped to provide an adequate response.

• Hackers use Google to access photocopiers

  Hackers are using search engines to watch what people photocopy.

• Kevin Mitnick on hacking's evolution

  To many, the name Kevin Mitnick is synonymous with "notorious hacker." We talk to him about software security, the evolution of hacking and social engineering, and law enforcement's action against hacking.

Reviews (22)

• Naked network

  You may be enjoying the convenience of a newly installed wireless solution, but how many strangers are doing the same with your network?

• Keeping the outside out: Seven desktop firewalls tested

  We all know about firewalls protecting your network from outside attacks, but what can you do when those pesky users keep taking their computers outside your network? And what if the attack isn't coming from the outside at all?

• When does wardriving cross the double line?

  I was a teenage wardriver. If I were to make a movie about the events of last week, that's what I'd call it. Sounds pretty good, doesn't it?

• Four network maintenance tools tested

  We look at three hardware tools and one software tool for network maintenance.

• Intrusion detection: caught in its own web?

  Intrusion detection appears to have hit the bottom of its hype cycle with a particularly loud thud. Is there value beyond the hot air, and how can you make it work productively?

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