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  • Mitnick signs new book deal, calls for hacker war-stories

    Famed hacker Kevin Mitnick has been commissioned to write a new book following the success of his first text "The Art of Deception".

  • Hacking outside the box

    How do you protect yourself from the smooth-talking hacker whose only "tools" might be a floppy disk and a smile?

  • The 'homeless hacker' talks

    The past two years have been a wild ride for Adrian Lamo: The 22-year-old has publicly taken credit for tunnelling into networks belonging to Yahoo, Microsoft, Excite@Home and WorldCom.

  • 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.

  • Mitnick signs plea agreement

    Computer hacker Kevin Mitnick, whose exploits put him on the FBI's most-wanted list until agents nabbed him four years ago, has signed a plea agreement with federal prosecutors, his attorney has confirmed.

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  • Hackers: Under the hood

    Mudge, Kevin Mitnick, Adrian Lamo, Jericho and Raven Alder speak to ZDNet Australia about the making of a hacker.

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