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  • Kevin Mitnick Web site hacked

    Instead of the usual description of Kevin Mitnick, his consulting services and books, the famed hacker's Web site on Sunday displayed a vulgar message.

  • Mitnick to tackle social engineering in Australia

    World-renowned security consultant Kevin Mitnick is expected to visit Australia for the first time in April 2005 after immigration authorities approved a visa allowing him to enter the country.

  • Security: Fighting the enemy within

    How do you protect your network against a threat you can't see? New security automation can establish policies, and consistently audit and monitor them for compliance.

  • What's your number, Kevin Mitnick?

    Elite ex-hacker Kevin Mitnick says most of the social engineering attacks using fraudulent identities that made him famous could have been stopped if his targets had just asked for his phone number.

  • Mitnick teaches old hackers new tricks

    Would you trust Kevin Mitnick? Dozens of administrators, security personnel and phone operators did. That, he says, was one reason he succeeded as a hacker.

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  • 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.

  • Hackers: Under the hood

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

  • Security: Fighting the enemy within

    How do you protect your network against a threat you can't see? New security automation can establish policies, and consistently audit and monitor them for compliance.

  • Security: Companies asleep at the wheel?

    IT observer Jon Oltsik says corporate network defenses protect against the wrong enemy. Additional reading: Microsoft's bounty hunter

  • Who's really responsible for hacker attacks

    A new book postulates that it's human error--not hardware or software glitches--that leaves networks vulnerable to attack.

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