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• NASA hacker loses second appeal

  The man accused by the US government of accessing more than 73,000 US military machines has lost his second appeal to the UK Home Office against extradition.

• Alleged Palin hacker indicted

  A 20-year-old college student suspected of hacking into one of US vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin's email accounts was indicted Tuesday in the US, a district court announced.

• NASA hacker pushes for UK jail term

  The solicitors of self-confessed NASA hacker Gary McKinnon have formally requested that the US give assurances that he serve any prison term in the UK.

• Palin hacker a US college student?

  There were mixed reports on Friday in the US whether or not the son of a Tennessee state representative has been contacted by the FBI or Secret Service in connection with US vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin's hacked Yahoo Mail account.

• US subway hackers still gagged

  A US judge let stand a temporary restraining order preventing three Massachusetts Institute of Technology students from discussing or disclosing their research into security vulnerabilities in the payment system for the local subway system.

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  McKinnon's magician

  Who exactly is new Westpac IT executive Sarv Girn, who has newly been poached from Commonwealth Bank of Australia? Is he just a point man for the IT integration of St George, or is he "McKinnon's magician", the boy genius who will lead the bank to its IT nirvana?

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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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  If PHP then goto is the future

  Few things can spark more religious fervour amongst programmers than the mention of a goto statement.

• Confessions of a naked Mac user

  I caved in. I had all intentions of pre-emptively spending my $900 government handout on a $700 HP netbook this weekend. But I was pwned by a shiny little MacBook in about the time it took white hat Charlie Miller to hack its upscale brother, the MacBook Air.

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  Kevin Rudd is a cyber agent of KAOS

  This week the Australian online banking system was tested by an agent of KAOS Kevin Rudd and his $10 billion dollar fiscal package that, as Agent 86 would say, "missed it by that much" on knocking out the banking system.

Features and Case Studies (109)

• 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.

• 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.

• Social engineering 101

  ZDNet Australia presents comprehensive information on social engineers, the way they work and tips to guard against them -- essential reading for any security and/or IT professional.

• Hackers: Under the hood

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

• 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.

Reviews (31)

• Wireless security: Pringles peril

  Tracking down wireless hackers is getting easier, but there are still bugs to work out.

• PC army tackles Xbox security code

  A growing army of PC owners is hoping to use the power of the masses to crack the main security code of Microsoft's Xbox and claim $100,000 in the process.

• 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?

• MSI Wind U115 Hybrid

  The Wind is still one of the better 10-inch laptops in the mix, although due to its substandard trackpad and high price, we'd suggest the HP Mini 2140 or Asus Eee PC 1000HE would be a better choice.

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