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• Defcon hackers release Android rootkit, total control of smartphone possible – Geek.com

  Reuters UK Defcon hackers release Android rootkit, total control of smartphone possibleGeek.comIn a bid to highlight a security flaw in the Android OS, two attendees have released a rootkit that can be used to infiltrate an Android smartphone. …Silent, easily made Android rootkit shown at Black HatElectronista (blog)all 38 news articles » View full post on rootkit – Google News

• Not Only Hackers Threat our Computers

  Although the hacking activity is a real threat against all of the networks the break downs of the systems mostly caused by the servers’ complexity. The more our computers are interdependent the more flaws and risks are in the networks. If we hear about a new case that a network system was shutted down for hours or days which caused delays and it happened especially on an airport our first thought is that malicious hackers attacked it. But maybe [...]

• Hackers, Spyware and Trojans…oh My!

  Online shopping, online banking and general storage of personal information on personal computers have made consumers more vulnerable to identity theft than ever before. You now have to worry about hackers, spyware, and Trojan horses programs. With the right software, hackers can crack your login information including usernames and passwords. With this information, they can access your bank accounts, credit card accounts and other types of accounts. Spyware and Trojan horse programs can be even more dangerous. They are both [...]

• Review: the Hacker’s Nightmare

  The Hacker’s Nightmare is a comprehensive, detailed, fully illustrated, step-by-step tutorial that will transform you from an easy mark to a hard target! This book will turn YOU into a hacker’s worst nightmare by giving you the information you need to protect yourself against everything from email-born viruses through direct hack attacks to establishing secret and secure email communications. The Hacker’s Nightmare addresses every threat in depth and tells you: * Exactly what the threat is. [...]

• Keep Your Email Account Secured From the Hackers

  Theft of your personal date from email is not an amazing event, as many of the similar events are coming before us day by day. Hacking of personal data with US vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin can be an apparent example to make you aware at all. You put your several sensitive date while opening an email account, so it entails for being alert always to skip from any hacking. Normally there are two requirements to enter any email account, [...]

• Warning: Hackers Using Spyware Steal Identity And Intimate Photos From Computer

  As we journey more into the world of technology, we cringe at the thought that someone somewhere is on a very expensive shopping spree with credit cards and identification under your name. Warning: 27.3 million Americans identities have been stolen! A nightmare indeed, but federal authorities recently unraveled a scheme by a man using file sharing software to get into other user’s computer system. Gregory Thomas Kopiloff of Seattle, allegedly used P2P Software to steal the personally identifiable information of [...]

• Hackers

  This is the very first episode of the Net Cafe series. It was shot on location at a cybercafe in San Francisco called CoffeeNet. It looks at the hacker culture and their influence on the early growth of the internet. Guests include Dan Farmer, author of SATAN and COPS; Elias Levi (aka Aleph 1), webmaster of underground.org and Bugtraq; also “Reid Fleming” and “White Knight” from Cult of the Dead Cow. Originally broadcast in 1996.

• True Confessions of Hackers

  This is a true documentary that took place at Def Con 9 in Las Vegas, 2001. The people interviewed in this documentary used their … all » computer hacker handles and did not reveal their true identities. They have volunteered to answer questions about the computer underground and the problems facing the entire computer industry.

• Can Clever Hackers Target Smart Phones? – U.S. News & World Report

  PhysOrg.com Can Clever Hackers Target Smart Phones?U.S. News & World ReportThe team decided to inject software components known as rootkits into the phone's operating system. Rootkits are a particularly devious threat to a computer …Can Clever Hackers Target Smart Phones?PhysOrg.comall 9 news articles » View full post on rootkit – Google News

• Can Clever Hackers Target Smart Phones? – National Science Foundation (press release)

  National Science Foundation (press release) Can Clever Hackers Target Smart Phones?National Science Foundation (press release)The team decided to inject software components known as rootkits into the phone's operating system. Rootkits are a particularly devious threat to a computer …and more » View full post on rootkit – Google News