hacking

Custom OS themes provide a great way to test drive a UI without emptying your bank account on new hardware. And now, with a little hacking knowledge and a whole lot of time, you could be running Microsoft’s Metro UI on your Android tablet — this even before Metro lands on an official Windows...

With Windows 8's cross-computer password syncing, Microsoft is looking to bypass what hacker Kevin Mitnick has called the weakest link of computer security: the user. After signing in using a Live ID — a new feature on Windows 8 — you'll be able to store any passwords you create, then sync them...

If you've seen Die Hard 4.0 , I'm sure you will be aware that it has some pretty cool looking OS type visuals used by the bad guys (and bad girl.) Right , when hacker "matt ferrell" is chatting to his buddy "warlock" at the start of the film you see him on a Mac. Im not sure what OS he Is...

America's Cybercrime Risk - A Look at Articles on Information Management and National Security

Facebook Launches Bug Bounty Program | threatpost

Maximum PC | Future Tense: The Universal Password

Microsoft offering $250,000 reward for Rustock botnet info | ZDNet

A gang of hackers known as SwagSec announced at the tail end of last week that they had hacked into Lady Gaga's UK website and made off with a database of names and email addresses of fans. To prove their point, they published the stolen data online. The press reported that a source close to...

Toshiba website hacked – email addresses and passwords exposed | Naked Security

Cookiejacking - The bane of IE Existence | WindowsTalk.org

If your wondering why, its inconvenient to image drives across multiple computers because the only thing different about them is windows key, and if your restoring drives constantly it can be a real pain. So whats microsofts stance on this, if i have a valid licenses x computers can i just use a...

A former college student has admitted taking part in a criminal scheme that used malware to steal and sell large databases of faculty and alumni, change grades, and siphon funds from other students' accounts. He used thumbdrives with malware he created to compromise the machines. At first, I...

Walter Powell, 52, the fire IT manager apparently used all that knowledge he had of the company's system, hacked into it, and replaced a CEO's Powerpoint presentation to the board with porn. After being fired, he accessed the site from home and placed keyloggers on the system. How he thought...

In yet another round of cyber attacks, hackers have stolen more than 177,000 emails from Sony Pictures France, ZDnet reports. The hackers say they wanted to demonstrate the sites insecurity to get them to fix their vulnerabilities. Read Full Story: Hackers Claim 177K Email Addresses from...

While British coppers and the FBI were celebrating the bloke they thought was the mastermind of LulzSec and were preparing to chuck the book at him, it appears that he might have been grassed up by the hacker group Anonymous This is a great article relating to the 19-year old hacker that was...

An online security firm says hackers are putting renewed efforts into breaching web email accounts One is based on phishing, the other on the MHTML procol. Read Full Story: New Email Scams Stealthier Than Ever: Report / Infopackets.com

LulzSec has launched a new hacking campaign dubbed Operation Anti-Security and calls on everyone, supporters and enemies alike, to attack Web sites belonging to any government agency or government-friendly organization This sounds very serious. Banks and large corporations seem to be their...

Over the weekend, LulzSec has seemingly finally moved away from being in it "for the lulz" and has acquired a cause: it has announced it has teamed up with Anonymous and other "affiliated battleships" and that it is launching "Operation Anti-Security". Now this is getting really serious...

"From the rise of retro fashion trends, art, music, and literature (as inspired by some great 21st century works of literature like "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies" and the complete stereo remastered works of The Beatles), I explore the notion of a Hacking Renaissance taking place today and...

Well, it may be a dark time for LulzSec members after a new blog was setup, identifying members by name. Read Full Story: Neowin.net - LulzSec members revealed by "LulzSec Exposed"?