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21 January, 2008

RIAA Website Back Online Following Weekend Hacker Attack – Wired Blogs

RIAA Website Back On the internet Following Weekend Hacker Attack
Wired Blogs - 1 hour ago
By Eliot Van Buskirk January 21, 2008 | 4:26:05 PMCategories: Copyright and Copyfight The RIAA's website was hacked (again) on Sunday, after someone posted
Using social networks for DDoS. Reddit as hacker tool. ZDNet Blogs
RIAA site was hacked today: are the hackers right, or wrong? ZDNet
RIAA Website Hacked Slashdot
TG Daily
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Courtside with Ana: Dealing with media is part of job (USA Today)

Gossip. Everyone cares about it, and the tennis world is no different. The corridors of Melbourne Park, and all other tournaments, are full of people telling each other the latest rumors, especially when we have not seen each other for a long time. Who is dating who, who said nasty things about someone and whose muscles just doubled in size.

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Hackers Claim Flaw in British DSL Service – PC World


Hackers Claim Flaw in British DSL Service
computer World - Jan 21, 2008
There are at least a couple scenarios for how a hacker could capitalize on the flaw. If the broadband subscriber thinks he is receiving a call from his bank
Hacker group finds flaw with BT DSL home gateway Telecom Paper (subscription)
Broadband router connected to hacker attack BCS
Researchers release proof-of-concept for advanced phishing and Dark Reading
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Hacker safe online retailer gets hacked (Geek.com)

Now, I’m no hacker, but I know if I saw a website touting the phrase “Hacker Safe” I would feel tempted to use my hacker skills to see just how “safe” it is. So, it doesn’t surprise me too much when we hear that “Hacker Safe” website Geeks.com (not Geek.com) actually found itself the victim […]

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Hackers Claim Flaw in British DSL Service (PC World via Yahoo! News)

GNUCitizen is describing an apparent vulnerability that could trick people into revealing personal data.

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Excerpt from ‘This Republic of Suffering’ (USA Today)

Excerpt from ‘This Republic of Suffering’

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INTERNET LAW – CIA Report: Cyber Extortionists Attacked Foreign … – IBLS INTERNET LAW (subscription)


INTERNET LAW – CIA Report: Cyber Extortionists Attacked Foreign
IBLS INTERNET LAW (subscription), CA - 19 minutes ago
At the annual DefCon Hacker Conference in August, staged at Las Vegas, analyst Ganesh Devarajan from the security firm Tipping Point gave a presentation on

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Power grid susceptible to Internet based attack? – CIO Weblog


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Power grid susceptible to World wide web based attack?
CIO Weblog, CA - 14 hours ago
This, however, assumes a lot about what hackers might want, and probably incorrectly. To date, the largest threat to most organizations has been the
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BT flaw puts broadband users at risk (TechWorld)

Danger from VoIP vulnerability. A flaw in a DSL home gateway could lead broadband users inadvertently to divulge personal information, according to a group of self-styled ethical hackers.

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CSU told 'civility' demand is too vague – San Diego Union Tribune

CSU told 'civility' demand is too vague
San Diego Union Tribune, United States - 1 hour ago
David Hacker, an attorney with the nonprofit Alliance Defense Fund, a Christian legal group representing the College Republicans, stated CSU's proposed remedy

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Wi-fi users, beware: Hot spots are weak spots – Baltimore Sun

Wi-fi users, beware: Hot spots are weak spots
Baltimore Sun, United States - 1 hour ago
If your laptop automatically connects to a Wi-Fi network run by a hacker, she might be able to search your personal for sensitive data, even information
Concern over poor awareness of World wide web usage policy Sify
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Corporations desire ‘white hat’ hacker aid (Courier-Post)

Gregston Chu knows all the tricks of being a hacker, from talking his way into secure buildings to exploiting holes in World wide web security or gaps in internal company systems to grab control of personal.

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Corporations desire 'white hat' hacker aid – Cherry Hill Courier Post

Corporations desire 'white hat' hacker aid
Cherry Hill Courier Post, NJ - 15 minutes ago
By GREG WILES Gregston Chu knows all the tricks of being a hacker, from speaking his way into secure buildings to exploiting holes in World wide web security or

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State tries to keep water line a secret (The News & Observer)

Can a two-mile water line be a terrorist target?

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'Hacker Safe' seal: Web site shield, or target? – Computerworld

'Hacker Safe' seal: Web site shield, or target?
Computerworld, MA - 17 minutes ago
January 21, 2008 (Computerworld) — More than 80000 Web sites worldwide display a small green logo that proclaims them to be "Hacker Safe.

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Chinese deny hacking into Pentagon computer network in June (DEBKAfile)

The Financial Times reported that the Pentagon acknowledged defense secretary Robert Gates’ computers were attacked, but declined to name the hacker.

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Hacker Strikes Town of Cheektowaga Web Site (WIVB Buffalo)

(Cheektowaga, NY, January 20, 2008) – - Things are back to normal on the internet after a hacker got into the Town of Cheektowaga web site.

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Courtside with Ana: Sizing up some of the competition (USA Today)

Gossip. Everyone cares about it, and the tennis world is no different. The corridors of Melbourne Park, and all other tournaments, are full of people telling each other the latest rumors, especially when we have not seen each other for a long time. Who is dating who, who stated nasty things about someone and whose muscles just doubled in size.

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