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2 March, 2009

Breaking News: Denial of Service, The Pirate Bay Is Offline – SYS-CON Media


SYS-CON Media
Breaking News: Denial of Service, The Pirate Bay Is Offline
SYS-CON Media, NJ
By Reuven Cohen I guess my timing on my previous Hacking the Cloud post could not have been better. I just got word that "someone" is currently DDoS'ing the thepiratebay.org. Even more interesting it may be a hijacked botnet causing the problem.

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Leandro Mercado Replaces Hayden For Daytona – SuperbikePlanet.com

Leandro Mercado Replaces Hayden For Daytona
SuperbikePlanet.com
Mercado will join Jamie Hacking on the Kawasaki Ninja® ZX?-6R with hopes of defending the Kawasaki winning streak at the prestigious Daytona 200. Competing in the AMA Rookies Cup last year, the 17-year-old has already proven his talent with wins at
Mercado To Replace Hayden Cycle News
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Securing & Hacking the Cloud – SYS-CON Media


SYS-CON Media
Securing & Hacking the Cloud
SYS-CON Media, NJ
By Reuven Cohen Often when those who say the cloud is too early or not ready for wide-scale enterprise usage they point to "security" as being a key concern. Although they are quick to point out the security of a third-party provider is an obvious

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Android Community Gets Hacked & RickRolled – Google Android Phone News – GAB


Google Android Phone News – GAB
Android Community Gets Hacked & RickRolled
Google Android Phone News – GAB, California
The Android Community was assumably hacked into with a post stating an exclusive video of the HTC G3 but in fact consisting of a male homosexual sex act photo plus a rickrolled video to top it off. This seems to be a personal attack on Vincent Nguyen

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Concern after hacking hits Facebook – The Press Association

Concern after hacking hits Facebook
The Press Association
Computer experts have called for Facebook to review its security processes after the social networking website was hit by hackers five times in a week. Four separate "rogue applications" and a virus targeted users of the site, according to security

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Concerns over increase in Facebook hacking – Metro

Concerns over increase in Facebook hacking
Metro, UK
Computer experts called today for Facebook to review its security processes after the social networking website was hit by hackers five times in a week. Four separate "rogue applications" and a virus targeted users of the site, according to security

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iPhone hacking: Lessons from the front line – SearchMobileComputing.com

iPhone hacking: Lessons from the front line
SearchMobileComputing.com
When the iPhone was released, love for the device led Zdziarski (aka "NerveGas") to join its nascent hacking community, working to jailbreak (unlock) the platform to enable new applications. "You used to be able to go to our website and install patches

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Son Arraigned In Hacking Deaths Of Carlsbad Parents – KFMB


San Diego Union Tribune
Son Arraigned In Hacking Deaths Of Carlsbad Parents
KFMB, CA
A mentally ill drifter accused of hacking his parents to death in their North County home in January pleaded not guilty today to murder charges that could lead to the death penalty. Dennis Brian Gluck, 44, was ordered held without bail.
Gluck to be held without bail San Diego Union Tribune
Man Accused In Hacking Death Of Parents To Be Arraigned KGTV, 10News.com
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Pwn2Own Smartphone Hacking Contest kicks off next Month in Vancouver – Mobile Computing News

Pwn2Own Smartphone Hacking Contest kicks off next Month in Vancouver
Mobile Computing News, UK
By Wilson • Mar 2nd, 2009 • Category: Features, Smartphone News Next month, on March 18th a hacking contest is scheduled for launch at the CanSecWest security conference in Vancouver, British Columbia. The contest will invite various hackers for a

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China Internet Users hack government website. – Cubed3

China Internet Users hack government website.
Cubed3, UK
Chinese Internet users, asked to probe the death of a man in custody who police say ran into a wall playing hide-and-seek blindfolded, repaid the local government's faith by hacking into its website and leaving bizarre messages.

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Phishers automate attacks using 'Google hacking' – Register

Phishers automate attacks using 'Google hacking'
Register, UK
A study of 2486 fraudulent websites found that 76 per cent were housed on hacked webservers, typically pwned after hackers identified well-known vulnerabilities using search engine queries. Free web hosting for fraudulent websites was used in just 17.4

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I have tried to install Windows on my Eee PC – OS News

I have tried to install Windows on my Eee PC
OS News
Maybe these are Windows wizzards, I am definitely not, but hey. This post should not go to front page anyway, another frustraded user with not enought knowledge trying hacking on his hardware+software and blaming Linux for his failure.

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Hacking is good for your career – Atomic

Hacking is good for your career
Atomic, Australia
By The Inquirer A Romanian hacker who stole cash from an Italian bank has become a star student at a local university and is being courted by several software security firms. Gabriel Bogdan Ionescu is currently doing three years and one month's

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