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23 July, 2012

Russian Man Accused of Hacking eBay, Amazon, Arrested in Cyprus – Manolith


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Russian Man Accused of Hacking eBay, Amazon, Arrested in Cyprus
Manolith
A 25-year-old Russian man accused of hacking US websites Amazon.com, Priceline.com, and eBay.com, has been arrested in Cyprus and faces extradition to the United States. If convicted, he could face more than a decade behind bars. Moscow resident
Amazon.com hacking suspect 'cuffed in CyprusRegister
Hacking duo charged with DDoSing Amazon, then bragging about itArs Technica
Russian held in Cyprus on US hacking chargeAFP

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How to Speak ‘Hacker’ – Huffington Post

How to Speak 'Hacker'
Huffington Post
Next week is Black Hat — perhaps the world's most significant and influential annual hacking conference. It's an event that draws in the best and brightest (and sometimes, the borderline legal) hackers from around the world to show off the latest

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UK hacking scandal spreads – San Francisco Chronicle


San Francisco Chronicle
UK hacking scandal spreads
San Francisco Chronicle
FILE – In this July 22, 2011 file photo, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of News Corporation Rupert Murdoch enters the News Corp. building, in New York. Media mogul Rupert Murdoch has resigned from a number of News Corp. subsidiary boards in

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Is Hacking in Self-Defense Legal? – Bloomberg (blog)


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Is Hacking in Self-Defense Legal?
Bloomberg (blog)
The allure of hacking back is growing as digital espionage and trade-secret theft have become rampant. When Robert Clark meets with large corporations and government agencies that have been hacked, many express the same feeling. They want revenge.

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Game Over for Russian iPhone hacker until iOS 6 – SlashGear


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Game Over for Russian iPhone hacker until iOS 6
SlashGear
This week the Russian fellow known for his hacking of the in-app purchase function for Apple's mobile operating system has declared that “it's all over.” He added “…for now” to his chat on the subject, saying that he'll still be keeping his exploit up
Apple's iOS in-app purchasing workaround fixes hack problemIntoMobile

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Phone hacking: former NoW journalists to learn fate on Tuesday – The Guardian


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Phone hacking: former NoW journalists to learn fate on Tuesday
The Guardian
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) is expected to announce whether the 13 individuals will face charges connected to the Metropolitan police's Operation Weeting probe into phone hacking. Deputy assistant commissioner Sue Akers, the senior Scotland
Phone hacking: Crown Prosecution Service to announce if charges will be Telegraph.co.uk
Phone hacking: Crown Prosecution Service announcementBBC News
UK prosecutors to announce hacking charges decision TuesdayAFP
ITV News -Metro
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Hacking Probes Involve Other UK Papers, Investigator Says – Wall Street Journal


San Francisco Chronicle
Hacking Probes Involve Other UK Papers, Investigator Says
Wall Street Journal
LONDON—British police are investigating new tabloids in the country's growing phone-hacking scandal, including the Trinity Mirror PLC newspaper group as well as the U.K.'s Express Newspapers, a senior Scotland Yard official said Monday. More than 100
UK hacking scandal spreadsSan Francisco Chronicle
Murdoch allies await hacking charges updateChicago Tribune
Developments in a phone-hacking scandal involving Rupert Murdoch's News Washington Post

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UK hacking scandal spreads with 100-plus new allegations – The Daily Advertiser

UK hacking scandal spreads with 100-plus new allegations
The Daily Advertiser
Rebekah Brooks, former Chief Executive of News International, and her husband Charlie Brooks, right, leave Southwark Crown Court in London June 22, after attending a hearing in relation to the phone hacking scandal. / By Carl Court, AFP/Getty Images

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UK hacking scandal spreads with 100-plus new allegations – Detroit Free Press

UK hacking scandal spreads with 100-plus new allegations
Detroit Free Press
Rebekah Brooks, former chief executive of News International, and her husband, Charlie Brooks, right, leave Southwark Crown Court in London June 22 after attending a hearing in relation to the phone hacking scandal. / By Carl Court, AFP/Getty Images

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UK hacking scandal spreads with 100-plus new allegations – USA TODAY


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UK hacking scandal spreads with 100-plus new allegations
USA TODAY
LONDON (AP) — British police are investigating new tabloids in the country's growing phone hacking scandal, including the Trinity Mirror PLC newspaper group as well as the U.K.'s Express Newspapers, a senior Scotland Yard official said Monday.
Developments in a phone-hacking scandal involving Rupert Murdoch's News Washington Post

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Phone hacking: Crown Prosecution Service to announce if charges will be … – Telegraph.co.uk


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Phone hacking: Crown Prosecution Service to announce if charges will be
Telegraph.co.uk
Police have also detained 41 people under Operation Elveden, a probe into alleged corrupt payments to public officials, and seven under Operation Tuleta, which is looking at accusations of computer hacking and privacy infringement. So far, six people
Phone hacking: former NoW journalists to learn fate on TuesdayThe Guardian
Phone hacking: Crown Prosecution Service announcementBBC News
Phone hacking: News of the World journalists to learn fate on TuesdayMetro
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Hacker on Apple’s iOS in-app purchase fix: ‘Game is over’ – ZDNet (blog)

Hacker on Apple's iOS in-app purchase fix: 'Game is over'
ZDNet (blog)
Summary: Apple recently announced iOS 6 will block the hacking of its In-App Purchase program. The Russian hacker behind the attack has declared that Apple's fix will indeed block his circumvention technique. He's leaving his service open until iOS 6

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Amazon.com hacking suspect ‘cuffed in Cyprus – Register


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Amazon.com hacking suspect 'cuffed in Cyprus
Register
A Russian man suspected to be connected to a series of denial-of-service attacks against Amazon.com that took place in 2008 has been arrested in Cyprus. The US Attorney's Office said Dmitry Olegovich Zubakha, 25, from Moscow, Russia, is also suspected
Hacking duo charged with DDoSing Amazon, then bragging about itArs Technica
Russian held in Cyprus on US hacking chargeAFP
Russian held over botnet attack on Amazon.comZDNet

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Phone hacking: mother of murder victim Clare Bernal sues NI – The Guardian

Phone hacking: mother of murder victim Clare Bernal sues NI
The Guardian
The mother of Clare Bernal, who was murdered by a former boyfriend while working at Harvey Nichols, has joined the second wave of alleged victims of News of the World phone hacking suing News International for damages. Patricia Bernal has lodged a

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Helicopter Mom Hacks School Computer To Change Son’s Grade From 98 To 99 – The Mary Sue


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Helicopter Mom Hacks School Computer To Change Son's Grade From 98 To 99
The Mary Sue
Venusto currently faces six felony charges for not only hacking into her children's school computer system to change their grades, but also reading school official's e-mails. According to ABC News, she has been accused of changing her daughter's
Mom Arrested For Hacking School Computers to Change Kids' GradesABC News
Mom arrested for hacking school computers, tweaking her kids' gradesNaked Security
Catherine Venusto, Mother, Accused Of Hacking School Computers To Change Huffington Post
Daily Mail -The Stir -Evansville Courier & Press
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Nexus 7 Sold Out; Uniloc Sues Minecraft; Power Strip Hacking Tool – PC Magazine

Nexus 7 Sold Out; Uniloc Sues Minecraft; Power Strip Hacking Tool
PC Magazine
Nexus 7 Sold Out; Uniloc Sues Minecraft; Power Strip Hacking Tool. By Stephanie Mlot. July 23, 2012 09:53am EST; Comments. Tweet · Google Nexus 7. Topping tech headlines this weekend, Google "seriously underestimated" the demand for its 16GB

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Hacking attacks on printers still not being taken seriously – Equities.com

Hacking attacks on printers still not being taken seriously
Equities.com
The first crack came seven months ago, when what had long had been discussed as theoretically possible – and was part of hacker lore – became reality, when two academics in New York publicly hacked into a Hewlett-Packard laser jet printer. Using freely

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Phone hacking: Met police ‘shut 2006 inquiry too quickly’ – The Guardian


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Phone hacking: Met police 'shut 2006 inquiry too quickly'
The Guardian
The Metropolitan police has admitted it shut down its original News of the World phone-hacking investigation in 2006 "too quickly and with a defensive and closed mindset" – but denied any accusations of corruption or inappropriate relationships with
Leveson: "There was no cosying up"ITV News

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Phone Hacking Scandal Spreading: New Companies Targeted, Hundreds Of … – Huffington Post

Phone Hacking Scandal Spreading: New Companies Targeted, Hundreds Of
Huffington Post
LONDON (AP) — British police are investigating new tabloids in the country's growing phone hacking scandal, including the Trinity Mirror PLC newspaper group as well as the U.K.'s Express Newspapers, a senior Scotland Yard official said Monday.

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Power Pwn Outlet Strip Doubles as Stealth Hacking Tool – PCWorld


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Power Pwn Outlet Strip Doubles as Stealth Hacking Tool
PCWorld
The idea of a power source that doubles as hacking or penetration-testing toolkit isn't new to Pwnie Express. It also offers a smaller unit that simply plugs into an outlet. However, the Pwn Plug Mini may draw more attention than the Power Pwn, which
Power Pwn: This DARPA-funded power strip will hack your networkZDNet (blog)
DARPA-backed Power Pwn is power strip by day, superhero hack machine by Engadget
This Power Strip is Actually an Advanced Hacking ToolGeekosystem
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UK Hacking Scandal Spreads, 100-Plus New Claims – ABC News


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UK Hacking Scandal Spreads, 100-Plus New Claims
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British police are investigating new tabloids in the country's growing phone hacking scandal, including the Trinity Mirror PLC newspaper group as well as the U.K.'s Express Newspapers, a senior Scotland Yard official said Monday. More than 100 new

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UK hacking scandal spreads, 100-plus new claims – The Associated Press

UK hacking scandal spreads, 100-plus new claims
The Associated Press
By RAPHAEL SATTER, Associated Press – 1 minute ago. LONDON (AP) — British police are investigating new tabloids in the country's growing phone hacking scandal, including the Trinity Mirror PLC newspaper group as well as the U.K.'s Express

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News Corp. Journalists May Have Used Stolen-Phone Data – Businessweek


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News Corp. Journalists May Have Used Stolen-Phone Data
Businessweek
Separately, Akers said police have finished identifying victims of phone hacking and have contacted more than 2000 people, 702 of whom were probably targeted. While the actual number of people who had their voice mails illegally accessed by journalists
Phone hacking: Mirror and Express newspaper titles drawn into illegal payments Telegraph.co.uk
Leveson inquiry: Sue Akers – liveThe Guardian
Corrupt payments probe widens to Mirror and ExpressFinancial Times
Politics.co.uk -Deadline.com -BBC News
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Hackers to meet US Spy Agency Chief – Hindustan Times


Hindustan Times
Hackers to meet US Spy Agency Chief
Hindustan Times
Computer geeks attending the world's largest annual hacking party in Las Vegas next week will have a rare chance to rub shoulders with the head of the U.S. National Security Agency. General Keith Alexander, director of the spy agency, will speak at the
Obama Deploys 'Cyber Army' to Hackers' ConventionDallas Blog (blog)
The Best Hacking Film You Haven't Seen (Yet)Forbes
NSA top spy going to Defcon 2012Examiner.com

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UK hacking scandal spreads, 100-plus new claims – Newsday


Newsday
UK hacking scandal spreads, 100-plus new claims
Newsday
(AP) — The police investigation spawned by last year's phone hacking scandal has spread to new U.K. tabloids, with detectives now seeking information from the Trinity Mirror PLC newspaper group as well as Britain's Express Newspapers, a senior

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