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  • May 3, 2007

    Web users Digg in their heels over keeping hacker codes online

    ...disgruntled users flooded the site with thousands of votes and comments, briefly causing the site to crash. After the uproar, Kevin Rose, Digg's founder, reversed his decision. He said the company would no longer delete articles containing the encryption... By Kevin Allison in San Francisco
  • May 30, 2009

    First Person: Kevin Mitnick

    ...secure this system.” It was an early example of hiring the hacker. Later, I started hacking into the big computer company...was on the run for almost three years but was arrested after a hacker vigilante teamed up with federal agents to hunt me down. I was... As told to Simon Brooke
  • December 3, 2007

    The week ahead

    ...move that would signal the Vatican's keenness for rapprochement with China. Australia cabinet sworn in The cabinet of Kevin Rudd, Australia's new prime minister, is to be sworn in. Rights for disabled people International Day of Disabled People...Co-operation in Europe are due to present preliminary conclusions on yesterday's parliamentary elections in Russia. Hacker arraigned John Schiefer, who has admitted infecting computers with "malware", is due to appear in court in Los Angeles... By Sam Boland
  • June 27, 2007

    Phishing and skimming surge

    ...data breaches since the infamous ChoicePoint breach nearly two years ago past the 100m mark. The total - highlighted by Kevin Poulsen, a senior editor for Wired News in his online blog - underscored the growing problem of securing customer and other...addresses, social security numbers and other private information of current and former students and faculty stolen by a hacker (or hackers) - from the university's restricted database for over a year before the breach was discovered. Just a few... By Paul Taylor
  • June 27, 2007

    Identity theft: Phishing and skimming surge

    ...100m mark. The total – highlighted by Kevin Poulsen, a senior editor for Wired News...former students and faculty stolen by a hacker (or hackers) – from the university...rental car companies Avis and Budget, says Kevin Kalinich, national director of network... By Paul Taylor
  • August 17, 2006

    The threats

    ...affected students and fixing the break-in. The man used a well-known hack called “SQL Injection,” which lets the hacker directly access the database behind the website by entering commands into a form on the website. Acunex, a Malta-based company...umbrella term “malware” to cover all email-borne pests. “E-mail is still a viable vector for malware,” says Kevin Hogan, senior manager of Symantec’s security response centre in Dublin. The traditional practice of sending out viruses... By Geoff Nairn
  • July 8, 2005

    Inside information

    ...also chipped, including the company’s chief executive, Kevin McLaughlin. Although VeriChip wasn’t making any profits for...MobilExxon. VeriChip admits that it would be possible for a hacker to find out someone’s chip number. “I’ll concede that if someone wants...fear versus fear. What makes people feel most vulnerable? A hacker running up to them with a scanner, or news stories of rampant... By Craig Offman
  • October 31, 2005

    Radical investment idea could lead to auditors restructuring

    ...big four failed. There are a bevy of other audit firms - including BDO Stoy Hayward, RSM Robson Rhodes, Baker Tilly, Hacker Young, PKF and Mazars - but for various reasons they have failed or not tried to make big inroads into the blue chip audit...for their services. The growing influence of private equity groups makes them obvious candidates as financial backers. Kevin Reynolds, partner at Bridgepoint, said his group had not talked to any audit firms, but that professional services businesses... By Barney Jopson
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