At the upcoming The Next HOPE (Hackers On Planet Earth) conference organized bi-yearly by 2600: The Hacker Quarterly, the RFID badges distributed to attendees will be fully hackable, complete with open API. In a HOPE press release and video, commentary is made on how data passively collected through RFID badges can be used to explore a number of interesting questions regarding group and individual behavior; by encouraging attendees a way to access, manipulate, and interact with that data, they expect to see new ideas emerge about the capabilities and potential misuses of RFID-based technologies.

A hacking tool advertised as being capable of enabling users to hack Windows Live accounts and grab Windows Live Messenger passwords is actually used by attackers to spread their malicious code. According to BitDefencer, HackMSN.exe will not only not permit users to recover Windows Live passwords, but will instead infect them will malware, namely the Backdoor.Bifrose.AADY.

A problem that rendered as many as 10,000 U.S. military GPS receivers useless for days is a warning to safeguard a system that enemies would love to disrupt, a defense expert says.

Mac security firm Intego has issued a warning about a Mac twist on a two-year-old Windows spyware app that sends a variety of potentially sensitive information to external servers. Dubbed "OSX/OpinionSpy," the spyware is installed along with a number of widely available third-party Mac OS X screensaver modules, as well as with at least one shareware tool to strip audio tracks from Flash videos.

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Этот видеоурок интересен хотя бы тем, что дает основное представление о способах антиотладки, основанных на применении механизма обработки исключений. Автор наглядно демонстрирует два эффективных способа противодействия отладчикам уровня приложения: один из методов - установка собственного обработчика исключений с последующей генерацией ошибочной ситуации - действует практически на все отладчики третьего кольца, вызывая переполнение стека

Самая большая проблема современного офисного работника в том, что он практически не способен фокусироваться на длительное время на своих задачах — постоянные нотификации почты, мессенджеров, оповещений социальных сайтов и т.д.

Oil giant BP suffered further embarrassment on Thursday after its official Twitter account was hacked.

As per the security firm, search engine results infested with links to bogus antivirus software have been a continuous problem for Internet users.

Technology firms should be wary of outsourcing manufacturing overseas en masse, says the author of an annual IT industry report.

Ryan Gavin, Microsoft's senior director of Internet Explorer, is remarkably chirpy for a man whose product's market share has plunged from 90% to roughly 60%, but it seems things are not all bad. "The future for IE is as bright as it's been any time over the past five years," he says. "IE8 is the fastest-growing browser in history: it's the number one browser on Windows, and the number one across all OSs

The CEO of a company accused of making more than $100 million selling harmful "scareware" antivirus products was already a fugitive from U.S. authorities, following his arrest in 2008 on criminal counterfeiting charges.

"Забавно получается", — говорит Билл Гейтс, расслабляясь в своём офисном кресле. "В молодости я не был знаком с пожилыми людьми. Когда мы делали эту микропроцессорную революцию, среди нас не было ни одного пожилого человека

Довольно часто SQL-инъекцию можно обнаружить по сообщению об ошибке, выдаваемой базой данных, и не всегда использование уязвимости в подобных случаях возможно с применением классической техники эксплуатации (union). До некоторого времени в таких случаях приходилось пользоваться унылыми и медленными способами посимвольного перебора

A subtle defacement of the website of electronics manufacturer Foxconn has drawn further attention to an alarming spate of worker suicides at a plant in southern China.

Phishing attacks rose last month after a period of decline, logging a three per cent increase to more than 18,000, with UK users on the receiving end of almost half of the scams, according to the latest Online Fraud Report from RSA Security.

When you’re reading up on Wi-Fi security, you’ll find many different interpretations and opinions. One might say disabling SSID broadcasting will hide your network, while others might say it just draws hackers into an easy job. Some might think WPA encryption is cracked, while others say it’s secure. Here we look at each myth and tell you whether it's verified--or busted.

The Australian Federal Police (AFP) warned Australian IT security professionals at last week's AusCERT 2010 conference to do penetration testing on their telephone systems or risk having their PABX hacked.

Remember that little company that needed Microsoft's financial help just to keep going in 1997? Well, today that company - Apple - just surpassed Microsoft in terms of market value.

More than half (54 percent) of IT managers believe employees should be banned from watching the World Cup using their PC at work, says Blue Coat Systems.

Mark Gasson, a senior research fellow working at the University of Reading’s ‘infected’ himself with a computer virus by implanting an RFID chip into his hand.

Cisco Systems has warned of serious vulnerabilities in a device that connects a building's ventilation, lighting, security, and energy supply systems so they can be controlled by IT workers remotely.

Очень интересный материал появился на Forbes о том, как распознать ложь в деловом общении. Бывший специальный агент ФБР и вытор книги "Громче слов" Джо Наварро рассказывает как распознать лжеца. всего есть три стадии общения, когда вы можете это сделать: когда он впервые слышит ваш голос, когда подстраивается под него и когда отвечает.

Что произошло с утопической мечтой о мире, в котором "позабыты хлопоты, остановлен бег, вкалывают роботы, счастлив человек"? Просто она возникла раньше, чем могла быть воплощена в жизнь… но сегодня все изменилось! Мы расскажем о настоящем и будущем робототехники, об искусственном интеллекте, а также об эре, в которой роботы будут воевать на наших войнах, лечить наши болезни, отнимать наши рабочие места и уводить наших девушек

After more than two years, Apple's Safari browser for Macs remains vulnerable to attacks that allow websites to litter a user's hard drive with thousands of malicious files.

Some of the IT industry's biggest names are lending their support to Random Hacks of Kindness, a weekend of hard coding at which volunteer engineers seek to solve real world problems.

A pair of university researchers are presenting a system which could greatly advance the use of cryptography in computing.

Researchers from the University of Calgary, in Alberta, Canada, have developed proof-of-concept implementations of a scheme that exploits unencrypted wireless connections to blast PCs with ads.

An Australian Federal Police (AFP) operation to rescue a hacked database of 60,000 domain names' usernames and passwords and 13,000 credit card numbers — to use as evidence — was almost foiled when the hackers were tipped off and went into a "deletion frenzy".

An internet service provider that has brought more than 20 lawsuits alleging spam abuses has been ordered to pay one of the defendants almost $807,000 for filing "groundless claims" that mired the company in years of costly litigation.

A Nebraska man has been sentenced to a year in federal prison for his role in a cyber attack on the Church of Scientology's websites two years ago.

Authentication firm VeriSign has warned that botnets could become more widespread and dangerous as the services become easier to find and cheaper to hire.

Когда-то веб состоял только из статических страничек. Позже появились динамический контент и технология AJAX, позволяющая частично  обновлять содержание страниц. Но для реализации приложений, работающих в реальном времени - онлайн игр, биржевых программ, отдельных частей социальных сетей, - этого оказалось мало

Инструментарий Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010 позволяет автоматизировать процедуру установки ОС Windows и приложений, а также упростить массовую миграцию с Win2k/WinXP на Vista/Seven. В этом ролике мы покажем, как установить MDT 2010 на Win2k8, создадим ресурсы установки и сгенерируем загрузочные образы.

Pentagon bizarro-boffinry bureau DARPA is seeking to develop a set of tools for internet users which are nominally intended for some military purpose - but which would seem at least as useful to those determined to get around measures designed to thwart copyright violators and extreme-porn aficionados.

A controversial remote administration program that a Pennsylvania school district installed on student-issued laptops contains a security hole that put the students at risk of being spied on by people outside the school, according to a security firm that examined the software.

An unreleased movie about the life of infamous hacker Adrian Lamo has leaked to BitTorrent. The movie, titled Hackers Wanted, failed to get a conventional release following alleged conflicts between its producer and others on the team. Lamo has been telling TorrentFreak how he feels about this unofficial release.

A group of Colombian and foreign hackers plan to disrupt Colombia's May 30 presidential elections, the country's Defense Minister Gabriel Silva said Saturday.

Solving a 400-piece jigsaw puzzle should be a doddle – but it's won a computer a new world record.

Security experts are warning of a click-jacking worm spreading via Facebook which tricks users into posting it on their status updates, although it does not appear to be malicious.