'Pentagon hacker' plays joker on US authorities
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Discloses plea offer, pleads human rights Gary McKinnon, the hobby hacker who is fighting against a US extradition order, has pulled a legal wild card on his accusers in bid to face trial at home.â¦
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INSPECTOR Hacker of the Yard has fingered the collar of a UK man suspected of stealing source code from Cisco Systems in May. Cyber plods from the Metropolitan Police Computer Crime Unit swooped on houses
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(InfoWorld) - A hacking attempt against the U.S. Department of Defense unclassified e-mail system earlier in the year caused minor administrative disruptions and personal inconveniences, but no adverse impact, a military spokesman said Tuesday. The Financial Times, quoting unnamed officials on Monday, attributed the attacks to China's People's Liberation Army. Defense Department spokesman Major Patrick Ryder said he could not confirm the report. China is believed to aggressively probe U.S. networks to gain intelligence. In June, Defense Secretary Robert Gates confirmed during a briefing that 1,500 e-mail users were taken offline after the intrusion. The department said pinpointing the origin of the attacks is difficult since hackers often use other computers they've hacked to launch attacks. The department's Global Information Grid, which encompasses warfighting and civilian systems, is constantly scanned for weaknesses. Those hackers are looking for exploits in commercial software and operating systems, the department said. "We know that a number of nations and groups are actively developing these capabilities," according to a statement. "We have seen attempts by a variety of state and non-state sponsored organizations to gain unauthorized access to, or otherwise degrade, [Defense Department] information systems. Â
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Exploit code targets a flaw that generated a government warning last week.
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A Northrup engineer thinks he's cutting a deal with Russian agents for stealth aircraft secrets. He's wrong. They're Yanks.
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One way to disrupt the booming malware economy is to use slander and other dirty tricks to undermine hackers' reputations.
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As an FBI spy catcher, Joseph Navarro could identify traitors through their subtle behavioral tics Â even something as simple as a squint could be a giveaway.
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The Pentagon on Tuesday said  computer hackers gained access to an unclassified e-mail system  in the office of Defense Secretary Robert Gates, but declined  comment on a report that the Chinese army was responsible.
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Hackers have come up with a way to get around one of Microsoft's antipiracy mechanisms for Vista.
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We'll need a whole bunch of expensive stuff Sources in Washington have indicated that the cyber attack last June which targeted the office of US Defence Secretary Robert Gates was conducted by the Chinese military.â¦
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"It's like they wanted to help us, which is weird," says one security expert of the latest bizarre twist in the worm's development.
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The former Pentagon policy chief launches a website to rebut critics who say he pushed the U.S. into war
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An anonymous hacker who claimed last week to have found a way to generate valid Windows Vista activation codes now says his crack was a joke. But some users who tried it say it worked for them.
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Accused of conspiring to commit murder. Alleged Al-Qa&#39;ida operative charged with possessing plans of US financial institutions ...
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Recently discovered vulnerability allows hackers to use Web graphics to launch attacks.
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Former White House adviser Howard Schmidt warns that hackers aren't just going after big corporations, and small businesses must beware.
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The feds turn up the heat on a corporate executive who went on the lam after being charged with paying hackers to take down the competition.