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CloudFlare: How we got caught in LulzSec-CIA crossfire

Web resilience company CloudFlare has given details of how it was 'caught in the crossfire' between US intelligence agencies, hackers and LulzSec during the hacking group's summer 2011 campaign Read more

1 March, 2012 by Tom Espiner

BitTorrent : the saviour of TV

Very little dies. Television didn’t kill Cinema, and Cinema didn’t kill Theatre. Newer technologies impact old... Read more

30 December, 2011

Did FBI informant turn to the 'dark side'?

Or was he a victim of FBI retribution? The arrest of a noted 'white hat' -- one of the supposed good guys in the trade -- exposes the murky relationship between federal investigators and hackers Read more

13 July, 2000 by Bob Sullivan

Did FBI informant turn to the 'dark side'? Pt II

Other hackers contend that the line between legal and illegal activity is a straightforward one Read more

13 July, 2000 by Bob Sullivan

White hats expose VoIP security threat

Penetration testers have demonstrated how to hack into a VoIP client, but analysts say social-engineering attacks are a more pressing concern Read more

7 August, 2007 by Tom Espiner

Rupert Goodwins' Diary

Wednesday 25/5/05 For those who like their heroes in white hats and their villains in black, Microsoft's anti-spyware efforts are... Read more

27 May, 2005

Security firm U-turns on banking breach

...republished the original story and the full text of TrustDefender's retraction: White hats break two-factor banking security Two-factor authentication systems using SMS... Read more

4 May, 2007 by Munir Kotadia

Mr. Abdul Tawala Alishtari's Journal Part 4

Part 4 As I said before in my journal on "Mr. Abdul Tawala Alishtari Takes ID Theft Protection From the US to the UAE... Read more

22 January, 2007

iDefense launches format testing kit

...a security engineer at Science Applications International. "This is definitely for the white hats." The tools are open source, which means others can expand and... Read more

29 July, 2005 by Joris Evers

Breaking Windows for better security

...a relatively safe way to get the experience. In a world where "white hats" are the security do-gooders and "black hats" are the hard... Read more

21 June, 2005 by Ina Fried

Rupert Goodwins' Diary

Wednesday 25/5/05 For those who like their heroes in white hats and their villains in black, Microsoft's anti-spyware efforts are... Read more

27 May, 2005 by Rupert Goodwins

Microsoft taught security by open-source community

...commended. "I do believe there's a set of people out there... white-hats... who do a genuine job researching and finding security bugs," he... Read more

7 May, 2003 by Patrick Gray

Yahoo's been talking dirty

...you. OK; we're all agreed. We're the guys in the white hats. We're in favour of looking after our kids. The question... Read more

15 March, 2001 by Guy Kewney

Bidding war for Scour heats up

...history and the fact that we've been the guys with the white hats for so long, they were pleased about the idea of us... Read more

8 December, 2000 by John Borland

Dear silicon.com...Illegal file-sharing, biometrics flying high, ID fines?

...research. The people developing this kind of tech don't always wear white hats and their budgets are just as big as the good guys... Read more

28 February, 2008 by silicon.com staff

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DarkDown

yeah! all we want free software

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Just gimme a map to the fridge. :D

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UnderINK

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Jason Burchell

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