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Hackers, Gamers And Lamers: The Use Of L33t In The Computer Sub-Culture
White Papers With the popular mislabeling, true hackers tried to establish the use of the term crackers for those who broke into systems maliciously. Originally, hacker designated someone who enjoyed fully exploring the abilities of a computer, someone who...
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
Protecting Your Personal Computer Against Hackers And Malicious Codes
White Papers Millions of Americans that use broadband communication such as DSL, cable modem, or satellite broadband to access the Internet, are at risk from hackers, which can gain unauthorized access to their computing resources using malicious programs such...
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
Hackers & Painters: Big Ideas From The Computer Age - Hackers And Painters
White Papers What hackers and painters have in common is that they're both makers. Along with composers, architects, and writers, what hackers and painters are trying to do is make good things. They're not doing research per se, though if in the course of...
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
Hackers Steal One Million Credit Cards
News Computer hackers based in Eastern Europe have carried out a year-long crime spree cracking scores of online banks and stealing more than a million credit card details, according to FBI computer experts.
[March 9, 2001, 11:53]
EU Pact Criminalising Security Research?
News Meet the world's newest class of persecuted artists: computer hackers. Computer hackers say the distinction was lost upon the Council of Europe earlier this year when it agreed in principal to the draft of the Cybercrime Treaty.
[October 26, 2000, 8:56]
News Burst: East European Hackers Steal 1m Credit Cards
News Computer hackers based in Eastern Europe have carried out a year-long crime spree cracking scores of online banks and stealing more than a million credit card details, FBI computer experts revealed on Thursday.
[March 9, 2001, 9:31]
Hackers Don't Want To Be Millionaires Says TV Company
News have denied reports that crafty computer hackers tried to break into their central computers to steal the show's questions and answers. The News of the World said in its report that the hackers' exploits was uncovered days ago.
[January 19, 2000, 6:03]
Invisible Security
Downloads A quick and easy way to protect sensitive information on your computer from children, employers, and anyone else who uses your computer, including hackers! Prevents all file access, even from the command prompt, and even from hackers.
[February 17, 2007, 23:31]
Hackers Become Terrorists Under New Law
News Computer hackers could be classed as terrorists under a UK law that came into force today. Gordon said it is unlikely that the act could be used to target all computer hackers. Internet activism is becoming more evident, with politically-motivated...
[February 19, 2001, 15:35]
£35,000 Hacking Challenge Cracked
News A team of computer hackers has captured £35,000 for hacking into a computer system just twenty-four hours after the competition began. Hackers were invited to circumvent PitBull, which automatically secures known vulnerabilities and restricts...
[April 23, 2001, 14:44]
Security Firm Gets Rid Of Passwords
News Passwords alone offer an insufficient defence against advanced computer hackers, according to a UK startup security firm which plans to use one-time tokens to phase out archaic security protocols. Take me to Hackers
[October 18, 2000, 13:59]
Middle East Cyberconflict Could Spread, Says FBI
News Growing conflict between Israeli and pro-Palestine computer hackers is in danger of spiralling out of control, the FBI has warned, leading to further email flooding and denial of service attacks. One Middle Eastern news service, the Daily Star...
[October 31, 2000, 13:29]
May Day Hacking Threat Fails To Materialise
News Police and computer security experts report that fears that the city of London would fall to anti-capitalist computer hackers have so far proved unfounded. In the last few weeks a number of computer security firms have warned that politically...
[May 1, 2001, 15:38]
Hacking Threat Goes Mobile
News Experts at London's Infosec computer security conference are betting that wireless computing will provide the next hot spot for hackers, virus writers and computer criminals. While demonstrating the first generation of security tools for mobile...
[April 25, 2001, 14:37]
UK Police Crack Down On Local Hackers
News Police in Surrey are investigating the role that suspected local computer hackers may have played in orchestrating attacks on popular IRC (Internet Relay Chat) servers in Europe and the US in recent months.
[January 24, 2001, 11:45]
High-Tech Crime Unit Snubs Infosec
News The British government's new force for combating computer hackers -- the National High-Tech Computer Crime Unit (NHTCU) -- has turned down the opportunity to represent itself at a roundtable held at the UK's top conference on computer security, to...
[April 25, 2001, 9:56]
Virus Alertness Tricks
White Papers Even top security computer systems have been infiltrated time and again by hackers and computer criminals simply by programming a virus. Files have been deleted, accounts and identities have been stolen, and confidential files have been accessed by...
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
The Economics Of Computer Hacking
White Papers This paper considers various classes of computer hackers, with a special emphasis on fame-driven versus profit-driven hackers. The resulting framework is employed to evaluate current U.S.policy aimed at reducing the threat of computer hacking and...
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
Computer Hacking And Liability Issues: When Does Liability Attach?
White Papers Both federal and state statutes impose criminal liability on hackers for computer crimes, as well as provide civil liability for violations of the statue. As victims of hackers look for deep pockets from which to recover damages, they will...
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
Did FBI Informant Turn To The 'dark Side'?
News The world of computer hackers divides itself into good and bad by hat colour, and the good guys are supposed to wear white. When Butler next appears in court in September, computer hackers and law enforcement agents will watch the case carefully as...
[July 13, 2000, 14:00]
