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Sacked IT admin sentenced for hacking ex-employerToday: The telltale cursor

A British IT admin was ordered to pay more than £3,000 and given a three-months jail sentence after being accused of hacking into his former employer's computer system so he could install spyware and delete emails.…
Password guessing attack exposed in Twitter pwnToday: The pursuit of 'happiness'

Miscreants broke into Twitter's admin system on Sunday night using a simple password guessing hack, it has emerged.…
Weak sigs found on one in seven SSL sitesToday: Survey highlights serious spoofability

One in seven digital certificates that stamp the authenticity of secure web sites use a vulnerable signature algorithm, according to a new survey. The shortcoming underlines the need to drop the insecure signing mechanism before its shortcomings are exploited in more convincing phishing attacks.…
Researchers poke holes in Intel's anti-tampering techToday: Unlocked and loaded

A practical attack on Intel's trusted execution technology (TXT) is due to be demonstrated at a hacking conference next month.…
Pranksters infiltrate live Macworld feedYesterday: Blasphemy on Jobsian high holy day

As unfounded as they may be, reports of Steve Jobs's demise have spread to a live feed of Macworld Expo provided by Apple gossip site MacRumors after griefers managed to breach the website's security.…

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