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Sony Awarded Dubious ‘Epic Fail’Award At Hackers’ Oscars

6:30PM August 8, 2011 | Kat Hannaford

A Pwnie award was given to Sony at last week’s Black Hat computer security conference’s Pwnie Awards, which looks at the past year’s hacking efforts and awards them with My Little Pony trophies. Sony’s major security breach from earlier in the year was the only hacking incident to be nominated for the top prize. More »

Software

Hacker Develops Program To Make ATMs Spit Out Free Cash

6:49AM July 30, 2010 | Casey Chan

ATMs use computers. Computers have weaknesses. Hackers exploit weaknesses. See where this is going? A hacker developed software that can force an ATM’s computer to give free cash. Luckily for banks, he showed off his technique at the Black Hat conference. More »

Geek Out

Insecure Electronic Parking Meters Can Be Hacked For Infinite Money

2:02AM August 1, 2009 | Jason Chen

Two presenters at Black Hat 2009 just demonstrated their ability to hack into parking meters in San Francisco (and theoretically anywhere with this kind of system) to give unlimited money on their parking payment cards. More »

Computing

“Power-Line Exploit” Logs Your Keystrokes Using Outlets, Lasers

8:30AM July 13, 2009 | Jack Loftus

Thinking about plugging your laptop into one of those coveted aeroplane terminal power outlets while you wait for your flight to arrive? Be careful, because a hacker could be using those energy-giving wires against you. More »