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Celebrity Hacker: Microsoft Leads Industry In Security

Security expert Marc Maiffret parlayed his teen hacking skills into getting paid to find holes in Microsoft software. Now, he says, Adobe and Apple can learn from Microsoft’s past.


December 30, 2009
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How One Of The World’s Most Powerful Botnets Was Dismantled

If you’re envisioning lines of code flying across bays of screens, amphetamine-fuelled digital manhunts and dramatic, albeit rendered, explosions, I’m sorry. When major botnets fall nowadays, it’s the product of hard work, patience and some well-placed phone calls.