hacking

An Imprisoned Hacker Invented An ATM Attachment That Stops Skimmers

Valentin Boanta has a lot of free time on his hands — five years worth, to be exact. That’s because Boanta is currently serving a prison sentence for, according to Reuters, “supplying gadgets to an organised crime gang used to conceal ATM skimmers.” So with all that time to think about what he’s done, the apparently penitent prisoner spent six months developing an ATM add-on to prevent the exact crime that put him there in the first place.


The Secret NSA Search Tips That Will Make You A Spy

Following a Freedom of Information Act request by MuckRock, the National Security Agency in the US has been forced to make public a book it produced, called Untangling the Web: A Guide to Internet Research. Understandably, it’s full of gems.


How The Onion Was Hacked By The Syrian Electronic Army

It was tough to tell for sure if The Onion really had been hacked earlier this week or if it was all just a joke. Now the website has explained exactly how its Twitter account was compromised by the Syrian Electronic Army.


US Finally Blames China’s Government And Military Of Cyberespionage

While fingers have long been pointed from US shores towards China when it comes to online attacks, the Pentagon has now directly accused the Chinese government and military of cyberespionage. The Wall Street Journal reports that the Pentagon issued a report just yesterday outlining for the first time how it believes digital attacks have been directly performed by the Chinese government and its military.


Should It Be Illegal To Exploit A Video Poker Bug And Win Big?

A Las Vegas District Court judge is currently weighing a big question that you may have opinions on: is exploiting a bug on a casino’s video poker machine illegal or not?


Google Glass Gets A Whole Lot Creepier When You Root It

Google Glass has plenty of folks a little scared of being recorded in secret, but saying “OK Glass” and the recording light are kind of a dead giveaway. But a rooted pair of specs? Those could be a creeper’s dream.


What A DDoS Attack Looks Like

When hackers do cyber-battle, there isn’t much to see. Maybe you’ll wind up on a crashed website, but the real carnage is happening behind the scenes, perpetrated by a diffuse army of computers a world away. This is what it looks like.


Anonymous Takes Down NAMBLA’s Page To Protest Paedophilia Pride Day

As you may be hopefully unaware, today is Alice Day, a day inspired by Lewis Carroll’s debated sexual attraction to Alice Liddell, Alice In Wonderland’s very underage and very real counterpart, where proud paedophiles come together in celebration of their disorder. So it’s a beautiful day for a NAMBLA takedown. And Anonymous was happy to answer the call.


Watch The Alleged LulzSec Leader Sing Along To Grease. Yes, Really.

The AFR came out and named the guy the Australian Federal Police arrested as the “self-proclaimed” leader of LulzSec. Do a little looking around, though, and you find the most bonkers video ever. I don’t even know where to start.


‘Self-Proclaimed’ Leader Of LulzSec Arrested In Sydney

The Australian Federal Police have confirmed that they have arrested the alleged leader of notorious hacking group Lulzsec in Sydney.


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