Josh Davis from Wired Science takes a closer look into the world of high tech crime.  Very fascinating video.

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I’m impressed by this little device called the Yubikey which is the creation of a company called Yubico.  The Yubikey is a tiny form factor USB authentication device which produces a one time password for authentication purposes.  Essentially the Yubikey acts like a keyboard and auto enters passwords which are 32 characters in length (8 [...]

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First of all, be clear about what type of hacker your referring to… please!  The general term “hacker” can refer to different groups of computer professionals, and so often it is confused by the “press”  “White Hats” are “good hackers” they try to fight “Black Hats” who are generally criminals… most Linux users are “Hackers” [...]

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In a post yesterday I commented about an article in Information Week, part of my point is that hackers are sophisticated enough to get what they are after.  Motivation is the key, and the graphic below certainly supports this theory:
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Two days ago Information Week wrote an article about 3 medical students suggesting that there is a possibility of a pacemaker (with wireless capabilities) being susceptible to hacking. An excerpt from the Information Week article:
“Our investigation shows that an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (1) is potentially susceptible to malicious attacks that violate the privacy [...]

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I cam across one of the most interesting stories I’ve read in a long time.  A story on wired that is a must read.  It’s an engaging story about a teenage phone phreak and the FBI.

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Press and hold “Control-Alt-Delete” on your keyboard and select “Start Task Manager”. You’ll see a long list of processes that you don’t recognize. How can you tell if these are harmless or malicious? Visit exeLibrary to find out. From the about page:
“exeLib is the fastest growing, most accurate, database of executable [...]

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I’m a huge fan of Google. I forward all email into gmail, I use picasa for all my photo albums, I search with google, I’ve been investigating their Android mobile phone platform, I frequent their code repository, and the list goes on.
I find this latest Google endeavor a bit troubling. Google began piloting their [...]

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Yet another horrific hack (depending on your view) has been demonstrated at the Black Hat conference in DC. Apparently two guys named David Hulton and Steve Muller are able to crack cell phone encryption used on (GSM) cellular signals (AT&T, Cingular and T-Mobile use).
For around $900 in equipment and a little bit of time [...]

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The darkest corners of the Internet are booming with help wanted ads looking for hackers who are fluent in foreign languages, such as Mandarin, Russian, and Chinese. If written poorly, scams like email phishing and grammatically incorrect web pages make it difficult to trick people in other countries into revealing their financial information. [...]

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