Dutch probing Iranian hacker’s claims

The Dutch government is investigating claims by a suspected Iranian hacker that he falsified Internet security certificates at a Dutch company, a government spokesman said Friday. “We are investigating all leads including the lead of today,” Dutch Safety and Justice Ministry spokesman Edmond Messchaert told AFP, referring to an interview…

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Into a hacker’s head: Dark side of the IT world

For those of you who follow Zero Day, there’s something new afoot: A new hacker series. But, this hacker series isn’t the standard, “Today this compromise took place” or “Hackers defaced another site.” This series focuses on the hacker, his personality, his motivations, his rewards, his mentality and his risks….

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Facebook hacking tool hacks hackers

A case of criminal irony: Tools built to help hackers break into Facebook accounts have been found hiding malware that infects the computers of the would-be criminals who download them. View full post on hacking tools – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security Gregory Evans…

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Hackers target Iranian Internet users

AMSTERDAM: Hackers who broke into a web security firm issued hundreds of bogus security certificates for spy agency websites including the CIA as well as for Internet giants like Google, Microsoft and Twitter, the Dutch government said Monday. Information Technology experts say they suspect the hackers were probably cooperating with…

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Hackers target Iranian Internet users

AMSTERDAM: Hackers who broke into a web security firm issued hundreds of bogus security certificates for spy agency websites including the CIA as well as for Internet giants like Google, Microsoft and Twitter, the Dutch government said Monday. Information Technology experts say they suspect the hackers were probably cooperating with…

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Ethical Hacking Scholarship Worth USD 18,000 Announced to Create World-Class Ethical Hackers And Cyber Defenders to …

http://www.eccuni.us, EC-Council University’s announcement of a new ‘Ethical Hacking Scholarship’ to cover the full tuition and fees of its Master of Security Science degree program comes in support of and on the sidelines of the announcement by The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) of the Draft National Initiative…

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Site ranks hackers, top online targets

A view of Rank My Hack (Credit: Screenshot by Don Reisinger/CNET) An online service has cropped up in the past month that enables people to earn points by hacking Web sites. Dubbed Rank My Hack, the hacker community site assigns point values to hacks. “Welcome to RankMyHack.Com,” the site reads….

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