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Meet Ika & Sal: The Bulletproof Hosting Duo from Hell

Krebs on Security

Spamit), an invite-only community for Russian-speaking people in the businesses of sending spam and building botnets of infected computers to relay said spam. ” We are glad to present you our services! Penchukov) — fled his mandatory military service orders and was arrested in Geneva, Switzerland. 9, 2024).

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The Hacker Mind: Hacking Aerospace

ForAllSecure

CBS: A computer security researcher was kept off a plane for suggesting on social media that he could hack into the planes control system. I think the easiest way to describe it is in talking to different folks who are not familiar with DEF CON, you know, any conference has presentations. And his work certainly made the evening news.

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On Open Platforms, Wifi, Home Automation, and Kitty Litter

John Battelle's Searchblog

Another wonderful example is the Global Positioning System (GPS), once the realm only of the United States military, but now the driver of countless commercial opportunities around the globe (again thanks to decisions made during the Clinton administration). Comcast has no say in the matter ( so far ).

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: A Hacker From Hollywood

ForAllSecure

The actress was also responsible for developing the underlying technology that is present today in Wi Fi and Bluetooth. He told her he really wanted to create faster planes so that he could sell them to the US military. A short time later, they completed their design and presented it to the US Patent Office.

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Happy 13th Birthday, KrebsOnSecurity!

Krebs on Security

You just knew 2022 was going to be The Year of Crypto Grift when two of the world’s most popular antivirus makers — Norton and Avira — kicked things off by installing cryptocurrency mining programs on customer computers. ” The employees who kept things running for RSOCKS, circa 2016.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Shall We Play A Game?

ForAllSecure

Electronic Things. As I got older, I started to play around with computers. By then there were computer games, and at that time it wasn’t the single shooter games. I mean, what curious kid hasn’t taken apart something electronic to try and figure it out on their own? Really bored. Mechanical things.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Shall We Play A Game?

ForAllSecure

Electronic Things. As I got older, I started to play around with computers. By then there were computer games, and at that time it wasn’t the single shooter games. I mean, what curious kid hasn’t taken apart something electronic to try and figure it out on their own? Really bored. Mechanical things.