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  • Gmail Backup, a recipe for happiness

    Before I get to this week's main topic I must give a big thumbs-up to a book that all of you who like to cook will thoroughly enjoy: "Cooking for Geeks: Real Science, Great Hacks, and Good Food" by Jeff Potter (pub. O'Reilly).

    Written by Mark Gibbs16 Dec. 11 12:27
  • Top four security predictions for 2012: ISF

    While 2011 is coming to an end, security threats show no sign of slowing down. UK-based Information Security Forum (ISF) vice president of sales and marketing, Steve Durbin, shared his four security predictions for 2012.

    Written by Hamish Barwick27 Oct. 11 15:43
  • Stupid hacker tricks: Exploits gone bad

    If the Internet is the new Wild West, then hackers are the wanted outlaws of our time. And like the gun-slinging bad boys before them, all it takes is one wrong move to land them in jail.

    Written by JR Raphael24 Oct. 11 21:12
  • LulzSec tweets as News’ DNS servers go down

    Just hours after claiming responsibility for hacking News International’s The Sun website and posting a fake story about Rupert Murdoch’s death, hacker group Lulz Security has tweeted that News International’s DNS servers are down denying access to some 1024 web addresses.

    Written by Rodney Gedda19 July 11 11:59
  • EMC: RSA SecurID info swiped via sophisticated hack attack

    EMC issued a warning today that hackers have stolen information about its RSA SecurID two-factor authentication that could be used by cybercriminals to more easily breach customers' systems,

    Written by Ted Samson18 March 11 10:38
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