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The popular meaning of hacker refers to an expert computer user who accessed computer systems by circumventing their security and protections.

Hackers use different approaches depending on the target they want to access. This can range from social engineering over using security exploits, brute force, keyloggers, worms and other malicious software to packet sniffing.

Internet sites and their users are a prime target of computer hackers these days. Attacks against popular sites such as Facebook, MySpace or Twitter are common these days.

They usually have the goal to steal the user's login credentials or private data.

Some website such as Facebook offer notifications if a Facebook Login has been logged by another user.

Bloggers talk about hackers and hacking at sites like Ghacks Technology News and Login Helper.

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  • How to Create a Secure Password


    Two Sexy Geeks — Authority Authority: 128
    Creating a good strong password for all of your online accounts is a very important matter. If you password is not to simple or easy to guess then it is only a matter of time before someone manages to guess or hack your password and then gain access to all of your online accounts which is a very real and serious ...
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    Free Download Android-Softwares, Apps ,Games, Themes ,Android News,Reviews — Authority Authority: 436
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  • High court judges attempt to speed up Gary McKinnon case


    top99news - breaking news from the world top newspapers — Authority Authority: 164
    http://www.guardian.co.uk High court judges attempt to speed up Gary McKinnon case Judges list computer hacker’s extradition case for July hearing amid concern over time it is taking to return to courtThe high court has expressed concern over the length of time it is taking the long-running case of the ...
    4 days ago

  • Ha’aretz “Celebrity” Endorsement


    Israellycool — Authority Authority: 622
    A few days, I blogged about the not-too-bright hackers who took down the websites of uber Left Israeli news outlet Ha’aretz, and some Israeli hospitals known for helping palestinians. Now it seems the hackers agree they made an awful mistake. Regarding Ha’aretz (hat tip: EoZ ). Apologizing for bringing ...
    4 days ago

  • Chema Alonso: Creo en Internet


    The quiet man — Authority Authority: 106
    Una charla amena y muy interesante sobre seguridad informática.
    1 week ago

  • Gala Highlights (28C3)


    Personal Blog of Alex Antener, mediaartist and free software and creative commons evangelist — Authority Authority: 99
    BEST OF GALA DER NEUEN LEICHTIGKEIT copyleft 2011 by “ Europa: Neue Leichtigkeit “, Lix & 28C3 ( FEM )
    1 week ago

  • Moyers & Company: On Winner-Take-All Politics


    Dandelion Salad — Authority Authority: 496
    Dandelion Salad With Bill Moyers Moyers & Company | BillMoyers.com January 13, 2012 Bill Moyers explores how America’s vast inequality didn’t just happen, it’s been politically engineered. Bill Moyers: On Winner-Take-All Politics see Chris Hedges: Occupy the Courts + Citizens Unite for a Constitutional ...
    1 week ago

  • Wi-Fi users in India more vulnerable to virus attack


    Genius is Art and Talent is Craft — Authority Authority: 98
    Wi-Fi Attacked Now a days we have seen several attacks by the Anonymous hacker on several websites and daily their is certain news related to hackers, we must be aware that in India Wi-Fi is most vulnerable to such attacks. Password Hack Even Indian computer security analysis firm warns ...
    1 week ago

  • Romanian NASA hacker gets suspended three-year sentence


    Naked Security - Sophos — Authority Authority: 660
    A Romanian who admitted to hacking into NASA servers has received a three-year suspended prison sentence. Being tried in the US wouldnt have guaranteed jail time, so heres hoping the Obama administration wins in its pursuit of a mandatory three-year prison term for hacking critical infrastructure.
    1 week ago

  • Sn0wbreeze 2.9.1 Bug Fix [Download Now]


    Techno Mondo — Authority Authority: 125
    Some good news for all iPhone users, as we all know a couple of days ago iH8sn0w the well known hacker released Sn0wbreeze v.2.9 which gives you a major upgrade giving you some new features, but after that it looks like that some folks particularly those with an iPhone 3G trying to flash over a custom iPad baseband, ...
    1 week ago

  • Jailbreaking Your iPhone 4S Might Stop Siri [Report]


    Techno Mondo — Authority Authority: 125
    Apple iPhone 4S users who’re waiting eagerly for the iPhone 4S jailbreak which is supposed to be released very soon. According to the iPhone hacker Stefan Esser, better know as i0n1c, Apple’s voice assistant Siri stopped working on his iPhone 4S after running the unreleased jailbreak on it. Stefan Esser ...
    1 week ago

  • P0sixninja Says “Not Much Longer Now” For A5 Untethered Jailbreak Release


    Techno Mondo — Authority Authority: 125
    There’s not much longer now left for A5 untethered jailbreak release for iPhone 4S and iPad 2 running iOS 5.0.1. That’s what the iPhone hacker and Chronic Dev Team member p0sixninja said. There’s nothing to say more. We don’t want to make long posts. This is just what we got for today.
    1 week ago

  • Ethical Hacker Roundup – HIPAA On The Move


    The Risky Business Blog — Authority Authority: 92
    These  Healthcare IT Security  links are part of a weekly series,  Ethical Hacker Roundup , featuring the information security and cyber security related articles that we’ve read over and thought worth sharing from the past week.  Beneath each title is a short snippet that caught our attention. The series is ...
    1 week ago

  • Operazione Megaupload: il più vasto hack attack della storia


    Lega Nerd — Authority Authority: 130
    Anonymous launches largest attack ever, crippling government and music industry sites. Hacktivists with the collective Anonymous are waging an attack on the website for the White House after successfully breaking the sites for the Department of Justice, Universal Music Group, RIAA and Motion Picture Association of ...
    1 week ago

  • Megaupload shut down by US FBI/Justice Dept., Anonymous retaliates!


    Trakin' the india business buzz — Authority Authority: 513
    Update: Looks like a new site has cropped up and has exact look & feel of Megaupload, but does not have a domain name… just the IP address – http://109.236.83.66/ . Not sure if it is someone from original Megaupload team, or an imitator… But it did not take much time…did it! Hugely popular file ...
    1 week ago

  • Symantec source code breach saga continues


    Naked Security - Sophos — Authority Authority: 660
    The wrangle between Indian cybercrew The Lords of Dhamaraja and Symantec over a source code breach in 2006 continues.Whatever happened, the fact remains: this was a cybercrime and the "hackers" are the crooks.
    1 week ago

  • Teaching Children the Basics of Money Management


    Investing to Wealth — Authority Authority: 142
    This is a guest post by Vic Lancer of nation wide surety companyFrom entertaining television ads to colorful Internet banners, your children are bombarded with advertising messages each day. You might think your kids dont need to know about budgeting...
    1 week ago

  • 10 Steps to Improve Your Financial Status


    Investing to Wealth — Authority Authority: 142
    This is a guest post from Joe JohnsonWealth is measured by expenses and income. We are all wealthy; you just don’t know it yet!Wealth is not measured by how much money you have in your bank account or by how many tangible items you own. Wealth is the...
    1 week ago

  • Reuters: Virus infections stop after suspects named


    Gadget Review — Authority Authority: 127
    Tweet (Reuters) – One of the most common sources of computer intrusions has stopped infecting new machines after security researchers working with Facebook released the names of five suspected ringleaders. After more than two years of work, a pair of researchers on Tuesday published the names, aliases ...
    1 week ago

  • The Hacker’s Underground Handbook


    Free download anti virus — Authority Authority: 118
    The Hacker’s Underground Handbook The Information Given in this Book will put you into a hacker’s mindset and teach you all of the hacker’s secret ways. The Hacker’s Underground Handbook is for the people out there that wish to get into the the amazing field of hacking. It introduces you to many topics like ...
    1 week ago

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