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New year, time to update your passwords
Thu, 7th Jan 2021
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passwords
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nordpass
The most popular passwords of 2020 were easy-to-guess number combinations, such as 123456, the word password, qwerty, iloveyou, and other uncomplicated options.
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Houseparty denies security breach as users accuse app of hacking accounts
Tue, 31st Mar 2020
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cybersecurity
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cybersafety
The popular face-to-face video hosting service has been accused of hacking users' other accounts, a claim Houseparty disputes.
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Australian women-focusd hackathon #SheHacks expands across Victoria
Fri, 28th Feb 2020
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hackers
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hacking
Women-focused hackathon #SheHacks, run by Girl Geek Academy, will take place statewide across Victoria, Australia from February to April.
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Teens prove IoT device vulnerabilities by hacking them
Fri, 1st Feb 2019
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printing
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iot
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cybersecurity
After two teens managed to hack hundreds of thousands of printers around the world, KYOCERA Document Solutions has some tips for businesses.
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NASA got hacked (again)
Thu, 20th Dec 2018
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breach prevention
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cybersecurity
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nasa
The compromised servers stored personally identifiable information (PII) belonging to current and former NASA employees.
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Surprise - the PyeongChang Winter Olympic Games were hacked
Mon, 12th Feb 2018
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breach prevention
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cybersecurity
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data breach
Games organisers have reportedly admitted that its servers had been attacked, forcing them to shut down the official website.
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Mega breach: 800,000 Swisscom customers’ data stolen via hacked partner
Fri, 9th Feb 2018
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breach prevention
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cybersecurity
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Experts say while Swisscom may be playing the huge breach down, the implications of the breach will be far and wide.
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How to keep your company safe from complex cyber threats
Mon, 6th Nov 2017
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sonicwall
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cios
An advanced persistent threat is a set of stealthy and continuous computer hacking processes, designed to be evolving, polymorphic and dynamic...
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Carbon Black and IBM Security tighten partnership with rapid response tool
Tue, 17th Oct 2017
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cios
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ibm security
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hack
An expanded partnership between Carbon Black and IBM Security aim to provide increased cyberattack visibility and accelerated incident response times.
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Yahoo's 2013 data breach hit all three billion user accounts
Wed, 4th Oct 2017
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breach prevention
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cybersecurity
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yahoo
Yahoo’s entire user base of more than three billion people were affected by Yahoo’s colossal data hack in 2013, despite initial reports.
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Security firm reveals Asia connections behind the CCleaner hack
Tue, 26th Sep 2017
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advanced persistent threat protection
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avast
The attack was never intended for consumers, but instead went after companies such as NEC, Samsung, Asus, Fujitsu, Singtel, Intel and VMware.
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Oh, sweet revenge: White hat hacker floods scammers' phone lines
Mon, 26th Jun 2017
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email security
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What happens when you put cold call scammers up against a seasoned programmer? You get sweet revenge, if the case of one security developer.
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GovHack 2015 – Innovating with government data
Mon, 29th Jun 2015
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bi
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big data
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data analytics
What do Twitter, GroupMeet and Facebook’s Like button all have in common? They all were invented at a hackathon.
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Software developer duo hack Dropbox
Mon, 2nd Sep 2013
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cloud services
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dropbox
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Cloud storage provider Dropbox has reportedly been hacked by two software developers, who bypassed its two-factor authentication.
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How to bork your hard drive with HTML5
Fri, 1st Mar 2013
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dark web
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web development
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browsers
Discover how an HTML5 glitch, made public by Michael McKinnon of AVG, could fill your hard disk, revealed at http://www.filldisk.com/.
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Frequent Facebook hacks no big deal
Mon, 18th Feb 2013
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malware
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cloud services
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cybersecurity
Social networking site dismisses notions of data breaches following 'sophisticated attack' last month.
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Twitter hacked - up to 250,000 accounts compromised
Sat, 2nd Feb 2013
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cloud services
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encryption
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web development
Twitter blogged yesterday that an attack took place over 'just a few moments' before it was noticed by Twitter staff and shut it down.
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New Zealand's Enterprise Tech Summary: Week ending Sat 2nd Feb 2013
Sat, 2nd Feb 2013
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apple
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outsourcing
Another exciting week has wrapped up here at NZET, Here's a summary of the news stories that were biggest in NZ this week.
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Shock, horror: Mobility and social networking the new target for cyber miscreants
Wed, 12th Sep 2012
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apple
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cloud services
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smartphones
In what should come as no surprise at all, it appears the new frontiers opening up for the malcontents of the connected world are smartphones and social networking sites.
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HACKER’S DELIGHT: HACKS YOU CAN DO IN 5 MINUTES OR LESS
Sun, 1st Aug 2010
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windows
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cios
Here are ten (plus a few more) hacks that will get you well on the way to becoming a bona fide hacker in no time.
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Attacks on Google linked to schools
Mon, 22nd Feb 2010
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google
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nsa
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The spate of online attacks on Google and many other US<br />companies and organisations has been linked to two educational institutions in<br />China, one with ties to the military.
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On a war drive
Mon, 1st Feb 2010
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vpn
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cloud services
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encryption
We retrace our steps to find out how easy wi-fi is to hack<br />It’s called war driving – cruising the streets with a laptop running a free program you can download from the Internet.
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Tech site hacked twice
Wed, 27th Jan 2010
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apple
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firewall
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network security
Popular technology news Web site TechCrunch has been hacked, proving that even sites staffed by techies are vulnerable.
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DSL lines vulnerable to attack
Wed, 18th Nov 2009
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breach prevention
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cybersecurity
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hack
For just $1000 a corporate spy can buy equipment to hack into a business’s DSL connection and access – even change – highly confidential information.