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‘We could hack the Queen’s medical records if we wanted’

16

Dec

2011

It’s a story which has the potential to make the scandal over the hacking of celebrities’ mobile phone voicemails seem like small potatoes. BBC Radio 4 has broadcast a documentary claiming that computer hackers were used by the British press to spy on politicians and the military. According to the programme, the illicit mining of […]

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HP LaserJet printers at risk of fiery hacker attack

29

Nov

2011

Researchers at Columbia University claim to have discovered a security vulnerability in “tens of millions” of HP LaserJet printers that could allow a remote hacker to install malicious firmware. In a demonstration of the physical damage that could be done by the hack, Columbia researchers Professor Salvatore Stolfo and Ang Cui showed how a compromised […]

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Hackers would never be hired by security vendors….right?

04

Nov

2011

In a recent BBC article, reputable security firm McAfee is quoted saying, “I’ve never hired computer hackers but that’s not to say I would never do that,” says Raj Samani, chief technical officer of McAfee Europe. Wow, I thought. Really? OK, I admit, hacker is one those terms whose definitions has blurred in the last […]

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