News of the World: Stalking Subjects by Pinging
Friday July 22, 2011
Besides invading voicemail boxes, News of the World reporters used a techique called "pinging" to stalk their subjects.
More precisely, they paid the police to ping for them.
Pinging works by ... Read More
News of the World Phone Hacking: How'd They Do It?
Thursday July 21, 2011
First of all, the constant references to News of the World "phone hacking" are a little misleading. From what I can gather, News of the World agents didn't actually intercept ... Read More
Card Skimmers Don't Take Holidays
Friday July 15, 2011
With people driving more miles, and buying more gas, summer provides plenty of incentive for card skimmers to attack gas pumps. A recent $200,000 skimming spree in Florida illustrates the ... Read More
What Do Hacktivists Want?
Saturday July 9, 2011
What do hacktivists want, and what does it mean to your business?
Recently, New Scientist published the first interview with a key LulzSec hacker. It's worth the read if you have ... Read More
Happy Fourth of July? Not at Fox News
Monday July 4, 2011
Six tweets from @foxnewspolitics, one of the feeds operated by Fox News, reeled off details about today's alleged shooting of President Obama.
Fox is telling Twitter they've got some 'splaining to ... Read More
Hacking As Protest
Friday July 1, 2011
Has hacking has become the new sit-in?
Besides the financial rewards of hacking (see: How Cybercrime Pays), hacking has become a powerful, high visibility form of social protest.
According to a recent ... Read More