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'Mafiaboy': Cloud Computing Will Cause Internet Security Meltdown  02 July 2009 
Source: Dark Reading - Posted by anthony   
Network Security Reformed black-hat hacker Michael Calce, better known as the 15-year-old "mafiaboy" who, in 2000, took down Websites CNN, Yahoo, E*Trade, Dell, Amazon, and eBay, says widespread adoption of cloud computing is going to make the Internet only more of a hacker haven.

"It will be the fall of the Internet as we know it," Calce said today during a Lumension Security-sponsored Webcast event. "You're basically putting everything in one little sandbox...it's going to be a lot more easy to access," he added, noting that cloud computing will be "extremely dangerous."

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Hacker attack techniques and tactics: Understanding hacking strategies  02 July 2009 
Source: Search Security - Posted by anthony   
Security Projects This tutorial on hacker attack techniques and tactics will provide insight inside the mind of a hacker and help you to understand a malicious attacker's motives. You will receive advice on how hackers target specific information and what polices and procedures every organization should have in place to protect sensitive data.

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Swedish company to buy Pirate Bay  02 July 2009 
Source: CNET - Posted by anthony   
The Pirate Bay, a file-sharing site entangled in a court case over pirated music, will be bought by a Swedish software company.

Global Gaming Factory X (GGF) announced the deal Tuesday. The company, which provides digital distribution tools for Internet cafes, will buy The Pirate Bay for cash and shares amounting to $7.76 million. The acquisition is expected to be completed in August.

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Swatting phreaker swatted and heading to jail  01 July 2009 
Source: H Security - Posted by anthony   
Hacks/Cracks In the US a 19-year-old phreaker (or phone phreak) has been sentenced to more than eleven years in prison because he placed numerous emergency calls resulting in the dispatch of special police units or SWAT teams (Special Weapons and Tactics). The SWAT teams arrived at the locations from which the calls were placed only to find sleeping families. Such incidents are increasingly common in the US, giving rise to the term swatting.

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Feds arrest man allegedly behind DDoS attacks against Rolling Stone  01 July 2009 
Source: Network World - Posted by anthony   
Hacks/Cracks A Pennsylvania man has been charged with allegedly launching distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against at least nine Web sites, including Rolling Stone magazine's site, which was attacked multiple times for nearly a year.

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IBM develops a way to process encrypted data  29 June 2009 
Source: SC Magazine - Posted by anthony   
Cryptography A researcher at IBM has developed a way to analyze encrypted data without decoding it, according to a statement from IBM. The breakthrough method leverages a concept called “fully homomorphic encryption,” and stems from achievements an IBM researcher, Craig Gentry, developed on a problem that has stymied researchers for nearly 30 years.

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Linux Security Week: June 29th, 2009  29 June 2009 
Source: LinuxSecurity.com Contributors - Posted by Benjamin D. Thomas   
Linux Security Week This week, perhaps the most interesting articles include "Kaminsky interview: DNSSEC addresses cross-organizational trust and security," "Adrian Lamo, the hacker philosopher," and "LJ Discusses The Risks of Not Encrypting Information."

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