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Smartphone hackers  10 April 2013 
Source: CBS - Posted by Dave Wreski   
Internet security experts suddenly know more about the way hackers are getting access to your smartphone, but still don't have software to prevent it.
 
Closing the Door on Hackers  08 April 2013 
Source: NY Times - Posted by Dave Wreski   
FOR most of my teenage years, I made a hobby of hacking into some of the world’s largest government and corporate computer systems. I was “lucky” enough to be raided by the F.B.I. when I was 17 years old. After that wake-up call, I eventually started a software security company and now find myself helping to plug security holes, not exploit them.
 
AMI Firmware Source Code, Private Key Leaked  05 April 2013 
Source: ThreatPost - Posted by Alex   
Source code and a private signing key for firmware manufactured by a popular PC hardware maker American Megatrends Inc. (AMI) have been found on an open FTP server hosted in Taiwan.
 
North Korea's Twitter, Flickr accounts hacked; Anonymous speaks up  04 April 2013 
Source: LA Times - Posted by Anthony Pell   
As North Korea continues to threaten the U.S. and South Korea with war rhetoric, hackers have taken over the country's social media accounts and many of its websites.
 
Ultimate PC security requires UEFI -- and Windows 8 or Linux  27 March 2013 
Source: InfoWorld - Posted by Dave Wreski   
Hackers can easily 'brick' computers with malicious firmware. UEFI effectively blocks that attack vector and costs nothing
 
Hack attack: Microsoft confirms bigwigs’ Xbox Live accounts compromised  21 March 2013 
Source: VentureBeat - Posted by Alex   
A number of “high profile” Xbox Live accounts belonging to Microsoft employees were hacked, according to a statement from Microsoft, who says the attackers used a number of social-engineering tactics to get access. Read more at http://venturebeat.com/2013/03/20/microsoft-xbox-live-hack/#D7J0yL5oKHVMg67P.99
 
Microsoft: Hackers obtained high-profile Xbox Live accounts  20 March 2013 
Source: Network World - Posted by Alex   
Several high-profile Xbox Live accounts for former and current Microsoft employees were compromised by attackers using social engineering techniques, the company said late Tuesday.
 
LA Times Hack: Security Breach or Harmless Prank?  19 March 2013 
Source: LA Times - Posted by Dave Wreski   
Federal prosecutors say Reuters' deputy social media editor conspired with a notorious hacker network to cause an online security breach that should be punished by decades in federal prison.
 
China hacker's angst opens a window onto cyber-espionage  13 March 2013 
Source: LA Times - Posted by Dave Wreski   
Young man's blog provides a rare glimpse of the secretive hacking establishment of the Chinese military, whose efforts have become a growing concern to the U.S.
 
Hackers Pull Off $12,000 Bitcoin Heist  08 March 2013 
Source: Wired - Posted by Dave Wreski   
A Bitcoin transaction services company says that hackers broke into one of its brokerage accounts last week, nabbing more than $12,000 worth of the digital currency.
 
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