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Hacker breaks into ATMs at Blackhat, dispenses cash remotely Using home-brewed software tools and exploiting a gaping security hole in the authentication mechanism used to update the firmware on automated teller machines (ATMs), a security researcher hacked into ATMs made by Triton and Tranax and planted a rootkit that dispensed cash on demand. At the [...]

LIGATT, The World’s #1 Hacker World’s self-proclaimed #1 Hacker LIGATT e-book has been plagued by plagiarism and a whole lot more. Gregory Evans, a convicted felon and owner of Ligatt Security (Pennystock value high of $0.0002) continues to promote himself and his company as a prominent and ethical security source. Ben Rothke, CISSP PCI QSA, [...]

Conficker: ‘Headless Botnet’ Still Infecting Windows Users Researchers say the notorious Windows worm has created a “headless botnet” – but one that continues to maintain a hold of millions of computers. A year after the infamous April 1 doomsday deadline, the investigation into the masterminds of the worm continues. Read the rest of this article [...]

Serial killer Fred West created a Facebook Fan Page for Graham Cluley  – should he be worried? Two years ago someone posted a mock up photograph of Graham (Security expert from Sophos) along with offensive materials on Facebook indicating that he might be a pedophile. As a consequence of the perpetrators actions some people threatened [...]

Spammers often collect email addresses from customer lists, chatrooms, email chain letters, forums, newsgroups, websites, and viruses. Current email accounts that are receiving spam have connections to prior chain mails, forums, and newsgroups. Spam or junk email is almost always unsolicited and unwanted.