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U.S. Justice Department Says It Won’t Prosecute White Hat Hackers Under CFAA
The U.S. Justice Department has revised its enforcement policy related to a controversial anti-hacking law, giving a much needed legal reprieve to security professionals who break into digital systems to help rather than harm.
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‘FacePlant’ Exploit Lets Hackers Hijack An Electric Skateboard
At this point, it feels like everything that can be hacked, will be hacked: Computers, phones, industrial systems, cars, baby monitors and now… electric skateboards.
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Now Anyone Can Get The Malware That Exploits USB’s Fundamental Flaw
Don’t plug strange USB sticks into your computers. Don’t do it. A pair of hackers just made public the code for super scary malware that takes advantage of a fundamental flaw in USB firmware. They didn’t do this to be mean, but you can be sure some evil hackers will use it to be mean.
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Sony Awarded Dubious ‘Epic Fail’Award At Hackers’ Oscars
A Pwnie award was given to Sony at last week’s Black Hat computer security conference’s Pwnie Awards, which looks at the past year’s hacking efforts and awards them with My Little Pony trophies. Sony’s major security breach from earlier in the year was the only hacking incident to be nominated for the top prize.