hackers
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Trial Begins For Two Men, One A Pastor, Accused Of Making Millions Off Hacked Press Releases
The Department of Justice headquarters in Washington, DC.Photo: AP The trial of two men who allegedly made $US20 million in an insider trading scheme involving hackers who stole corporate press releases before they were public began in Brooklyn this week, Reuters reported, with prosecutors telling jurors they had “electronic communications, trading records and testimony from…
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Report: Hackers Could Easily Screw With Navigation Systems On Many Civilian Ships
Naval systems that track the current position of ships have an array of vulnerabilities that could make it simple for hackers to break in, the BBC reported today, which could enable attackers to set off collision alarms on other vessels.
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Operator Of Malware-Testing Service Scan4You Convicted On Three US Federal Charges
One of the men behind the Scan4You, a counter-antivirus tool used by cybercriminals to determine whether their malware would be flagged during routine security scans, has been convicted on three counts in US federal court.
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GitHub Tells Some Users It Accidentally Stored Their Passwords In Plain Text But Hey, NBD
Code repository GitHub warned “a select number of users” today that due to a flaw in its password reset system, the company had stored their passwords in plain text on internal logs.