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Hackers are better organized to attack critical government and business IT systems than the government and business are structured to defend their cyber assets, the Department of Homeland Security’s top cybersecurity official told a Senate panel Monday. “Hackers, in some way, have remained better in information sharing than we in government have been, so that’s […]

“The FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) is seeking a senior security consultant for a permanent position.” This is probably the next job offer that will appear on the FBI job site (fbijobs.gov) as they got defaced yesterday.

Earlier this year, a sullen, 28-year-old contractor in California was charged in federal court with sabotaging the computerized controls on oil-rig sitting off the coast, allegedly out of spite for not being hired full time. Prosecutors say the contractor hacked into a shore-to-rig communications network that, among other functions, detected oil leaks. He caused thousands […]

Here’s a fun story. Police in Australia thought they were being mighty clever when they took over an “underground hacking forum.” (The forum is r00t-y0u.org, though it seems to be down right now.) One of the hackers on the forum then retaliated by breaking into police computers using a simple SQL injection. Security fail.

Script kiddy asked me politely to hack myself and upload a shell for him. That’s a challenge I never tough about.