IT Professionals Database (ITPD)

alphadogg writes "Attack code has been identified that could be used to break into a PC running older versions of Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser.

After the report last week that Brazil's e-voting machines had withstood the scrutiny of team of invited hackers, reader ateu writes with news that a hacker has shown that the Linux-based voting machi

itwbennett writes "If you want to hire a hacker, you need to take a more psychology-based approach to the entire interview process to determine whether he or she has changed their ways enough to be a

zoobab writes "Hackers from all over Europe will meet at the end of the month (27-30 June) at the second Hacker Space Festival in Paris.

nandemoari writes "A new variant of the Conficker/Downadup worm has been detected. The worm opens a backdoor on an infected machine and allows hackers remote control of infected PCs.

JobsEnding writes with this quote from IBTimes: "A British court ruled on Friday that a man who hacked into US military computers will be given permission for a judicial review against his extradition

mortonda writes to tell us that the person responsible for breaching Sarah Palin's private email account has been found.

Anonymous Coward writes "Ever wondered how much bandwidth you will get at a hacker con?

Bruce Perens writes "Ari Jaaski of Nokia is concerned that the Linux developers need to learn to live with DRM, SIM-locking, and 'IPR'. But they won't.

stern writes "A security researcher at Cambridge was trying to figure out the password used by somebody who had hacked his Web site.

An anonymous reader writes "This morning a hacker posted the personal contact information and credit card data of 1,200 ebay users on the eBay.com Trust & Saftey forums.