Computer Hacking

Is It Possible for Hackers to Access My Computer's Webcam?

Quora | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Computer Security, Webcam Spying, Computer Hacking, Computers, Computer Hacker, Hacking, Webcams, Computer Hackers, Hackers, Webcam, Technology News
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This question originally appeared on Quora. By Feross Aboukhadijeh, Stanford undergraduate, computer security enthusiast, and blogger Yes, bad guy...

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Student Allegedly Hacks Computers To Change Grades

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Student Crime, Real Life Ferris Bueller, Computer Hacking, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Hacking to Change Grades, Student Hacked School Computer, Education News

An unnamed student at Pelham High School in Pelham, N.H., may have taken the 80's film "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" a little too seriously, as he allege...

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Man To Plead Guilty To Hacking Into Stars' Email Accounts

AP | GREG RISLING | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Christopher Chaney, Mila Kunis, Video, Operation Hackerazzi, Email Hacking, Scarlett Johansson, Computer Hacking, Christopher Chestnut, Christina Aguilera, Hacking, Celebrity News

LOS ANGELES — A Florida man has agreed to plead guilty to hacking into the email accounts of celebrities such as Christina Aguilera, Mila Kunis ...

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Change Your Email Password Now (for Your Financial Security)

Mark W. Schleisner | Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: Identity Theft, Login, Cyber Crime, Cyber Security, Password, Information Technology, Computer Hacking, Password Security, Email Password Security, Cyber-Hacking, Email Hackers, Cyber-Security, Technology News
Mark W. Schleisner

Chances are that your current email password is useless (and even dangerous to your financial health). Fortunately, you can protect yourself by changing your email password now! Here's how.

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On Becoming A Hacker

Zainab Oni | Posted 04.02.2012

Read More: Mouse Corps, Hive-Learning-Network, Mozilla Youth Ambassadors, Hacking, Computer Hacking, Slidepollajax, High School News
Zainab Oni

Hacking doesn't only happen with computers -- you can hack clothes, games, decorations, styles, etc. I learned that hacking isn't always illegal and you can hack for good sometimes.

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Charities Working To Return Donations From $1 Million 'Anonymous' Hacking Scandal

Posted 12.28.2011

Read More: George Friedman, Anonymous, Care, Anonymous Hack Scam, Melanie Pipkin, Anonymous Stratfor Hack, Computer Hacking, American Red Cross, Stratfor, Video, Impact News

Some of the charities that benefitted from a recent $1 million hacking scam are working to return the misappropriated funds, Philanthropy.com reports....

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U.S. Warned To Develop New Technology To Counter Cyber Threats

AP | By LOLITA C. BALDOR | Posted 11.12.2011

Read More: Russia, Computer Security, Department of Defense, Cyber-Intelligence, National Security, Nato, Homeland Security, Computer Hacking, Cybercriminals, Computer Intelligence, Technology, Hacking, Cyber Attacks, China, Cybersecurity, Technology News

WASHINGTON -- A new study warns that the U.S. must develop cyber intelligence as a new and better coordinated government discipline that can predict c...

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Gerry Smith

Report Outlines Massive Global Cyberspying Operation

HuffingtonPost.com | Gerry Smith | Posted 10.03.2011

Read More: Internet, Department of Defense, China Cyberspying, Global Cyber Attacks, Computer Hacking, Cyber Security, Cybersecurity, Hacking, Computer Hackers, Mcafee, Cyberterrorism, Hackers, Chinese Hackers, Technology News

More than 70 companies, governments and non-profit organizations around the world were attacked by hackers in a massive cyberspying operation that exp...

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Gerry Smith

Hacker Arrests Not Likely To Slow Anonymous, Experts Say

HuffingtonPost.com | Gerry Smith | Posted 09.19.2011

Read More: Cyberattacks, Anonymous, Hacker Arrests, Computer Hacking, Anonymous Hacker Group, Cybersecurity, Lulzsec, Hackers, Technology News

The arrests of 14 suspected members of the hacker group Anonymous on Tuesday could help authorities make inroads in the shadowy hacker collective, but...

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Regulators Warns Banks Of 'Effective And Malicious' Hacker Attacks

Posted 08.28.2011

Read More: U.S. Senate, Federal Financial Institutions Council, Bank Hacking, Authentication Mechanisms, Citigroup Inc, Computer Hacking, Federal Deposit Insurance Corp, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Federal Reserve, Banks, Consumers, Bank Regulators, Hackers, Video, Business News

WASHINGTON - Bank regulators warned banks to be on guard against increasingly clever computer hacking on Tuesday, indicating heightened alert agai...

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A Whole New Generation of Revolutionaries: WikiLeaks and Julian Assange

Michelle Kraus | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cyber Attack, Cyberattacks, Wikileaks.org, Liberals, Whistleblower, President Barack Obama, Middle Class, Hillary Clinton Secretary of State, Computer Hacking, Julian Assange Wikileaks, Cybersecurity, China, Facebook, Wikileaks, Whistleblowers, Internet, Revolution, Sarah Palin, Metrosexual, Julian Assange, Anarchists, Computer Hackers, Hacking, Hackers, Politics News
Michelle Kraus

WikiLeaks raises some of the most poignant questions of our time about the power of cyber warfare, the role of hackers, and the future of the Internet...

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Could A Single Hacker Crash A Country's Network?

computer.howstuffworks.com | Posted 05.25.2011

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Harassing a handful of Web sites is one thing, but does one hacker have the technological wherewithal to bring down an entire country's network? In a ...

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Chertoff Suggests Special Ops Takeout Cyber-Attacking Servers?

Josh Rushing | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Josh Rushing, Nsa, Google, Al Jazeera English, Cyberattacks, Special Ops, Computer Hacking, Fault Lines, Cybersecurity, Google China, Cyberwar, Michael Chertoff, Cybercrime, Ghostnet, Al Jazeera, Hacking, Computer Hackers, Cyber Espionage, Hackers, Politics News
Josh Rushing

Did Michael Chertoff, former director of Homeland Security, seriously suggest the possibility of responding with special forces to takeout the servers...

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Russia's Novaya Gazeta Web Site Hacked, Paralyzed

AP | DAVID NOWAK | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Russia, Russia Hacking, Novaya Gazeta, Russia Opposition, Computer Hacking, Russia Newspaper, Hacking, World News

MOSCOW — The Web site of Russia's highest-profile independent newspaper has been paralyzed for a week by a sustained attack from hackers, its de...

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Potomac 20854: A made for TV drama unfolds in the DC suburb

Cari Shane | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: High School Criminals, Churchill High School, Education, Grading, Computer Hacking, Tiger Woods, Jack Ambramoff, John Edwards, Students, Bernie Madoff, Grade Scandal, Ed-Line, Academic Pressure, Montgomery County Maryland, Technology News
Cari Shane

At Winston Churchill High School in Potomac, Maryland, 40 to 50 students were involved in a computer hacking scheme to change grades.

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Russian Hackers: Cybergangs Infect "More And More" Computers

tech.yahoo.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Malware, Refreshstats, Cyberattacks, Russian Hackers, Fake Antivirus Softwar, Sophos, Cybergangs, Computer Hacking, Cyber Crime, Cybersecurity, Hacker, Technology News

Russian cybergangs have established a robust system for promoting Web sites that sell fake antivirus software, pharmaceuticals and counterfeit luxury ...

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Russian Gang Hijacking PCs In Vast Criminal Scheme

New York Times | John Markoff | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Network Security, Computer Hacking, PC Hijacking, Hacking, Business News

A criminal gang is using software tools normally reserved for computer network administrators to infect thousands of PCs in corporate and government n...

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