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    Best security practices for protecting a website from hackers

    Hi all, I would like to know the latest security considerations regarding protecting an e-commerce website from hackers. The website will be written in php with a mysql backend, and payments will be made using bitcoins. Some considerations I know of include: validating input, sanitizing...
  3. Kevin Lancaster

    Hackers targeting healthcare companies: FBI

    FBI warns of hackers targeting healthcare industry The FBI has warned that healthcare industry companies are being targeted by hackers, publicizing the issue following an attack on U.S. hospital group Community Health Systems Inc
  4. Kevin Lancaster

    FBI cybersquad spreads its wings

    FBI cybersquad gets reinforcements The FBI’s premier cybersquad has focused attention on computer-based crime in recent months by helping prosecutors charge five Chinese army intelligence officials with stealing trade secrets
  5. Kevin Lancaster

    Russian hackers attack U.S. companies

    Russian hackers steal 1.2 billion passwords A Russian hacker group has stolen an estimated 1.2 billion Internet credentials from major US companies and others around the world
  6. Kevin Lancaster

    Chinese hackers go after U.S. government agency

    Chinese hackers breach U.S. government agency Chinese hackers penetrated the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, an office responsible for housing federal employees’ personal information
  7. Kevin Lancaster

    Chinese hacking group Deep Panda on the offensive

    Chinese hackers target U.S. experts on Iraq Chinese hacking group Deep Panda has started attacking employees of U.S. think tanks
  8. jes

    Hackers post account info of 4.6 million Snapchat users: report

    Hackers post account info of 4.6 million Snapchat users: report Computer hackers posted online usernames and partial phone numbers of 4.6 million users of mobile photo-sharing service Snapchat
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  9. jes

    Syrian hackers hit Twitter, NY Times, and Huffington Post

    Syrian hackers attack Twitter, NY Times, Huffington Post Media companies lost control of their websites after an attack by hackers supporting the Syrian government
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    US "got lucky" catching Russian master hackers

    US "got lucky" catching Russian master hackers Two Russians arrested for online fraud were caught through a combination of high-tech tools, dogged detective work and sheer luck.
  11. jes

    Famous hacker Barnaby Jack dies ahead of hacking conference

    Famous hacker Barnaby Jack dies ahead of hacking conference Barnaby Jack, a celebrated computer hacker who forced bank ATMs to spit out cash and sparked safety improvements in medical devices, has died in San Francisco
  12. jes

    Hackers charged for 160-million stolen bank card numbers

    Hackers charged for 160-million stolen bank card numbers US authorities indicted five men on charges of running a global hacking operation that saw 160 million bank card numbers stolen
  13. jes

    Microsoft offers hefty bounties to thwart hackers

    Microsoft offers hefty bounties to thwart hackers Microsoft is looking to recruit computer geeks in its ongoing efforts to protect Windows PCs from attacks
  14. jes

    Hacker activist pleads guilty to US government hacks

    Hacker activist pleads guilty to US government hacks A self-described anarchist and hacker activist in pleaded guilty to charges he illegally accessed computer systems of US law enforcement agencies and government contractors.
  15. LazyLion

    SA Facebook Profiles Cloned

    South African Facebook profiles are being cloned and used to solicit money, The Times newspaper reported on Tuesday. Computer forensics expert Bennie Labuschagne, told the newspaper that scammers used programs designed to "deep mine" online accounts and bypass security features. "Cloning...
  16. jes

    LulzSec hackers "at cutting edge" of cyber crime

    LulzSec hackers "at cutting edge" of cyber crime Four British hackers who took part in 2011 cyber-attacks on targets ranging from the CIA to Sony were audacious, arrogant men whose motivation was “anarchic self-amusement”
  17. jes

    Hackers fake White House explosions from Associated Press Twitter account

    Hackers fake White House explosions from Associated Press Twitter account Hackers took control of the AP Twitter account and sent a false tweet about explosions in the White House that sent US financial markets reeling.
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  18. jes

    Cyber attacks hurt China’s credibility, says US

    Cyber attacks hurt China’s credibility, says US Cyber attacks against the United States from China are eroding the country’s credibility and scaring off potential foreign investors afraid of losing their intellectual property, a senior U.S. official said on Tuesday.
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  19. jes

    Israel braces for hack attack

    Israel braces for hack attack Israeli computer system administrators and security experts were bracing themselves Friday for an assault by pro-Palestinian hackers, who have vowed to disable Israeli websites this weekend.
  20. jes

    North Korea Twitter account hacked

    North Korea Twitter account hacked Hackers apparently broke into at least two of North Korea’s government-run online sites Thursday, as tensions rose on the Korean Peninsula.
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  21. LazyLion

    Steam Account Hijacked

    My son's steam account has been hijacked. At 5 pm on Sunday Evening he got an e-mail to say that his password and contact e-mail had been changed. He immediately tried to log on to steam, but he was locked out and it told him "incorrect password". His password was an average on consisting of six...
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