Mohit Sharma Apr 03, 2010 http://www.indianexpress.com/news/hacker-held-for-duping-job-aspirants/599464/ The Delhi Police arrested a professional hacker on Friday who led a gang which allegedly duped hundreds of youths by promising them jobs as technicians and airline crew. Police identified the accused as Amritesh and said they are raiding several places in Delhi to nab his associates. Amritesh, the …
Tag Archive: hacking
Apr
04
1024-bit RSA encryption cracked by carefully starving CPU of electricity
By Sean Hollister Mar 9th 2010 http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/1024-bit-rsa-encryption-cracked-by-carefully-starving-cpu-of-ele/ Since 1977, RSA public-key encryption has protected privacy and verified authenticity when using computers, gadgets and web browsers around the globe, with only the most brutish of brute force efforts (and 1,500 years of processing time) felling its 768-bit variety earlier this year. Now, three eggheads (or Wolverines, …
Mar
15
Weak passwords stored in browsers make hackers happy
Insecurity complex still rife shock By John Leyden 30th March 2010 http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/03/30/password_security_still_pants/ Nearly a quarter of people (23 per cent) polled in a survey by Symantec use their browser to keep tabs on their passwords. A survey of 400 surfers by Symantec also found that 60 per cent fail to change their passwords regularly. Further …