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• Internet Serves as Springboard for Attacks on US Military Cyberattacks on the U.S. military jumped sharply in 2009, a report reveals
• Teen Jailed for Hacking Scientology Site A New Jersey man was sentenced to a year in prison plus $37,500 fine for his role in a DDoS attack last year.
• Mac OS X 10.6.2 Hack Gets Atom Support Back The OS X 10.6.2 update dropped support for the hackintosh-friendly Intel Atom processor. Just two days after the update was released, it was hacked to allow the chip to be used once again.
• Spear Phishers Hunting PR Firms and Lawyers, Says FBI FBI adds that fraudsters continue to hijack accounts on social networking sites and spread malicious software by using various techniques.
• Hackers Outwit Windows 7 Activation Hackers have figured out how to sidestep Windows 7's activation process, continuing a long-running battle with Microsoft, which has blocked such tactics in the past.
• Top 5 Social Engineering Exploit Techniques Learn to pwn humans for fun and profit -- or simply learn these techniques so you can avoid being scammed.
• Protect Your PCs from Windows 7's Zero-Day Exploit A new zero-day bug has hit Windows 7. Here's how to keep it from harming your PCs.
• New Malware Affects Jailbroken iPhones Yesterday, security firm Intego reported the discovery of a harmful piece of malware affecting jailbroken iPhones that can obtain personal data.
• New iPhone 3G Jailbreak Comes from Teen Hacker Now you can jailbreak and unlock your iPhone -- even a 3G or 3GS with OS 3.1.2 or baseband 05.11.07. Bloggers bow down and worship young hacker George "Geohot" Hotz.
• Psystar Offers 'Hackintosh Virtualization' Software Software would enable users to run Mac OS X and six other operating systems on a PC called Rebel EFI.
• Hijacked Web Sites Attack Visitors Here's the scenario: Attackers compromise a major brand's Web site. But instead of stealing customer records, the attacker installs malware that infects the computers of thousands of visitors to the site.
• New iPhone 3GS Bootrom NOT Jailbreak-Proof! With One Catch… Despite recent reports, current jailbreak tools still work with the new stock of 3GS iPhones, though there is one major caveat that may make jailbreaking impractical for the time being.
• Apple Ships New Jailbreak-Proof iPhone 3GS? Apparently, Apple isn’t taking this whole iPhone jailbreaking hooplah too lightly. Last week, Apple began shipping 3GS iPhones with an updated bootrom (iBoot-359.3.2) that effectively blocks the current 24kpwn jailbreak exploit.
• iPhone Jailbreaking Now A Thing Of The Past? Jailbreaking allows unauthorized applications to run on an iPhone, breaking Apple's stranglehold.
• New iPhone 3GS May Be Jailbreak-Proof Apple's latest iPhone 3GS may stump hackers who like to 'jailbreak' handsets in order to customize them.
• 10 Seriously Ridiculous Hacks Use a rubber band to hold your phone on your head? Why not? But we'd caution against stringing an extension cord to the swimming pool to power your gadgets.
• How to Hack Facebook (for a Fee) A security vendor has uncovered a site that will break into Facebook accounts for $100.
• Tables Turned on Hacker Site A white-hat hacker broke in and then posted the contact details of members of an underground malware site.
• Company Hosting Joe Wilson Fundraising Site Suffers DDoS Attack A company providing online payment-processing services for U.S. Rep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C) is back online after being disrupted by a distributed denial-of-service attack.
• Patience, Grasshopper: Wait to Update Your Jailbroken iPhone to 3.1 If you have a jailbroken iPhone and were wondering if you should update to 3.1 via iTunes, do yourself a favor and just wait a few more days.
• Internet Security Trends 2009: An Interim Update The effects of cybercrime are far reaching. It would be a difficult task to find someone who has never been affected by malicious Internet activity, or who does...
• Savvy PC Users Spook Phishers Computer users as a whole have become more savvy and are better able to recognize phony web sites when they encounter them.
• TJX, Heartland Hacker to Plead Guilty Albert Gonzalez will plead guilty to charges in a 19-count indictment that includes conspiracy, wire fraud and aggravated identity theft charges.
• Microsoft Brings Office Nagware to the States The expansion follows a pilot program Microsoft launched in four countries in April 2008, then extended to an additional 24.
• Data Thief Was a 'Computer Addict,' Lawyer Says Gonzalez was one of three individuals indicted Monday in federal district court in New Jersey on charges related to massive data thefts.