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Hobart artists to explore aesthetics of computing culture
Miss Despoinas – Hobart's critical-engineering-space-cum-virtual-hack-space – is preparing to host a satellite event as part of the 19th International Symposium on Electronic Art.
By Rohan Pearce | 02 May, 2013 13:22
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UNSW targeted by hackers
The University of NSW (UNSW) has confirmed that it was subjected to a number of intrusion attacks against its servers by unidentified hackers during December 2012 and January 2013.
By Hamish Barwick | 21 January, 2013 16:14
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Security researcher shares blow-by-blow account of advanced persistent threat
Hackers are brazenly infiltrating corporate networks to steal valuable data for purposes of sharing it with other companies or nation-states -- and they're getting away with it, say security researchers sharing war stories at the Hacker Halted conference in Miami this week.
By Ellen Messmer | 30 October, 2012 18:35
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University of Melbourne gets Green IT benefit from security
The University of Melbourne has reported an unexpected side benefit from deploying network security — saving money.
By Hamish Barwick | 29 October, 2012 16:11
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Hackers, like security vendors, are embracing the cloud; can you?
Large-volume hackers have become cloud pioneers, utilising public infrastructure to threaten companies that often effect ambitious but poorly-considered cloud-computing strategies, a security industry technologist has warned.
By David Braue | 01 December, 2011 08:40
Features about hackers
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Hacker turns Kinect for Xbox 360 into Kinect for Linux PCs
Well, that was fast. Do-it-yourself electronics kit maker and hobby retailer Adafruit recently announced that a hacker had won the company's Open Kinect Bounty. Spain-based hacker Hector Martin Cantero, who is known online as "marcan," released a proof-of-concept video Wednesday night showing the Kinect interfacing with his Linux-based laptop.
By Ian Paul | 13 November, 2010 02:06
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Tech apocalypse: Five doomsday scenarios for IT
Technology drives just about everything we do, and not just at our jobs. From banks to hospitals to the systems that keep the juice flowing to our homes, we are almost entirely dependent on tech. More and more of these systems are interconnected, and many of them are vulnerable. We see it almost every day.
By Dan Tynan | 16 March, 2010 04:01
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Are Hollywood hackers bogus or bright?
Quick: What's a hacker? A pimply faced teenager in a dark bedroom trying to start World War Three, or a thirty-something professional with mad computer skills?
By Robert McMillan | 25 February, 2010 14:08
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How dangerous could a hacked robot possibly be?
It seems like a question ripped from the back of a cheap sci-fi novel: What happens when the robots are turned against us?
By Robert McMillan | 08 October, 2009 18:54
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Steganography meets VoIP in hacker world
Researchers and hackers are developing tools to execute a new data-leak threat: sneaking proprietary information out of networks by hiding it within VoIP traffic.
By Tim Greene | 14 September, 2009 07:08
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