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It was inevitable that the hacking scene be split into new sub categories with new terminology to represent the mentality of the world’s brightest hackers. A decade ago …

What defines a Hacker? What motivates a Hacker? A majority of people seem to have a vague understanding of what being a Hacker is all about. Is there an underground Hacker …

Definition Attrition.org is a non-profit hobby site run by a handful of volunteers in their free time. Each staff member at Attrition has a day job that takes a considerable …

In 2001 we held a survey on HNS regarding the current privacy threats. Many visitors decided to share their opinions with us, thank you. Listed below are some of the most …

In our daily lives a persons privacy is violated countless times. So many in fact, we tend to catch less and less of them as we become more desensitized. In the making of this …

Nowadays, different people have different views on the hacking scene. Often times people of similar skill level have similar opinions. There is no official definition of a …

The purpose of this text is to introduce or better explain the art of social engineering. This is one of the most difficult things to explain but I found a rather easy method …

THE REGULATION OF INVESTIGATORY POWERS BILL, 2000 “Government is too secretive. Too many decisions are taken behind closed doors without proper consultation with the …

It’s Saturday morning and you hop on the Net looking for some info on smoking related illnesses ‘cuz your best friend’s been thinking of quitting lately and …

We all get junk mail at home. It’s an accepted fact of life, at least in the U.S. So why is Unsolicited Commercial Email (UCE) – a/k/a “spam” or …

SAN JOSE, Calif., Oct. 30, 2001 – Secure Computing Corporation (NASDAQ: SCUR), a leading provider of enterprise access control solutions, today announced the …

5 modifications of the worm have already been detected Since “Nimda” was discovered on September 18, 2001 Kaspersky Labs has detected 5 more modifications of this …