Apple confirms hack of its developer website

Computerworld Security: July 22, 2013
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Apple confirms hack of its developer website

Apple on Sunday admitted that its developer website, which has been offline
since Thursday, had been hacked and sSome information may have been stolen.
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2. Ubuntu forum defaced, breached by hackers
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3. True tales of (mostly) white-hat hacking
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4. SIM cards vulnerable to hacking, says researcher
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5. Cyber drills like Quantum Dawn 2 vital to security in financial sector
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Best security tools for under $3,000

Check Point wins test of eight unified threat management (UTM) devices for
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Ubuntu forum defaced, breached by hackers

A website dedicated to discussion of the Ubuntu Linux distribution was breached
on Saturday, with hackers gaining access to encrypted passwords and email
addresses.
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True tales of (mostly) white-hat hacking

Stings, penetration pwns, spy games -- it's all in a day's work along the thin
gray line of IT security
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SIM cards vulnerable to hacking, says researcher

Millions of mobile phones may be vulnerable to spying due to the use of
outdated, 1970s-era cryptography, according to new research due to be presented
at the Black Hat security conference.
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Cyber drills like Quantum Dawn 2 vital to security in financial sector

Cyber exercises, like the Quantum Dawn 2 drill carried out by dozens of Wall
Street firms this week, can be useful in helping financial firms close critical
gaps in their incident response capabilities, analysts said.
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