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Confessions of a former hacker

July 16, 2008 — 8:54am ET | By Judi Hasson
Kevin Mitnick, who served five years in federal prison for breaking into phone and software company networks, now is a computer security consultant for hire, helping companies protect themselves from... Read more...

Editor's Corner

April 27, 2006 — 8:01pm ET
Eons ago, when computer hacker Kevin Mitnick was sentenced to jail, I thought a better punishment would have been for him to use his extensive hacking knowledge in a good way--by sharing what he did... Read more...

People: The biggest security threat

March 13, 2006 — 8:01pm ET

As a recent story about ex-hacker Kevin Mitnick outlined, social engineering is often the biggest factor in hackers gaining confidential and financial information from unsuspecting users. A test... Read more...

Hacker's perspective proves valuable

March 7, 2006 — 8:01pm ET

The best way to prevent hacking is to have a hacker show you where the holes are, how to secure the environment and what aspects you might be missing in terms of user and client security. That's... Read more...