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Slack Alice

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Columnist, Infosecurity

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News bites, gossip, naming and shaming, humour.

Biography:
'Slack Alice' is best known by her Slack Space column which is published in every issue of Infosecurity. The information security industry's equivalent of 'Gossip Girl', Slack Alice keeps you up to date with all of the latest news, gossip and scandal in the industry. 'Slack Alice' always welcomes your comments...

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How does Google use your information?
Following growing concerns on how the web giants Google are using it’s users information, they have launched Google Dashboard; a service which allows users with a Google account to view the information that Google has stored on them, It also allows users to delete any information that they wou ...
Posted 06 November 2009 by Slack Alice
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Ten Computer Hacks In The Movies
Some of the most successful blockbuster films released in the last two decades have been themed on the potential destruction that computer hackers can cause. Here are some of Hollywoods top hacking themed movies. Swordfish A secretive renegade counter-terrorist co-opts the world's greatest hac ...
Posted 29 October 2009 by Slack Alice
tags: movie computer hackers , hacks in the movies , hacking in films
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How the US military has weaponised hacking
“Our technological advantage is a key to America's military dominance.  But our defence and military networks are under constant attack.  Al Qaeda and other terrorist groups have spoken of their desire to unleash a cyber attack on our country -- attacks that are harder to detect and ...
Posted 16 October 2009 by Slack Alice
tags: US military hacking , weaponised hacking
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How common is the hacking of secure wifi?
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Posted 16 October 2009 by Slack Alice
tags: Wifi Hacking , Secure wifi , Secure wireless internet
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Why Linux servers are more secure than Windows
The Linux/Windows debate is an oldie but a goodie, and there have been many long threads on most computer related forums discussing their relative merits. Linux is free, open-source and community based. Windows is expensive, professionally developed and has effectively held a monopoly over the sof ...
Posted 06 October 2009 by Slack Alice
tags: linux , it security , microsoft windows , servers
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Your password isn't safe - take this simple test to find out how many minutes it would take to crack
There's a well-known saying in information security that the weakest part of any computer system is the person using it. One area where this becomes abundantly clear is in the use of passwords. Allowing users to choose their own passwords can be fatal, with most people not having the first clue abou ...
Posted 06 October 2009 by Slack Alice
tags: online security , passwords , hacking
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When hacking is legal
The Merriam-Webster dictionary gives two different definitions of “hacker” related to computer security. A hacker is either “an expert at programming and solving problems with a computer” or “a person who illegally gains access to and sometimes tampers with information ...
Posted 06 October 2009 by Slack Alice
tags: hacking
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Why retina scanning works better for James Bond than it ever would for us
Since the late 80s retinal scanning has been featured in a whole bevy of sci-fi and action films. It's been the security system of choice for some of the silver screen's top spies: James Bond used it in GoldenEye and Ethan Hunt in the Mission Impossible movies. As a result, whilst retinal scanning m ...
Posted 06 October 2009 by Slack Alice
tags: retina scanning , james bond
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Which famous Twitter accounts have been hacked?
Early in 2009, Twitter suffered two major security lapses. Once when a wave of highly successful phishing campaigns were successful in obtaining a lot of Twitter passwords, and then again when an 18 year old hacker and student of computer games development brute-force'd an administrator account. In ...
Posted 05 October 2009 by Slack Alice
tags: twitter , hacking , barack obama
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