Stupid QA tricks: Colossal testing oversights

The trick to nipping IT miscues is testing, testing, testing, as these hard-luck lessons in boneheaded quality assurance attest... more

Worst Windows flaws of the past decade

The exploits and oversights that left Redmond with egg on its face... more

Visualization tools may cut through the security logjam

Black Hat presentations show a new spin on detecting potential threats... more

Web 2.0, DNS flaws revealed at Black Hat

The DNS vulnerability scope proves to be huge, but an even bigger issue may be posed by the emerging Web apps... more

Stupid user tricks 3: IT admin follies

IT heroes toil away unsung in miserable conditions -- unsung, that is, until they make a colossally stupid mistake... more

Stupid hacker tricks part 2: Youth and consequences

Tech-savvy delinquents set the Net aflame with boneheaded exploits that earn them the wrong kind of fame... more

Stupid hacker tricks, part two: The folly of youth

Tech-savvy delinquents set the Net aflame with boneheaded exploits that earn them the wrong kind of fame... more

Stupid hacker tricks, part two: The folly of youth

Tech-savvy delinquents set the Net aflame with boneheaded exploits that earn them the wrong kind of fame... more

True crime: The botnet barons

Two weeks ago, the feds revealed the names of eight people who had used botnets to engage in nefarious activity. Here are their stories... more

How to think like an online con artist

An enterprise is only as secure as the weakest human link. Here's how to use social engineering to test security defenses... more

Stupid hacker tricks

Looking to enter a life of cybercrime? Beware the boneheaded miscues of these infamous cyberschnooks... more

Don't take a (memory) dump where you eat

Stupid hacker trick No. 1: The key to not drawing attention to yourself is to not draw attention to yourself... more

Beware the bounty hunter in gym class

Stupid hacker trick No. 2: Teenage anti-spam vigilante gets collared after high school "friend" rats him out... more

The upper limit of enhancement

Stupid hacker trick No. 3: Hard up for a worthwhile defense, alleged Viagra spammer orders hit on witness -- from prison... more

A spammer by any other name

Stupid hacker trick No. 4: Making play as activist victim, Robert Soloway instead draws public ire... more

Say my name, worm

Stupid hacker trick No. 5: Embedded online moniker leads authorities to Kournikova-feitsh malware maker's door... more

Here's how I steal passwords, officer

Stupid hacker trick No. 6: FBI stings Russian duo with promise of steady paycheck... more