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A small study by a trending company shows that Facebook addiction is one of the fastest growing searches related to addiction. It is more popular than searches for sex or cigarette addiction. While we already knew that social networks like Facebook produce drugged-up, sex-crazed teenagers, new research shows that Facebook addiction may be soon be more prevalent than offline addictions like sex. The Internet Time Machine, a company that searches for trends across the Web through its extensive cloud computing network, is reporting that Facebook may be more popular than sex. Addiction to social media, specifically Facebook, is one of the top ranked digital addictions, says the trending company. More people are searching for help with Facebook addiction than sex addiction. “The rise of social media and the fear/need to be in constant contact with status updates and tweets has created a problem for people with addictive personalities,” says ITM. “The fact that accessing Facebook is so...

450 Global Training Centers Nominated, 25 Selected Worldwide, 8 in the USA, 1 in St. Louis (February 2, 2011) St.  Louis, MO – Hacker University is pleased to announce it has been asked by EC-Council, the leading international certification body in information security, to participate in the Global Launch of CEH v7 - the most advanced information security and ethical hacking training program in the world which is not yet publicly available. Only 15 students will be allowed to attend this exclusive, cutting-edge class the week of March 14, 2011 in St. Louis – becoming one of the world’s first CEH v7 certified professionals. Hacker University’s Global Launch instructor and co-owner, Dave Chronister, is thrilled to be a part of this revolutionary event. “I am excited at the universal recognition this event brings the city of St. Louis as well as Hacker University. CEH version 7 breaks away from its earlier releases with more emphasis on techniques and methodologies hackers use to...

Apparently, one guy managed to hack into social gaming giant Zynga. It transferred 400 billion (!) Poker chips virtual about him and began to sell on the black market. (Yes, apparently, is there a black market for virtual Zynga Poker Chips.) They were worth about $ 12 million. This is how the man was called and has since pleaded guilty and will probably serve a long prison sentence (he was on parole for a first offense of piracy related). Interestingly, there was a debate in the British court, where he was prosecuted for piracy, which is really the flight because of poker chips are good virtual, virtual, and Zynga can create as many as he wants. The Court responded by saying that yes, virtual goods are treated as property and add chips to your account amounts to theft. What we want to know is how the guy managed to hack Zynga, and what they do to ensure it does not recur. We asked for details Zynga and will keep you updated if we learn more. We just ask rogue hackers do not disru...

Google will pay $ 20,000 for the first scientist who succeeds in its Chrome browser to exploit this year's competition Pwn2Own piracy. The price is the largest ever to face the annual challenge, which begins for the fifth time in the CanSecWest security conference in Vancouver, British Columbia, March 9. In Pwn2Own this year, researchers sky exploits against machines running Windows 7 or Mac OS X, as they try to download Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari and Chrome. The researchers first to hack IE, Firefox and Safari will receive $ 15,000 and the computer running the browser. Prices are $ 5,000 higher than those given for the use of browsers in the last contest Pwn2Own, and three times the 2009 price. "We've raised the bar this time and the total allocated to cash prices rose to a whopping $ 125,000," said Aaron Portnoy, director of HP TippingPoint Security Research Team. TippingPoint, which is once again sponsoring Pwn2Own, set th...

Uttar Pradesh Anti Terrorist Squad will investigate piracy Ballia-Etawah Gramin Bank site would have been committed by a Pakistani organization, a police official said today. The survey was delivered to the ATS unit Varanasi as it was a case of cyber crime and there is a suspicion on the involvement of hackers based in Pakistan, said district SP Ram Swaroop here. A message was posted to the website of the bank for a night of self-proclaimed Pakistan. "The bank's site has been hacked ... This is just a trailor ... I'll show you a perfect film," the website message-balls Etawah graminea Bank said, according to police. . "We Luv break the tight security, therefore, the hackers were invited to the Indians ... my next bank target sites if you can not store Gud Luck -.. cyber barrier of Pakistan," the message said. anonymous caller informed the Director-General and banking graminea, Anil Prakash on the message on its website.