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as in crackers
a person who illegally gains access to a computer system and sometimes tampers with its information
the company's security experts spent days trying to figure out how a hacker could have gotten past the firewall
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as in amateurs
a person who lacks experience and competence in an art or science
weekend golf hackers who are there mainly for the social networking
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Recent Examples of hackers
This futuristic technology promises companies a new level of defense against hackers, right?
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Cathy Ross, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
As far as the mechanics of the x-ray specs project goes, what the pair of hackers have confirmed is that all five technologies used are new but readily available.
—Davey Winder, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
Not least as hackers are always evolving with new exploits that can compromise this exact area of our mobile devices.
—Davey Winder, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
Clearly, the hackers are winning.
—Saket Modi, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
Stack Canaries can be thought of as tripwires that detects if hackers are attempting to execute code in the wrong order to exploit a vulnerability.
—Davey Winder, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
And finally, the hackers said, a social security number lookup service such as Cloaked which can return partial social security numbers from telephone numbers.
—Davey Winder, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
But in a blog post describing the takedown, Steven Masada, assistant general counsel for Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit, noted that the hackers had a history of targeting political enemies and that Microsoft wanted to make Russian cyberspies’ jobs harder.
—Kevin Collier, NBC News, 3 Oct. 2024
Ever since the SolarWinds breach gave Russian hackers access to networks of several federal government agencies and private companies as far back as 2019, cybersecurity has been a front-burner issue for the federal government.
—Megan Poinski, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
Cathy Ross, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
As far as the mechanics of the x-ray specs project goes, what the pair of hackers have confirmed is that all five technologies used are new but readily available.
—Davey Winder, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
Not least as hackers are always evolving with new exploits that can compromise this exact area of our mobile devices.
—Davey Winder, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
Clearly, the hackers are winning.
—Saket Modi, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
Stack Canaries can be thought of as tripwires that detects if hackers are attempting to execute code in the wrong order to exploit a vulnerability.
—Davey Winder, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
And finally, the hackers said, a social security number lookup service such as Cloaked which can return partial social security numbers from telephone numbers.
—Davey Winder, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
But in a blog post describing the takedown, Steven Masada, assistant general counsel for Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit, noted that the hackers had a history of targeting political enemies and that Microsoft wanted to make Russian cyberspies’ jobs harder.
—Kevin Collier, NBC News, 3 Oct. 2024
Ever since the SolarWinds breach gave Russian hackers access to networks of several federal government agencies and private companies as far back as 2019, cybersecurity has been a front-burner issue for the federal government.
—Megan Poinski, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
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“Hackers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hackers. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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