The Art of the Smear
A journalist discovers that a financier has launched a smear campaign against her after she publishes a few articles looking into his business practices.
The Hunt for the Financial Industry’s Most-Wanted Hacker
The story of a malware known as ZeuS, and the hunt for its rogue creator.
A Chinese Hacker’s Identity Unmasked
“It’s not a matter of isolated incidents; it’s a continuous invasion.” Dell’s director of malware research attempts to trace a series of attacks back to their source—in this case, China, and a man named Zhang Changhe:
“Up to now, private-sector researchers such as Stewart have had scant success putting faces to the hacks. There have been faint clues left behind—aliases used in domain registrations, old online profiles, or posts on discussion boards that give the odd glimpse of hackers at work—but rarely an identity. Occasionally, though, hackers mess up. Recently, one hacker’s mistakes led a reporter right to his door.”