The premise Secret Coders may sound familiar to fans of young adult literature: Two students discover a mysterious school hidden just beyond the limits of their humdrum lives, and are ushered into a world of secret knowledge and power that they never imagined possible. However, unlike Harry Potter's Hogwarts, the school in this graphic novel teaches a form of magic that readers can learn right alongside the fictional students. That's because they're not learning how to levitate objects or charm mythical beasts—they're learning how to code.

What do the Target hackers have in common with Edward Snowden? Both successfully breached highly protected networks to steal mountains of sensitive data by abusing privileged accounts. Privileged accounts are the logons that open access to desktops, laptops, servers, firewalls, databases, printers – pretty much any device with a microprocessor tied into a company network. For the... Read MoreThe post The All-Access Pass Hackers Love appeared first on Credit.com.

What do the Target hackers have in common with Edward Snowden? Both successfully breached highly protected networks to steal mountains of sensitive data by abusing privileged accounts. Privileged accounts are the logons that open access to desktops, laptops, servers, firewalls, databases, printers – pretty much any device with a microprocessor tied into a company network. For the... Read MoreThe post The All-Access Pass Hackers Love appeared first on Credit.com.

What do the Target hackers have in common with Edward Snowden? Both successfully breached highly protected networks to steal mountains of sensitive data by abusing privileged accounts. Privileged accounts are the logons that open access to desktops, laptops, servers, firewalls, databases, printers – pretty much any device with a microprocessor tied into a company network. For the... Read MoreThe post The All-Access Pass Hackers Love appeared first on Credit.com.