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The cross-platform Windows/Linux virus, which made headlines last week, has prompted a "zeitgeist of new interest" in Unix and Linux viruses. Antivirus experts say that the cross-platform skills of the Simile or Etap virus, which cropped up last week, "seem . . .
Businesses fear that hackers and private investigators will abuse sweeping new government powers to access e-mail, telephone and Web browsing records unless strict controls are put in place.. . .
When entered via the TiVo remote control, these keystrokes turn the "skip to beginning" and "skip to end" keys into "skip back about 10 seconds" and "skip forward 30 seconds" buttons. It took me about four tries before the sequence worked. But ever since then, I've been skipping commercials whole (as opposed to merely fast-forwarding through them) with aplomb.. . .
Welcome to Security Alerts, an overview of recent Unix and open source security advisories. In this column, we look at trojaned networking tools; a new version of OpenSSH; buffer overflows in fetchmail, mnews, Debian Solaris Netstd, Informix, and BannerWheel; and problems . . .
A graduate student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has found a way to circumvent the security system for Microsoft Corp.'s Xbox video game console, opening the way for hackers to use it to run competing software, according to documents released over the weekend.. . .
the dsniff-2.3, fragroute-1.2, and fragrouter-1.6 tarballs were all modified at 3 AM on May 17th to include the same configure backdoor as described in the irssi advisory. no other public web content was modified, and the system was restored a week later, from scratch.. . .
A hacking contest that promised $100,000 as first prize appears to have been weighted so heavily against competitors that some decided to hack the competition rather than the target server. What do you do when you enter a hacking competition only . . .
College officials said the threats are not just from smart and sophisticated pranksters and criminals, but also from mischievous teens who have figured ways to capture computers. Colleges and universities battle hackers and viruses every day as a matter of course, . . .
An online electronics store on Wednesday alerted the FBI, credit card companies and customers that someone claiming to be a well-known hacker has broken into its site and stolen customer information. TheNerds.net was trying to evaluate how many of its . . .
Companies seeking to ensure they are as impervious as possible to the latest computer viruses and to the Internet's most talented hackers often find themselves in need of -- the Internet's most talented hackers. . . .
Computer hackers gained access to the California state government's computer systems in April and sensitive financial and personal information about as many as 265,000 state workers, officials said Friday. . . .
Clements is the CEO of CardCops.com, an online credit-card fraud-prevention site. In February, 2001, Clements and CardCops opened the cyberdoors of their own online Fraud Museum, which contains what Clements judges to be most egregious examples of crime in the annals of hackerdom.. . .
A highly effective uber worm, capable of hitting up to 10 million internet hosts in a matter of hours, may be just around the corner. As the SQLsnake worm continues its march - topping the list as the most prolific attacker on the net today with infection attempts hitting the 600,000 mark - experts have warned of the potential for an even greater danger.. . .
When a regional health care company called in network protection firm Neohapsis to find the vulnerabilities in its systems, the Chicago-based security company knew a sure place to look. Retrieving the password file from one of the health care company's servers, the consulting firm put "John the Ripper," a well-known cracking program, on the case. While well-chosen passwords could take years--if not decades--of computer time to crack, it took the program only an hour to decipher 30 percent of the passwords for the nearly 10,000 accounts listed in the file. . . .
More than 200 UK companies are targeted by hackers every day, increasing the need for more secure networks, new research by Gartner has found. But purchasing and installing the technology is only the first step and to provide effective protection, these technologies must be correctly installed, configured, maintained and monitored.. . .
Washington's War Situation Rooms are abuzz these days with a score of major flashpoints scattered across the globe, from the Middle East, Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, Libya, Central Asia and North Korea to Cuba, and has now an issued alert of China's readiness to launch a cyber attack targeting key government computer systems. . . .
Technology buffs have cracked music publishing giant Sony Music's elaborate disc copy-protection technology with a decidedly low-tech method: scribbling around the rim of a disk with a felt-tip marker. Internet newsgroups have been circulating news of the discovery for the past . . .
Recently, "Gray Hat" crackers have been garnering a fair amount of publicity, exposing holes for nothing more than notoriety and a sense of self-fulfillment. These individuals seek out corporate networks and servers to pick them apart, find weaknesses the site administrators might have missed and make them public.. . .
Internationally famous hacker profiler, JP Vranesonuvavich has ridiculed the FBI for incorrectly blaming Pimpshiz and The-Rev as being the Deceptive Duo. "Having applied my advanced ' hacker profiling techniques ' I was able to conclusively prove that the 'Dell Dude' and 'Dumb Bimbo' were in fact the Deceptive Duo. I have in fact photographic evidence. The attached picture shows the Deceptive Duo making their getaway following a recent ' drive by hacking ' of a commercial computer retailer establishment. I have not yet identified the older black gentleman that they were seen plotting with " . . .
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation searched the home of at least one man suspected of being a member of the Deceptive Duo, which has claimed responsibility for defacing government Web sites. The San Francisco field office of the FBI on . . .
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