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ORBZ, the anti-spam blacklisting service, is shutting down. Ian Gulliver, the administrator of ORBZ (Open Relay Blocking Zone), sent a message to its mailing list explaining that the service was been shut down because of "criminal charges for denial of service relating to the Lotus Domino issue".. . .
Solaris and Mandrake *nixed, but SuSE and Irix could also be affected A fifth of large corporate users could be vulnerable to a newly discovered security flaw that allows hackers to gain remote control of Unix boxes running Solaris and MandrakeSoft's Linux distro.. . .
Daniel Lewkovitz has been known to resort to some fairly unorthodox measures to demonstrate security flaws. "One CIO was so sure I wouldn't get past his firewall he just about promised to eat his hat," Lewkovitz said. "I donned a . . .
Servers based in South Korea and China are the most commonly used in attacks on the Internet, following servers housed in the United States, according to a study released Monday by an infrastructure consulting firm. Using its more than 50 . . .
Accused eBay hacker Jerome Heckenkamp is back behind bars tonight, after his first solo court appearance in front of his trial judge took an odd turn. During what was to be a routine proceeding to set future court dates, Heckenkamp . . .
Were you to work in a certain Federal Government agency, every morning you walked through the front door, you'd have to use three security cards and type up to 10 passwords - all before your first cup of coffee. The employees . . .
New technology such as MP3s may soon be used as vectors for viruses, a security specialist visiting Australia has warned. "We've recently been looking at how things embedded into MP3 files might become a problem," Vincent Gullotto, vice president of AVERT -- the developer of McAffee anti-virus systems -- told ZDNet Australia.. . .
News that The New York Times computer database had been hacked into last month by a 21-year-old unemployed high school drop-out may have stunned employees at the venerable New York daily. But security experts weren't surprised. The computer break-in was unique only in that it was widely reported.. . .
Until 1995, when he was jailed for five years in a US federal prison, Kevin Mitnick was at the top of the FBI's "most wanted" list, yet he had killed no one, had no links with the Mafia, had never dealt in drugs, committed serial rape or held up a bank.. . .
Although two potential security vulnerabilities affecting the Linux operating system have surfaced in the past three weeks, analysts and two users say the incidents won't erode confidence in Linux as a secure and economical alternative to Windows and Unix. "I don't think we have any concern in particular about [choosing] Linux,". . .
When his cable modem service seemed to slow almost to a crawl last spring, Matthew Hallacy did like most people and complained to technical support at his Internet service provider, AT&T Broadband. But after the sluggish performance persisted for weeks, . . .
Computer passwords are supposed to be secret. But psychologists say it is possible to predict a password based on the personalities of users or even what is on their desks. Objects around the office may not seem important. But they . . .
Corporate security and IT professionals got a chance last week to think like hackers so they could learn how to better prevent unauthorized users from gaining access to their networks. During the 45-hour class, Ernst & Young security professionals take students . . .
We report, you decide. Somehow this company thinks the ability to thwart TCP sequence number attacks makes it 'unhackable.' "Claims of unhackable products come and go in the computer industry, with the unhackable product always ending with a crack in its once-shiny armor. Last week, yet another company claimed to have an unhackable product, this time a Web server, but according to at least one user, the claim may be right.. . .
First to hit the platform in three months. Virus watchers have reported the rare sighting of a new strain affecting the Linux platform. The Jac virus follows the recent trend of infrequent Linux infecting malware, as the first to hit . . .
You read it here first: Al Qaeda has been hacked. That's right. Hacked. Compromised. Cracked. Why am I sure of this? No, I don't have any sources divulging top-secret intelligence. But the string of attacks that police and intelligence agencies . . .
A group calling itself "Hackers for Eddie Murphy" posted a ransom note Sunday on the front door of the Web site operated by Colorado-based rock band The String Cheese Incident. According to the defacement, which appeared to be a tongue-in-cheek . . .
An empty Pringles tube is all wireless hackers need Security experts have demonstrated that even an empty Pringles tin can be used to help hackers break into insecure wireless networks. Wireless hacking and 'war driving' has been a focus point in . . .
Light may be the latest way to steal sensitive data from computer systems, according to three researchers who claim to have discovered ways of using illumination as a spy tool. Research papers made available online Wednesday detail methods of grabbing information . . .
Jerome Rota, better known as Gej, never thought he'd find himself sitting among the suits and PowerPoint presentations showing off his software at a swanky hotel just minutes from the heart of Hollywood. But the once-underground creator of DivX joined his colleagues this week here at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel. . .
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