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Web sites operated by several leading Internet security organizations are vulnerable to an old but serious security flaw known as the cross-site scripting (CSS) attack. A cursory survey today revealed that the corporate home pages of security software vendors including Network . . .
Like the proverbial Dutch boy with his finger in the dyke to prevent the flood, the guardians of Internet security are vastly unprepared to meet the challenges of defaced Web sites, network intrusions and email viruses, according to one of the . . .
A former Los Alamos National Laboratory computer specialist accused of hacking was freed on $50,000 bond Tuesday and ordered to stay away from computers and several other electronic devices. Jerome Heckenkamp, 22, was charged last year in federal courts in San . . .
Many well-known security vulnerabilities remain open on home machines and networks, and there is less risk to hackers of getting caught. Thanks to advancing technology and the growth of high-speed Internet service, home computer systems have become faster and more . . .
A security flaw in Netscape's Navigator Web browser can let malicious Web site operators view the information stored in cookies on a user's computer, according to a security note published on Netscape's Web site. . . .
More cyber attacks originate in the United States than in any other country, but the number of attacks that appear to come from Israel is nearly double that of any other nation, according to a study released Monday. High-tech, financial services, . . .
Pimpshiz, the hacker who rose to notoriety in 2000 during a pro-Napster defacement spree, has gone straight. Although his case is still pending in the US judicial system, Robert Lyttle, as he is now known, is trying to make a break as a security expert.. . .
On Saturday I received an email (posted below), as I'm sure many others did, from Robert Lyttle. Who is Robert Lyttle? I had no idea, until I read the email that reminds us that he is in fact the "Pro-Napster Hacker" known as "Pimpshiz" that defaced websites in 2000 when Napster came under fire from the RIAA and Metallica. . . .
The increasing trend towards wireless networks may be opening up corporate networks to the risk of malicious hacking, say experts Corporations across the world are opening their doors to hackers when they set up wireless networks -- or when their . . .
Computer attacks on companies were up sharply in the second half of 2001, reports a computer security corporation, which admitted it was surprised by the volume of verified cyber-assaults: At least 128,678. The Riptech report, obtained by The Washington Post, said . . .
Shortly after the Sept. 11 terrorist tragedy, and again after the U.S. bombing of Afghan targets began a month later, the FBI warned the nation to brace for a surge in hacking and cyber-protests by anti-American partisans. Not only have such . . .
Corporations across America are opening their doors to hackers when they set up wireless networks--or when their employees set them up behind their backs. "We came across a company with one of these networks. All their source code, everything was available," . . .
The hacker community received a blow today when defacement mirror Safemode.org closed its doors. Safemode was the last major site to record the web pages of the rich and famous after they had been defaced by hackers and before they were taken down and repaired.. . .
Mysterious hackers are targeting PCs with vulnerable 6112 ports, security authority the Sans Institute said this week. The number of scans destined for port 6112 (dtspc) have increased fivefold since 21 January and Sans believes that this is because exploits exist . . .
The future of UK Internet Service Provider Cloud Nine's customers is still uncertain after sources within fellow ISP V21 revealed that talks regarding the sale of Cloud Nine's assets are still taking place. Cloud Nine was forced to shut down . . .
All vendors have made mistakes at some time, and no vendor seems to be any better or worse than the other. Fortunately, these mistakes do not appear to be malicious -- just the result of a game of Chinese Whispers. The . . .
More than 10 per cent of corporate databases connected to the internet have suffered security breaches in the last year, according to new research. A survey of 750 corporates developing databases conducted by US firm Evans Data found that, against a . . .
A computer technician at Georgia-run college who found himself facing criminal charges after installing software for a volunteer distributed-computing effort will face probation instead of prison. David McOwen, once a systems administrator at DeKalb Technical College, faces a year of probation . . .
Hacker magazine 2600 has filed a request for the reversal of an earlier US court ruling prohibiting the publication of the DeCSS DVD decrypting software. The move comes just days after Norwegian authorities indicted Jon Johansen, the creator of the DeCSS . . .
All this American in Paris wants to do is watch some Hollywood movies on his DVD player. So why do film studios make him feel like a crook? Problem is, the system is a sieve. To keep down engineering and manufacturing . . .
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