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A Security Manager's Alarming Encounter With An Ethical Hacker

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I'm sitting at my desk, having a cup of coffee and a toasted bagel when I notice this young, blond, pimply-faced kid standing outside my cube with this smirk on his red, puffy-cheeked face. I ask him what I can do . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Feb 27, 2001

The Journey of Jon Lech Johansen: Young Programmer's Global Influence

In the basement of an old farmhouse deep in the Norwegian countryside, a 15-year-old computer geek named Jon Lech Johansen pecked out the finishing touches on a piece of programming that had been keeping him busy after school. Jon says . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Feb 26, 2001

Nintendo Cyberattack: 300 Domains Affected by Website Defacement

Hackers defaced Nintendo's European website and nine of its German sites on Sunday as part of an attack that gained access to 300 websites with either German or top level domain extensions.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Feb 26, 2001

Microsoft Source Code Breach: Insights from Executive Bob Herbold

A top Microsoft executive revealed yesterday how a hacker was able to view some of the company's top-secret source code last October, shedding light on a notorious attack that raised concern worldwide about network security. A hacker gained broad access because . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Feb 24, 2001

Browser Hijacking and Online Security Risks Affecting Users

Web surfers are in a tug-of-war for control of their home page settings, fighting off increasingly aggressive tactics by Net businesses and online marketers aimed at commandeering first rights to consumers' browsers. Unsuspecting consumers who install software, open attachments or merely . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Feb 24, 2001

Analysis of Recent Linux Defacements in Major Corporations

I had meant to do an update to my previous high profile summary of sorts. After drinking a Corona I began working on this post and it hit home yet again. Half way through writing this, another server on Hewlett Packard's network was defaced. I don't know what I find more ironic, that four HP servers were defaced this month, or that in each case they were running Windows NT or Linux instead of HP-UX (their own unix operating system). Toward the end of this list are two sites that also strike a bit of irony.. . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Feb 23, 2001

NY Times: Business Site Defacement By Sm0ked Crew - Attrition Responds

In the recent defacement of the NY Times business site, the defacer from "Sm0ked Crew" included an apology to Attrition that has resulted in a flood of mail to Attrition staff asking for clarification. Attrition staff frequently endures abuse from script-kiddy groups who are under the misguided belief that we work for them. We have been harassed and chastised if we are slow in posting a defacement or if we happen to miss one.. . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Feb 21, 2001

Sm0ked Crew Hacks New York Times: Online Vandalism Overview

A Web-defacing duo calling themselves Sm0ked Crew Thursday night added a page within The New York Times site to their growing list. "Well...I'm sorry to say but you just got sm0ked by Splurge," read part of the page that replaced the . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Feb 16, 2001

Examining Liability in Network System Security Failures

There's no agreement on who ultimately should be--or can be--held liable when networked systems go down and damage is done. Should the government step in and regulate? Is it up to individual computer users and companies to stay on top . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Feb 15, 2001

Understanding The Anna Kournikova Email Worm Impact On Linux Systems

This is exactly the type of thing that could happen to Linux. "The Anna Kournikova e-mail worm that whacked networks this week was not the work of a skilled cracker. It was created using one of the many virus-generating kits that . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Feb 15, 2001

Exploring Hacker Types: Pranksters and Activists in Cybersecurity

Some are pranksters. Like the group known as "scriptx," which cracked into a Web site two weeks ago only to post a picture of a jolly fat man wearing nothing but a Santa hat and a smile. Some are Romeos. A . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Feb 12, 2001

Cybersecurity Warning: University Networks Exposed Without Firewalls

"Why were universities so involved in these attacks? Because they're naked," said Stephen Northcutt, head of the SANS Institute's Global Incident Analysis Center in Bethesda, Md. "They're sitting out there on the Internet with no firewalls or anything." So naked are . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Feb 12, 2001

Learn From History: Key Cyber Attacks And Their Lessons

The recent spate of security breaches and e-mail invasions including Monday's news trilogy -- the World Economic Forum hack, the JavaScript email wiretapping scare, and the hole discovered in the protocol that is supposed to secure data transmitted wirelessly -- recalls . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Feb 06, 2001

Jennifer Granick Discusses Cyberlaw, Ethics, And Legal Cases

Jennifer Granick is a well-known figure within the hacker community. She helped Kevin Poulsen navigate his return to using computers after the convicted hacker came out of jail. Granick is now defending Jerome Heckenkamp, the 21-year-old Los Alamos National Laboratory employee . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Feb 03, 2001

eEye Retina 3.0: Cutting-Edge AI Network Scanner for Threat Detection

Web protection software maker eEye Digital Security said today it has released Retina 3.0, a network guard for the Microsoft Windows NT platform. The company said in a statement that the Retina network security scanner is the first such software application . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Feb 03, 2001

BIND Exploit: Trojan Attack Against Network Associates Discussion Board

A popular Web discussion board in which the subject is computer security became the unwitting host of an attack program directed at security consultant firm Network Associates Wednesday night. A cracker posted to the Bugtraq board what he said was a . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Feb 03, 2001

SecurityFocus Incident: Trojan Misidentified as Security Tool

It seems that even the experts get fooled sometimes. A Trojan horse posing as a security tool did just that Wednesday night, when experts at SecurityFocus.com-which moderates the popular Bugtraq security list-sent the mildly malicious code to the list's 37,000 users. . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Feb 03, 2001

Scott Dennis Sentenced: DDoS Attacks on New York District Court

A former network administrator for the US District Court in Alaska has been sentenced for launching a series of denial-of-service attacks against a New York District Court Web site. According to information released today by the FBI, Anchorage resident Scott . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Feb 02, 2001

Mr. Schmitz Invests 30 Million In LetsBuyIt.com Rescue Efforts

The 27-year-old Mr Schmitz has emerged as the improbable white knight for the wobbly internet retailer LetsBuyIt.com, promising to invest up to pounds 30m in the loss-making venture. And on even the most cursory of glances, Mr Schmitz has a background . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Feb 01, 2001

John Draper Returns as Security Consultant in Cybersecurity Arena

Legendary hacking figure Captain Crunch is returning from years of relative obscurity to set himself up as a security consultant. Perhaps the most well known figure in the digital underground besides Kevin Mitnick, John Draper made his name in 1971 when . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Feb 01, 2001

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