Hacks/Cracks - Page 128.5
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One year ago, computer hacking still seemed a novelty to most Americans. So what if the White House Web site could be defaced? But this year, computer criminals crept into everyday life. Now we know they have the power to shut . . .
A team of cryptography experts plan to combat government email surveillance plans through a new super-secure operating system dubbed M-o-o-t. The fedgling project has the backing of top cryptographers and is designed to tackle the Regulation of Investigatory . . .
In its investigative documentary, Hackers, the fifth estate explores the inherent tension between the convenience and speed with which people conduct their personal, social and corporate affairs via the internet, and the high price in personal security exacted by the technology . . .
Crackers have entered and defaced two websites belonging to Network Associates, the company that bills itself as the world's largest independent network security company. The intruders splattered a montage of bilingual cyber-graffiti over two of the company's Brazilian-based websites, www.nai.com.br and . . .
Hackers beware! If you think the telecommuters at Lexis-Nexis are easy targets, you'd better think again. These telecommuters are not the kinds who disable anti-virus software to download the latest version of Napster, thereby creating holes that hackers can use to . . .
Federal officials are advising e-commerce sites to tighten security because of a recent increase in cyberattacks. The FBI's National Infrastructure Protection Center (NIPC) on Friday said it recently has seen an increase in hacker activity targeting U.S. systems associated with e-commerce . . .
Charles Schwab & Co.'s Web site is vulnerable to a well-known attack that could allow a hacker to gain access to sensitive account information, the financial services company acknowledged Wednesday. Reported by San Francisco-based programmer Jeff Baker on the Bugtraq security . . .
An Australian company, that claims to have developed the ultimate security-proof system, will soon issue a multi-million dollar dare to the hacking underworld. With a 30-day deadline, the challenge to crack Secure Systems' Silicon Data Vault technology will . . .
Not all hackers are bad guys. But understanding what motivates them can make you less vulnerable to an attack. A person who enjoys exploring the details of programmable systems and how to stretch their capabilities. Hackers also relish the intellectual challenge . . .
A big topic on the Internet is web page defacements. The term "defacement" or "web graffiti" refer to an incident when someone gains unauthorized access and alters the index page of that particular violated site. Usually the replaced index resembles the . . .
The Council of Europe has dropped proposals to outlaw the use of "hacking" tools by IT departments, following an intense lobbying campaign by businesses. The proposals were contained in the Council of Europe's Convention on Crime in Cyberspace, which aims to . . .
A celebrity computer hacker gained more notoriety after three online auction sites posted then removed from sale his prison ID card. The ID card of Kevin Mitnick is being offered on start-up auction site DutchBid.com after being rejected by Amazon.com, Yahoo! . . .
A music and technology forum that ran a $10,000 contest back in September challenging people to hack into copyright protection technologies said on Tuesday it was paying prize money to two hackers. The Secure Digital Music Initiative (SDMI) said it was . . .
Central to [the SYN] attack is the ability of the miscreant to find an "open" port - that is, a port on the destination machine that responds to connection requests. If a hacker is trying to find your weaknesses, he will . . .
I've been trying to install Linux because more and more hacker tools seem to be available for it. The combination of power, flexibility and the open-source community seems to be very attractive to hackers. Web sites such as the Nomad Mobile . . .
An educated consumer is a safe consumer. In that spirit, here is Forbes ASAP's complete guide to the dark side of online auction trading. "The average person who uses eBay is just completely ignorant," says one frequent seller (who, like . . .
... more and more hackers are using their tricks to spread socially conscious messages, security experts say. The trend -- dubbed "hacktivism" -- has shown up in a number of recent incidents: -- On Election Day, a Democrat hacked the Republican . . .
Paring down your network services isn't the only way to protect your systems against attacks: port scanning can also be an effective tool. In this month's Building Blocks of Security, Sandra Henry-Stocker shows you how to stay one step ahead of . . .
Businesses are starting to realize that while the new economy requires the Internet, it also requires protection from those who take pleasure or profit sneaking into a company's electronic recesses. "I think a lot of people don't understand that with . . .
Carnivore, the Federal Bureau of Investigation's e-mail surveillance software, is capable of capturing "all unfiltered traffic," despite assurances from the FBI this summer that the program only captures e-mails going to people on whom the FBI has a warrant.. . .
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