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Openhack III Update: Enhanced System Stability Against Attacks

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The dust has settled from the frantic first week of Openhack III, with its heavy traffic and mass of DoS attacks. The second week saw a lot more stability in the site and a bit more frustration from serious hackers still . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jan 29, 2001

Understanding Web Apps Security Challenges and Hacking Tactics

The next wave of hacking schemes focuses on a vulnerable and extremely difficult area to defend: Web applications. Application hacks take advantage of vulnerabilities that normally occur in many HTML pages. A person hacking into a Web page could, for example, . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jan 29, 2001

The Remarkable Journey of John T. Draper: A Legacy of Innovation

... there may be no tale so poignant as that of John T. Draper, the mythical "phone phreak" who became a national figure in 1971 after being one of the first to discover that a toy whistle in the Cap'n Crunch . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jan 29, 2001

Verio Resists MPAA Pressure: A Bold Stand for Free Speech Online

In a move that free-speech activists hope will be trendsetting, Internet service provider Verio is standing up to the movie industry by refusing to remove a Web site the Motion Picture Association of America says is illegal. Many ISPs, especially smaller . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jan 28, 2001

Understanding Internet Exploits And Automated Hacking Tools

Start with the basics. "No longer does a hacker have to huddle in front of a glowing monitor. Today's hacker has at his disposal a literal arsenal of fully automated tools, through which he can gain access to your system without . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jan 26, 2001

Julien Stern And Julien Boeuf Break SDMI Watermarking Defenses

Two French hackers, Julien Stern and Julien Boeuf, have broken the Secure Digital Music Initiative's watermarking scheme. However, being French, they (1) have declined to sign SDMI's nondisclosure agreement, and (2) are not subject to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. So they have published their findings, both in French and in English. . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jan 24, 2001

The Critical Importance of Patching in Effective Security Management

As a result, this easily avoidable problem has reached near-epidemic proportions. Making matters more frustrating is knowing that so many losses could have been easily avoided with a few mundane but crucial steps. "I would put patching in the top two . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jan 24, 2001

9th Circuit Ruling: Software Rights and Reverse Engineering Implications

A key ruling last October by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, located in San Mateo, Calif., affecting the home video game sector is having a direct impact on the entire software industry. The ruling, which upholds engineers' rights to . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jan 23, 2001

Pentaguard Targets US, UK, And Australia Government Websites - Analysis

Tonight the Attrition.org staff has mirrored one of the largest, most systematic defacements of worldwide government servers on the Web. The defacers, known as Pentaguard, took out various government Web sites from 3 countries - the United Kingdom, Australia, and the . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jan 23, 2001

Evaluating Ramen Worm Effects on Open Source Security and Patch Delivery

Still, the continuing spread of Ramen raises some serious questions about the ability of the open-source community to live up to its security boasts. Linux supporters have long claimed the transparent nature of open-source development produces more secure software and fixes . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jan 23, 2001

Major Global Cyber Attack Targets Government Sites Across Continents

The attack was one of the largest, most systematic defacements of worldwide government servers on the Web, Attrition.org said on its site. The sites were replaced with the hackers' logo and the message "presents... the largest .gov and .mil mass . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jan 23, 2001

Pentaguard: Major Cyber Attack on US, UK, Australia Government Sites

A group calling itself Pentaguard simultaneously cracked government websites in the United States, England and Australia. The group replaced the home pages of the sites over the weekend with a statement reading "The largest .gov & .mil mass defacement in the . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jan 22, 2001

Ramen Linux Worm Targets Red Hat Servers: Digital Vandalism Warning

After infecting NASA and Texas A&M University last week, the worm--a self-spreading program that focuses on versions 6.2 and 7.0 of Red Hat's Linux OS--is making its move on Linux servers abroad, as vandals use the program to post digital graffiti.. . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jan 22, 2001

Openhack III: Competitive DoS Attacks and Hacker Challenges

The battle has begun, and the first salvo was a fierce one, as a cascade of denial-of-service attacks swept over the Openhack III site in its first four days of operation. As of midday Thursday, no one had succeeded in any . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jan 22, 2001

Web Traffic Disruption Affects Yahoo and Microsoft Access Incident

A computer glitch is being blamed for cutting off Web traffic headed for Yahoo.com and Microsoft.com on Saturday. For about 12 hours, thousands of Internet users trying to visit those two popular Web sites and dozens of others were instead sent . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jan 22, 2001

Denial-Of-Service Attacks: Insights After Major Incidents

The Internet world stood still this past summer when hackers launched denial-of-service attacks on Yahoo, Amazon and other high-profile Web sites, effectively shutting them down. Today, months after the attacks, the Internet is no better protected, security experts say. "A lot . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jan 21, 2001

Utilizing Honey Pots And Tracers To Enhance Cyber Defense Strategies

Two hot new weapons are "honey pots" and tracers. A honey pot is a fake server set up to trap the unwitting intruder. Once inside, an alarm is tripped and the hacker's every keystroke, method of entry and manner of attack . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jan 21, 2001

Whistler Copy Protection Exposed: User Morale Impacts Security Measures

Whistler's copy protection is by no means uncrackable, according to various of The Register's shady sources. The hardware-locked key system currently shipping with the Whistler beta seems to be fairly easy to get around, and the inconvenience of the system - . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jan 20, 2001

Red Hat 6.2 Advisory: Exploit Attacks on RPC.statd and FTP Worm

When trying to infect Red Hat 6.2 systems, the worm will use the RPC.statd and wu-FTP flaws, according to an analysis completed by Daniel Martin, a Debian Linux developer. RPC.statd is one of several services that a Linux server can run . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jan 18, 2001

DivX: Transforming Online Video Streaming with Open Source Technology

DivX has been touted by some as the technology that could do for video online what MP3 did for music. The technology itself doesn't allow hackers to break through the anti-copying protections on DVDs. But used in conjunction with technologies that . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jan 17, 2001

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