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Weiss Labs Targeted: Defcon Event Highlights DoS Attack Risk

In a dim section of the main ballroom at the Alexis Park Hotel, hackers were trying to break into the computer systems of current stock market favorite Weiss Labs. A mix of teenagers to thirty-somethings, the hackers at the Defcon . . . . In a dim section of the main ballroom at the Alexis Park Hotel, hackers were trying to break into the computer systems of current stock market favorite Weiss Labs. A mix of teenagers to thirty-somethings, the hackers at the Defcon gathering here breathed second-hand cigarette smoke and quaffed Red Bull energy drink by the liter, their hearts beating to a techno rave track. They're a dangerous bunch, too: A hacker from the research arm of a rival company broke into the Weiss Labs server and found a flaw, causing the computer to eat up its own memory, finally crashing the system. "They didn't get root, but they did manage to DoS us," said Crispin Cowan, head of the Weiss Labs' team. That is, the break-in didn't get all the way to the core of the server, but a denial-of-service (DoS) attack overwhelmed it with traffic. The link for this article located at ZDNet is no longer available. . In a dim section of the main ballroom at the Alexis Park Hotel, hackers were trying to break into th. section, ballroom, alexis, hotel, hackers, trying, break. . LinuxSecurity.com Team

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SafeVote Invites Hackers To Test Online Voting Security

As a growing interest in online voting emerges and companies like Election.com have completed several mostly-successful medium-scale elections online, an Internet voting service is inviting hackers from around the world to test its particular system's defenses.. . .. As a growing interest in online voting emerges and companies like Election.com have completed several mostly-successful medium-scale elections online, an Internet voting service is inviting hackers from around the world to test its particular system's defenses. SafeVote Inc. is testing its Internet voting system in Contra Costa County this week. As part of the preparations for live elections online in Californian precincts, the company is asking Internet users to attempt break-ins. To make it easier for hackers the company has posted various information online, including network configuration, details about all secret keys, and a range of computer IP addresses. The link for this article located at NewsBytes is no longer available. . As a growing interest in online voting emerges and companies like Election.com have completed severa. growing, interest, online, voting, emerges, companies, election, completed, severa. . LinuxSecurity.com Team

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