 University opens
school for hackers
Scottish university says students will be carefully vetted for course in ethical hacking.
Hacker deletes own hard drive
An irate hacker threatened to get even for being kicked off a
chat site but the tables were turned.( the INQUIRER
)
Hackers add Web, chat to PSP
Sony's new PlayStation Portable is turning into a great tool for Web
browsing, comics reading and online chat--and it also happens to play
video games, movies and music, if you prefer that sort of thing. (CNN
)
Microsoft expands
antipiracy program
Company will require those who want to download a local language add-on
to Windows to verify that their copy of the OS is legitimate.
Supreme Court digs into P2P
Justices take a hard look at arguments from both file-swap companies and entertainment industry.
Photos: P2P demonstrators
Hackers target
U.S. power grid
Hundreds of times each day, hackers are attempting to slip past
cybersecurity at systems that feed into the national
power grid. (The Washington Post
- Registration require
Harvard rejects 119 accused of hacking
Harvard Business School will reject the 119 applicants who
hacked into
the school's admissions site last week, according to
the the school's
dean, Kim B. Clark. (The Boston Globe)
Hackers creating
150 zombies per week
Malicious programs capable of turning home PCs into zombies coare growing at between 150 to 200 per week according to McAfee.
Hackers step up search for unpatched servers
Companies that have not patched servers against the Windows Internet
Naming Service flaw need to act fast, according to a security site.
Microsoft proposes
XP piracy amnesty
Software juggernaut raises the white flag, offering to
replace people's counterfeit copies of Windows XP.
Police break up European piracy ring
Greek and British police arrest two people and seize thousands of pirated software programs.
Trojan horse spies
on Web banking
Sneaky program takes different tack to capture
people's passwords and potentially steal money.
Have hackers turned pro?
newsmaker The increasing sophistication of Internet attacks by " pro hackers"
is alarming, says security guru Robert Graham.
Hacker strikes
university computer system
Hacker accesses names and Social Security numbers of about
.4 million Californians who provide in-home care to seniors.
MyDoom seeks to
destroy antivirus firms
In worm's latest version, authors ridicule rival worm Netsky
and promise to attack Symantec, McAfee and others.
Feds launch P2P probe
Justice Department searches homes, ISP in
crackdown on piracy over file-sharing network.
New hacking tool sees the light
A Princeton graduate student sheds light on security flaws in Java and
.Net virtual machines by using a lamp, some known properties of computer
memory and a little luck.
Netfirms Hacked
University systems a haven
for hackers
College is supposed to be about learning. But many
universities with insecure networks are unwittingly providing a special kind of
education: Hacking and Piracy 101.
Group Offers
Amnesty To Software Pirates
The Business Software Alliance is
offering a limited amnesty program this month to businesses using illegally
copied software.
New tool helps hackers evade
detection
The tool, called Fragroute, can be used for manipulating
packets of data that travel the Internet, allowing attackers to camouflage
malicious programs.
Microsoft
Hacked
Microsofts
Servers were compromised and defaced on Sunday by Lord Choo3s
affiliated with a Brazilian group known as Silver Lords.
This
comes at a bad time for Microsoft when they issued a statement
saying they were focusing on Security. Microsoft was exploited
by a well known vulnerability on Mar. 24, 2002. Microsoft published
a patch for the buffer overflow flaw, which allows attackers
to run code on a vulnerable server, on Jun. 21, 2001. Microsoft's
servers have been hacked 3 times by the same group in the past
month. A mirror of the defaced Microsoft support site can be
found at at http://www.zone-h.org/
Hackers Find New Way To Bilk eBay
Users
Some eBay customers are finding themselves victims of a
popular scam: Hackers are taking over their accounts and setting up fraudulent
auctions to make a quick buck.
DVD Hacker To Keep Challenging
Ruling
The central figure in the " DVD hacker" case, who was
barred by a court from posting online how to make copies of DVDs, vows to keep
fighting the copyright law the ruling was based on.
Hacker-Millionaire
Suspected Of Fraud
A flamboyant German millionaire who offered
a $10 million reward for information leading to the arrest of Osama bin Laden is
himself being hunted for fraud.
Solaris Hole
Opening Way For Hackers
Online vandals are using a
two-month-old security hole in Sun Microsystems' operating system to break into
servers on the Internet.
ARE YOU REALLY SAFE?
1 The Web's top 10
Concerns for Online Safety
2
How e-Tailers Can
Prevent Privacy Problems in 2001
Is The " Warez" Fight
Won?
 Police raids have crippled the network of software
pirates
have they just gone deeper underground?
Hacker Had WorldCom In His
Hands
A network-intrusion specialist sneaks into the Internet
backbone provider's administrative system and then tells the company all.
FBI Snoop Tool Old Hat For
Hackers
"
Magic Lantern," a reported method for sneaking
surveillance programs onto a suspect's computer, appears to be little more than
old hacking technology.
New Hacker Tool Could Target Web
Servers
Companies with servers running Microsoft's database
application should watch out for a new hacker tool that scans and then infects
systems, network security experts warn.
Pirated Software Nab Largest In
History
Law enforcement officials snag $100 million in
cleverly faked copies of Microsoft's Windows software.
Hacker Cracks Microsoft
Anti-Piracy Software
A
piece of software being distributed online cracks part of the company's
anti-piracy technology, the centerpiece of much of the giant's recent
forays into audio and video.
FBI Arrests Crypto
Expert At Def Con
Russian arrested for allegedly publishing
details on cracking e-book security.
U.S. Government
Wants A Few Good Hackers
In the mildest face-to-face meeting yet,
hackers largely took it easy on government officials at Def Con.
The biggest question: How do I get a job?
Online Financial
Firm Hacked
Financial software and services company S1 confirms
an attacker gained access to one of the company's servers.
Online Piracy
 Fight Snares ISPs
Providers are increasingly asked to
disconnect potentially profitable broadband subscribers.
Intruder Cracks
VA Linux Developer Site
update
The
server seller's development site, SourceForge.net, gets hit by someone
who may have compromised members' accounts.
Hacker Helps
Excite@Home Toughen Defenses
A security expert helps the Net
service provider shore up its network after the company leaves roughly
3 million support records accessible to the outside world.
Pentagon Under Daily Attacks From Hackers
Hackers have been trying to break into Defense
Department computer networks in a constant push to disrupt the U.S.
military, the Pentagon's chief information officer says.
Hackers Hit Whitehouse.gov
Security experts
say the government site was hit by a denial-of-service attack.
U.S. Indicts
Two Russians For Alleged Hack
Two Russians are indicted in the United
States on charges stemming from a rash of intrusions into the networks
of banks and other companies.
Report: 155 Federal Systems Hacked Last
Year
At least 155 federal computer systems —
some with sensitive research information or personal data on Americans
— were temporarily taken over by hackers last year, according to
a review that found widespread lax computer security. The government's
lack of safeguards against domestic and foreign attackers who struck
32 federal agencies last year is " chilling," one congresswoman
said.
Hackers Say Corporate
Security Still Poor
Hackers
at the CanSecWest conference in Canada say that although companies
are paying more attention, the state of corporate data security
is still poor.
Hackers: You Still
Aren't Safe
Hackers Hit Associated
Press Web Site
Computer hackers temporarily disable
the Web site of the AP early on Wednesday. (March 21, 2001, 5:40
a.m. PT)
Contractor Admits
Hackers Stole U.S. Satellite Software
Hackers Attack HP,
Compaq, Others
A group of Internet vandals, who call
themselves Sm0ked Crew, defaces the Web sites of technology giants
across the globe.
" The
New York Times" Hacked
Click here to see the page hacked
Hackers
Block Access To Microsoft Sites
REDMOND, Wash. — Hackers blocked access
to several Web sites owned by Microsoft Corp. on Thursday, just
one day after the software giant corrected an employee's error that
caused consumers to be blocked from its sites. The so-called " denial-of-service
attack" occurred Thursday morning, intermittently keeping Web
surfers shut out from Microsoft Internet properties such as Microsoft.com
and MSN.com, the company said in a statement
New Attacks Block Access
To Microsoft Sites
update
Another round
of attacks temporarily blocks access to the company's array of Web
sites Friday, extending its Web problems to a fourth consecutive
day.
Whois Search Provides No
Clues To Microsoft Outage
A practical joke misled many amateur investigators
into prematurely believing that Microsoft's massive Web outage was
the result of an attack.
FBI:
Hackers Planned Massive Jan. 1 Attack
FBI agents arrested a Seattle youth
as part of an investigation into a ring of seven juvenile hackers
the agency suspects of plotting a series of virus and denial-of-service
attacks on personal computers and Web sites over the holidays, Newsbytes
reported. The arrested 16-year-old allegedly broke into the servers
of several Internet service providers in an attempt to use those
computers to launch massive denial-of-service attacks on major Web
sites. The youth is also wanted for his alleged role in creating
a hacking tool known as " Godswrath."
Brazilian
Itaú Bank Hacked
The Banco Itaú, one of the principal Brazilian
banks, associated to AOL, was hacked Friday January 12, 2001 by
the HF team (Hackers Family), a group of hackers that are hacking
in Brazil. You can see the mirror of the hacked web page clicking
the title of this new, above.
Hacker
Hits IRC Network Undernet With Denial-of-Service Attack
A hacker based in Romania has launched a major distributed
denial-of-service attack, forcing one of the largest Internet Relay
Chat networks, Undernet, to shut down much of its service, system
administrators said.
U.S. Warns of Possible
Cyberattacks During New Year's Weekend
The
National Infrastructure Protection Center says computer users should
take extra precautions to avoid possible cyberattacks during New
Year's weekend, including downloading a diagnostic tool to test
their machines.
Hackers Crack Egghead.com
update The Internet retailer says a hacker accessed
its computer systems, possibly exposing millions of credit card
numbers.
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Microsoft Calls
Network Break-In a " Deplorable Act"
Corporate
Networks Vulnerable, Pros Say
Hackers who infiltrated Microsoft
computers and sifted through source code are part of a new breed
of digital intruder that is threatening corporate America. And as
corporate networks become more complex to accommodate sophisticated
software programs and users from far-flung locales, security experts
fear that they also will become more susceptible to sophisticated
hacker tools.
Microsoft Unable
to Catch Hacker On Its Own
Executives admit company computer experts were
unable to track the infiltrator despite more than a week's worth
of electronic cat-and-mouse.
Microsoft Hack
Could Lead to Global Safeguards
The Week in Review: Hacking Microsoft
1
- Microsoft Chief:
Hack " Not Very" Damaging
CEO Steve Ballmer says hackers who broke into the
software giant's computer system have not obtained access to any
key programs.
2
- FBI Opens Probe
Into Microsoft Network Break-In
3 - Attack Spotlights
Industry, Government Defenses
4 - CEO Ballmer Confirms
Hackers Grabbed Access to Key Software Code
5 - Microsoft Attack
Adds Fuel to Hacker Crackdown
Information
About Security Incident on Microsoft Corporate Network
Hacker Hits Microsoft
Internet Server
In
the latest security breach for the software giant, a Dutch hacker
infiltrates a back-up Web server and posts the message: " Hack
the planet."
Hackers Hit GOP
Site as Voting Begins
update
A
leading Republican Web site is hacked in what Republicans say is
an effort to discredit their candidate.
Anti-Racism Site
Target
of Cyberattack
The
Anti-Defamation League Web site is the target of an anti-Israel
attack, the latest in a string of cyber break-ins related to the
violence in the Middle East
Pro-Israel Site
Hacked
video Hackers hit a U.S. Web site belonging to
a pro-Israel lobby, stealing credit card numbers and member records
in the latest volley in what has become an online war.
Teen Hacker Gets
Six Months in Detention Center
A
teenage computer hacker in Hong Kong has been sentenced to a maximum
of six months in a detention center for causing the network of a
leading local Internet service provider to crash.
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