Crackers broke into Internet service provider Earthlink's network last week, but the company kept it quiet because it claims customer data was not compromised.
A company spokesman said that it did not alert subscribers because the main security system remained intact, but a Wired News tipster said the crackers created a potentially dangerous backdoor to the system.
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Under British law, cyberterrorists - known to you and me as hackers - are now to be treated the same as terrorists such as the IRA. The Terrorism Act 2000, which became law yesterday, has broadened the definition of terrorist organisations to include those who plan violent protests in the UK (even if the protest takes place abroad). Members of, and fundraisers for, such organisations will be subject to the law.
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An unidentified Korean computer teacher has the sole distinction of being the first person in Korea to be arrested for illegally infiltrating another person’s email account. The contents of the victim’s account, reportedly belonging to her long time boyfriend, were allegedly placed on an open message board. Motive? Hmm…I wonder.
The boy that created the kournikova virus AKA OnTheFly, has been offered a
job by the local mayor of his town.
He says the hacker has to have good qualities to secure their system... :)
So it's very likely that their system will be attacked succesfully in the future since there are no UNIX or NT in a can kits available ;)
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L33tdawg: Hmmmz... perhaps I´ll run into OnTheFly later on today in Amsterdam *grin*!
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PBS's Frontline examined " the exploits of hackers and how they have highlighted the internet's insecurities" in a program featured on the network last night. Sure to be re-aired, viewers in the meantime can access a live chat with participants from the frontline special tonight at 8pm via the link below.
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Well it's official -- Palm security is now on the radar screen of Fortune 500 (er, Forbes) executives. An article in their current "Best of the Web" issue advises readers to protect their Palm PDAs with the password-protection feature of the OS. While we certainly applaud security consciousness-raising efforts in the mainstream press, in this case Forbes readers may be lulled into a false sense of security.
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Cracking the license mechanisms of commercial software packages and then sharing the fruits of that labor has been part of the underground scene for years. Now, the developer of a tool designed to crack password protected web sites has automated the tool so that each time a user cracks a site, that information is sent to a site where the rest of the user base can share the user names and passwords of the cracked sites.
Web surfers trading free music and other digital goods over one of the Web's most popular file-swapping networks are sharing much more: sensitive data files that could expose them to identity theft.
One of several file-swapping networks coat-tailing on Napster's success, Gnutella allows people to open the contents of their computers to create a virtual swap meet for MP3s, software, video and text files. A recent casual search of the system revealed scores of files that could compromise the service's users.
