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in Computer Attacks Traced
(AP) - Experts investigating
recent attacks against major commercial Web sites say a computer and
an Internet device used by vandals as weapons have been traced to
two California universities. The vandals used a desktop computer at
the University of California, Santa Barbara, and an Internet router
- a device that can amplify data traffic - from Stanford University,
officials at both schools acknowledged Friday. More...
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CERT/CC
Denial of Service - general overview of attacks in which
the primary goal of the attack is to deny the victim(s) access to a
particular resource. From the federally funded research and
development center at Carnegie Mellon University. |
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ICSA.net -
features a special section on Distributed Denial Of Service
Attacks, which brought down several major Web sites in February,
2000. |
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Infrastructure
Protection and Computer Intrusion Squad (IPCIS) -
responsible for investigating unauthorized intrusions into
major computer networks, investigates the illegal interception of
signals (cable and satellite signal theft), and infringement of
copyright laws related to software. |
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Hacker's Glossary - "phreaking," "spaghetti code," and
the hacker's preferred term for a malicious computer vandal --
"cracker." From Discovery Online's Hackers'
Hall of Fame. |
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Attrition -
includes the security errata page,
which debunks various media information on hacking, and an index of
hacked
sites. |
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DEF CON -
annual hacker convention. |
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Editorial Cartoons: Hacker
Attacks - from newspapers around the U.S. |
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Hacker News
Network - includes news, a section on security and
securit tools, and a cracked pages archive. |
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Howard
Rheingold: The Accidental History of the Net - includes
the role that hackers played in the development of the
Internet. |
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Insecure.org
- miscellaneous technical security information and
tools. |
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L0pht Heavy
Industries - local Boston page devoted to
hacking. |
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Phrack -
technical info for hackers. |
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Security
Focus - computer security information clearinghouse.
Includes a calendar, free tools, forums, industry news, and a
library. |
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The Ultimate
DeCSS Resource Site - resources and information on DeCSS,
a utility that decrypts CSS, a form of data encryption used to
discourage reading media files. |
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AntiOnline
- "the Internet's information security super center."
Includes a look at archives of hacked pages, a
special
reports section, and the FBI's
Most Wanted Hackers list. |
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Go
Ahead and Sue - Sept 27, 1999 Forbes article about the
controversy surrounding AntiOnline.com and the antagonism between
the site and the hacker community. |
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Free Kevin
Mitnick - official web site. |
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Takedown -
story of Tsutmu Shimomura tracking of computer hacker Kevin
Mitnick. |
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2600 - the
hacker quarterly. |
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AntiOnline's
Interview With The White House Hacker - log of the
Internet Relay Chat session with the hacker who broke into the White
House website. From AntiOnline, May 11, 1999. |
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