hacking
RSS hackingEthical Hacking: Teaching Students to Hack
White Paper One of the fastest growing areas in network security, and certainly an area that generates much discussion, is that of ethical hacking. The purpose of this paper is to examine the literature regarding how private sectors and educational... [09 Jun 2006]
London businesses run increased threat of drive-by hacking
News The practice of drive-by hacking, where individuals take advantage of unprotected Wi-Fi hot spots, is on the increase in the UK - with London businesses the worst hit. These findings reveal London businesses are even more vulnerable to all kinds of... [13 Feb 2003]
Ethical Hacking
White Paper The ethical hacking process is explained, along with many of the problems that the Global Security Analysis Lab has seen during its early years of ethical hacking for IBM clients. The explosive growth of the Internet has brought many good things... [16 Feb 2005]
Music industry claims right to 'legalised hacking'
News The bill's proponents say copyright holders should have the right to access networks trading in illegally downloaded material and take direct action against them but deny accusations of supporting 'vigilantism' or 'legalised hacking'. [27 Sep 2002]
Is vigilante hacking legal?
News Curtis Karnow, from law firm Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal, stressed that while no court case has yet established precedent regarding the use of a limited counterstrike - revenge or vigilante hacking - to stop internet attackers, specific... [28 Feb 2003]
The Zero Effect of Hacking
White Paper This white paper describes what zero effect hacking is and since Zero Effect hacking is by far the most common, a few simple protection strategies can greatly reduce the amount of time spent dealing with security incidents. [03 Jul 2008]
Netsky attacks down four hacking and P2P sites
News Netsky.Q, which first appeared on 29 March, is designed to attack certain websites that distribute either file-sharing clients or hacking and cracking tools. Four out of the five websites targeted by a Netsky worm DDoS attack have either been... [08 Apr 2004]
Fight password cracking, brute-force attacks, and wireless hacking with expert advice from Chris Davis
White Paper In this audio interview, Chris Davis, co-author of Anti-Hacker Tool Kit, Third Edition, provides proven advice for combating common hacking techniques. In this 20-minute, MP3 audio interview, Chris Davis, co-author of Anti-Hacker Tool Kit, Third... [20 May 2006]
Hacking expert warns of 'end of the world' VPN flaw
News Marc Maiffret, chief hacking officer for eEye Digital Security, said: "It's a gaping hole through the firewall. Security experts have warned that a suspected vulnerability in Microsoft's popular virtual private networking application could leave... [27 Sep 2002]
Combat wireless hacking tools and techniques
White Paper This sample chapter, taken from Anti-Hacker Tool Kit, Third Edition, discusses wireless hacking tools and techniques. The threats to wireless networks are not just limited to malicious users looking for open networks;anyone could sit in the parking... [25 May 2006]
Security of Solectek Radio Link: How It Prevents Hacking and Eavesdropping
White Paper With such standards-based architecture open for widespread use, such hacking tools get even more sophisticated and dangerous for your network as the 802.11 market matures. The open standard could enhance the market acceptance of new technology and... [03 Jul 2008]
Utility-Theoretic Information Retrieval, Cognitive Hacking, and Intelligence and Security Informatics
White Paper This paper generalizes the concept of cognitive hacking, placing it in Libicki's framework of semantic attack. Libicki first characterized attacks on computer systems in the context of information warfare as being physical, syntactic, and semantic... [03 Jul 2008]
FBI hacker cracker accused of hacking
News The charges come nearly two years after FBI investigators lured two Russian residents suspected of hacking to Seattle with false job offers at a fictitious security firm. As previously reported, international law experts said a year ago that the... [19 Aug 2002]
Crime and Punishment: The Psychology of Hacking in the New Millennium
White Paper In order to effectively combat computer crime and discourage hacking activity, lawmakers and computer professionals must understand the motivation behind this activity. The hacking community is a diverse and complicated universe, comprised of... [16 Feb 2005]
Cognitive Hacking and Digital Government: Digital Identity
White Paper Cognitive hacking refers to a computer or information system attack that relies on changing human users' perceptions and corresponding behaviors in order to succeed. This paper describes cognitive hacking, suggests countermeasures, and discusses... [03 Jul 2008]
