anti-hacking
RSS anti-hackingAnti-Hacking: The Protection of Computers
White Paper Anti-Hacking is a topic that should incorporate not only the tools to defend against black-hats but the knowledge to understand what the black-hat sees when he looks at a network. This paper covers three major topics of Anti-Hacking: Education of... [21 Feb 2005]
Guardian ends anti-Bush scheme after hacking
News The Guardian has ended a letter-writing campaign aimed at defeating US President George W. Bush after a website hosting the promotion was attacked by hackers. Ian Katz, the Guardian editor who thought up "Operation Clark County," said in a letter... [25 Oct 2004]
Anti-spam standards pushed by internet body
News Spammers typically cover their tracks by hacking into unprotected email servers, or open relays; by hijacking other email servers; and by falsifying names and email addresses in the email sender field. [27 Oct 2003]
Government backs international anti-hack effort
News An international anti-hacking study exposing the most common vulnerabilities exploited by hackers has received unequivocal backing from the British government as part of its efforts to protect the country's critical national IT infrastructure. [09 Oct 2003]
Hackers take down Lycos anti-spam website
News Spammers are suspected of hacking into and downing Lycos's anti-spam website just hours after it went live. The website is currently inaccessible and could also be the victim of a DDoS attack. Lycos on Tuesday kicked off its "make love not spam... [01 Dec 2004]
City of Edmonton Eliminates Vulnerabilities With Comprehensive Antivirus and Anti-Spam Protection From Trend Micro
White Paper Edmonton secures its operations with comprehensive multi-layer security - including anti-spam, anti-phishing, anti-hacking and anti-spyware capabilities - from Trend Micro. Edmonton is Alberta's capital and Canada's fifth largest municipality with... [03 Aug 2006]
Webcast: Taking Control of E-mail Security: How to Stay Ahead of the Latest Threats
White Paper Listen as Willy Leichter, Director of Product Marketing for Tumbleweed Communications, and moderator James Hilliard of TechRepublic, discuss how to stay ahead of the latest spam and hacking techniques. [12 Dec 2007]
Cyber-terrorists take to the internet
News Politically motivated hacking is on the increase as anti-capitalist and anti-war protestors take to the web. UK government websites have experienced a 378 per cent increase in defacements in the past year. [08 Jan 2002]
Mac users face Subseven threat
News Anti-virus vendor Symantec has warned Macintosh users that the malicious hacking tool Subseven Trojan can now attack the Mac OS operating system. The Subseven Trojan is a well-known hacking tool, which has been in circulation for more than a year... [23 Jul 2001]
Hackers expose Compuweb security flaw
News The hacker group, based in US and the UK, managed to redirect users of these sites to 'hacking causes' covering anti-pornography and intellectual property rights interests. The main purpose of the attack was to expose the vulnerability of Microsoft... [24 Aug 1998]
University virus writing sparks end user outrage
News By all means, run an educational course on anti-virus and anti-hacking but don't teach people how to damage other people's systems. Computer users have added their ire to the anger within the anti-virus community which met an announcement from... [29 May 2003]
Nasa hacker fights extradition to the US
News Gary McKinnon, the Brit accused of hacking into Nasa and US military networks, has begun his appeal in the High Court against a court decision to extradite him to the US. McKinnon - not present in court today due to "medical problems" - was... [14 Feb 2007]
US TV sends plea to hackers
News The message is the first of its kind to address the issue of hacking. He believes the hacking community is a very important element in the fight against terrorism. Since the 11 September attacks, hackers have defaced several websites with both pro... [26 Sep 2001]
Symantec seals UK firm deal
News Established in 1995 LIRIC has worked closely with UK government departments and private sector companies to evaluate security needs and design solutions to protect their respective workforces and networks from threats such as hacking and virus... [12 Oct 2004]
Microsoft: 'State of security is improving'
News Speaking at the company's TechEd conference in Amsterdam today, Detlef Eckert, chief security advisor for Microsoft, said although the level of hacking and virus attacks remains constant, people are being more vigilant about online threats. [05 Jul 2005]
