hacking
RSS hackingUK teen accused over port attack part of "elite" hacking group
News The teenager accused of bringing down a major US port's computer systems in a denial of service attack was part of an "elite" hacking group, a court heard yesterday. Giving evidence yesterday at Southwark Crown Court, Caffrey said he had seen... [14 Oct 2003]
Hacking Firefox Boot Camp
White Paper This paper starts things off by discussing the different methods for hacking Firefox that are covered in this book and how things will progress. Gearing up to hack Mozilla Firefox is as simple as understanding some basic Internet browser features... [09 Mar 2006]
Hacking Motives
White Paper Hacking has multiple meanings and is commonly used to refer to forms of trespass against a computer belonging to another. This paper examines the motives for hacking, in the sense of trespassing against another person's computer. [15 Feb 2005]
Leader: Hacking law updates are overdue
Leader The government almost went down the route of trying to outlaw certain hacking tools but experts soon pointed out that this could outlaw everyday security experts who use hacking software to carry out penetration tests on systems. [13 Apr 2006]
Hacking Offences
White Paper This paper describes how computer hacking crimes are defined in Australia. The term 'hacker' has multiple meanings and variously describes a person who explores programmable systems, who is obsessive about programming, who is able to program... [21 Feb 2005]
Hacking Palm OS 5
White Paper Since Palm OS 5.0 has moved to the ARM processor architecture, the traditional method of hacking the system (patching traps) no longer applies. This paper explains how to extend the latest release of Palm OS to do new and interesting things... [14 Apr 2006]
Hacking and Network Defense
White Paper Common Hacking Tools - The Hacker's Toolkit Download this white paper and learn: The Hacker Profile Top 10 Ways to Secure Against Attack Seven Questions to Test Your Security [25 Jun 2007]
Hacking by Cookie Poisoning
White Paper A white paper about Hacking Web Applications Using Cookie Poisoning. [24 Feb 2004]
US considers "legalising hacking" with copyright ruling
News The US Congress has taken a step toward revising the controversial Digital Millennium Copyright Act, in a move which the entertainment industry has branded an attempt to "legalise hacking". Jack Valenti, head of the Motion Picture Association of... [13 May 2004]
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]
Hack attacks: Government grapples with "hacking incidents"
News In response to a series of parliamentary questions by Liberal Democrat Paul Burstow, government departments have revealed the level of hacking attempts against them in recent years. The Ministry of Defence has provided the most detailed answer... [11 Jul 2005]
UK gets first 'hacking' training course
News The organisers of the UK's first 'ethical' hacking training course claim strict screening processes will prevent any aspiring 'black hat' or malicious hackers from using it to improve their skills for hacking corporate networks. [04 Mar 2004]
Teen cleared of hacking charge
News During the trial Caffrey was accused of being part of an elite hacking group, and having a DDoS script and the IP addresses of more than 11,000 vulnerable servers on his computer. The UK teenager accused of launching a distributed denial of service... [17 Oct 2003]
UK's first computer hacking degree launched
News A degree course in computer hacking has been launched by a Scottish university in response to industry demand for IT security experts. The University of Abertay in Dundee will run the BSc (Hons) undergraduate course in Ethical Hacking and... [19 Jun 2006]
Protect yourself from 'Google hacking'
News Security experts are predicting a massive increase this year in so-called 'Google hacking', where malicious internet users or worms use the search engine to discover resources that are not intended for public consumption. [14 Jan 2005]
