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British Satellites Impossible to Crack
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contributed by Space Rogue
After HNN questioned the validity of a Reuters article claiming that
British Military satellites where being held for ransom by crackers,
several other news organizations are now also questioning the validity of
this claim.
ZD
Net
MSNBC
NewsBytes
BBC
While hacking a satellite definitely is not impossible there are several
major technical obstacles that must be overcome before such a feat can be
accomplished. An HNN exclusive article in the Buffer Overflow section
details the intricacies of Satellite Communications and exactly what would
be needed to compromise a space craft.
Buffer Overflow
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Y2K drains security budget
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contributed by Code Kid
Federal Agencies are having a difficult time meeting the requirements of
the Federal Infrastructure Protection plan due to the draining effect
caused by Y2K on the various agencies budgets. The General Services
Administration's Office of Information Security (OIS) and the Critical
Infrastructure Assurance Office are working to get more money allocated to
security in the next budget.
CNN
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Sophisticated Hacking Tools
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contributed by erewhon
Hacking tools are getting more and more sophisticated and as they do their
uses can be good and bad. Wired takes a look at one such tool, nMap.
Wired
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contributed by Sunny
An ISP in Singapore, SingNet, has had several of its users passwords
posted on a web site in the United States called SickNet. Acidgerm, the
perpetrator, claims to have many more passwords that will posted soon.
SingNet and CyberWay have blocked access to the site for their users and
have reported the incident to Singapore Computer Emergency Response Team
The Straits
Times Interactive
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contributed by sl33py
Sufering from delirium, mental confusion and hallucinations a 30 year old
Italian man was hospitalized after spending three days straight surfing
the web. (Ed: You must first build up your tolerance levels with
increasing exposure to the web before you can spend three days surfing.
Of course in this case the mans symptoms are probably from lack of sleep
and not web surfing.)
Nando
Times
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contributed by Anonymous
Cracked
We have recieved reports that the following sites have been
compromised:
http://www.ieetam.org.mx
http://www.networksecurity.org/
http://www.venezuela.gov.ve
http://www.ieetam.org.mx
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