contributed by szone
You can win a measly $10,000 for penetration into web severs during tomorrows Hackers Zone competition organized in conjunction with Infosecurity Asia. This 'competition' of course is nothing more than an exploitation by the sponsors Conclave and Voltaire whose products will be 'tested'. The IP addresses of the boxes in question are 210.24.153.90 and 210.24.153.70. You need not be present to win. (I don't know about you but I have better things to do with my time than be advertising fodder for these companies. If they want a real world security assessment of their products let them pay for one.)

Internet Wire
Tech Web
Internet News
Nando Times

contributed by V10d
Following Monday's Crack of one of the web servers at whitehouse.gov officials removed the web site from the net. After an "Administrative Review" the server has been put back online.

HNN Defaced Pages Archive
CNN

contributed by Zhodiac
The J.J.F. Hackers team has released a advisory that covers problems in SSHD2 (up to version 2.0.11). The vulnerability describes a way to brute force a login/password.

J.J.F. Hackers Team

contributed by Simple Nomad
The Nomad Mobile Research Center has released an advisory that says that under certain conditions, Novell Netware 4.x is vulnerable to a denial of service that can crash multiple servers. According to Novell, the latest Service Pack will correct the problem.

The Nomad Mobile Research Center

contributed by Code Kid
Neil Stephenson, author of "Snow Crash" and sometimes known as the "Hacker Hemingway" has released a new book Cryptonomicon. MSNBC has a good interview/review of the book which indicates that this latest work will be a major departure from the previous "Snow Crash" and "Diamond Age"

MSNBC

contributed by Hisir0
A Japanese bill sponsored by the National Police Agency, the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications, and the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) has been submitted to the Diet after it was adopted at a Cabinet meeting on April 16. It is expected to pass the Diet by the end of June. This bill will outlaw unauthorized access to computer systems in Japan and will carry penalties of fines and imprisonment.

Asia BizTech

contributed by 1Di3h
A hearing of the House Judiciary Committee heard testimony from the FBI , The Department of Justice, and numerous software companies supporting proposed legislation that would toughen the penalties for makers and distributor of illegal copies of software.

Wired

contributed by cyberdiva
Yugoslavia Cut Off
We have received unconfirmed reports that the NATO action in Yugoslavia will next move to shut down all internet access to the country. BeoNet was reporting that the US Government had ordered the shut down of satellite feeds for Internet customers in Yugoslavia. This would be in direct violation commercial contracts with Yugoslav ISPs, as well as an attack on freedom of the Internet. Unfortunately we are unable to get any confirmation of this story.

contributed by Anonymous
Cracked
The following sites have been reported to HNN as cracked.
http://hfobr.com
http://middletown.org
http://www.arcon.ru
http://www.cyberflirt.net
http://www.vboard.com
http://armstrong.scu.edu
http://www.autosportmag.com
http://www.sba.oakland.edu
http://www.des.uwm.edu
http://ceis.ha.osd.mil
http://www.lakehurst.navy.mil
http://www.unitedalbania.com
http://www.middletown.org
http://www.unitedalbania.com/
http://www.asus.com/
http://www.cyberflirt.com
http://www.swisstennis.com/
http://directory.metro.org
http://www.artleather.com/