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contributed by Mike Roaddancer
The Hacker's Defense Foundation, a not-for-profit educational
foundation, is looking for members of the Hacking Community to serve on
the interim board of directors. Applicants must be well established in
the Hacking community, have an understanding of the operations of
not-for-profit (503c) corporations, and have a desire in lending
direction in mission of the Hacker's Defense Foundation:
"The Hacker's Defense Foundation is a Not-for-Profit foundation
dedicated and committed to the advancement of the hacking community,
through education, of the social, political, and legal implications of
the uses of technology, and seeks to enlighten the public and law
enforcement about hacking community through education."
Interested parties are requested to email Mike Roadancer at
roadie@hackerz.org
The Hackers Defense Foundation
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contributed by Michelle
Internet security experts at the recent SANS Institute's annual
convention in New Orleans announced that they have discovered a new
Trojan Horse. This new Trojan Horse known as RingZero or Ring0.vxd
sweeps the internet in search of proxy servers. Once it finds one it
send the information off to another site for later retrieval. So far it
is estimated that only 1000 machines have been effected.
Union
Tribune
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contributed by SimonB
Electronic Pearl Harbor? According to Kevin Poulsen the US is still
waiting for its electronic Grenada. The internet has been weak and
vulnerable for over 20 years, since its inception, and we have yet to
see this 'Pearl Harbor' materialize.
ZD
Net
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contributed by Ender
A disturbing trend is emerging in computer crime across the United
States. With each computer crime comes a figure for damages and losses.
Not surprisingly, when media and law enforcement report these figures,
they are rarely presented as estimates. These figures are becoming more
and more unrealistic, reminding many of the Software Piracy
Association's ridiculous accuracy.
Aviary
Mag
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contributed by Numbers
Hong Kong officials are claiming that almost 13 million CDs have been
seized and 1800 people arrested for piracy this year. Officials
admitted however that pirate CD imports from China and Malaysia are
still a problem.
The
Australian
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contributed by Space Rogue
Yesterday HNN posted some of the more eloquent comments we received
from the recent MTV show True Life: I'm a Hacker. We have
received a few more comments that we have added to the page. We have yet another search engine,
CyberArmy, to the search page. We have
finally gotten around to updating the HNN
Store with some new products and of course don't forget to order
your HNN T-shirt.
Comments on MTV
HNN Search Engines
HNN Store
HNN T-shirt
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