Tag: HNN

  • Have Script, Will Destroy (Lessons in DoS)

    [This was originally published on Hacker News Network (HNN), re-printed on Digital Mogul, translated to French, and mirrored on attrition.org. Images courtesy of Dale Coddington.] I began writing this article almost one year ago, after the onslaught of smurf attacks being launched against various networks throughout the Internet. At the time, the newly discovered Denial of Service…

  • Not Just a Game Anymore

    [This was originally published on Hacker News Network (HNN) and mirrored on attrition.org.] This is a follow-up to a previous article titled Is it worth it? Dispelling the myths of law enforcement and hacking, released on November 22, 1999 via Hacker News Network. Included with this article are several sanitized copies of various documents pertaining to computer…

  • Is it worth it?

    [This was originally published on Hacker News Network (HNN) and mirrored on attrition.org.] Is it worth it?Dispelling the myths of law enforcement and hacking A recent chat with an active web page defacer made me realize just how naïve some crackers can be about law enforcement (LE). Despite a large amount of cases being brought…

  • Why Your Network is Still Vulnerable

    [This was originally published on Hacker News Network (HNN) and mirrored on attrition.org.] You trust the security experts. Their books and articles about security are often the bibles of System Administrators. Their one paragraph biographies tell you of their ten to twenty years doing network security. They take on impressive titles of neat sounding companies…

  • The Newbie’s Guide to Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt

    [This was originally published on Hacker News Network (HNN) and mirrored on attrition.org.] Introduction Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt (FUD). We all live with it, and we’re all accustomed to it at one level or another: “Do I have enough insurance?”; “Did I leave the coffee pot on when I left for work this morning?”; “Will…

  • The State of the Net… if hackers were smart.

    [This was originally published on Hacker News Network (HNN) and mirrored on attrition.org.] You sit down at your work computer, ready for another day of work and Internet. Logging into your secure Windows NT machine, you check the daily mail and see that everything is smooth. No users forgot their password, no security alarms were…

  • Ulterior Motives (a look at shoddy journalism)

    [This was originally published on Hacker News Network (HNN) and mirrored on attrition.org.] Introduction Today, journalism has moved from shoddy to sleazy and demands correction and explanation. We are all aware of the deficiency in reporting on security and hacking and for those who have read stories in the past few months, you probably realize…

  • mv index.new index.html (a look at web defacement)

    [This was originally published on Hacker News Network (HNN), Hacker’s Club, and mirrored on attrition.org.] Introduction Browsing the web, enjoying your time, nothing better to do. Casual search for something interesting to read, or maybe even a little research for a project or term paper. Click here, click there, link from site to site. Some…