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Here Come The Mac HackersHere Come The Mac HackersHere Come The Mac Hackers 03/22/2005 05:03 PM Every time a new virus or attack comes out, someone has to chime in with the comment "buy a Mac." Apparently that won't be good enough any more. Along with Apple's increased popularity comes the news that more hackers are targeting the Mac system for security holes. Yet again, the issue of security often has as much to do with how popular the system is as opposed to how insecure it may really be. This is a GrokNews Entry: (what is grok?)Here Come The Mac HackersGrok Headline matches for Here Come The Mac HackersWho Should Keep Out The Hackers?Who Should Keep Out The Hackers? 04/22/2004 01:35 PM hackershackers 08/12/2004 05:09 PM Hacker Pleads Guilty. The Minnesota man who spread a modified version of the MSBlast worm over the Internet last summer pleaded guilty on Wednesday and faces 18 to 37 months in prison. Hackers Take Aim at GOPHackers Take Aim at GOP 08/17/2004 05:45 AM Online protesters threaten to gum up the web servers of Republican sites at a time when they will get the most traffic -- during the GOP's national convention. By Noah Shachtman. XML HackersXML Hackers 04/09/2004 05:30 PM News .com reports on the need to secure XML and Web Services. Many years ago, David Megginson talked about new kinds of security vulnerabilities created by XML, primarily through it's careless use of external resources such as DTDs and entities, at an XML conference. At the same conference, first BoF meeting on SOAP was held. Since then discussions over security surfaced occasionally among XML geeks but no one else really noticed until now. The rise in the number of articles like this one is, IMHO, driven by security companies extending their reach into XML and web services market and not by increasing hacker activities against XML and web services. Vulnerabilities are real, thanks to careless adoption of XML and web service technologies by mainstreamers and the general lack of awareness by XML developers, but hackers are not likely to come knocking at those vulnerabilities. Why? Because, if vulnerabilities in HTML-driven websites and web applications are antelopes and zebras, vulnerabilities in XML and web services are like monkeys and gophers. Why would lions climb trees or dig into gopher holes when there are millions of more attractive preys? Of course, some hackers will come knocking but developers can easily move higher up the tree by using hardened manageable XML processors and web service engines which will emerge out of the glut of feature-happy, vulnerability laden XML and web service tools accumulated over the past 7 years. Education and awareness is what the market needs most of all, not expensive boxes or software peddled by security companies. I will add XML and web services vulnerabilities to my stable of post topics as well as discussing the real dangers of web services arising out of increasing ad-hoc dependencies among web service providers. Hackers getting new foeHackers getting new foe 02/14/2004 09:17 AM Hackers add Web, chat to PSPHackers add Web, chat to PSP 04/05/2005 10:16 PM All hackers are cowards!!!All hackers are cowards!!! 08/23/2004 12:28 PM Wholesale HackersWholesale Hackers 08/10/2004 09:04 AM Hackers Choosing MacHackers Choosing Mac 03/29/2005 08:00 PM The term “hackers” can conjure images of teenager misfits, breaking into your credit card account in order to get into porn sites on the web. But these days when you talk about hackers your talking about those programmers that can make software sing. They take open source code and turn it into main-stream applications. So what are hackers using for their “weapon of choice”? Well according to Tim O’Reilly from O’Reilly Books, andPaul Graham, author and programmer, it’s the Mac OSX. Why you may ask? Well according to Paul Graham in his essay “Return of the Mac”. All the best hackers I know
are gradually switching to Macs. My friend Robert said his whole
research group at MIT recently bought themselves Powerbooks. These
guys are not the graphic designers and grandmas who were buying Macs
at Apple's low point in the mid 1990s. They're about as hardcore OS
hackers as you can get. B&Q lets hackers do it themselvesB&Q lets hackers do it themselves 11/14/2003 02:53 PM ZDNet UK Nov 14 2003 12:52PM ET Hackers Take Aim at RepublicansHackers Take Aim at Republicans 08/18/2004 10:20 AM MS UK 0wn3d by hackers. AgainMS UK 0wn3d by hackers. Again 05/25/2004 02:40 PM Embarrassing defacements 'R Us Hackers targeting Mac OS X?Hackers targeting Mac OS X? 03/22/2005 07:02 PM Hacker attacks on Mac OS X are on the rise, according to a report from anti-virus software company Symantec... MPs want hackers behind barsMPs want hackers behind bars 07/01/2004 06:56 AM Arrests key win for NSA hackersArrests key win for NSA hackers 04/09/2004 04:07 PM Have hackers recruited your PC?Have hackers recruited your PC? 03/19/2005 03:09 AM As the security concerns mount, many people out there are likely unaware of one threat that could prove to be one of the most dangerous. This threat of ‘bot attacks’ is something that not only affects some users, but the Internet as a whole since it can slow things down so badly…. Direct and Related Links for 'Have hackers recruited your PC?' Hackers & PaintersHackers & Painters 05/13/2004 09:17 PM I'm looking forward to Paul Graham's Hackers & Painters; it sounds similar to the ideas that caused me to start Hack the Planet. (BTW Oreilly, can we have the table of contents in HTML?) Hackers & PaintersHackers & Painters 06/08/2004 03:16 PM School for HackersSchool for Hackers 08/02/2004 03:55 PM A presentation on how to be the first to exploit new flaws in Web server software was deemed "just as cool for white hats as for black hats" attending the Defcon 12 conference here over the weekend. The session offered new tools, as well as insight into the mindset of the so-called black hat, or malicious hacker, community, said one enthusiastic attendee, who works for a security consulting company that secures Web servers for the financial sector. The two presenters, German security consultants "FX" and Halvar Flake, spoke about taking advantage of new-found holes, known as zero-day Web-based vulnerability exploitation. Hacking Advice Finding vulnerabilities to exploit is real work, the presenters said. The large, packed crowd listened to them talk about "making script kiddies into real hackers," referring to novice hacker wannabes who simply use other hackers' tools to deface Web sites. The pair outlined the procedural steps of drilling down and finding Web server weaknesses--effectively offering tips to those who want to do so, but also providing knowledgeable warning to those who guard against such action.  News source: PCWorld.comRead full story... Should Hackers Get Their Own Logo?Should Hackers Get Their Own Logo? 10/29/2003 09:24 PM Ridgelift writes "Eric S. Raymond is proposing a new logo for Hackerdom. 'The Linux folks have their penguin and the BSDers their demon. Perl's got a camel, ... Superbug and HackersSuperbug and Hackers 04/21/2004 04:56 AM Hackers are like germs. You throw equivalents of antibiotics at them, they'll mutate into superbugs. For example, I doubt phishers will be tempted to hack Google to take advantage of AdSense Voluntary XSS vulnerability because they are getting enough loot from stupid phishing attacks to keep them happy. Once Microsoft Outlook, the main phishing delivery vehicle, is plugged and their gravytrain runs out, they will turn into superbugs to find other means of getting their phishing lures in front of the user's eyeballs. Oops. I am out of tea for now. Hackers on AtkinsHackers on Atkins 10/30/2003 11:46 PM Salon Oct 30 2003 10:50PM ET Hackers On AtkinsHackers On Atkins 11/02/2003 04:16 PM `Sean writes "Salon.com has published a story about Hackers on Atkins. Although going on a diet is the last thing on the minds of the stereotypical geek ... Great HackersGreat Hackers 07/29/2004 01:44 PM what defines the best hackers .. Paul Graham: Great Hackers paulgraham.com/gh.html Hackers of the Lost ArkHackers of the Lost Ark 06/15/2004 03:09 PM U.S. Military's HackersU.S. Military's Hackers 04/18/2005 11:09 AM Don't Get Googled by Hackers!Don't Get Googled by Hackers! 08/08/2002 09:55 AM BREAKING NEWS: The popular search engine houses a flaw in its toolbar that hackers can use to execute multiple tasks; Google responds with fix. Hackers: Under The HoodHackers: Under The Hood 04/20/2004 01:49 AM Hackers == Terrorists?Hackers == Terrorists? 07/26/2004 02:23 PM Google, Yahoo, Alta Vista, others under attack? Despite all the big IPO news about Google, the bigger news today is that it doesn't work. Slap on an age-discrimination suit while we're at it, and potential trouble for the IPO. Have Larry and Sergei finally pissed off the wrong people? Everday hackersEverday hackers 04/19/2004 01:29 AM Boston Globe Apr 19 2004 5:02AM GMT Hackers Jump On WindowsHackers Jump On Windows 09/16/2004 10:42 PM Techzonez Sep 17 2004 2:52AM GMT Hackers cite assassinationsHackers cite assassinations 05/12/2004 02:36 AM Colts Neck News Transcript,NJ-2 hours ago ... Scheck told the News Transcript that someone using an Internet Service Provider out of Switzerland searched on Google.de (.de stands for Germany) for the ... Google a favorite among hackers tooGoogle a favorite among hackers too 07/29/2004 10:17 PM Surfers looking for pictures of Halle Berry or a trailer of the latest big flick aren't the only ones turning to the search engine. A Verilog Introduction for HackersA Verilog Introduction for Hackers 03/06/2004 01:55 AM Designing your own chips, the silicon variety. That's something you do with millions, if not billions of dollars of equipment and large fabrication plants under ultraclean conditions. Well, isn't it? Actually, no. You can design your own chips at home with a PC using no more than about $50 of equipment and I'm going to tell you how with the absolute minimum of effort. Hackers Hall of FameHackers Hall of Fame 02/10/2004 11:57 AM Area 51 hackers dig up troubleArea 51 hackers dig up trouble 05/25/2004 07:22 PM Twilight Zone alarm Hackers at bay as defences improveHackers at bay as defences improve 06/24/2005 08:30 PM Arming Linux against hackersArming Linux against hackers 02/18/2004 12:12 PM Hackers getting harder to keep out:
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