Hackers: BO2K 'child's play' remark draws fire
News "That does seem a bit glib," says Paul Brette of Data Fellows Anti-Virus in the UK. We are worried about the fact that it is open-source. We could see that being a big problem because polymorphic changes to the virus signature would be relatively...
[July 16, 1999, 16:07]
Cult of the Dead Cow releases BO2K
News The Cult of the Dead Cow on Wednesday released its controversial Back Orifice 2000 hacking tool over the Internet. BO2K, which debuted at the DEF CON hacking conference Saturday, is now available for free download at cDc's Web site.
[July 15, 1999, 8:46]
Back Orifice 2.0 going legit?
News "I think you can guarantee that there will be a 'Back Orifice for Dummies' book" -- That's what Cult of the Dead Cow (CDC) member Tweety Fish hoped would be one outcome of Saturday's blockbuster debut of the new, open-source version of Back...
[July 12, 1999, 10:16]
Cult's anti-virus notions laughable - AV industry
News After unleashing the Window's "administrative tool" BO2K last week -- itself hit by the CIH virus -- Cult of the Dead Cow, bragged that it is working on two more "security" applications, CDC Protector and CDC System Monitor, in the coming weeks.
[July 19, 1999, 11:37]
HACKERS - A ZDNet Special
News With all the fuss over Def Con 7.0 you could be forgiven for thinking that hacking is a uniquely American affair. You couldn't be more wrong. It may be less flashy and more polite, but hacking is alive and well in this country, and what's more, it...
[July 16, 1999, 17:15]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog Hola! Rupert to Earth, Rupert to Earth, come in Earth. Apologies for the hiatus in the diary, chaps, but sometimes a man's gotta do what a man's gotta do. In this case, a combination of successive Fridays spent either out of the country or out of...
[July 16, 1999, 18:36]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
News Hola! Rupert to Earth, Rupert to Earth, come in Earth. Apologies for the hiatus in the diary, chaps, but sometimes a man's gotta do what a man's gotta do. In this case, a combination of successive Fridays spent either out of the country or out of...
[July 16, 1999, 17:36]
