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£35,000 hacking challenge cracked
News We continue to believe that these hacking contests are providing a public service to the industry," said Sandone, adding that the challenge has revealed an important operating system vulnerability. A team of computer hackers has captured £35,000...
[April 23, 2001, 14:44]
Avecho tempts fate with £10,000 hacking challenge
News In the past, many firms have crashed and burned with hacker challenges - in 2001, Argus Systems failed to pay a Polish ethical hacking group called 'The Last Stage of Delerium' prize money worth £35,000 for cracking its Pit Bull server.
[September 27, 2004, 13:10]
Avecho tempts fate with £10,000 hacking challenge
Talkback As if there isnt enough shit flowing around the Internet already, do we really need an email company promoting and rewarding "clever" virus writing ? This type of irresponsible behaviour helps to ruin the Internet for everyone, including themselves.
[September 27, 2004, 20:47]
Avecho tempts fate with £10,000 hacking challenge
Talkback Well--Yes. How else would you test an anti-virus product? Code-n-Pray? Additionally, assuming their offer is an honest one, I have respect for the way they stick their noses out there.
[September 27, 2004, 22:28]
OS X hacking challenge called off
News A Mac OS X hacker challenge apparently got a systems engineer at the The challenge would last until Friday, he announced. The contest was in response to an earlier challenge, which Schroeder said was too easy.
[March 9, 2006, 8:35]
SDMI hack popular despite Linux boycott
News A threatened Linux community boycott doesn't seem to be putting a chill on a hacking challenge sponsored by the music industry. It will release the results of the hacking challenge at its next meeting in Los Angeles in October.
[September 19, 2000, 13:18]
Nasa hacker loses final legal challenge
News Gary McKinnon has lost his legal challenge against extradition to the US to face charges of hacking Nasa and military installations. McKinnon has admitted hacking into the US systems, but has always maintained he was searching for UFOs.
[August 28, 2008, 13:17]
News Roundup: Infosec 2001 unfolds
News hacking challenge cracked This year's highlights have included keynotes on the latest hacking techniques, ways to protect corporate networks and mobile devices. Hacking threat goes mobile Thu, 19 Apr A live hacking competition that begins tomorrow...
[April 25, 2001, 15:15]
Linux tool turns your office into a supercomputer
News The project was driven by one challenge: the lack of time, said Sydney-based Pure Hacking, which specialises in penetration testing - the external probing of corporate networks to ensure their security.
[April 7, 2005, 10:05]
SDMI denies broken technologies
News Despite a boycott by members of the open source and Linux communities, the firm collecting submissions to the SDMI Hacking Challenge turned over 447 potential breaches on 11 October, three days after the contest ended.
[October 17, 2000, 9:45]
Hacking's not just for geeks
News As the term hacking has broadened to encompass a wider group of people, chief information officers will see more and more blended security threats within the next couple of years, according to one security researcher.
[June 19, 2002, 10:41]
Researcher discovers OpenSSH flaw
News For all security-related news, including updates on the latest viruses, hacking exploits and patches, check out ZDNet UK's Viruses and Hacking News Section. The vulnerability is in the "challenge-response" authentication mechanism in the OpenSSH...
[June 27, 2002, 9:24]
Hacking contest 'just hype'
News Marc Maiffret, chief hacking officer of eEye Digital Security was quoted as saying that the scare originated from "random loudmouths that get press coverage now and then". For all security-related news, including updates on the latest viruses...
[July 4, 2003, 10:04]
Mac hacking competition winner mocks Apple security
News Gaining root access to a Mac is "easy pickings", according to an individual who won an OS X hacking challenge last month by gaining root control of a machine using an unpublished security vulnerability.
[March 7, 2006, 9:00]
Can hackers crack million-dollar dare?
News An Australian company, that claims to have developed the ultimate security-proof system, will soon issue a multi-million dollar dare to the hacking underworld. Whilst everyone else is trying to solve the problem of hacking and fraud by using...
[December 6, 2000, 8:50]
Group cracking Xbox 'for the public good'
News A cracked encryption code could allow hackers to run homemade Linux software on an unmodified Xbox, satisfying a $100,000 hacking challenge funded by Michael Robertson, chief executive of Linux software company Lindows.
[January 15, 2003, 11:39]
Fresh Mac hacking competition launched
News Earlier on Tuesday, Schroeder said that most of the hacking attempts were from scripts and tools attempting to use common Web exploits, dictionary attacks against SSH, port scans and scans by security tools such as Nessus.
[March 8, 2006, 8:50]
Group ditches bid to crack Xbox code
News A cracked encryption code could allow hackers to run homemade Linux software on an unmodified Xbox, satisfying a $100,000 hacking challenge funded by Michael Robertson, chief executive of Linux software company Lindows.
[January 7, 2003, 23:06]
Don't broadcast info about Windows servers to hackers
News Throughout the Internet, it's easy to find a plethora of beginner's guides to hacking Windows. Once armed with your system information, they're ready to seek out the endless number of hacking sites to discover the exploits that exist on your servers.
[January 21, 2003, 8:14]
Nasa hacker has 'shut down', say protesters
News If found guilty of the hacking charges in a US court, McKinnon could face up to 70 years in jail under US anti-terrorism legislation. The US government alleged that McKinnon's hacking activities caused $700,000 (£350,000) worth of damage.
[September 3, 2008, 18:32]
