L0pht's Anti-Sniff can only be used for good
News Computer security think-tank L0pht Heavy Industries on Monday released the first version of its Anti-Sniff application, designed to protect systems from covert network probing. But the launch got a mixed response from some.
[August 31, 1999, 16:47]
Anti-Sniff software inadequate - BugTraq
News Anti-probing software released by hacking group L0pht Industries on Friday has been attacked as inadequate by contributors to the well-respected security forum BugTraq at SecurityFocus.com One security expert from the Electronic Computer Science...
[July 27, 1999, 11:28]
Hackers may be snooping on you - Broadband scare
News That's the danger highlighted in a security advisory released on Wednesday by hacker-cum-security specialists L0pht Heavy Industries. The flaw affects Windows 95, 98 and 2000 as well as the SunOS and Solaris 2.6 running a network service known as...
[August 12, 1999, 11:43]
US Report: Notes open to Net attack
News L0pht Heavy Industries, a loosely-organised, Boston-based group of computer users known for turning up serious software flaws, issued an advisory last night describing a flaw that allows "anyone on the Internet" to access and alter databases on a...
[August 7, 1998, 9:20]
New security hole found in IE 4
News The L0pht Heavy Industries report details a method of compromising IE 4.0/4.01 involving a "heap overflow" when accessing a type of URL with the prefix "mk:". The report describes exploiting the bug as "complicated, but .nonetheless, do-able" and...
[January 15, 1998, 18:37]
IIS, Site Server vulnerable to hackers
News A security problem involving Microsoft Corp.s Internet Information Server (IIS) and Site Server products leaves data and files stored on those products vulnerable to hackers, according to WebTrends Corp.an Internet reporting and management vendor.
[May 10, 1999, 7:45]
CERT to disclose software flaws
News It may herald the end of a fight that has inflamed the security community for more than a decade: the Computer Emergency Response Team, or CERT, has endorsed a policy of open flaws in software that could affect security.
[October 9, 2000, 8:38]
Security expert blasts shoddy software
News "Do hackers have root [control] of all your systems? Well, yes, they do," said Mudge, the head of L0pht Heavy Industries -- a collection of hackers bent on improving the Internet's security -- during a Thursday keynote.
[July 9, 1999, 10:52]
MS plays down new IE4 bug
News The bug - a security hole in Internet Explorer 4.0 that allows malicious HTML code to be executed on a victim's PC, potentially running, changing, or deleting files - has not yet affected any users as far as Microsoft knows, said Dave Fester...
[November 12, 1997, 9:39]
A Year Ago: Microsoft plays down new IE4 bug
News Microsoft Corp.officials promise to supply a fix within 24 hours for an executable code bug they describe as "obscure. The bug - a security hole in Internet Explorer 4.0 that allows malicious HTML code to be executed on a victim's PC, potentially...
[November 13, 1998, 4:04]
Symantec hacked - UK boss says no war with hackers
News Symantec recently criticised one such group, Cult of the Dead Cow, after it announced its own plans to make anti-virus software. Aled Miles, Regional Director for Symantec in the UK and Ireland, admits the hack (hackers prefer to use the term...
[August 2, 1999, 16:52]
Does the media cause hacking? (part 2)
News Members of the Keebler Elves, a cybergang that hacked the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration's Storm Prediction Center site last week, disagree. Defacing a site to me is showing the admins, government [and others] that go to the...
[July 6, 1999, 8:47]
The Art of Intrusion review
Reviews In The Art of Intrusion, which is subtitled The Real Stories Behind the Exploits of Hacker, Intruders & Deceivers, Mitnick and Simon tell stories of cracks into everything from Las Vegas casinos to corporate networks, based on interviews with the...
[April 19, 2005, 16:30]
Security group defends 30-day plan
News A group formed to set rules for disclosing information about security flaws on Wednesday defended its latest revision and called for researchers to adopt its guidelines. The Organisation for Internet Safety (OIS) held a panel discussion at the...
[July 31, 2003, 11:05]
Does the media cause hacking?
News DEF CON, an annual strange brew of security experts, law enforcement officials, hackers and, yes -- "The Media" -- descends upon Las Vegas this Friday. The event will be televised. It will also be streamed on the Web, reported upon for newspapers...
[July 6, 1999, 8:33]
British hackers: Spotty teenagers they ain't
News One Brit hacker -- turned computer security consultant -- believes the stereotypical hack profile is way off. The image of the malicious teenager is really misleading. Most UK hackers are well educated and have jobs.
[July 16, 1999, 11:50]
Hackers whack ColdFusion users
News Last week, L0pht, a site that devotes itself to discussions on computer security, posted a warning about a vulnerability in the remote administration features of Allaire Corp.s ColdFusion Application Server.
[April 30, 1999, 8:05]
Symantec acquires @stake
News Symantec has signed an agreement to acquire @stake, a security consulting and software company, Symantec said on Thursday.stake will improve Symantec's consulting contacts -- six of the top 10 financial institutions are customers, Symantec said.
[September 17, 2004, 9:15]
Hacker Mitnick testifies before Senate
News In 20 years of hacking, Kevin Mitnick says he only once failed to penetrate a computer system. It was a computer system run by one individual. And this computer was in his home and it was in the UK, in England, and I was unable to circumvent the...
[March 3, 2000, 9:25]
