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Author Of Web Attack Tool Speaks
News While chatting online with ZDNet about last week's spate of Web attacks, "Mixter" -- a self-proclaimed "white-hat hacker" who created the Tribal Flood Network denial-of-service tool some believe is responsible for several of those attacks -- was...
[February 15, 2000, 9:08]
Did FBI Informant Turn To The 'dark Side'? Pt II
News Martin Roesch, a well-known white hat who writes software which detects hacker activity, has also assisted in government investigations. They are coming up to speed rather quickly from a technology standpoint," said Space Rogue, editor of the...
[July 13, 2000, 14:10]
Did FBI Informant Turn To The 'dark Side'?
News But Butler is not your typical precocious teenage hacker. The only place a hacker can use that part of the brain legally is in the government," he said. In fact, the two groups need each other, according to Kevin Poulsen, perhaps the second most...
[July 13, 2000, 14:00]
Microsoft Starts 'hackers' Blog
News At his or her core, a true hacker is someone who is curious and wants to learn how systems work," wrote Microsoft's techjunkie in the first posting on the new blog. Many companies employ constructive, or white hat, hackers to find vulnerabilities...
[August 28, 2007, 14:00]
Global Hell Says It's Going Legit
News We have grown up and realised that hacking gets you nowhere but locked up," says Mosthated, "unless you become a type of white hat hacker to hack for networks and businesses or being a consultant, which multiple people in gH have done.
[September 7, 1999, 14:10]
Special: Denial Of Service Round-up
News Mixter: I'm going to talk to the FBI The "white-hat" hacker known as Mixter, who is reportedly being sought for questioning by the FBI in conjunction with last week's Web site attacks, expects to talk with the agency within the next 24 hours, he...
[February 9, 2000, 14:45]
A Year Ago: Denial Of Service Round-up
News Mixter: I'm going to talk to the FBI The "white-hat" hacker known as Mixter, who is reportedly being sought for questioning by the FBI in conjunction with last week's Web site attacks, expects to talk with the agency within the next 24 hours, he...
[February 9, 2001, 6:06]
Roundup: The Summer Of Hacking
News Tue, 18 Jul The ex-hacker tells a capacity audience at H2K how he gained unauthorised access to phone companies' networks Thu, 13 Jul The notorious hacker's probation office changes its mind, giving Mitnick the green light to write, lecture and...
[July 13, 2000, 14:26]
The NASA Hacker: Scapegoat Or Public Enemy?
Talkback Without this hacker, all that information could be open to worse people who could use that information against countrys. Also there are "white hat hackers" out there who only hack for the good. And not all hackers are bad like the "script kiddies...
[July 28, 2005, 23:02]
Web Attack Manhunt 'impossible'
News It will be virtually impossible (to track the attackers down)," said a "white-hat hacker" who identifies himself as "Mixter" and who authored the Tribe Flood Network. According to the 20-year-old hacker and other reports, several of the packets...
[February 11, 2000, 8:20]
If You Can't Trust FBI-issue Software...
News It's from the FBI and I think they should get a certain level of trust," said "Space Rogue," a white-hat hacker and security researcher at @Stake "But I don't know if it is the FBI's job to post software.
[February 14, 2000, 10:29]
Is Hacking Healthy?
News For the typical layperson, the word "hacker" evokes a very specific image: a mysterious, malicious, digital intruder -- the PC-age equivalent of a cat burglar, waltzing through networks, past locks and alarms, to steal data at will.
[April 5, 2000, 13:42]
Breaking Windows For Better Security
News Like others in the hacker group - many of whom are known as "security researchers" in their professions - he noted that the relationship ended up being the collaborative sort. In a world where "white hats" are the security do-gooders and "black...
[June 21, 2005, 12:55]
Mixter: I'm Going To Talk With The FBI
News The "white-hat" hacker known as Mixter, who is reportedly being sought for questioning by the FBI in conjunction with last week's Web-site attacks, expects to talk with the agency within the next 24 hours, he said in an interview Monday with ZDNet...
[February 15, 2000, 8:58]
Mixter: A Hunted Hacker
News While the source, who asked to remain unidentified, could not say why the FBI wanted to speak with the self-proclaimed "white hat" hacker known by the handle of "Mixter," the coder did write a program known as the Tribe Flood Network, which could...
[February 14, 2000, 9:06]
Hacker Speaks Out On Security Basics
News Pacing up an down the stage in a non-stop information-laden presentation at Hack 2002, held recently in Sydney, the "white hat" hacker known only as Rain Forest Puppy (RFP) reeled off a litany of security holes in operating systems and...
[March 25, 2002, 10:10]
Microsoft Is Forced To Issue SSL Patch For IE
News Then a white hat hacker reportedly demonstrated that the vulnerability is easily exploited. But in an apparent contradiction of Microsoft's early assurances, a Reuters report said that a Swedish white hat hacker demonstrated an exploit of this SSL...
[September 9, 2002, 16:59]
RSA Europe: Microsoft Discusses Securing Applications
Blog Does it have APIs that are public - does it have web services - what are the ways a hacker could use those interfaces? Microsoft also uses white hat hackers to try and break into the products - and find the bugs and fix them before they are released.
[October 23, 2007, 11:04]
FBI Leads Cyber-vandal Hunt
News Denial of Service is becoming more sophisticated," according to a "white-hat hacker" working for security firm @Stake who identifies himself as Weld Pond. The FBI has launched a full-scale criminal investigation to apprehend the vandals who...
[February 10, 2000, 8:57]
Hackers To Release Anti-censorship Tool
News Their best known tools are BackOrifice and BackOrifice2000, which allow a computer hacker to take control of computers running Microsoft operating systems. The group behind the application is the Cult of the Dead Cow, a team of white hat (non...
[April 30, 2001, 13:29]
