NetFlash: Hackers: What are they thinking?

If security is a war with you on one side and hackers on the other, then you really ought to study your enemy – because the hackers are certainly studying you. Knowing what makes attackers tick is the first step towards guarding against attacks. This week Network World can help you take that step, through a package of stories that analyze three different (and real) cases, spell out common hacker motivations, and present the view of white-hat hacker Adrian Lamo. Hackers: What are they thinking? http://www.nwfusion.com/research/2004/0301hackers.html?net

If security is a war with you on one side and hackers on the other, then you really ought to study your enemy – because the hackers are certainly studying you. Knowing what makes attackers tick is the first step towards guarding against attacks. This week Network World can help you take that step, through a package of stories that analyze three different (and real) cases, spell out common hacker motivations, and present the view of white-hat hacker Adrian Lamo.

Hackers: What are they thinking?

https://www.nwfusion.com/research/2004/0301hackers.html?net

March comes in like a worm

Several new versions of recent worms are now bouncing around the Internet, as they have been adapted and “improved” to better dupe users and get past virus filters. Interestingly, it looks like the new versions are the work of the original worm authors.

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0301withbagel.html?net

SCO alters claim in IBM case, signs licensee

The SCO Group was granted leave last week to amend its case against IBM. Trade secret claims have been dropped, and replaced with copyright infringement claims, Blake Stowell, SCO’s corporate communications manager said Monday.

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0301scoalter.html?net

VoIP to be scaled down, untethered at VoiceCon

Vendors this week at VoiceCon will introduce IP gear designed to give small and midsize businesses sophisticated voice and data capabilities while converging all their traffic on one network.

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0301voicecon.html?net

Today at “Layer 8”

Details on the role Weird Al Yankovic plays in NASA’s Mars missions; North Carolina pranksters use the ‘Net to hijack a news station’s onscreen news ticker; the debut of this week’s very cool caption contest photo; and much more at your home for not-just-networking news, Layer 8.

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