What You Should Know About Firewalls

Saturday, March 8th, 2008

Scott Rolf knows trouble when he sees it. An IT director for a law firm near Cleveland, Ohio, Rolf was asked by a friend to check out the new Web site the friend had put up on a DSL-connected Web server. Rolf did more than just visit his friend's site; ...

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Web Sites Still Infected

Saturday, March 8th, 2008

More than 100 Web servers running Microsoft's Internet Information Services software are still infected with malicious code that was part of a widespread Internet attack, known as Scob, or Download.ject, that began two weeks ago, a security researcher says. Dan Hubbard director of security and technology research at Websense Inc., a ...

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Hack This Site 2 is now Open!

Saturday, March 8th, 2008

Hack This Site allows people to put their hacking skills to the test through a series of computer security challenges. Users are presented with fully-made mock websites, given a vague objective, and left to explore the security of the site on their own.http://www.hackthissite.org/ New Features: Realistic Missions User rankings and profiles Articles & Resources Forums Hall ...

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Hack This Site

Saturday, March 8th, 2008

Those of you who want to try your hacking prowess, yet avoid legal entanglements, can try out this site. A lot harder than I thought it would be, but very interesting. The only caveat is that you aren't allowed to share information about the levels. So if you figure it ...

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