Honeynet Project
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Zombie PCs being sent to steal IDs
News Bot nets, or networks of compromised PCs, are increasingly being used for identity theft and installing spyware, a new report says.
Tags: PC security, Hacking
Solaris hole opening way for hackers
News Online vandals are using a two-month-old security hole in Sun Microsystems' Solaris operating system to break into servers on the Internet.
Use virtual honeynets to stop intruders
Techguide Ready to take a more proactive role in protecting against intruders? Instead of waiting for them to come to you, you can lure them in (and in some cases, catch them) by deploying a fake server or entire fake network called a honeypot or honeynet.
Tags: Applications and tools, Policy and management, IT strategy
Conficker flaw reveals which computers are infected
News Researchers find flaw in Conficker that lets them detect which computers have the legit Microsoft patch and which were "patched" by the worm itself.
Tags: Viruses and worms, Microsoft Corp., Security, Worm, Scanner, Honeynet Project, Tool, removable storage, Flaw, computer
Conficker postmortem: Hype distracted but threat is real
News Experts say media hype of Conficker worm may have distracted people from the real but less sexy threat--the ongoing, everyday risks on the Internet.
Tags: Viruses and worms, Security, Worm, Conficker Working Group, removable storage, computer, virus, network, researcher, Internet
Linux lasting longer against Net attacks
Insight Unpatched Linux systems are surviving longer on the Internet before being compromised, according to a report from the Honeynet Project released this week.
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Linux server OS
Linux lasting longer against Net attacks
News Small study of unpatched Linux systems suggests that fewer attacks, and better default configurations, means less risk.
Bot nets use Windows for wicked work
News Honeynet Project research finds that Microsoft's OS is the preferred vehicle for zombie armies.
Tags: Viruses and worms
Digital sleuthing uncovers hacking costs
News It took the intruder less than a minute to break into the university's computer via the Internet, and he stayed less than a half an hour. Yet finding out what he did in that time took researchers, on average, more than 34 hours each.
Honeynet Project sweetens hacker bait
News The security group announces its next generation of hacker traps, aiming to make watching network intruders easier.
Honeynet Project sweetens hacker bait
News Online vandals and network intruders used to finding easy prey on the Internet had better watch out.
Honeynet Project sweetens hacker bait
News The security group uses the Black Hat Briefings to announce its next generation of hacker traps, aiming to make watching network intruders easier.
Security expert: Storm botnet 'services' could be sold
News Use of encryption key for peer-to-peer traffic, researcher says, could allow creation of smaller networks--and "a lot more of Storm".
Tags: Hacking
Hackers say corporate security still poor
News Companies are paying more attention to safeguarding their digital assets, but the overall state of corporate data security is still poor, said hackers and security experts attending the CanSecWest conference on Thursday.
Honeypots get stickier for hackers
News If Lance Spitzner and the Honeynet Project have their way, network defenders will get sweeter on the "honeypot"--a traditional method of detecting online intruders.
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