Intruders are always looking for new ways to break into systems. They may attempt to breach your network's perimeter defenses from remote locations, or physically infiltrate your organization to gain direct access to its information resources. Intruders seek and take . . .
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This is the fifth part of the story of a community network that was cracked and what was done to recover from it. By this point we have realized that we must get the cracker off of our machines before . . .
Source: Linux.com - Posted by LinuxSecurity.com Team
This Linux.com article talks about a few of the sniffer tools that are available, and what can be done to detect their presence. "Sniffers represent a high level of risk because: they can capture passwords; they can capture confidential . . .
Source: Rootprompt.org -- - Posted by LinuxSecurity.com Team
Noel continues the story of when some Unix boxes that he helped admin were cracked. This article tells how they found the sniffer that the cracker was running on their network and what they did next. "We had thousands of . . .
Source: SecurityFocus [Thanks to - Posted by LinuxSecurity.com Team
This SecurityFocus article discusses configuring PortSentry, monitoring system logs, LogCheck and kernel security patches to improve the security of your Linux box. "This article focuses on several host-based intrusion detection systems that are available on Linux. In particular, I . . .
Source: Security Focus - Posted by LinuxSecurity.com Team
This paper, the fourth of the series, studies step by step a successful attack of a system. However, instead of focusing on the tools and tactics used, we will focus on how we learned what happened and pieced the information . . .
Back before there were hackers, phreakers ruled the underground. They may be making a comeback, to the chagrin of those on whom they prey. A phreaker explores the telephone system. Some are just electronic voyeurs who want to understand how . . .
Source: TechWeb - Posted by LinuxSecurity.com Team
The market for security consulting alone should reach $14.8 billion by 2003, up from $6.2 billion last year, said David Tapper, an International Data Corp. analyst. Indeed, as hackers become more sophisticated, the resources required to combat attacks will . . .
Source: CNN.com - - Posted by LinuxSecurity.com Team
"Both FBI investigators and private tech gumshoes continue to seek out the perpetrator of most of the recent Web site denial of service attacks. Stanford University network security administrator David Brumley and . . .
