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• Working in a network war zone

  Even before the CanSecWest security conference started, unknown hackers had given the hotel's high-speed network a case of the hiccups. By mid-week, the system was laid out flat.

• Hacker penetrates NY Times' network

  Adrian Lamo--the curious hacker who has hit such high-profile companies as Yahoo, Microsoft and Excite@Home--has struck again, this time gaining access to The New York Times' internal operations network.

• WinNuke: coming to a system near you

  A reincarnated version of the malicious program WinNuke has surfaced and can affect Windows NT, 2000, XP, and .NET by causing disruption and disablement of network communications.

• Intrusion detection is not intrusion prevention

  IT decision makers need to understand the differences between intrusion detection and prevention so that they can determine which type of product will provide the best safeguards for their systems.

• Wireless network security shows cracks

  The 802.1X security standard for wireless LANs has two gaping holes that will give hackers a field day, according to researchers in the US.

Blogs (8)

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  Hack a Linux router for fun and profit

  Why put up with the failure of your vendor to provide updates for your broadband router's firmware? Just do it yourself: Linux-style.

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  Baiting the Black Hats?

  The CIO of a rather large Australian company recently told me that the firm was happy with its security set-up but then quickly made a U-turn. Would that statement, on record, effectively lay down a hacker challenge?

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  BarCamp buzz: Let the hacking continue

  Attending last weekend's BarCamp in Sydney, it was hard to escape the conclusion that a certain "dot-com bust" flavour had seeped into the kool aid previously being drunk by Australia's web 2.0 and early stage start-up sector.

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  Is the hack more important than the hacked?

  It's not very often that a company gets hacked and then agrees to talk about the incident, so when the finance director of a Sydney-based firm asked if I would be interested in writing a story about a security breach that cost him AU$9,000, I grabbed the opportunity.

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  Admins stuck between a hack and a zero-day

  The world of IT security is in chaos, with CSOs seemingly on the front lines of a full scale global cyberwar being fought out by government hackers, botnet-controlling criminal gangs and compromised Web sites. Can we ever hope to keep networks safe in such an environment?

Features and Case Studies (234)

• IDF: Enterprise wireless networks secure at last?

  Two vendors have presented a solution to the very real problem of wireless network security--though it only works for the enterprise. One obstacle: wireless networking is 'like a drug'.

• Antenna to boost wireless security

  An optical antenna that uses a geometrically shaped lens promises to bring greater security to wireless networks for businesses, according to British scientists.

• WinNuke: coming to a system near you

  A reincarnated version of the malicious program WinNuke has surfaced and can affect Windows NT, 2000, XP, and .NET by causing disruption and disablement of network communications.

• Intrusion detection is not intrusion prevention

  IT decision makers need to understand the differences between intrusion detection and prevention so that they can determine which type of product will provide the best safeguards for their systems.

• Wireless network security shows cracks

  The 802.1X security standard for wireless LANs has two gaping holes that will give hackers a field day, according to researchers in the US.

Reviews (58)

• Naked network

  You may be enjoying the convenience of a newly installed wireless solution, but how many strangers are doing the same with your network?

• MS Palladium: A must or a menace?

  Microsoft's upcoming Palladium architecture for 'Trusted Computing' may secure PCs, but it also threatens to turn people's computers into spies.

• Networking for smarts

  In this product review, we look at tools that can monitor network performance.

• When does wardriving cross the double line?

  I was a teenage wardriver. If I were to make a movie about the events of last week, that's what I'd call it. Sounds pretty good, doesn't it?

• Four network maintenance tools tested

  We look at three hardware tools and one software tool for network maintenance.

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