EC-Council has announced a total of 40 full and partial scholarships totaling US$100,000 for outstanding individuals who have contributed meaningfully in the IT Security domain and possess the desire to update their information security certification skills.
Due to a DDOS attack unleashed on Time Warner Cable, customers in the Southern California and National regions have had continuous internet outages. The attack was targeted at Time Warner’s DNS servers for a whole week. According to Time Warner, this attack will not be ignored, and they will prosecute. Below is the official E-Mail that was sent out to affected customers:
What is SSH? SSH is network protocol that is used to create a secure connection between two computers.
Today, there are only a few hacker zines left, and of those, only a couple are still by run by the “underground”. Many years ago, especially during the BBS days, hacking related zines were very popular. Hundreds sprung up, but only a select few became popular. In this post, I list a few of the currently run zines along with a list of the many zines that were written many years ago. It is very interesting to read them and see how the hacking community changed and technology evolved over time.