This Episode looks at this weeks hacker news and discusses what Backtrack is and its new release, Backtrack 4.

 

 CrackerCast Episode 08 - BackTrack 4 [26:54m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Downloads 355

Today I was Googling the word “hacker” and came across a link to Google on first page. After clicking on the link I was really surprised to find the Google front page with every word in leet speak. Don’t believe me? Check it out:

I found this book very entertaining. It is a true story about a pack of teenagers that were thought to be responsible for the giant AT&T crash after being tracked by the FBI for some time. It talks about the whole hacker underground culture in the very beginning, mentioning the famous Legion of Doom (LoD) and Masters of Destruction (and later) Deception (MoD).

This Episode looks at this weeks hacker news and discusses DoS/DDoS attacks.

 

 CrackerCast Episode 07 - DoS / DDoS attacks [26:43m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Downloads 362

This Episode looks at this weeks hacker news and discusses why there aren’t many known female hackers.

 

 CrackerCast Episode 06 - Female Hackers [17:27m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Downloads 362

Who can ever forget Trinity in The Matrix as she attempts to track Neo’s presence in cyberspace using a laptop running with a UNIX operating system in a dark room? While she attempts to make contact, suddenly the door slams and enters three policemen pointing their guns at her. Unaware and unprepared she rushes to subdue the policemen making a daring escape from the Matrix. Very cool from the shades to the boots! Trinity embodies the perfect female hacker because she is smart, intelligent and very clever on top of being good looking.