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Lithuanian websites hacked by Russians?

Last weekend, several hundred Lithuanian websites were defaced with pro-Soviet and anti-Lithuanian slogans, according to The New York Times. Read more »

IDC Web site defaced by 'eco-terrorists'

The Web site of Global IT research firm IDC has been hacked by a group purporting to be Brazilian environmental terrorists to serve a message urging people to take action over global warming. Read more »

Howard 'hacker' pleads innocence

The so-called "Howard hacker", who has apparently been reported to the Australian Federal Police, told ZDNet Australia that he is innocent of defacing the Liberal Web site. Read more »

Microsoft Web site hack details unveiled

An SQL injection is the most likely technique used to hack Microsoft UK's Web site. Read more »

Google flaw adds phishing hole to Web sites

A security flaw in Google's search appliances could expose Web sites that use the products to information-stealing phishing attacks, experts warned on Monday in the US. Read more »

Net worm using Google to spread

A Web worm that identifies potential victims by searching Google is spreading among online bulletin boards using a vulnerable version of the program phpBB, security professionals said on Tuesday. Read more »

SCO Web site attacked again

SCO, the ever-popular Unix company, has come under attack from hackers once again. This time they have replaced the front page of SCO's Web site with their own version that parodies SCO's legal battles over Linux. Read more »

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10 tech skills you should develop during the next five years

If you want a job where you can train in a particular skill set and then never have to learn anything new, IT isn't the field for you. But if you like to be constantly learning new things and developing new skills, you're in the right business. In the late 80s, NetWare and IPX/SPX administration were the skills to have. Today, it's all about TCP/IP and the Internet. Read more »

Protect IIS log files by moving them to a secure location

Internet Information Services (IIS) continues to be a favorite target for hackers. Make their job harder by moving IIS' log files to a secure remote location. Mike Mullins tells you how in this edition of Security Solutions. Read more »

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5 reasons restricting hacking is not like gun control

Nick Gibson [blogs:byteclub] -- Let's get it out of the way: Guns don't kill people, people with guns kill people. People with hacking tools can steal your personal data, shut down your system and deface your web site -- but is that any reason to ban them? Read more »

Website defacement and spam together at last

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- Fresh off the wires from IT Security firm Sophos this morning comes word of the hottest new trend in online pharmaceutical spam: linking to innocent, but hacked, websites which redirect to an on-line store. Read more »

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    Details have begun to emerge about the next versions of Visual Studio and Windows Server this week -- and the message from Redmond is to REST up Read more »

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  • Chris Duckett .NET looks to REST

    With news that REST will play a big part in the next version of the .NET Framework, it is timely to take a look at ADO.NET. Read more »

    -- posted by Chris Duckett

  • Renai LeMay Spellr.us needs a new dictionary

    One of the only Australian start-ups to present at the recent round of conferences in the US was Sydney-based spellr.us, which has launched a Web-based tool to check and monitor websites for spelling mistakes. Read more »

    -- posted by Renai LeMay

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