Want to stop a hacker? Handcuff them!

Way to go Boy George!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7746202.stm

Symantec Underground Economy report July 07 - June 08

Bank account details are the most requested item, followed by credit cards at varying prices depending on the completeness of the information package.
http://eval.symantec.com/mktginfo/enterprise/white_papers/b-whitepaper_underground_economy_report_11-2008-14525717.en-us.pdf

I know I hacked your systems, but I was doing you a favour!

This is not strictly a new argument for defending oneself against charges of hacking: a Romanian hacker claims he was doing a favour to the US Department of Energy, NASA and the Navy by highlighting vulnerabilities in their systems. He managed to escape a custodial sentence in Romania, let's see if that argument is also "heard" by US courts...
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/11/11/us_navy_hack_sentencing/
Is there some room at Guantanamo Bay still ?

UK Identities are worth £80.- according to a BBC report

Prices range from £5 to £80 depending on how complete the "package" is:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7732569.stm

Nigerian scam: do we ever learn?

Can you believe this?
http://www.katu.com/news/34292654.html
Greed, always a powerful force...

Best patch this one!

It is not often that Microsoft release so-called "Out Of Band" patches, so best apply this one:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958644

There are already worms out there exploiting this particular vulnerability:
http://www.sophos.com/security/analyses/viruses-and-spyware/trojgimmiva.html?_log_from=rss

Mr-T strikes Back

Just reading the ha.ckers blog and a link was given to the Master Reconaissence Tool (MR-T). http://ha.ckers.org/mr-t/. This is an ace tool that can be used for user education to show how much info is leaked just by going on the net!

Crazy Fool!

dD