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• Spot the bot.(Tech Talk)(botnets)(Brief Article)

  - 2005-07-01

  A "bot" is a small software program that is often used on Internet Relay Chat IRC channels to gather information or interact with human users. Some bots on IRC are used by hackers to control "botnets," or a series of tens of thousands of compromised computers,...

  Tags: bot, Honeynet Project, INTERNET, IRC

• You Can Catch More Spies with Honey

  - 2003-05-01

  Tired of defending against bad guys? Instead, go on the offensive. At least that's the idea behind so-called honeypots?computer systems that are designed to lure evildoers and then record their every move. Think of honeypots as intelligence collection systems. Many hackers engage in routine scans of the Internet's address...

  Tags: attack, attacker, computer, Firewalls, hacker, Hacking, Honeynet Project, NETWORKING, PRODUCTIVITY, SECURITY, server

• Tracking Hackers: 10 Countries Create Dummy Networks to Attract 'Cyberhoodlums'; IEEE Security & Privacy Magazine Follows Progress of 'Honeynet' Project

  - 2003-03-19

  Business Editors/High-Tech Writers LOS ALAMITOS, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--March 19, 2003 Whether launched by kids playing naughty games, criminals seeking ill-gotten gain or terrorists looking to stagger national economies, attacks on computer networks pose a growing threat in our increasingly interconnected world. To safeguard the critical societal infrastructures these...

  Tags: attack, Editor, hacker, Hacking, Honeynet Project, IEEE, network, SECURITY

• The Miami Herald Chatroom Column.

  - 2002-03-04

  By Beatrice Garcia, The Miami Herald Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 4--HONEY POT SET UP ON WEB TO ATTRACT HACKERS: A group of South Florida IT security specialists have set up a "honey pot" to watch computer hackers in action and learn...

  Tags: AT&T Wireless, festival, hacker, Hacking, Honeynet Project, Miami, network, NETWORKING, SECURITY, SportsLine

• Looking under the black hat. (Computer Security).

  - 2002-01-01

  IN ONE FOUR-HOUR PERIOD LAST YEAR, a hacking tool that had been quietly uploaded to a computer connected to the Internet attempted to launch a scan of more than 900,000 systems; any systems that were found to be vulnerable to attack would likewise be compromised and used...

  Tags: attack, computer, Honeynet Project, Jones, network, NETWORKING, PRODUCTIVITY, Rootkits, SECURITY, tool

• Stealth Care for Networks

  - 2001-09-17

  Ryan Russell immediately recognized the characters scrolling down his PC screen. There, amid the arcana of Assembly language, were some Windows commands. They looked like part of the Code Red worm. But as Russell, an intrusion-detection specialist for Security Focus.com, an online security resource, wiped the worm from his machine,...

  Tags: computer, hacker, Hacking, Honeynet Project, network, PRODUCTIVITY, SECURITY