Government, industry warn of mass hacker attacks on July 6

Government, industry warn of mass hacker attacks on July 6
Ted Bridis, The Associated Press 2003-07-02

The government and private technology experts warned Wednesday that hackers plan to attack thousands of Web sites Sunday in a loosely coordinated "contest" that could disrupt Internet traffic.

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Government, industry warn of mass hacker attacks on July 6 2003-07-02
bl0rf (3 replies)

Government, industry warn of mass hacker attacks on July 6 2003-07-02
Anonymous

Use 'defense in depth':

- Patch your OS and apps.

- Check firewall rulesets.

- Harden the OS on your servers.

- Implement intrusion detection systems.

- Review your data architecture, and look for vulnerable information (credit card numbers, customer information, etc.)

- Conduct vulnerability scans.

- Keep up to date.

- Change your passwords often.

- Make sure your backups are happening (and that you are able to restore)

- Conduct regular audits and vuln scans.

- Review and re-review your architecture, hardening, patch levels, user access levels, and firewall rules.

It's an on-going process.

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Government, industry warn of mass hacker attacks on July 6 2003-07-02
Hal Logan <loganh (at) mccfl (dot) edu [email concealed]>

Government, industry warn of mass hacker attacks on July 6 2003-07-03
Anonymous

Government, industry warn of mass hacker attacks on July 6 2003-07-02
Anonymous (2 replies)

Government, industry warn of mass hacker attacks on July 6 2003-07-02
Anonymous

Here's the contest site 2003-07-02
Anonymous (1 replies)

Here's the contest site 2003-07-04
Anonymous

Government, industry warn of mass hacker attacks on July 6 2003-07-02
Anonymous

Government, industry warn of mass hacker attacks on July 6 2003-07-02
Anonymous (2 replies)

Government, industry warn of mass hacker attacks on July 6 2003-07-03
WoLvERiNe

Government, industry warn of mass hacker attacks on July 6 2003-07-04
Anonymous

Too bad 2003-07-03
pl0it

Government, industry warn of mass hacker attacks on July 6 2003-07-03
jsvlrt (at) yahoo (dot) com [email concealed]

Government, industry warn of mass hacker attacks on July 6 2003-07-03
Freddie (1 replies)

Government, industry warn of mass hacker attacks on July 6 2003-07-04
Anonymous

website down: here's a copy 2003-07-04
jsvlrt (at) yahoo (dot) com [email concealed]

Government, industry warn of mass hacker attacks on July 6 2003-07-04
Anonymous