:-D -- David Harley BA CISSP FBCS CITP Director of Malware Intelligence, ESET
> -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Rob, > grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah > Sent: 02 July 2009 17:19 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [funsec] Don' see no "security expert's" round here ... > > Mitnick site targeted in DNS attack > > A Web site belonging to a "security expert" was compromised > after hackers managed to access a domain name server > maintained by the site's Web host and redirect visitors to > pages that displayed pornographic images. It was the second > time in the past few years that a security lapse at > hostedhere.net has allowed hackers to redirect the site, the > "security expert" told The Register. At time of writing, > domain name system records for Mitnick Security have been > restored, but some users continue to see the fraudulent Web > site because many DNS caches still show the incorrect > information. The "security expert" whined that, "My site was > redirected." The attackers never gained access to the server > hosting the "security expert's" site, and in any event, the > "security expert" gave the usual excuse that > the site did not contain customer lists or other sensitive > information. > > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/06/29/mitnick_website_targeted/ > > ====================== (quote inserted randomly by Pegasus Mailer) > [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] > Why do so many of America's young schoolchildren kill each other? > We asked Charlton Heston! > http://victoria.tc.ca/techrev/rms.htm > http://blog.isc2.org/isc2_blog/slade/index.html > http://twitter.com/rslade > http://blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/author/p1/ > > _______________________________________________ > Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. > https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec > Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list. _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
