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Web Site Attacks Are On The Rise
Nicholas Roussos writes "According to recent numbers from 2004, website attacks are on the rise, and many of them are being performed by mischevious school kids. Some of their favorite targets include U.S. government and military websites."
I couldn't help but notice that almost every site with a link in a slashdot article gets virtually nuked!
there must be a connection, but what?
A feeling of having made the same mistake before: Deja Foobar
Hello, I am a mischievous school kid.
... they're attacking slashdot too and posting dupes!
Want to improve your Karma? Instead of "Post Anonymously", try the "Post Humously" option.
.. and I would have gotten away with it too if it wasn't for you meddling kids!!!!
I bet we see this in 2005 as well.
What would really be news if we saw website attacks decline.
There will be a decline ... cut-backs and all, we had to lay off a lot of script kiddies and the rest is being outsourced to East Velcro.
A feeling of having made the same mistake before: Deja Foobar
What is her site domain? Maybe I could point some of the zombies and such who keep poking around my domains with a redirect to her website so SHE can go track them down.....
I Am My Own Worst Enemy
"Web Site Attacks Are On The Rise"
Tsssss... What is the world coming to when people get attacked by web sites. I still remember when we could co to sleep and leave the computer unlocked.
She sounds like a chick I'd like to meet! Bet I'd impress her by writing a virus and naming it after her.
I thought they were just w4r-h4rd3n3d AOL script kiddies!
It has become her all consuming hobby to track these folks down and allocate whatever government resources she can muster to prosecute intruders into her systems. Woe be unto those that intrude into one of Melissa's systems.
:(
She sounds like a chick I'd like to meet! Bet I'd impress her by writing a virus and naming it after her
I did it already... She wasn't impressed.
Use of "electronic mail" has increased.
-Randy
Whether they like being called schoolboys or not, it's what they are. Just because they have a political opinion that equates to "OMG W4R 15 B4D n0 Bl00d 4 01L LOL WTF" doesn't make me think of them as mature.
All movements for social change begin as missions, evolve into businesses, and end up as rackets.
I've got dibbs on her computational forensics skills first. Besides, she would likely not be happy to suddenly get a bunch of Slashers pinging her systems. Come to think of it, posting her IP domains might result in folks with sunglasses darkening my door. No way dude. :-)
Visit Jonesblog and say hello.
They have more pressing matters, I would imagine.
Timmy running some exploit he found on a site from 1999 isn't really on par with, say, the governments secret plan to infiltrate Slashdot, and discredit the community with dupes, mispellings, irrational arguments, and ads disguised as stories.
Website attacks are definitely on the rise. Last week, police arrested askjeeves.com for suspicion in a string of armed robberies.
Where does the school board find them and why do they keep sending them to ME?
Not many, particularly among female 15-16yr olds.
I'm not good in groups. It's difficult to work in a group when you're omnipotent. - Q
By empty-headed schoolkids bent on mischief. These attacks are called "comments".
web sites should be caged or leashed at all times, and large, aggressive breeds of web site should require a license. Also, teach your children never to tease web sites.
The evaluation of an action as 'practical' . . . depends on what it is that one wishes to practice.
shut up, i hack you!
the preceding comment is my own and in no way reflects the opinion of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
In Soviet Russia, Websites attack you!
Find a bunch of these l33t h4x0r5, then one day after school there's a rash of incidents like this:
A black van screeches to a halt at the crosswalk that 13 year old Brody Seminuk is standing at, the side door opens and men in black ski masks yank him off the sidewalk and into the van, in full view of his friends. The van jackrabbits away from the curb and the interrogation immediately begins.
MIB: WHO ARE YOU WORKING FOR!
BS: What?! I don't have a job!
MIB: DON'T BULLSHIT US! WE KNOW YOU'RE WORKING FOR INTERNATIONAL TERRORISTS!
BS: International terrorists!? But...! But...!
MIB: Don't lie to us boy! We'll beat the truth out of you if we have to!
BS: I don't know any terrorists! What are you talking about!?
MIB: You tried 32,812 times to break into www.edwards.af.mil!
BS: Oh shit!
Van stops in an underground parking garage, where Brody is shoved into a new van, with new interrogators.
MIB: WHO ARE YOU WORKING FOR!!
BS: I'm not working for anyone! I don't know any terrorists!
An old, battered van that has "Ed's plumbing" written on the side stops briefly and Brody is pushed out the back door, wearing only his underwear.
Friend 1: Dude, are you alright? We thought you were going to die!
Friend 2: They didn't rape you or anything, did they?
Brody: Got any money? I need a cab home.
Friend 1: Yeah, yeah, I have about $12.
Brody: call me a cab then.
Friend 2: What was that all about anyway.
Brody: Don't hack into Edwards. They really mean it.
Friend 2: You mean Edwards AFB?
Brody: Yes.
Friend 2: Um, what's that smell?
Brody: Shut up and dial.
"No problem. I have the capacity to do infinite work so long as you don't mind that my quality approaches zero."-Dilbert
She's at 127.0.0.1, and trust me, she's got an absolutely impenetrable Firewall! I can't see a thing in there!
Maybe I'll try a DoS or some buffer overloads.
In Soviet Russia, kids with computers go after the Bush Whitehouse!
Laziness, check. Impatience, check. Hubris, double check!