[ 28 63 29 20 31 39 39 39 20 63 72 75 63 69 70 68 75 78 20 68 77 61 ] =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ========================================================================== = <=-[ HWA.hax0r.news ]-=> = ========================================================================== [=HWA'99=] Number 35 Volume 1 1999 Sept 25th 99 ========================================================================== [ 61:20:6B:69:64:20:63:6F:75: ] [ 6C:64:20:62:72:65:61:6B:20:74:68:69:73: ] [ 20:22:65:6E:63:72:79:70:74:69:6F:6E:22:! ] ========================================================================== "We see the stars that shine so bright, the stars made for us tonight... and all of it was made for you and me ...." - The Passenger (Iggy Pop) _| _| _| _| _|_| _| _| _| _| _| _| _|_|_|_| _| _| _| _|_|_|_| _| _| _| _| _| _| _| _| _| _| _| _| _| _| _| _|_|_| _|_|_| _| _| _| _| _| _|_| _| _| _| _| _|_| _| _| _|_| _| _| _| _| _| _| _| _| _| _| _| _|_|_| _| _| _| _| _|_|_| _|_| _| _| _| _|_|_| _| _| _|_|_|_| _| _| _| _|_| _| _| _| _| _| _| _| _|_| _| _| _|_|_| _| _| _|_|_| http://welcome.to/HWA.hax0r.news/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Web site sponsored by CUBESOFT networks http://www.csoft.net check them out for great fast web hosting! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= The Hacker's Ethic Sadly, due to the traditional ignorance and sensationalizing of the mass media, the once-noble term hacker has become a perjorative. Among true computer people, being called a hacker is a compliment. One of the traits of the true hacker is a profoundly antibureaucratic and democratic spirit. That spirit is best exemplified by the Hacker's Ethic. This ethic was best formulated by Steven Levy in his 1984 book Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution. Its tenets are as follows: 1 - Access to computers should be unlimited and total. 2 - All information should be free. 3 - Mistrust authority - promote decentralization. 4 - Hackers should be judged by their hacking not bogus criteria such as degrees, age, race, or position. 5 - You create art and beauty on a computer, 6 - Computers can change your life for the better. The Internet as a whole reflects this ethic. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= A Comment on FORMATTING: I received an email recently about the formatting of this newsletter, suggesting that it be formatted to 75 columns in the past I've endevoured to format all text to 80 cols except for articles and site statements and urls which are posted verbatim, I've decided to continue with this method unless more people complain, the zine is best viewed in 1024x768 mode with UEDIT.... - Ed =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= New mirror sites http://www.sysbreakers.com/hwa http://www.attrition.org/hosted/hwa/ http://www.ducktank.net/hwa/issues.html. http://viper.dmrt.com/files/=E-Zines/HWA.hax0r.news/ http://hwazine.cjb.net/ http://www.hackunlimited.com/files/secu/papers/hwa/ http://www.attrition.org/~modify/texts/zines/HWA/ * http://hwa.hax0r.news.8m.com/ * http://www.fortunecity.com/skyscraper/feature/103/ * Crappy free sites but they offer 20M & I need the space... 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Also shouts out to all our mirror sites! and p0lix for the (now expired) digitalgeeks archive tnx guys. http://www.csoft.net/~hwa HWA.hax0r.news Mirror Sites: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ http://www.attrition.org/hosted/hwa/ http://www.attrition.org/~modify/texts/zines/HWA/ http://www.ducktank.net/hwa/issues.html. ** NEW ** http://www.alldas.de/hwaidx1.htm ** NEW ** CHECK THIS ONE OUT ** http://www.csoft.net/~hwa/ http://www.digitalgeeks.com/hwa. *DOWN* http://members.tripod.com/~hwa_2k http://welcome.to/HWA.hax0r.news/ http://www.attrition.org/~modify/texts/zines/HWA/ http://archives.projectgamma.com/zines/hwa/. http://www.403-security.org/Htmls/hwa.hax0r.news.htm =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= SYNOPSIS (READ THIS) -------------------- The purpose of this newsletter is to 'digest' current events of interest that affect the online underground and netizens in general. This includes coverage of general security issues, hacks, exploits, underground news and anything else I think is worthy of a look see. (remember i'm doing this for me, not you, the fact some people happen to get a kick/use out of it is of secondary importance). This list is NOT meant as a replacement for, nor to compete with, the likes of publications such as CuD or PHRACK or with news sites such as AntiOnline, the Hacker News Network (HNN) or mailing lists such as BUGTRAQ or ISN nor could any other 'digest' of this type do so. It *is* intended however, to compliment such material and provide a reference to those who follow the culture by keeping tabs on as many sources as possible and providing links to further info, its a labour of love and will be continued for as long as I feel like it, i'm not motivated by dollars or the illusion of fame, did you ever notice how the most famous/infamous hackers are the ones that get caught? there's a lot to be said for remaining just outside the circle... @HWA =-----------------------------------------------------------------------= Welcome to HWA.hax0r.news ... #35 =-----------------------------------------------------------------------= We could use some more people joining the channel, its usually pretty quiet, we don't bite (usually) so if you're hanging out on irc stop by and idle a while and say hi... ******************************************************************* *** /join #HWA.hax0r.news on EFnet the key is `zwen' *** *** *** *** please join to discuss or impart news on techno/phac scene *** *** stuff or just to hang out ... someone is usually around 24/7*** *** *** *** Note that the channel isn't there to entertain you its for *** *** you to talk to us and impart news, if you're looking for fun*** *** then do NOT join our channel try #weirdwigs or something... *** *** we're not #chatzone or #hack *** *** *** ******************************************************************* =-------------------------------------------------------------------------= Issue #35 =--------------------------------------------------------------------------= [ INDEX ] =--------------------------------------------------------------------------= Key Intros =--------------------------------------------------------------------------= 00.0 .. COPYRIGHTS ...................................................... 00.1 .. CONTACT INFORMATION & SNAIL MAIL DROP ETC ....................... 00.2 .. SOURCES ......................................................... 00.3 .. THIS IS WHO WE ARE .............................................. 00.4 .. WHAT'S IN A NAME? why `HWA.hax0r.news'?.......................... 00.5 .. THE HWA_FAQ V1.0 ................................................ =--------------------------------------------------------------------------= Key Content =--------------------------------------------------------------------------= 01.0 .. GREETS .......................................................... 01.1 .. Last minute stuff, rumours, newsbytes ........................... 01.2 .. Mailbag ......................................................... 02.0 .. From the Editor.................................................. 03.0 .. Datashark's rootfest challenge................................... 04.0 .. HOW-TO Beat the ADS on FWP (Free Webpage Providers).............. 05.0 .. Even More Bad News about CESA ................................... 06.0 .. NSI Opens New Email Hole ........................................ 07.0 .. Security Focus Newsletter for September.......................... 08.0 .. PSS Packet Storm Security comes "back" online.................... 09.0 .. British Banks Suffer Blackmail Attempts ......................... 10.0 .. You Have No Privacy On The Net .................................. 11.0 .. Grade Changers Sentenced ........................................ 12.0 .. Another 'hacker' challenge....................................... 13.0 .. Mitnick, Encryption and the Law ................................. 14.0 .. Another 'hacker' challenge....................................... 15.0 .. 9999 Caused at Least One Problem ................................ 16.0 .. Japans Virus Infestations at Record Pace ........................ 17.0 .. Another Word Macro Virus Found .................................. 18.0 .. Croatia: News from Sla5h......................................... 18.1 .. Lawyer: Hackers Have Rights, Too................................. 18.2 .. Cracking for the Man............................................. 18.3 .. Moscow Mayor's Site Hackski'd.................................... 18.4 .. Anti Software Piracy Ads Entice Tattlers......................... 18.5 .. SERBIA THE FIRST CYBERWAR?....................................... 18.6 .. PCWEEK CHALLENGE SITE HACKED..................................... 18.7 .. "Got Root" Got rooted............................................ 18.8 .. Hotmail again.................................................... 19.0 .. ACTIVE X TROJAN.................................................. 20.0 .. ANALYSYS BY JFS - The PCWeek hack (Details)...................... 21.0 .. CALCULATOR IN THE URL............................................ 22.0 .. W97M_SUPPL....................................................... 23.0 .. WHO IS TO "BLAME"................................................ 24.0 .. LPAZ DEFACED..................................................... 25.0 .. VIRUS WRITING OUTLAWED........................................... 26.0 .. NETWARE 5 BUG STRIKES NSS USERS.................................. 27.0 .. TAGGED STUDENTS DEFY BIG BROTHER................................. 28.0 .. HOSPITAL SECURITY ISSUES......................................... 29.0 .. HOTMAIL STILL FAR FROM SECURE.................................... 30.0 .. THE GREAT FIREWALL OF CHINA...................................... 31.0 .. FTC CRACKS INTERNATIONAL PORN RING............................... 32.0 .. WINLINUX2000 Windows or Linux? can't decide? try this ... ....... 33.0 .. YOUR PC COULD BE TAPPED.......................................... 34.0 .. HOW THE FBI BAITED THE NAUGHTON TRAP............................. 35.0 .. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO LINUX.......................................... 36.0 .. 3com SNMP bug vulnerability...................................... 37.0 .. FreeBSD local DoS on network by unpriviledged user using setsockopt() 38.0 .. BSD:Three ftp daemons in ports vulnerable to attack.............. 39.0 .. Two SuSE 6.2 local root exploits................................. 40.0 .. Microsoft Security Bulletin (MS99-034)........................... 41.0 .. SCO 5.0.5 lpr local root exploit................................. 42.0 .. Remote bufferoverflow exploit for ftpd from AIX 4.3.2 running on an RS6000 43.0 .. SDI AMD remote exploit for RH linux.............................. 44.0 .. Spoofed Id in Bluestone Sapphire/Web............................. 45.0 .. FreeBSD-SA-99:01: BSD File Flags and Programming Techniques...... 46.0 .. Cisco and Nmap Dos............................................... 47.0 .. Vixie Crontab exploit code....................................... 48.0 .. Exploiting DCOM to gain Administrative rights on Windows NT 4.... 49.0 .. linux tty hijacker by typo/teso.................................. 50.0 .. Various Vulnerabilities in CDE................................... 51.0 .. elm filter program bug........................................... 52.0 .. Accept overflow on Netscape Enterprise Server 3.6 SP2 ........... 53.0 .. Serv-U Ver2.5 FTPd Win9x/NT Exploit.............................. 54.0 .. HPSBUX9908-102 Security Vulnerability in rpc.cmsd................ 55.0 .. IE 5.0 security vulnerabilities - ImportExportFavorites.......... 56.0 .. libtermcap<2.0.8-15 sploit by typo@scene.at...................... 57.0 .. Various buffer overflows in Windows POP3/SMTP servers............ 58.0 .. NetBSD 1.4.1 local DoS........................................... 59.0 .. Netscape communicator 4.06J, 4.5J-4.6J, 4.61e Buffer Overflow.... 60.0 .. FreeBSD NFS Exploit.............................................. 61.0 .. Using Nmap for RPC vulnerability................................. 62.0 .. Clarification of the Nmap/Cisco DoS problem...................... 63.0 .. 19 SCO 5.0.5+Skunware98 buffer overflows......................... 64.0 .. SDI anonymous remote exploit for proftpd......................... 65.0 .. KKIS19990914.004b: ShareDream - shared memory - ipc vulnerability 66.0 .. TenFour TFS SMTP 3.2 Buffer Overflow............................. 67.0 .. Solaris 2.7 /usr/bin/mail exploit/buffer overflow vulnerability.. 68.0 .. remote DoS against inetd and ssh................................. 69.0 .. Sun Security Bulletin #00189..................................... 70.0 .. VLAN Security holes in cisco catalyst............................ 71.0 .. Wingates list.................................................... 72.0 .. US Army Uses BO2K ............................................... 73.0 .. India And Pakistan Duke It Out In Cyberspace .................... 74.0 .. Czech Bank Threatened by Cyber Terrorists ....................... 75.0 .. 'Post Mortem' of Nasdaq Released ................................ 76.0 .. DoD Creates Y2K-Alert Levels In case of Sneak Attack ............ 77.0 .. Another Java Hole in Hotmail .................................... 78.0 .. Microsoft Launches New Piracy Initiative ........................ 79.0 .. Online Investors at Serious Risk ................................ 80.0 .. Leapfrog 1.0 Released Today (Source included).................... 81.0 .. Working for the Man ............................................. 82.0 .. NAI Prepares Security Product of the Future ..................... 83.0 .. Mitnick Release Date Set ........................................ 84.0 .. FCC Gives Final Ruling on CALEA ................................. 85.0 .. Year 2000? How About 2038? ...................................... =--------------------------------------------------------------------------= AD.S .. Post your site ads or etc here, if you can offer something in return thats tres cool, if not we'll consider ur ad anyways so send it in. ads for other zines are ok too btw just mention us in yours, please remember to include links and an email contact. Corporate ads will be considered also and if your company wishes to donate to or participate in the upcoming Canc0n99 event send in your suggestions and ads now...n.b date and time may be pushed back join mailing list for up to date information....................................... Current dates: POSTPONED til further notice, place: TBA.. ................. Ha.Ha .. Humour and puzzles ............................................ Hey You!........................................................ =------=........................................................ Send in humour for this section! I need a laugh and its hard to find good stuff... ;)........................................... SITE.1 .. Featured site, ................................................. H.W .. Hacked Websites ............................................... A.0 .. APPENDICES...................................................... A.1 .. PHACVW linx and references...................................... =--------------------------------------------------------------------------= @HWA'99 00.0 (C) COPYRIGHT, (K)OPYWRONG, COPYLEFT? V2.0 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ THE OPINIONS OF THE WRITERS DO NOT NECESSARILY REFLECT THE OPINIONS OF THE PUBLISHERS AND VICE VERSA IN FACT WE DUNNO WTF IS GONNA TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS, I'M NOT DOING IT (LOTS OF ME EITHER'S RESOUND IN THE BACKGROUND) SO UHM JUST READ IT AND IF IT BUGS YOU WELL TFS (SEE FAQ). Important semi-legalese and license to redistribute: YOU MAY DISTRIBUTE THIS ZINE WITHOUT PERMISSION FROM MYSELF AND ARE GRANTED THE RIGHT TO QUOTE ME OR THE CONTENTS OF THE ZINE SO LONG AS Cruciphux AND/OR HWA.hax0r.news ARE MENTIONED IN YOUR WRITING. LINK'S ARE NOT NECESSARY OR EXPECTED BUT ARE APPRECIATED the current link is http://welcome.to/HWA.hax0r.news IT IS NOT MY INTENTION TO VIOLATE ANYONE'S COPYRIGHTS OR BREAK ANY NETIQUETTE IN ANY WAY IF YOU FEEL I'VE DONE THAT PLEASE EMAIL ME PRIVATELY current email cruciphux@dok.org THIS DOES NOT CONSTITUTE ANY LEGAL RIGHTS, IN THIS COUNTRY ALL WORKS ARE (C) AS SOON AS COMMITTED TO PAPER OR DISK, IF ORIGINAL THE LAYOUT AND COMMENTARIES ARE THEREFORE (C) WHICH MEANS: I RETAIN ALL RIGHTS, BUT I GIVE YOU THE RIGHT TO READ, QUOTE AND REDISTRIBUTE/MIRROR. - EoD Although this file and all future issues are now copyright, some of the content holds its own copyright and these are printed and respected. News is news so i'll print any and all news but will quote sources when the source is known, if its good enough for CNN its good enough for me. And i'm doing it for free on my own time so pfffft. :) No monies are made or sought through the distribution of this material. If you have a problem or concern email me and we'll discuss it. cruciphux@dok.org Cruciphux [C*:.] 00.1 CONTACT INFORMATION AND MAIL DROP ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Wahoo, we now have a mail-drop, if you are outside of the U.S.A or Canada / North America (hell even if you are inside ..) and wish to send printed matter like newspaper clippings a subscription to your cool foreign hacking zine or photos, small non-explosive packages or sensitive information etc etc well, now you can. (w00t) please no more inflatable sheep or plastic dog droppings, or fake vomit thanks. Send all goodies to: HWA NEWS P.O BOX 44118 370 MAIN ST. NORTH BRAMPTON, ONTARIO CANADA L6V 4H5 WANTED!: POSTCARDS! YESH! POSTCARDS, I COLLECT EM so I know a lot of you are ~~~~~~~ reading this from some interesting places, make my day and get a mention in the zine, send in a postcard, I realize that some places it is cost prohibitive but if you have the time and money be a cool dude / gal and send a poor guy a postcard preferably one that has some scenery from your place of residence for my collection, I collect stamps too so you kill two birds with one stone by being cool and mailing in a postcard, return address not necessary, just a "hey guys being cool in Bahrain, take it easy" will do ... ;-) thanx. Ideas for interesting 'stuff' to send in apart from news: - Photo copies of old system manual front pages (optionally signed by you) ;-) - Photos of yourself, your mom, sister, dog and or cat in a NON compromising position plz I don't want pr0n. - Picture postcards - CD's 3.5" disks, Zip disks, 5.25" or 8" floppies, Qic40/80/100-250 tapes with hack/security related archives, logs, irc logs etc on em. - audio or video cassettes of yourself/others etc of interesting phone fun or social engineering examples or transcripts thereof. Stuff you can email: - Prank phone calls in .ram or .mp* format - Fone tones and security announcements from PBX's etc - fun shit you sampled off yer scanner (relevant stuff only like #2600 meeting activities) - reserved for one smiley face -> :-) <- - PHACV lists of files that you have or phac cd's you own (we have a burner, *g*) - burns of phac cds (email first to make sure we don't already have em) - Any and all telephone sounds/tones/beeps/trunk drops/line tests/etc in .ram etc format or .mp* If you still can't think of anything you're probably not that interesting a person after all so don't worry about it Our current email: Submissions/zine gossip.....: hwa@press.usmc.net Private email to editor.....: cruciphux@dok.org Distribution/Website........: sas72@usa.net Websites; sAs72.......................: http://members.tripod.com/~sAs72/ Cruciphux...................: http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Lair/8913/ @HWA 00.2 Sources *** ~~~~~~~~~~~ Sources can be some, all, or none of the following (by no means complete nor listed in any degree of importance) Unless otherwise noted, like msgs from lists or news from other sites, articles and information is compiled and or sourced by Cruciphux no copyright claimed. News & I/O zine ................. http://www.antionline.com/ Back Orifice/cDc..................http://www.cultdeadcow.com/ News site (HNN) .....,............http://www.hackernews.com/ Help Net Security.................http://net-security.org/ News,Advisories,++ .(lophtcrack)..http://www.l0pht.com/ NewsTrolls .(daily news ).........http://www.newstrolls.com/ News + Exploit archive ...........http://www.rootshell.com/beta/news.html CuD Computer Underground Digest...http://www.soci.niu.edu/~cudigest News site+........................http://www.zdnet.com/ News site+Security................http://www.gammaforce.org/ News site+Security................http://www.projectgamma.com/ News site+Security................http://securityhole.8m.com/ News site+Security related site...http://www.403-security.org/ *DOWN* News/Humour site+ ................http://www.innerpulse.com News/Techie news site.............http://www.slashdot.org +Various mailing lists and some newsgroups, such as ... +other sites available on the HNN affiliates page, please see http://www.hackernews.com/affiliates.html as they seem to be popping up rather frequently ... http://www.the-project.org/ .. IRC list/admin archives http://www.anchordesk.com/ .. Jesse Berst's AnchorDesk alt.hackers.malicious alt.hackers alt.2600 BUGTRAQ ISN security mailing list ntbugtraq <+others> NEWS Agencies, News search engines etc: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ http://www.cnn.com/SEARCH/ http://www.foxnews.com/search/cgi-bin/search.cgi?query=hack&days=0&wires=0&startwire=0 http://www.news.com/Searching/Results/1,18,1,00.html?querystr=hack http://www.ottawacitizen.com/business/ http://search.yahoo.com.sg/search/news_sg?p=hack http://www.washingtonpost.com/cgi-bin/search?DB_NAME=WPlate&TOTAL_HITLIST=20&DEFAULT_OPERATOR=AND&headline=&WITHIN_FIELD_NAME=.lt.event_date&WITHIN_DAYS=0&description=hack http://www.zdnet.com/zdtv/cybercrime/ http://www.zdnet.com/zdtv/cybercrime/chaostheory/ (Kevin Poulsen's Column) NOTE: See appendices for details on other links. http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_254000/254236.stm http://freespeech.org/eua/ Electronic Underground Affiliation http://ech0.cjb.net ech0 Security http://axon.jccc.net/hir/ Hackers Information Report http://net-security.org Net Security http://www.403-security.org Daily news and security related site Submissions/Hints/Tips/Etc ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ All submissions that are `published' are printed with the credits you provide, if no response is received by a week or two it is assumed that you don't care wether the article/email is to be used in an issue or not and may be used at my discretion. Looking for: Good news sites that are not already listed here OR on the HNN affiliates page at http://www.hackernews.com/affiliates.html Magazines (complete or just the articles) of breaking sekurity or hacker activity in your region, this includes telephone phraud and any other technological use, abuse hole or cool thingy. ;-) cut em out and send it to the drop box. - Ed Mailing List Subscription Info (Far from complete) Feb 1999 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~ ISS Security mailing list faq : http://www.iss.net/iss/maillist.html THE MOST READ: BUGTRAQ - Subscription info ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ What is Bugtraq? Bugtraq is a full-disclosure UNIX security mailing list, (see the info file) started by Scott Chasin . To subscribe to bugtraq, send mail to listserv@netspace.org containing the message body subscribe bugtraq. I've been archiving this list on the web since late 1993. It is searchable with glimpse and archived on-the-fly with hypermail. Searchable Hypermail Index; http://www.eecs.nwu.edu/~jmyers/bugtraq/index.html Link About the Bugtraq mailing list ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The following comes from Bugtraq's info file: This list is for *detailed* discussion of UNIX security holes: what they are, how to exploit, and what to do to fix them. This list is not intended to be about cracking systems or exploiting their vulnerabilities. It is about defining, recognizing, and preventing use of security holes and risks. Please refrain from posting one-line messages or messages that do not contain any substance that can relate to this list`s charter. I will allow certain informational posts regarding updates to security tools, documents, etc. But I will not tolerate any unnecessary or nonessential "noise" on this list. Please follow the below guidelines on what kind of information should be posted to the Bugtraq list: + Information on Unix related security holes/backdoors (past and present) + Exploit programs, scripts or detailed processes about the above + Patches, workarounds, fixes + Announcements, advisories or warnings + Ideas, future plans or current works dealing with Unix security + Information material regarding vendor contacts and procedures + Individual experiences in dealing with above vendors or security organizations + Incident advisories or informational reporting Any non-essential replies should not be directed to the list but to the originator of the message. Please do not "CC" the bugtraq reflector address if the response does not meet the above criteria. Remember: YOYOW. You own your own words. This means that you are responsible for the words that you post on this list and that reproduction of those words without your permission in any medium outside the distribution of this list may be challenged by you, the author. For questions or comments, please mail me: chasin@crimelab.com (Scott Chasin) Crypto-Gram ~~~~~~~~~~~ CRYPTO-GRAM is a free monthly newsletter providing summaries, analyses, insights, and commentaries on cryptography and computer security. To subscribe, visit http://www.counterpane.com/crypto-gram.html or send a blank message to crypto-gram-subscribe@chaparraltree.com.  To unsubscribe, visit http://www.counterpane.com/unsubform.html.  Back issues are available on http://www.counterpane.com. CRYPTO-GRAM is written by Bruce Schneier.  Schneier is president of Counterpane Systems, the author of "Applied Cryptography," and an inventor of the Blowfish, Twofish, and Yarrow algorithms.  He served on the board of the International Association for Cryptologic Research, EPIC, and VTW.  He is a frequent writer and lecturer on cryptography. CUD Computer Underground Digest ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This info directly from their latest ish: Computer underground Digest    Sun  14 Feb, 1999   Volume 11 : Issue 09                             ISSN  1004-042X        Editor: Jim Thomas (cudigest@sun.soci.niu.edu)        News Editor: Gordon Meyer (gmeyer@sun.soci.niu.edu)        Archivist: Brendan Kehoe        Poof Reader:   Etaion Shrdlu, Jr.        Shadow-Archivists: Dan Carosone / Paul Southworth                           Ralph Sims / Jyrki Kuoppala                           Ian Dickinson        Cu Digest Homepage: http://www.soci.niu.edu/~cudigest [ISN] Security list ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This is a low volume list with lots of informative articles, if I had my way i'd reproduce them ALL here, well almost all .... ;-) - Ed Subscribe: mail majordomo@repsec.com with "subscribe isn". @HWA 00.3 THIS IS WHO WE ARE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Some HWA members and Legacy staff ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ cruciphux@dok.org.........: currently active/editorial darkshadez@ThePentagon.com: currently active/man in black fprophet@dok.org..........: currently active/IRC+ man in black sas72@usa.net ............. currently active/IRC+ distribution vexxation@usa.net ........: currently active/IRC+ proof reader/grrl in black dicentra...(email withheld): IRC+ grrl in black eentity ...( '' '' ): Currently active/IRC+ man in black Foreign Correspondants/affiliate members ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Qubik ............................: United Kingdom D----Y ...........................: USA/world media HWA members ......................: World Media Past Foreign Correspondants (currently inactive or presumed dead) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sla5h.............................: Croatia N0Portz ..........................: Australia system error .....................: Indonesia Wile (wile coyote) ...............: Japan/the East Ruffneck ........................: Netherlands/Holland Wyze1.............................: South Africa Please send in your sites for inclusion here if you haven't already also if you want your emails listed send me a note ... - Ed Spikeman's site is down as of this writing, if it comes back online it will be posted here. http://www.hackerlink.or.id/ ............ System Error's site (in Indonesian) Sla5h's email: smuddo@yahoo.com ******************************************************************* *** /join #HWA.hax0r.news on EFnet the key is `zwen' *** ******************************************************************* :-p 1. We do NOT work for the government in any shape or form.Unless you count paying taxes ... in which case we work for the gov't in a BIG WAY. :-/ 2. MOSTLY Unchanged since issue #1, although issues are a digest of recent news events its a good idea to check out issue #1 at least and possibly also the Xmas issue for a good feel of what we're all about otherwise enjoy - Ed ... @HWA 00.4 Whats in a name? why HWA.hax0r.news?? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Well what does HWA stand for? never mind if you ever find out I may have to get those hax0rs from 'Hackers' or the Pretorians after you. In case you couldn't figure it out hax0r is "new skewl" and although it is laughed at, shunned, or even pidgeon holed with those 'dumb leet (l33t?) dewds' this is the state of affairs. It ain't Stephen Levy's HACKERS anymore. BTW to all you up and comers, i'd highly recommend you get that book. Its almost like buying a clue. Anyway..on with the show .. - Editorial staff @HWA 00.5 HWA FAQ v1.0 Feb 13th 1999 (Abridged & slightly updated again) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Also released in issue #3. (revised) check that issue for the faq it won't be reprinted unless changed in a big way with the exception of the following excerpt from the FAQ, included to assist first time readers: Some of the stuff related to personal useage and use in this zine are listed below: Some are very useful, others attempt to deny the any possible attempts at eschewing obfuscation by obsucuring their actual definitions. @HWA - see EoA ;-) != - Mathematical notation "is not equal to" or "does not equal" ASC(247) "wavey equals" sign means "almost equal" to. If written an =/= (equals sign with a slash thru it) also means !=, =< is Equal to or less than and => is equal to or greater than (etc, this aint fucking grade school, cripes, don't believe I just typed all that..) AAM - Ask a minor (someone under age of adulthood, usually <16, <18 or <21) AOL - A great deal of people that got ripped off for net access by a huge clueless isp with sekurity that you can drive buses through, we're not talking Kung-Fu being none too good here, Buy-A-Kloo maybe at the least they could try leasing one?? *CC - 1 - Credit Card (as in phraud) 2 - .cc is COCOS (Keeling) ISLANDS butthey probably accept cc's CCC - Chaos Computer Club (Germany) *CON - Conference, a place hackers crackers and hax0rs among others go to swap ideas, get drunk, swap new mad inphoz, get drunk, swap gear, get drunk watch videos and seminars, get drunk, listen to speakers, and last but not least, get drunk. *CRACKER - 1 . Someone who cracks games, encryption or codes, in popular hacker speak he's the guy that breaks into systems and is often (but by no means always) a "script kiddie" see pheer 2 . An edible biscuit usually crappy tasting without a nice dip, I like jalapeno pepper dip or chives sour cream and onion, yum - Ed Ebonics - speaking like a rastafarian or hip dude of colour also wigger Vanilla Ice is a wigger, The Beastie Boys and rappers speak using ebonics, speaking in a dark tongue ... being ereet, see pheer EoC - End of Commentary EoA - End of Article or more commonly @HWA EoF - End of file EoD - End of diatribe (AOL'ers: look it up) FUD - Coined by Unknown and made famous by HNN - "Fear uncertainty and doubt", usually in general media articles not high brow articles such as ours or other HNN affiliates ;) du0d - a small furry animal that scurries over keyboards causing people to type weird crap on irc, hence when someone says something stupid or off topic 'du0d wtf are you talkin about' may be used. *HACKER - Read Stephen Levy's HACKERS for the true definition, then see HAX0R *HAX0R - 1 - Cracker, hacker wannabe, in some cases a true hacker, this is difficult to define, I think it is best defined as pop culture's view on The Hacker ala movies such as well erhm "Hackers" and The Net etc... usually used by "real" hackers or crackers in a derogatory or slang humorous way, like 'hax0r me some coffee?' or can you hax0r some bread on the way to the table please?' 2 - A tool for cutting sheet metal. HHN - Maybe a bit confusing with HNN but we did spring to life around the same time too, HWA Hax0r News.... HHN is a part of HNN .. and HNN as a proper noun means the hackernews site proper. k? k. ;& HNN - Hacker News Network and its affiliates http://www.hackernews.com/affiliates.html J00 - "you"(as in j00 are OWN3D du0d) - see 0wn3d MFI/MOI- Missing on/from IRC NFC - Depends on context: No Further Comment or No Fucking Comment NFR - Network Flight Recorder (Do a websearch) see 0wn3d NFW - No fuckin'way *0WN3D - You are cracked and owned by an elite entity see pheer *OFCS - Oh for christ's sakes PHACV - And variations of same Phreaking, Hacking, Anarchy, Cracking, Carding (CC) Groups Virus, Warfare Alternates: H - hacking, hacktivist C - Cracking C - Cracking V - Virus W - Warfare A - Anarchy (explosives etc, Jolly Roger's Cookbook etc) P - Phreaking, "telephone hacking" PHone fREAKs ... CT - Cyber Terrorism *PHEER - This is what you do when an ereet or elite person is in your presence see 0wn3d *RTFM - Read the fucking manual - not always applicable since some manuals are pure shit but if the answer you seek is indeed in the manual then you should have RTFM you dumb ass. TBC - To Be Continued also 2bc (usually followed by ellipses...) :^0 TBA - To Be Arranged/To Be Announced also 2ba TFS - Tough fucking shit. *w00t - 1 - Reserved for the uber ereet, noone can say this without severe repercussions from the underground masses. also "w00ten" 2 - Cruciphux and sAs72's second favourite word (they're both shit stirrers) *wtf - what the fuck, where the fuck, when the fuck etc .. *ZEN - The state you reach when you *think* you know everything (but really don't) usually shortly after reaching the ZEN like state something will break that you just 'fixed' or tweaked. @HWA -=- :. .: -=- 01.0 Greets!?!?! yeah greets! w0w huh. - Ed ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Thanks to all in the community for their support and interest but i'd like to see more reader input, help me out here, whats good, what sucks etc, not that I guarantee i'll take any notice mind you, but send in your thoughts anyway. * all the people who sent in cool emails and support FProphet Pyra TwstdPair _NeM_ D----Y Dicentra vexxation sAs72 Spikeman p0lix Vortexia Wyze1 Pneuma Ken Williams/tattooman ex-of PacketStorm, & Kevin Mitnick kewl sites: + http://www.securityportal.com/ NEW + http://www.securityfocus.com/ NEW + http://www.hackcanada.com/ + http://www.l0pht.com/ + http://www.2600.com/ + http://www.freekevin.com/ + http://www.genocide2600.com/ + http://www.packetstorm.harvard.edu/ ******* DOWN (THANKS JP) ****** + http://www.hackernews.com/ (Went online same time we started issue 1!) + http://www.net-security.org/ + http://www.slashdot.org/ + http://www.freshmeat.net/ + http://www.403-security.org/ + http://ech0.cjb.net/ @HWA 01.1 Last minute stuff, rumours and newsbytes ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "What is popular isn't always right, and what is right isn't always popular..." - FProphet '99 +++ When was the last time you backed up your important data? ++ CRACKING FOR THE MAN (BUS. 3:00 am) http://www.wired.com/news/news/email/explode-infobeat/business/story/21879.html There are plenty of ex-hackers hanging around corporate America these days, says DefCon's founder. Breaking into networks is always better when you're paid for it. By Joanna Glasner. ++ MINDSPRING LINKS WITH EARTHLINK (BUS. 9:00 am) http://www.wired.com/news/news/email/explode-infobeat/business/story/21903.html The rival Net service providers will join forces, becoming the second-largest ISP behind AOL. ++ Thanks to myself for providing the info from my wired news feed and others from whatever sources, also to Spikeman for sending in past entries.... - Ed @HWA 01.2 MAILBAG - email and posts from the message board worthy of a read ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (No mail worthy of posting here this issue,) Yeah we have a message board, feel free to use it, remember there are no stupid questions... well there are but if you ask something really dumb we'll just laugh at ya, lets give the message board a bit more use eh? i'll be using a real message board when the hwa-iwa.org domain comes back online (soon) meanwhile the beseen board is still up... ============================================================================== 02.0 From the editor. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #include #include #include main() { printf ("Read commented source!\n\n"); /* We're still here eh? wow. Well nothing much to report, just read and * be merry. We have a new Croatian correspondant, HWA welcomes Sla5h to * the fold, check out the News from Sla5h section for stuff from .hr * * Cruciphux */ printf ("EoF.\n"); } Congrats, thanks, articles, news submissions and kudos to us at the main address: hwa@press.usmc.net complaints and all nastygrams and mai*lbombs can go to /dev/nul nukes, synfloods and papasmurfs to 127.0.0.1, private mail to cruciphux@dok.org danke. C*:. 03.0 Datashark's rootfest challenge ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ http://www.provalue.net/users/nomad/hack.txt DataShark nomad@provalue.net -PRESS RELEASE- At rootfest2k I will be setting up five servers. This is the challange. The machines will be setup on the rootfest network and configured like a corprate Mission critical network there will be a POS server (prolly Novell 3.X running counterpoint) there will be a Email/fax server.(prolly running Linux) there will be a firewall(there may be week links in the firewall(i.e. a machine connected directly to the network etc)) there will be a fileserver(prolly running NT(hack it and you can keep the software) and a webserver. The webserver will be public and hosting webpages you can get a account on this machine by attaching a Text file to a email stating the username you would like as well a alternates and a password email to nomad@provalue.net now for the fun part! 1st prize goes to the person that hacks all five machines first you get a 3com Palm V or a AMD K-7 500 chip and motherboard 2nd prize goes to the person that has the most creative hack you get a 3com Palm III or a 4.5 gig SCSI drive and controler card 3rd prize goes to the person that hacks the most con particpants (you must prove this) you get a Creative Labs NOMAD mp3 player. Most pathetic person at the con gets a free copy of windows 98 and a 'Kick me I suck' t I need five volentires to secure the machine's at rootfest you CANNOT be in the callange BUT if your machine does not get owned you can keep the machine. if you are interested please email me at nomad@provalue.net If you are caught DoS attacking the machines or the rootfest network you will be delt with harshly. I am looking for hardware and software donations for the machines If you have anything you would like to donate please email me at nomad@provalue.net I will also be giving away a machine to the first person to bring me a real FBI badge it must be real. and should still have the agents photo ID with it. (if anyone has a problem with this PLEASE email me. I wish to stay on the good side of the law) @HWA 04.0 HOW-TO Beat the ADS on FWP (Free Webpage Providers) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Contributed by Smogzer url: http://smog.cjb.net email:smogzer@iname.com HOW-TO Beat the ADS on FWP (Free Webpage Providers) ? http://smog.cjb.net Version 0.9 Sep 23 1999 © 1999 SmoG Alert. INDEX : Why ? 1 - Pop-ups 1.1 - Removing the Pop-ups 1.2 - Killing pop-ups when they appear 2 - Banners 3 - Make stuff invisible (banners, counters, buttons, text, etc) 4 - Frames 5 - Remove end 6 - Avoiding rule scanners 7 - Make sure users can reach you page 8 - Contributions / Bibliography 9 - Copyright Why ? To let amateur webmasters have complete control of what they sites look like. I'm tired of seeing publicity I didn't asked for and closing pop-ups that I didn't asked to see. Having to show some advertisement spoils good webdesign. Most of the time the servers are slow enough without ads. Webmasters from sites that have publicity don't get any $ for their publicity. People are trying to offer a service to the community and the only one that gets anything from it are the sponsors. There's lots of software that blocks ads, by using this techniques viewers don't need to use that kind of software. 1 - Pop-ups : 1.1 - Removing the Pop-ups : This technique makes the browser ignore the pop-up. The pop-up is a javascript code, so if we surround the place where the server inserts this code with a