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What happens after the script kiddie gains root. Specifically, how they cover their tracks while they monitor your system. The paper goes through step by step on a system that …

How to determine what the enemy is doing by analyzing your system log files. Includes examples based on two commonly used scanning tools, sscan and nmap. Read the paper in …

The tools and methodology of the most common black-hat threat on the Internet, the Script Kiddie. By understanding how they attack and what they are looking for, you can …

So here we go again. After you have exorcised all of the daemons that were haunting your system, you might be interested in all of the boring processes that occur when booting …

There are always some little touches left to make your linux even a bit more secure, involving suid, nouser, sudo and etc. Now, this article is newbie friendly, but it also …

Everybody and their mom uses cgi-bin’s in some way or another on their web pages, or on their web server, aware or not of that fact. Today’s not so hot topic is …

The first step to exploring a system is not just another point and click. It is the part that suprisingly, no one really talks about; gathering information on the subject. In …

Scenario As the Senior Executive of a major business, you know one thing that has to be accomplished now; your company needs to get on the Internet. You do not know why, but …

Many disclosure debates focus on researchers who discover vulnerabilities. Little attention is given to the impact on busy security analysts who must determine which …

Reactions to non-intrusive probes and network activity that is merely unexpected are becoming increasingly hostile; a result from increasing amounts of incidents and security …

Should the complete details of security vulnerabilities be made public or not? Not only do we need to understand the true pros and cons, but we also need to understand the …

Introduction As the field of intrusion detection systems (IDS) has evolved, the focus of custom, open, and commercial solutions has been on structural, rather than …