July 4th Web defacement challenge
Historically, holidays like this are choosen to launch new security threats, but in this case, it is something more like a contest. This is a message that was retransmited yesterday through the PHP mailing list I’m subscribed to. I figured I’d share although it might be all news for some of you.
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: Web defacement challenge
Date: Wed, 02 Jul 2003 13:14:39 -0400
To: NYU Security Alert list
The actual challenge information can be found at
http://www.defacers-challenge.com/defeng.htm
> Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2003 12:24:17 -0400
> Subject: Web defacement challenge
> To All NYU Webserver Administrators:
>
> It had come to our attention from several credible sources that there
> is a open hacker challenge for this holiday weekend. Specifically, to
> deface 6000 web sites in 6 hours on July 4th. Unfortunately, I don't
> have more specific information, but the ISS security company is
> investigating and will post more info as it's available on their
> X-force web page:
>
> http://xforce.iss.net/index.php
>
> July 4th weekend has traditionally been a popular time for launching
> of new compromises, or new exploits for known compromises. So, it
> would be in your best interests to check to make sure that your
> servers are up to date on all patches, and that you keep an eye out
> for strange behavior over the weekend. If you pick up anything
> unusual, please let us know
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