It's been 40 years since #EmmanuelGoldstein launched the seminal, essential, world-changing @2600: The #Hacker Quarterly. 2600 wasn't the first #phreak/hacker zine, but it was the most important, spawning a global subculture dedicated to the noble pursuit of technological self-determination:
§202a muss einfach mal weg!
Wenn PHPMyAdmin bereits ein "Hackertool" ist und von einem "tiefen Verständnis" der Materie zeugt, dann will ich nicht wissen, was mit mir passiert, wenn jemand 4TB an Buchstabensalat und eine "Hashcat" bei mir finden.
Ein erster Hinweis darauf, ob ein Unternehmen, eine Institution, ein Websitebetreiber etc. an Responsible Disclosure interessiert ist, ist eine security.txt. Meist zu finden unter /security.txt oder /.well-known/security.txt. 👇
Das ist so absurd. Man weiß wirklich nicht, ob man lachen oder weinen soll. phpMyAdmin ist offenbar ein »gefährliches Hackertool« im Sinne des Hackerparagrafen 202a StGB. Wenn der Gesetzgeber das JETZT nicht ändert, dann war es das mit der Responsible Disclosure. Wenn man jetzt noch dafür belangt wird, überlegt man sich zweimal, ob man die Daten nicht gleich gewinnbringend verkauft... 🤦♂️
So, in case anyone still thinks that patching and security in general is not so important nowadays: Found already several tries of exploiting the recent critical CVE-2023-7028 vulnerability in the logs of my GitLab instance although it was only published a few days ago.
Conclusion:
✅ Install security updates literally ASAP.
✅ Turn on mandatory 2FA for all users.
The #hacker/detective in #MurderAtTheEndOfTheWorld tested to see if another person was a hacker by asking them if they preferred #emacs or #vi. Apparently any hacker would have an uncontrollable reaction to that question.
I need to sit down, read and properly digest "Cyber Thrash", by Julian Dibbell, which was featured in SPIN magazine, Vol. 5, No. 12, in March of 1990.
"Everyone thinks that they're nerds, but these teenage beer- guzzling hackers in their Megadeth t-shirts are the new heroes of the information age." #hacking#hacker#history
Busy day today, which is good for getting through the tedium. However as a result I meant to post this much earlier today and have only gotten around to it now. More tales from yesteryear involving a bit of corporate spying. Tame but entertaining.
hi, been wondering for a while... how does the US hacker culture differ from the EU/German hacker culture?
like i've heard mainly about defcon while at cccamp, that apparently it's far more commercial/brand friendly and at the same time less activism focused/leftist, but that's all i know tbh
1999: A coalition of #hacker groups condemned the Legion of the Underground's declaration of war against the governments of Iraq and China. The group included #cDc - L0pht Heavy Industries, Phrack, Chaos Computer Club, and others.
Managed to track down a CBS news segment on hackers from August of 1985. It covered #hacking credit records via compromised TRW accounts, hackers on ARPANET, #hacker BBSes, a brief interview with Richard Sandza, a Newsweek journalist who was harassed by #hackers because of articles he wrote exposing aspects of the computer underground of 1984 and some brief interview segments with various anonymous hackers. https://archive.org/details/57-cbs-news-hacking-segment-1985
Glasgow 2600 meetings are similar to those held around the world. Hackers, crackers, geeks, hats of any colour, technology enthusiasts, hacktivists, and other like-minded folks are most welcome. We do not judge anyone and everyone has something to contribute, no matter their level of expertise.
Meeting from 6pm in #BonAccord tonight (Friday 5th Jan 2024)
Stumbled across this article from April 1985 about 2 California teens "who called themselves "Modem Maniac" and "Bonbon Man"" who threatened to dox & attack people from BBSes.
"said things like they were going to post my real name and phone number on every pirate bulletin board in the United States"
"The threats were to tear out lawns, break out windows. Typical juvenile-type things. One of them said, 'Pay or die.' But really, I think it was probably all in jest" #hacking#hacker#history