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:CNET News: Attackers Infiltrating Supercomputer Networks
CNET News: Attackers Infiltrating Supercomputer Networks
Apr 14, 2004, 16 :00 UTC (13 Talkback[s]) (7937 reads)

(Other stories by Robert Lemos)

"Unknown attackers have compromised a large number of Linux and Solaris machines in high-speed computing networks at Stanford University and other academic research facilities, according to a university advisory.

"The attacks, which apparently compromised servers as recently as April 3, are currently be investigated, according to an advisory posted April 6 by the Information Technology Systems and Services group at Stanford..."

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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
because these kind of attacks are manual ...   Not the problem it appears to be   
GreyGeek
Apr 14, 2004, 16:28:39
 
"Cray's Revenge""Crackers Turn Pro,  ...   Several things come to mind...   
Bob Robertson
Apr 14, 2004, 16:41:58
 
#1. Stay current on your patches. The rs ...   Pay attention, people!   
Brandioch Conner
Apr 14, 2004, 16:54:48
 
applied the necessary patches. This seem ...   They should have   
greg&stevens
Apr 14, 2004, 17:15:19
 
Are the protagonists sniffing clear text ...   No ssh?   
asdf
Apr 14, 2004, 17:23:04
 
What motivation would anyone have to do  ...   Gee... I wonder who that could be?   
Nicholas Donovan
Apr 14, 2004, 18:20:48
 
"The unknown attackers use common passwo ...   This isn't a system exploit   
codez
Apr 14, 2004, 18:27:49
 
It looks like the systems were compromis ...   Passwords   
Mark Arrasmith
Apr 14, 2004, 19:33:18
 
I think an easy way to solve network sec ...   A really good solution   
Enrique
Apr 14, 2004, 20:09:50
 
> Gosh...  who would do that? *wink*  Wh ...   Re: Gee... I wonder who that could be?   
Bob Bairns
Apr 14, 2004, 22:30:42
 
People just haven't been thinking ab ...   beowulf security   
randy
Apr 15, 2004, 00:31:50
 
Duh!  Those are kernel-based vulnerabili ...   Kernel Duh   
NeoSadist
Apr 15, 2004, 03:53:55
 
> > Gosh...  who would do that? *wink*   ...   Re: Re: Gee... I wonder who that could be?   
Nicholas Donovan
Apr 15, 2004, 20:25:50
 
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