In the last few days, we've received some emails from clients letting us know that there may be a hacking contest on Sunday July 6.
Here are 2 articles describing the contest: Hacking Contest Threatens Web Sites July 2, 2003 Government and private-sector security experts say hackers will try to earn points and prizes by defacing Web sites this weekend. By George V. Hulme http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=10818007 Hacker Contest Could Strike This Weekend; Thousands Of Sites Threatened July 2, 2003 (3:36 p.m. EST) By Gregg Keizer, TechWeb News http://www.techweb.com/wire/story/TWB20030702S0006 Our suggestion is to make sure that you have the latest patches available on your server, and also to make sure that your backup is as up to date as possible. Vic O'Dell Great Smokies Internet _______________________________________________ cobalt-security mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://list.cobalt.com/mailman/listinfo/cobalt-security
