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Comment by hsc2712 on June 15, 2008 at 5:27pm

I am computer-concentrated student, also a tester of microsoft. I want to join your group in earnest.

Comment by Marc-Andre Leger on June 14, 2008 at 4:27pm

Hacker gets 41 months Jail in USA
Following an investigation which began in December 2006, after marketing firm Newell Rubbermaid notified the London (UK) Metropolitan Police's Computer Crime Unit (CCU) about an intrusion on its network, Robert Matthew Bentley of Panama City, Florida was sentenced on Wednesday, June 11th to 41 months in jail, a $65,000 fine and 3 years state supervision on his release.


Bentley was indicted by a federal grand jury in Pensacola, Florida in November 2007. The indictment resulted from a multi-year criminal investigation by the United States Secret Service, primarily involving the London (England) Resident Office, the Paris (France) Field Office, the Philadelphia (Pennsylvania) Field Office, the Seattle (Washington) Field Office, the Jacksonville (Florida) Field Office, the Tallahassee (Florida) Resident Office, the Panama City (Florida) Field Office, the Santa Ana (California) Resident Office, the Los Angeles (California) Field Office, the Wilmington (Delaware) Field Office, and the CERT Coordination Center at Carnegie Mellon (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania). Secret Service worked the investigation together with the Finland National Bureau of Investigation, the London Metropolitan Police, the Westminster (California) Police Department, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation Philadelphia (Pennsylvania) Field Office. The trail led the investigators to Florida where Mr Bentley was using computers to co-ordinate attacks.


Bentley received a commission from a company called DollarRevenue for every installation of advertising software that was used to trigger unwanted pop-ups exploiting software vulernabilities in operating systems. In December 2007, DollarRevenue was fined €1 million ($1.54 million) in the Netherlands, one of the largest fines ever levied in Europe against a company over adware. The investigation found that hackers were paid €0.15 each for installation of DollarRevenue software on computers in Europe and $0.25 for PCs in the US.


He and his accomplices drove so much data through the hijacked Rubbermaid machines that it almost brought their network to a halt. The damage cost $150,000 to fix.


In March 2008, Bentley pleaded the guilty to conspiracy to commit computer fraud and computer fraud for using a Botnet to install Adware advertising software on PCs located throughout Europe without permission.. On June 11th, he was sentenced in the US district court of northern Florida.



United States Attorney Gregory R. Miller observed, “The identification, indictment, and conviction of Bentley constitutes a significant success in a complex international investigation, and resulted from the outstanding cooperation of the many participating law enforcement agencies. The use of “botnets” – a series of computers covertly controlled by Bentley and his co-conspirators to accomplish the intrusion of victim computer systems – is a major focus of computer-related criminal investigations worldwide. Botnets are responsible for much of the malicious activity conducted on the internet. “Botherders” or “Botmasters” operate within a group of computer hackers on a global scale, making this computer crime one of the most pervasive forms of organized criminal activity plaguing law enforcers in this country and abroad.”

Comment by Fa7her on June 14, 2008 at 3:45am

hey, I was going for the GSEC cert with SANS. Bought the book Security Essentials tool kit. Paid the $3500 or so for boot and to take exam after.

Started reading the book, viewing the info for boot camp, and all is either out dated or not at all in sync. I have email three time trying to understand why the difference between the book and instructions and "what" I could study a head of the boot camp only to find no reply.

Ok...that's my rant. I have attempted to down load "all" software to experiment with it as the "labs" show in the book. I am finding a real hard time finding "SubSeven 2.2". Book had it with Security Focus but no longer there. Any ideas??

Comment by Terminator on June 4, 2008 at 4:49pm

Hey All,
I've added an article to my blog talking about enterprises and passwords :D. I want to share those thoughts with you. waiting for your ideas and comments :)

Comment by Happy-Dude on June 3, 2008 at 3:50am

Hiya, would anyone mind giving me a hand in training for the A+ & Network+ certifications? I would love to help others in their tech problems. Maybe you can help me out by asking questions or stuff via e-mail/IM and see what steps I should do next.

I'm going to take a Computer Tech class next school term, which focuses on A+ Certification topics. The year after, I'll sign up for the Network+ class.

If anyone's willing to help, e-mail me :) . I greatly appreciate it !!

Comment by as(=)OK on May 18, 2008 at 6:33pm

Me 2 an IT professional....
Join U.......

Comment by skysoldier on May 14, 2008 at 6:26pm

well, i used to work as tech support for sony viao computers...

Comment by OxFEMALE on May 14, 2008 at 12:38pm

hehe))

Comment by scorcher821 on May 12, 2008 at 8:15pm

Wow, thats not even remotely non blackhat. His avatar reminds me of a bully like cartoon character who throws water balloons at the kittehs of old ladies XD

Comment by phread on May 12, 2008 at 6:16pm

Speaking of spam, check out this rangraj guy.

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