contributed by Numerous People
www.hack-net.com was hacked over the weekend. HNC claims they lost nearly their entire site due to the malicious attackers.
HNC is claiming that the supposed Rootshell hole in SSH is the cause. While they admit to having telnet, sendmail, ftp and other services active on the server HNC does not "see how else they could have exploited their way in" other than SSH.
HNC is also claiming that the hack was performed by the same group that hacked Rootshell and that the crackers caused $8,000 worth of damage. They plan on investigating and prosecuting the perpetrators to the fullest extent of the law.

Rumors on the net claim that the hack was performed by members of HcV. The reasons behind the hack is alleged theft of graphic files by HNC

HNN archive of HNC hack
www.hack-net.com

contributed by Several People
We received another report of a hack from several people that Collins Software's web site was altered early Sunday by a hacker known as Viper. A copy of the hacked page was mailed to us.

HNN Archive of hacked page
Original site - May still be hacked.

contributed by The Entity
MSNBC has a 'Special Report' on the Computer Underground. Nothing new. Pretty funny actually and unfortunately not 100% accurate. I guess that is what makes it so funny.

MSNBC

contributed by Space Rogue
Microsoft invested $20 million in research to determine if you are pirating software. They want to drive around in a van and be able to tell with tempest technology if you are using pirated software or not. Huh-Oh better erase those hard drives now.

Scientific American

contributed by Space Rogue
Software Piracy a victimless crime?Not according to Microsoft. Piracy cost New York State $860 million last year alone, in lost wages, tax revenues and retail sales.

ZD Net

contributed by Space Rogue
We reported on this last week but CNN has a story on the impending Internet Strike by users of the Czech Republic. Users are planning to stay off the Internet on November 18th in protest of SPT Telecoms plans to hike Telephone rates by as much as 62 perce nt.

CNN

contributed by Space Rogue
Nikkei Communications surveyed 800 companies in Japan in regards to their computer security and has found that corporate security systems are inadequate for most companies in Japan.

Asia BizTech

contributed by demoniz and binaryzer0
We got mail from several people saying that www.angelfire.com was hacked over the weekend. We have been unable to confirm this as the site was fixed before we saw it and the Angelfire admins aren't answering our emai ls. Someone was kind enough to send us a copy of the hacked page.

HNN archive of hacked page - Warning there is a picture of a nude Santa Claus on this page. Shield your children.

contributed by Alascom
We have yet another unconfirmed report that ISS's Internet Security Scanner, "the most comprehensive solution for network security assessment" according to ISS, has had it owns internal security mechanisms defeated. Supposedly a unnamed Washington D.C area hacker will be releasing a tool to bypass the Security Scanner later this week. We are attempting to gather further information.