Do hackers look before they leap?


	December 08th, 2008 New version of ReFog Personal Monitor and its review added! more


	January 06th, 2009 Security spending stays strong more Security experts warn against pirated Windows 7 more China vows to clean up the internet more RIAA dumps sleuthing firm more Simple Hack Beats Biometrics more Researchers Hack Into Intel's VPro more Thailand blocks 2,300 websites more Hackers hijack Obama's, Britney's Twitter accounts more

DISCLAIMER: Logging other people's keystrokes or breaking into other people's computer without their permission can be considered illegal by the courts of many countries. The monitoring software reviewed here is ONLY for authorized system administrators and/or owners of computers. We assume no liability and are not responsible for any misuse or damage caused by the keylogging software. The end user of this software is obliged to obey all applicable local, state, federal and other laws in his country of residence.

December 10th, 2005

Do hackers look before they leap?

Port scanning, the act of sweeping computer ports to discover which port is open, has long been assumed to be a principal first step of any hacker. But that may not necessarily be the case, according to a new report from researchers at the University of Maryland (UM).

In UM's test environment, port scans preceded attacks in only 5 percent of cases. The report also found that more than half of all attacks are not actually predicated by any type of scan. 'Hackers don't necessarily look before they leap,' the study concludes.

Though port scanning was not a predictor for attacks, vulnerability scans do in fact lead to attacks in a significant percentage of cases. The UM report defines vulnerability scanning as a scan 'used to fingerprint the presence or absence of an exploitable vulnerability.'

On their own, 21 percent of vulnerability scans led to an attack. When combined with ports scans (that is a port and vulnerability scan), vulnerability scans led to an attack in 71 percent of cases.

Source: InternetNews

	All news for January 06th, 2009:
	15:58	Security spending stays strong
	15:58	Security experts warn against pirated Windows 7
	15:57	China vows to clean up the internet
	15:56	RIAA dumps sleuthing firm
	15:55	Simple Hack Beats Biometrics
	15:54	Researchers Hack Into Intel's VPro
	15:53	Thailand blocks 2,300 websites
	15:52	Hackers hijack Obama's, Britney's Twitter accounts
	All news for January 05th, 2009:
	16:36	Police get new hacking powers
	16:36	VeriSign addresses SSL certificate flaw
	16:35	'Curse of silence' flaw hits smartphones
	16:32	Microsoft tells how it missed critical IE bug
	16:31	Expert: Microsoft made $1.5B on 'Vista Capable' campaign

All news for January, 2009
All news for 2009 year
All news for 2008 year
All news for 2007 year
All news for 2006 year
All news for 2005 year
All news for 2004 year

DONATION: Keylogger.org is an independent research project supported by a team of enthusiasts. If you find this project useful or would like to help foster its continued development please consider making a donation using PayPal`s online secure payment service.

A PayPal account is not required. All major credit cards are accepted (MasterCard/Eurocard, Visa/Delta/Electron, American Express, Switch/Maestro, Solo). Simply click the button below.

Any amount would be useful and appreciated!

Thanks in advance for your support!