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L0pht Heavy Industries

Space Rogue: How the Hackers Known as L0pht Changed the World

Hacker Space Rogue to Release Book on Hacking Group L0pht Heavy Industries in February Space Rogue gives a behind the scenes look at the famous hacking group, their senate testimony, and how their legacy continues to shape the security of … Continue reading

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Book Review: Cult of the Dead Cow

TL, DR: It’s a good story, not a history book. If you are looking for a good story with a message, read it. If you are looking for a nuanced description of what was happening in history, look elsewhere. The … Continue reading

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Revisiting L0pht testimony – 20yrs later

Here is a copy of my introductory statement from the May 22, 2018 briefing where L0pht revisited its historic Senate testimony of twenty years earlier. (supporting links at the end.) Good Afternoon, I’m Space Rogue. Twenty years ago, out of … Continue reading

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L0pht T-Shirt Quilt

It is hard to work in Infosec for very long and not amass a huge number of T-shirts. Vendors give them away like candy thinking that somehow a free t-shirt is going to make you spend thousands of dollars on … Continue reading

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Transcription of L0pht Testimony

Transcription of the YouTube Video: Hackers Testifying at the United States Senate, May 19, 1998 (L0pht Heavy Industries) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVJldn_MmMY Transcribed by: https://www.fiverr.com/alx_does Senator Thompson: …If you gentlemen would come forward.. We’re joined today by the seven members of the L0pht, … Continue reading

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In the Beginning There was Full Disclosure

Two of the largest companies in the world are bickering with each other about how best to protect users. I won’t get into just how historically hypocritical this is for both Microsoft and Google or how childish it makes them … Continue reading

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Book Review: This Machine Kills Secrets

Book Review: This Machine Kills Secrets By: Andy Greenberg Penguin Group 2012 ISBN 978-1-101-59358-5 *Page references have been taken from the electronic iPad version I’ll admit I haven’t finished the whole book yet but the way the book portrays some … Continue reading

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Emails From Michael In Iran

If publishing unsourced emails claiming to be from Iran is a newsworthy event then I guess we should all copy Mikko and do the same thing. A few years ago I received a chain of emails from ‘Michael’ that started … Continue reading

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L0pht Hacker Space Visa

The L0pht was not the first hacker space, in fact at the time of its creation in Boston there were at least two other such spaces, Sinister House and Messiah Village, which later moved and became New Hack City, or … Continue reading

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L0phtCrack 6 to Be Released at Source Boston

L0phtCrack, the original and still the best password auditing tool for MS windows based systems, will be re-released at Source Boston by the original authors! That’s right Mudge, Dildog and Weld Pond have required the rights to the original L0phtCrack … Continue reading

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