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HACKER ATTACK [3 records]

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Record 1 2025-01-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • IT Security
CONT

In cyber security, an attack vector is a path that a hacker takes to exploit cybersecurity vulnerabilities.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité des TI
CONT

Les virus qui se répandent par pièces jointes sont responsables de la majorité des attaques de ces dernières années [...] Par leur nature, les pièces jointes (ainsi que les fichiers transmis par messagerie instantanée, vecteur d'attaque plus récent) nécessitent une certaine collaboration d'un utilisateur involontaire ou distrait [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Seguridad de IT
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Record 2 2010-04-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • IT Security
  • Social Movements
  • Political Science (General)
DEF

An individual who performs an act of hacktivism.

CONT

A hacktivist uses the same tools and techniques as a hacker, but does so in order to disrupt services and bring attention to a political or social cause. For example, one might leave a highly visible message on the home page of a Web site that gets a lot of traffic or which embodies a point-of-view that is being opposed. Or one might launch a denial-of-service attack to disrupt traffic to a particular site.

OBS

Hacktivism is the act of hacking, or breaking into a computer system, for a politically or socially motivated purpose.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité des TI
  • Mouvements sociaux
  • Sciences politiques (Généralités)
DEF

Militant qui mobilise ses connaissances informatiques contre la mondialisation, les multinationales et en faveur de la défense des internautes.

OBS

Ce néologisme est le fruit de la fusion des termes anglais «hacker» et «activist».

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Seguridad de IT
  • Movimientos sociales
  • Ciencias políticas (Generalidades)
CONT

Somos una red de hacktivistas que nace de la comunidad de hacklabs y hackmeeting de la Península Ibérica. Este espacio surgió para coordinar nuestras acciones a nivel global, debatir estrategias, compartir recursos y sincronizar movimientos de creación y resistencia hacia una sociedad libre con unas tecnologias libres.

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Record 3 2000-07-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • IT Security
CONT

The bug's "Trojan horse" feature-its ability to steal passwords and transport them back to the master hacker-made the attack a "password payday for hackers, "...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité des TI
CONT

Internet «Libérez Kevin Mitnick». La page d'accueil militante du site officiel du plus grand pirate informatique de tous les temps ne mâche pas ses mots. «3 ans, 8 mois, 11 jours, 14 heures, 49 minutes, 44 secondes».

Spanish

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