Egads.... Was I just hacked???

OK, here's what happened. I left my computer for about 30 minutes, came back and my command line terminal was open. Was I just hacked? I am thinking this is a great class for me to be taking!

Is there anything I can check to see if, indeed, I was hacked?

WPA encryption broken in ONE Minute

Yep, literally one minute to crack the second generation of Wi-Fi security systems. Here's the article: http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/null/147906

Seems that if your wireless has AES... which I am learning about this week, then you are OK. WPA2, the third generation systems is still uncrackable... for now... as well. One person reccommends using MAC, so I am looking that up now.

But here's my question: How close to the wireless product does the attacker need to be? Should I look for suspicious cars driving the neighborhood, or see who is sitting next me at Micky D's? Today, with almost every coffee house, library, or building having Wi-Fi accessibility, this seems to provide a very high risk for getting attacked. I don't really carry sensitive data on my IPOD Touch, etc, but perhaps I should look to see if there are files that aren't mine on it.... or would I even be able to 'see' them?

This seems pretty scary to me.

Download Windows Server 2008 R2

Free trial can be downloaded: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/dd459137.aspx. All I want to know is, What's a Server?.... just kidding.

Here is a video about a new file classification infrastructure introduced with the Windows 2008 server

http://edge.technet.com/Media/The-New-File-Classification-Infrastructure-PM-Team-Talk/ ( sorry can't embed) .

This File Classification Infrastructure is intended to aid risk management of data, as well as manage data storage problems. This classification system can help identify sensitive data sitting on public servers. It also allows for custom IT scripts.

Newbie's New Post

Hi All,

Just saw an interview of John Curran on Slashdot.org, regarding IPv6 and why it matters. For you viewing entertainment, here is the link: http://tech.slashdot.org/story/09/08/20/1423224/IPv6-Challenges-and-Opportunities?art_pos=6. New to all this, I became aware that we are about to run out of IPv4 addresses within the next 2-3 years and, consequently, will need to migrate to IPv6 shortly.(ps.. I had to read about what exactly an IPv4 address was on the wiki... boy am I learning a lot!!!). So the good news seems to be that most large equipment manufacturers, such as Cisco, have been preparing for this for some time. Routers and firewalls are already being made IPv6 compliant. However, enterprise data centers that want to support applications to the general public seem to be less 'ready' for this change.

Mr. Curran thinks this is a great opportunity for companies that can support both IPv4 and IPv6. I'm thinking that this is a great opportunity for those of us with 'insight', who can fill a niche helping companies get ready and plan for the change that is inevitable.Or is this not a big deal? I am too new to this to tell. What do you think?

First Blog Post

Hello Security World