The term “hacking” has gotten a negative connotation in the press over the years. In most cases, the general public uses the term to describe digital criminal attacks. However, there are still plenty of folks that like to do playful, creative, and benign hacks. Watch today’s video to learn how some security conference attendees forced a fun poem into the logs of millions of web servers.
(Episode Runtime: 2:40)
Direct YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zhxan31pYDw
EPISODE REFERENCES:
- CCC hackers force message on web servers – Motherboard
- Additional press coverage of the CCC poem injection – BoingBoing
- Web site for the CCC security conference – Secore.info
- Robert Graham’s masscan source code – Github
— Corey Nachreiner, CISSP (@SecAdept)
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