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Features => June 07 - Serenity Hack => Topic started by: don on June 15, 2007, 01:38:59 AM



Title: [Article]-Serenity Hack
Post by: don on June 15, 2007, 01:38:59 AM
New Skillz Challenge!

Ed has recruited a new member of the Intelguardians group, Matthew Carpenter, to pen this latest challenge. His lack of previous participation has in no way diminished the great tradition of the Skillz H@ck1ng Challenge as set by our good friend, Ed Skoudis.

Time for Matt to soar!!

Permanent Link: [Article]-Serenity Hack (http://www.ethicalhacker.net/content/view/144/2/)

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Hello, Challenge fans! The Intelguardians crew is back this month with another challenge to tickle your fancy and bake your noodle. This month, Matthew Carpenter takes the helm, penning a challenge based on the movie Serenity. Shockingly, a recent SFX magazine poll (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6517155.stm) found that Serenity had overcome Star Wars as the most popular Sci-Fi movie among its readers. It’s amazing what someone can accomplish with a bot-net voting in these on-line polls… Isn’t it, Matt?

I hope you enjoy the challenge, as you help the Serenity crew thwart a nasty bot-net to escape the Reavers and the Alliance.

Remember, as always, we’ll award three prizes: One for the best technical answer, one for the most creative answer that is technically correct, and one awarded to a winner chosen randomly. Thus, if you can’t answer all of the questions, still send something in to qualify for the random winner. This month’s prize is my book, Malware: Fighting Malicious Code, which I authored with Lenny Zeltser.

--Ed Skoudis, Intelguardians (http://www.intelguardians.com/ class=undefined)
Author, Counter Hack Reloaded (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0131481045/thedigitalcon-20?creative=327641&camp=14573&adid=0W0TMYWJ6BXR5RPTG9N8&link_code=as1)

Let the fun begin...

Don


Title: Re: [Article]-Serenity Hack
Post by: don on June 16, 2007, 01:48:10 PM
Help the Intelguardians' newcomer get some well-deserved recognition and digg his challenge:

http://digg.com/security/Serenity_Hack_Hacking_Contest_Based_on_the_Most_Popular_Sci_Fi_Movie

Thanks,
Don


Title: Re: [Article]-Serenity Hack
Post by: don on July 20, 2007, 10:35:31 PM
This is your last weekend to work on your answers before the deadline for submissions on Monday.

No pressure, though.  ;)

Good luck,
Don


Title: Re: [Article]-Serenity Hack
Post by: don on July 24, 2007, 01:02:35 PM
Thanks to everyone who participated. Matthew now has the unenviable task of plowing through all of the entries and picking the winners. He'll have them chosen sometime in the next week or 2.

Good luck,
Don