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Re: Rank My Hack
From: "Webb, Justin" <justin.webb () MARQUETTE EDU>
Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2011 18:09:15 +0000
Well, we are a point worthy target, any .edu is worth 7500 points. Sincerely, Justin P. Webb Security Analyst IT Services, Marquette University 414-288-4196 justin.webb () marquette edu<mailto:justin.webb () marquette edu> From: "Everett, Alex D" <alex.everett () UNC EDU<mailto:alex.everett () UNC EDU>> Reply-To: EDUCAUSE Listserv <SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU<mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU>> Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2011 18:06:20 +0000 To: EDUCAUSE Listserv <SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU<mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU>> Subject: Re: [SECURITY] Rank My Hack Can anyone validate any of these? My concern is that some of the claims seem quite dubious. Well, I do see that finding an XSS is considered 'hacked'. Sincerely, Alex Everett, CISSP, CCNA University of North Carolina On Aug 31, 2011, at 1:24 PM, Nick Giacobe wrote: You all might want to check out the new site RankMyHack to see if your sites have been compromised and listed on the leaderboard. 68 edu sites are listed in the current list of hacks at http://www.rankmyhack.com/hacks.php Here is some very recent press about the RankMyHack Site: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/innovations/post/its-official-hacking-has-been-gamified/2011/08/30/gIQALidWrJ_blog.html http://gizmodo.com/5836145/rankmyhack-gives-you-achievement-points-for-your-ballsiest-cyber-attacks --- Nick Giacobe Research Technologist V and Ph.D Candidate College of Information Sciences and Technology Penn State University 101 Information Sciences and Technology Building University Park, PA 16802 Sincerely, Alex Everett, CISSP, CCNA Information Security Office University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 919.445.9393
Current thread:
- Rank My Hack Nick Giacobe (Aug 31)
- Re: Rank My Hack Joel Rosenblatt (Aug 31)
- Re: Rank My Hack Kevin Halgren (Sep 01)
- Re: Rank My Hack Joel Rosenblatt (Sep 01)
- Re: Rank My Hack Kevin Halgren (Sep 01)
- Re: Rank My Hack Gregory N Pendergast/AC/VCU (Sep 01)
- Re: Rank My Hack Kevin Halgren (Sep 01)
- Re: Rank My Hack Kevin Halgren (Sep 01)
- Re: Rank My Hack Joel Rosenblatt (Aug 31)
- Re: Rank My Hack Webb, Justin (Aug 31)
- Re: Rank My Hack Bob Kalal (Aug 31)