w00w00

w00w00 is currently one of the largest non-profit security teams in the world with more than 30 active participants (there are no "members"). w00w00 was created in 1998. Participants come from 5 continents, and 14 countries (Australia, Argentina, Canada, Japan, France,Finland, Russia, England, Spain, Sweden, Germany, Italy, Portugal, USA), as well as several U.S. states.

The Participants (past and present)

• Matt Conover Aka Shok (founder)
• Jordan Ritter Aka "nocarrier"
• Ejovi Nuwere Aka Joewee
• Brian Martin Aka Jericho
• Nicolas Brawn Aka MiNDWaRP
• Dug Song
• Rain Forest Puppy Aka RFP
• AM aka centoq
• Nicolas Dubee Aka plaguez
• K2
• Niels Provos
• The FuSiioN
• Jobe
• Andrew Reiter aka "arr"
• Tim Newsham Aka Newsh
• leku
• Tim Yardley aka lst
• Mark Dowd aka duke
• pef (later AnonymousPEF) (rumored)

Advisories

1999

• UnixWare 7's dtappgather
• Ipswitch's IMail POP3 server (Windows)
• UnixWare 7's /var/sadm permissions
• VNC 3.3.2 R6 (Windows/Unix)
• UnixWare 7's su
• UnixWare 7's Xsco
• UnixWare 7's xlock
• Solaris 2.7's snoop
• Infoseek's Ultraseek (eEye/USSR)
• IMail's password encryption (Windows)
• Norton Antivirus' POProxy

See also

• A 2003 interview with w00w00
• TESO - a related security group active during the same time.
• The Hacker's Choice - a similar hacking group

External links

• Official website