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Bella Vista Garden Club makes donations

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Letter Writers

The Northwest Arkansas Letter Writing group will meet at 4 p.m. July 12 in the conference room of the Bella Vista Public Library. All are welcome to attend this group, promoting the love of letter writing and mail art.

Information: Email Pat at [email protected]

Brainteasers

Bella Vista Brainteasers meets every month in the community room of the Bella Vista Public Library. Due to a scheduling conflict, this month only, the group will meet at 3 p.m. July 13. All are welcome to attend. The group wishes to thank the Bella Vista Recycling for running the monthly packet.

Information: Email Pat at [email protected]

Rotary

The Rotary Club of Fayetteville will meet at 11:45 a.m. July 14 at Mermaids restaurant in Fayetteville. Jessica Phillips and Erin Farrah will talk about Ronald McDonald House. Lunch is $15. There is still a Zoom option for the meeting. Email the club for a link.

Information: Email [email protected]

Computer Club

The Bella Vista Computer Club has announced the following scheduled meetings:

• July 11, 7 p.m. The speaker will be Ginny Vance, speaking on “Buying on the Internet.”

• July 20, 1-4 p.m. The speaker will be Joel Ewing, speaking on “Why, When and How to Backup Your C Drive.”

• July 27, 4-6 p.m. The speaker will be Justin Sell, speaking on “Computer Security for Regular People, Part 2.”

The club is also offering help clinics from 9 a.m. to noon on July 20 and Aug. 6.

Information: bvcomputerclub.org.

Artisan Alliance

The Artisan Alliance of Wishing Spring is accepting new members to the art club. The club meets every three months for art and craft demos and member news (covid and weather permitting). The next meeting will be posted on the website at www.artisanalliance.net.

Wishing Spring Gallery is open 10 a.m.-4 p.m Thursday through Saturday in south Bella Vista, behind Walgreens.

Information: wishingspringgallery.net or (479) 273-1798.

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Meet the ASU Hacking Club

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‘Join in the journey to a perfectly hacked world’: ASU Hacking Club’s goal is to teach new hackers the basics of the subject

A person types on computer with an illustration of the pitchfork in binary code

A modest, brutalist website lights up the screen, reminiscent of a time when the internet was crafted by hand with simple code. While the word ‘hack’ is plastered all over the web page, a call to action sits at the bottom:

“To join the fray, get on our Discord. The invite has been embedded in your browser client. Find it.”

The ASU Hacking Club has been known by many names. Until most recently, the on-campus group was known as “pwndevils,” while those most “leet,” or elite, are also inducted into the more exclusive hacking team, “Shellphish.” 

Zion Leonahenahe Basque, president of the club and a Ph.D. student studying computer science — and undoubtedly a “leet” hacker — is a proponent for the club’s recent rebrand.

“The transition from pwndevils to the Hacking Club was a deliberate attempt to give us a different image to the public,” Basque said. “We wanted to completely redesign how people thought about our club on campus. We wanted to become this type of iconic, semi-exclusive, enigmatic hacking club.”

Basque, a Hawaii native, Laboratory of Security Engineering for Future Computing researcher and hardened Shellphish veteran, wants to be clear, however, that you don’t have to be an expert to join the club.

“I joined this club when I was a freshman at ASU. I had never done security stuff before,” Basque said. “Hacking is not about being the smartest…

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HackPack is back: Ethical hacking, cybersecurity club looking for new members | News

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HackPack, NC State’s student hacking and cybersecurity club, is welcoming new students, with or without hacking experience. The club focuses on ethical hacking and helping students understand cybersecurity concepts, as well as competing in competitions and games like Capture The Flag.

Dr. Alexandros Kapravelos, assistant professor of computer science, is the faculty advisor of HackPack.

“When we talk about ethical hacking here, we talk about basically hacking into systems that have been designed to be hacked,” Kapravelos said.

Another of HackPack’s major focuses, according to the club’s student president, Dominic Brown, a fourth-year studying computer science, is to encourage independent study into computer science programs. 

HackPack encourages students’ exploration of cybersecurity as is stated in its mission statement: “Our goal is to create a friendly environment where students can learn and practice security concepts free of judgement.”

According to Kapravelos, the club competes in capture the flag competitions.

“[We host] security competitions that have been designed to pretty much gamify hacking and provide a series of different security challenges where the students basically have to craft novel attacks against the systems, hack into them, gain some information, and gain points in the game,” Kapravelos said.

Any interested student can join HackPack; there are no fees and no need for a high-speed computer. However, to be able to participate in capture the flag events and other activities, students must have a working knowledge of computer science. This is why much of the club membership is made up of computer science students, however the club is not exclusive to computer science majors.

For students who are new to cybersecurity and ethical hacking, it will require independent self-study. Plenty of students, however, don’t even major in computer science or engineering. John Allison, for example, is the vice president of HackPack and is studying political science.

HackPack is a small club, but students partner with clubs at other universities like Texas A&M for activities and games. 

“[It] was kind of a…

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Swanky Wentworth golf club hacked, details of 4000 members stolen in ransomware attack • Graham Cluley

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Members of one of England’s most exclusive golf clubs has warned its 4000 members that their personal details may have fallen into the hands of hackers following a ransomware attack.

The prestigious private Wentworth golf and country club, whose members include high profile celebrities, sports stars, and top business people, has sent out an email offering its “profuse apologies” after its members’ list was accessed by cybercriminals.

However, according to The Telegraph, the first club members knew of the problem, was when an unauthorised message appeared on the “Wentworth at Home” internet page claiming that “your personal files are encrypted!” and demanding a Bitcoin cryptocurrency payment for a decryption key.

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As is increasingly common, the attackers did not just encrypted data on the private golf and country club’s network – but also stolen some of it in an attempt to increase their chances of a payout.

It is thought that the data stolen from Wentworth’s network includes:

  • Names of members
  • Members’ dates of birth
  • Members’ home addresses
  • Members’ email addresses
  • Members’ phone numbers
  • The last four digits of members’ bank account numbers, used for direct debit payments

In its warning to affected club members, Neil Coulson, Wentworth’s general manager, attempted to reassure members that their accounts were not at risk:

“I fully appreciate this will be concerning for you but we have taken third-party specialist advice and have been assured there is not enough personal information in the file to enable improper access to your private account and therefore it is considered a low risk.”

However, the exfiltrated information could potentially be exploited in cybercriminal campaigns to scam unwary members of the exclusive club, or even put them in physical danger.

Affected members would be wise to be alert to phishing emails and unexpected communications claiming to come from the club which may attempt tp extract further details, as well as take steps to ensure their personal safety if they would not want their home address to be public knowledge.

Vigilance,…

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