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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 269 days ago
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http://www.govexec.com/story_page.cfm?articleid=39456By Jill R. Aitoro Govexec.com March 5, 2008A June 2007 network intrusion at the Pentagon resulted in the theft of an "amazing amount" of data, and the incident remains a national security concern, a top Defense Department technology official said this week.The Office of the Secretary of Defense detected malicious code in various portions of its network infrastructure while consolidating information technology resources in the middle of last y read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 269 days ago
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http://www.govexec.com/story_page.cfm?articleid=39466By Bob BrewinGovexec.comMarch 6, 2008The United States is in the midst of a cyberwar and is not prepared to deal with it, top Defense Department and intelligence officials acknowledged this week."Cyberwarfare is already here.... It's one of our major challenges," said Defense Deputy Secretary Gordon England on Monday at the annual National Community Service and Legislative Conference of the Veterans of Foreign Wars."I think cyberattacks ar read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 256 days ago
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Flaw exposes sensitive user dataPennsylvania officials pulled the plug on a voter registration website after a user posted online instructions that showed the site was exposing sensitive information about people who used the service.… read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 228 days ago
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http://blog.thc.org/index.php?/archives/1-GSM-Researcher-stopped-at-Heathrow-Airport-by-UK-government-officials.htmlBy John Doe April 16. 2008I was leaving today from the United Kingdom/Heathrow airport. I am about to speak at the HITB IT security conference about GSM security and the USRP (gnu-radio project).I was searched by the UK government while waiting at the Gate and reading a newspaper. A UK Government employee flipped his badge and said "Let's talk. Come over here".They detained my USRP read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 138 days ago
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From: InfoSec News <alerts_at_private>Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2008 03:11:51 -0500 (CDT)http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/07/14/BAOS11P1M5.DTLBy Jaxon Van DerbekenChronicle Staff WriterJuly 15, 2008SAN FRANCISCO -- A disgruntled city computer engineer has virtually commandeered San Francisco's new multimillion-dollar computer network, altering it to deny access to top administrators even as he sits in jail on $5 million bail, authorities said Monday.Terry Childs, a 43-year-old computer n read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 80 days ago
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From: InfoSec News <alerts_at_private>Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2008 02:02:55 -0500 (CDT)http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10039650-83.htmlBy Elinor MillsSecurity Cnet NewsSeptember 11, 2008San Francisco officials are trying to find a device on the city's computer network that was allegedly left there by an IT worker who was jailed for refusing to divulge passwords to the city network, the IDG News Service reported on Thursday.San Francisco network administrator Terry Childs was arrested in July on four felon read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 76 days ago
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From: InfoSec News <alerts_at_private>Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2008 03:44:48 -0500 (CDT)http://www.fcw.com/online/news/153789-1.htmlBy Ben BainFCW.comSeptember 15, 2008Senior government officials today discussed details of the Bush administration’s largely classified, multibillion-dollar national cybersecurity initiative, emphasizing the private sector’s role in those efforts.Officials from the Homeland Security Department, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), the White House and othe read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 4 days ago
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Everyone panic a moderate amount moreHappy Thanksgiving holiday, United States. Here's your first helping of holiday terrorist panic.… read more »
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