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http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/breaking-news/ireland/politics/article3413928.eceBelfast TelegraphFebruary 08, 2008Fine Gael is calling on the Government to beef up its computer security systems following revelations that 80 departmental laptops have been lost or stolen in the past five years.Reports this morning say 12 laptops have been stolen from the Department of the Environment, while five have been taken from the Department of Social and Family Affairs.Two were stolen from the Taoiseach's office la read more »
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http://cryptome.org/hack-power.htmhttp://groups.yahoo.com/group/coldwarcomms/message/12951To: coldwarcomms@privateFrom:Date: Sat, 1 Mar 2008 10:40:46 -0800 (PST)Subject: [coldwarcomms] Re: Terrorists hacking power systems [was RE: Genset from AT&T siteHello All:I need to weigh in here. Address a couple points. Sorry this is not so much comms related. Somehow I missed "the" video, could someone point me to it. [Video]- I am a Chief Powerplant Operator at a mainstem Columbia River dam, in the read more »
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Outsourcing, grid computing, and hacker professionalism are trends that cannot be stopped, and the sum total of those factors will have a dramatic effect on the way businesses attempt to protect their IT system in the future, researchers and analysts agree. read more »
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The time to secure VOIP traffic is now, beforethe threats outweigh the benefits of this cost-saving communicationstechnology. ...Six Sigma Certification 100% Online-Six Sigma Certificate from Villanova - Find Out More Now. read more »
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http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/105717Heise Online31.03.2008At the Black Hat Security Conference [1] currently taking place in Amsterdam, researchers from the Zurich ETH (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology) have reported a new model for determining the security of operating systems. They don't just count the number of holes and how critical they are, but also determine what they call the zero-day patch rate. This indicates the ability of a vendor to make a patch available on the day a vulner read more »
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The integration effort in Microsoft's Forefront product Stirling is intended to simplify security management....Check Out The #1 Technology Research Tool! SEARCH The Most Massive Development White Paper Library In The Industry. read more »
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http://www.gcn.com/online/vol1_no1/46137-1.htmlBy Kathleen HickeySpecial to GCNGCN.com04/17/08 Government defense and intelligence agencies have taken the wraps off a lab opened in the first quarter of this year for testing and evaluating wireless systems that transmit classified data.The lab, developed by systems integrator Lockheed Martin, allows the agencies to test 802.11 Wi-Fi or broadband satellite links on a top-secret/sensitive compartmented information network.The agencies will be able to test a b read more »
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Security researchers have discovered a complex spamming scheme that hijacks users' PCs in order to attempt to send junk mail via university and military systems. read more »
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http://www.techworld.com/security/news/index.cfm?newsID=12148By Matthew BroersmaTechworld02 May 2008Security researchers have discovered a complex spamming scheme that hijacks users' PCs in order to attempt to send junk mail via university and military systems.Researchers at Romania-based BitDefender said the scheme, based on a backdoor called Edunet, was one of the most complicated and mysterious they've come across."It's not every day that you stumble on the workings of an honest-to-God hacking ring read more »
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http://www.heise-online.co.uk/news/Denial-of-service-hole-in-WonderWare-SCADA-systems--/110681Heise Online7 May 2008Core Security [1] has discovered a vulnerability in WonderWare [2] industrial automation products that are used worldwide in power, petrochemicals, food, utilities, pharmaceutical and engineering industries. A component of its software for Windows allows attackers to remotely crash WonderWare systems using crafted packets.Under Windows, several WonderWare systems use the SuiteLink] service (s read more »
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http://www.gcn.com/online/vol1_no1/46264-1.htmlBy Wilson Dizard IIIGCN.com05/15/08 A military cryptology organization has asked the vendor community for advice on some of the technology options available to help upgrade the government's classified communication systems.The Cryptologic Systems Group's Cryptographic Modernization Program Office at Lackland AFB, Texas, issued a request for information (RFI) [1] recently regarding multilevel security (MLS) and multiple independent levels of security.Both of th read more »
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