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RenderMan to the rescue

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:02:33 -0500 (CDT)

Posted by InfoSec News on Jul 24

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080722.wtq-0708-Haines/BNStory/GlobeTQ/home

By CRAIG SILVERMAN
Globe and Mail Update
July 22, 2008

One day last December, Brad Haines pulled a long black trench coat over
his black shirt and pants, perched his trademark black fedora on...

Data Logging to USB Mass Storage Devices

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:02:20 -0500 (CDT)

Posted by InfoSec News on Jul 24

http://www.waterandwastewater.com/www_services/news_center/publish/article_001510.shtml

By Steve Goodman
Water and Wastewater.com
July 23, 2008

Ottawa, Canada -- Control Microsystems, global developer of advanced
SCADA products for the water and wastewater industry, today announced
the...

Prosecutor: Admin Rigged City Network for Failure

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:02:08 -0500 (CDT)

Posted by InfoSec News on Jul 24

http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/07/prosecutor-admi.html

By David Kravets
Threat Level
Wired.com
July 23, 2008

A judge on Wednesday refused to free the jailed San Francisco admin who
hijacked the city's network a week ago after a prosecutor said the
defendant rigged it for...

DNS attack code out in wild

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:01:58 -0500 (CDT)

Posted by InfoSec News on Jul 24

http://www.techworld.com/security/news/index.cfm?newsID=102222

By Robert McMillan
IDG news service
24 July 2008

Hackers have released software that exploits a recently disclosed DNS
flaw.

The attack code was released Wednesday by developers of the Metasploit
hacking toolkit.

Internet...

Internal security threats multiply

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:01:44 -0500 (CDT)

Posted by InfoSec News on Jul 24

http://www.gcn.com/online/vol1_no1/46705-1.html

By William Jackson
GCN.com
07/23/08

An evaluation of more than 100,000 endpoint devices at private-sector
enterprises showed that significant numbers were missing essential
software such as antivirus or security patches and were using
...

Researchers hypothesis may expose uber-secret DNS flaw

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 02:39:17 -0500 (CDT)

Posted by InfoSec News on Jul 23

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/07/21/dns_flaw_speculation/

By Dan Goodin in San Francisco
The Register
21st July 2008

Two weeks ago, when security researcher Dan Kaminsky announced a
devastating flaw in the internet's address lookup system, he took the
unusual step of admonishing his...

Philadelphia TV Anchor Accused Of Hacking Rivals E-mail

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 02:39:07 -0500 (CDT)

Posted by InfoSec News on Jul 23

http://www.informationweek.com/news/security/privacy/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=209400773

By Thomas Claburn
InformationWeek
July 22, 2008

Former Philadelphia news anchor Larry Mendte on Monday was charged with
hacking into the e-mail accounts of Alycia Lane, his co-anchor at CBS
...

NIST revises guidelines for IT security metrics

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 02:38:57 -0500 (CDT)

Posted by InfoSec News on Jul 23

http://www.gcn.com/online/vol1_no1/46698-1.html

By William Jackson
GCN.com
07/22/08

The National Institute of Standards and Technology has released a
revised version of guidelines for developing metrics to ensure that
agencies meet information technology security requirements.

Special...

Stolen tape puts Bristol-Myers employee data at risk

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 02:38:47 -0500 (CDT)

Posted by InfoSec News on Jul 23

http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9110485

By Brian Fonseca
July 22, 2008
Computerworld

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. officials last week confirmed that a
nonencrypted backup tape containing the personal data of current and
former employees...

MPs offered free laptop locks

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 02:38:37 -0500 (CDT)

Posted by InfoSec News on Jul 23

http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2222217/kensington-helps-mps-lock-laptops

By Ian Williams
vnunet.com
22 July 2008

PC peripheral maker Kensington is offering MPs a free lock to ensure the
physical security of their laptops.

The firm said that the current furore around the theft of...

Downing Street aide in Chinese honeytrap sting

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 00:04:44 -0500 (CDT)

Posted by InfoSec News on Jul 22

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/labour/2437340/Downing-Street-aide-in-Chinese-honeytrap-sting.html

By Andrew Porter
Political Editor
21 July 2008

The aide to the Prime Minister met the woman in a disco in Shanghai
during a trip to China with Mr Brown earlier this year.

...

At least one guy at Purdue security summit was paying attention

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 00:04:36 -0500 (CDT)

Posted by InfoSec News on Jul 22

http://www.tribstar.com/opinion/local_story_201220549.html

By Stephanie Salter
The Tribune-Star
July 19, 2008

TERRE HAUTE — Purdue computer science professor Eugene Spafford had the
best line about media coverage of Barack Obama’s extensive national
security seminar in West Lafayette last...

DHS seeks cybersecurity capablity info

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 00:04:24 -0500 (CDT)

Posted by InfoSec News on Jul 22

http://www.fcw.com/online/news/153190-1.html

By Ben Bain
FCW.com
July 21, 2008

The Homeland Security Department is interested in learning how the
private sector can help secure the perimeter of the government’s
information technology networks — a key DHS role in the Bush
...

Banks Targeted for Malicious Attacks

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 00:04:07 -0500 (CDT)

Posted by InfoSec News on Jul 22

http://www.bankinfosecurity.com/articles.php?art_id=911

By Linda McGlasson
Managing Editor
July 18, 2008

Financial institutions should brace themselves for more malicious
attacks, as the recent Threat Horizon 2010 report from the Information
Security Forum (ISF) warns of an increase in...

MoD losing one laptop every four days

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 00:03:51 -0500 (CDT)

Posted by InfoSec News on Jul 22

http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/07/21/231573/mod-losing-one-laptop-every-four-days.htm

ComputerWeekly.com
21 July 2008

One laptop is lost every two days by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) with
659 reported stolen and 89 lost by the department in the past four
years.

The 659th...