[ISN] Linux Advisory Watch - January 7th 2005

+-+ | LinuxSecurity.com Weekly Newsletter| | January 7th, 2005 Volume 6, Number 1a| +-+

[ISN] The Hacker Foundation Releases SLA Project

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: North America: B.K. DeLong Media Liaison The Hacker Foundation telephone: +1.617.797.2472 Christian Wright Media Liaison Packetstorm Security telephone: +1.312.399.5064 Europe: Emerson Tan Director Packetstorm Security telephone: +44.781.456.8265 e-mail:

[ISN] George Wackenhut Dies; Security Pioneer

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A54899-2005Jan6.html By Matt Schudel Washington Post Staff Writer January 7, 2005 George R. Wackenhut, the founder of a global security company that has guarded U.S. embassies, nuclear power plants and the trans-Alaska oil pipeline as well as

[ISN] GAO calls for security strategy

http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2005/0103/web-facilities-01-07-05.asp By Dibya Sarkar Jan. 7, 2005 Congressional auditors say a federal interagency committee in charge of coordinating the protection of government facilities needs a strategic plan for identifying priorities and implementing

Re: [ISN] From Russia with malice

Forwarded from: Thor [EMAIL PROTECTED] Kaspersky's figures are backed by estimates from the Ukraine-based Computer Crime Research Centre which says the total amount of financial losses worldwide resulting from cybercrime exceeded $411bn at the end of last year. 411 billion in *losses*??

[ISN] Microsoft 'Titan' Will Zap 10 Top Worms

http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1749818,00.asp By Ryan Naraine January 10, 2005 When the first version of Microsoft Corp.'s new malicious software removal tool is released on Tuesday, it will be pre-programmed to zap 10 of the most virulent worms and viruses, including Blaster, Sasser,

[ISN] Hacker compromises data at George Mason University

Forwarded from: William Knowles [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,98848,00.html By Jaikumar Vijayan JANUARY 10, 2005 COMPUTERWORLD The names, photos and Social Security numbers of more than 32,000 students and staff at George Mason University

[ISN] Security researcher to be jailed for finding bugs in software?

http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/security/0,261744,39176657,00.htm By Munir Kotadia ZDNet Australia 11 January 2005 A French security researcher who published exploit codes that could take advantage of bugs in an anti-virus application, could be imprisoned for violation of copyright laws. In