[ISN] Wal-Mart's data center remains mystery

http://www.joplinglobe.com/local/local_story_148015054/ By Max McCoy The Joplin Globe Globe Investigative Writer May 28, 2006 JANE, Mo. - Call it Area 71. Behind a fence topped with razor wire just off U.S. Highway 71 is a bunker of a building that Wal-Mart considers so secret that it won't

[ISN] Cybercrime spurs college courses in digital forensics

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/techinnovations/2006-06-05-digital-forensics_x.htm By Jon Swartz USA TODAY 6/5/2006 SAN FRANCISCO - One of the hottest new courses on U.S. college campuses is a direct result of cybercrime. Classes in digital forensics - the collection, examination and

[ISN] Spammer settles suit for $1 million

http://news.com.com/2100-7348_3-6079868.html By Will Sturgeon Special to CNET News.com June 5, 2006 A major spammer who was accused of sending up to 25 million e-mails per day has settled a lawsuit with Microsoft and the state of Texas. The settlement has cost Ryan Pitylak $1 million, as well

[ISN] REVIEW: Perfect Passwords, Mark Burnett

Forwarded from: Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon Hannah [EMAIL PROTECTED] BKPRFPWD.RVW 20060420 Perfect Passwords, Mark Burnett, 2006, 1-59749-041-5, U$24.95/C$34.95 %A Mark Burnett %C 800 Hingham Street, Rockland, MA 02370 %D 2006 %G 1-59749-041-5 %I Syngress Media, Inc. %O

[ISN] Oracle mends fences with security researchers

http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/0/FB208DAE086D24ABCC2571810014C73E?OpenDocument By Robert McMillan San Francisco 6 June, 2006 Oracle once marketed its database as unbreakable, but security researcher David Litchfield has a less inflated opinion of the software. God forbid that any of our

[ISN] Linux Security Week - June 5th 2006

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[ISN] Despite breaches, companies seen as lax on protecting data

http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/business/technology/14754071.htm By Aman Batheja Fort Worth Star Telegram Jun. 06, 2006 FORT WORTH, Texas - Another week, another huge breach of personal data. Dallas-based Hotels.com announced last week that credit-card numbers and other personal

[ISN] Fraidy Cat Marketing

http://www.forbes.com/home/free_forbes/2006/0605/100.html By Matthew Rand and David Whelan 06.05.06 To sell antivirus software, first you must sell the fear. Verisign, the intrepid Web security giant, issued an ominous warning in December. It predicted an imminent invasion by a worm called

[ISN] Commerce sets up IT security education program

http://www.gcn.com/print/25_14/40927-1.html By Patience Wait GCN Staff 06/05/06 issue The first step toward better information security in the government is to provide more training for the people responsible for keeping systems safe. That's the approach being taken by Nancy DeFrancesco, chief

[ISN] DHS doesn't take cyberattack threats seriously, former IG says

Forwarded from: William Knowles [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.fcw.com/article94792-06-06-06-Web By Christopher J. Dorobek June 6, 2006 HILTON HEAD, S.C. -- The United States and the Homeland Security Department are manifestly and woefully unprepared for a cyberattack, the former DHS inspector