[ISN] 'Deceptive Duo' Strikes Again

2002-05-06 Thread InfoSec News
http://www.eweek.com/article/0,3658,s=1884&a=26313,00.asp By Dennis Fisher May 3, 2002 The Deceptive Duo, a Web defacement crew that has struck several government and banking sites in the last week, on Thursday defaced a site belonging to Gartner Inc., an IT research firm. As of 4:45 p.m. EDT

[ISN] [defaced-commentary] Deceptive Duo in the news again

2002-05-06 Thread InfoSec News
-- Forwarded message -- Date: Sun, 5 May 2002 20:59:18 -0400 (EDT) From: security curmudgeon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [defaced-commentary] Deceptive Duo in the news again Earlier today (May 5, 2002), the defacing group "Deceptive Duo" struck again changi

[ISN] Security poses primary wireless challenge

2002-05-06 Thread InfoSec News
Forwarded from: William Knowles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2002/0429/web-dod-05-03-02.asp By Dan Caterinicchia May 3, 2002 The Defense Department faces many obstacles in its attempt to outfit soldiers with reliable, interoperable wireless communications on the battle

[ISN] AIM vulnerability resurfaces

2002-05-06 Thread InfoSec News
http://news.com.com/2100-1040-899411.html?tag=fd_top By Robert Lemos Staff Writer, CNET News.com May 5, 2002, 9:00 PM PT AOL Time Warner failed to properly fix a security hole in its AOL Instant Messenger application, leaving its users vulnerable to a new way to exploit the same flaw, a securit

[ISN] Biometric Security Not Ready to Replace Passwords

2002-05-06 Thread InfoSec News
http://www.newsbytes.com/news/02/176325.html By Carlos A Soto, Government Computer News WASHINGTON, D.C., U.S.A., 02 May 2002, 2:05 PM CST Biometrics vendors are doing their best to supplant passwords as the chief form of computer security, but Government Computer News Lab tests indicate that m

[ISN] Melissa Creator Sentenced On State Charges

2002-05-06 Thread InfoSec News
http://www.newsbytes.com/news/02/176370.html By Dick Kelsey, Newsbytes FREEHOLD, NEW JERSEY, U.S.A., 03 May 2002, 4:02 PM CST "Melissa" virus author David L. Smith today was sentenced in a New Jersey court to 10 years in prison on state charges but will serve only a 20-month federal sentence ha

[ISN] LEA 2002 Workshop on the Law of Electronic Agents

2002-05-06 Thread InfoSec News
Forwarded from: Pierluigi Perri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Call for papers On 13 July 2002 Bologna will host LEA 2002, the first international workshop on software agents and the law, organised by CIRSFID as an event connected to the international conference AAMAS (Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Sys

[ISN] CERT running security pilots

2002-05-06 Thread InfoSec News
http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2002/0429/web-info-05-03-02.asp By Dan Caterinicchia May 3, 2002 The CERT Coordination Center at Pennsylvania's Carnegie Mellon University has developed two unique pilot programs designed to bolster the information assurance capabilities of government agencies.

[ISN] Cyber Crime Crisis Looms in Zimbabwe

2002-05-06 Thread InfoSec News
http://allafrica.com/stories/200205030157.html Financial Gazette (Harare) May 3, 2002 Posted to the web May 3, 2002 Joseph Ngwawi Business News Editor IMAGINE your bank statement being transmitted spontaneously via electronic mail to millions of individuals and companies across the world beca

Re: Fwd: [ISN] Hackers exploit Korea to attack global systems

2002-05-06 Thread InfoSec News
-- Forwarded message -- Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2002 23:38:46 -0400 From: R. A. Hettinga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Digital Bearer Settlement List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Fwd: [ISN] Hackers exploit Korea to attack global systems --- begin forwarded text Status: U Delivered-To: