[ISN] Kansas Teen Sentenced After Hackings

2002-05-13 Thread InfoSec News
http://www.newsbytes.com/news/02/176526.html By Dick Kelsey, Newsbytes OVERLAND PARK, KANSAS, U.S.A., 12 May 2002, 10:43 PM CST A Kansas teenager has pleaded guilty to hacking the official Web site of Stockton, Calif. and telling city officials he would secure it if they gave him a laptop compu

[ISN] Linux Advisory Watch - May 10th 2002

2002-05-13 Thread InfoSec News
++ | LinuxSecurity.comLinux Advisory Watch | | May 10th, 2002 Volume 3, Number 19a | ++ Editors: Dave Wreski

[ISN] Edinburgh Financial Cryptography Engineering 2002 - CFP

2002-05-13 Thread InfoSec News
Forwarded from: "R. A. Hettinga" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- begin forwarded text Status: U Date: Fri, 10 May 2002 22:31:51 +0200 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], e$@vmeng.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Fearghas McKay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Edinburgh Financial Cryptography Engineerin

[ISN] Security Still an 'Afterthought'

2002-05-13 Thread InfoSec News
http://www.eweek.com/article/0,3658,s=701&a=26622,00.asp By Dennis Fisher May 9, 2002 LAS VEGAS -- Despite the current emphasis on security in the IT industry, CIOs and IT managers are still not paying enough attention to the problems facing their organizations, a panel of security experts said

Re: [ISN] Security myths costing firms

2002-05-13 Thread InfoSec News
Forwarded from: Jay D. Dyson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, 7 May 2002, InfoSec News wrote: > SECURITY guru Peter Tippett loves to shock people. > He said no security system was ever going to be 100 per cent effective. That's a shock? Hell,

[ISN] Team tackles Windows security

2002-05-13 Thread InfoSec News
http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2002/0506/web-micro-05-09-02.asp By Dan Caterinicchia May 9, 2002 Government, industry and academia have teamed up to secure the most popular type of system being deployed on servers in the public and private sectors: Microsoft Corp.'s Windows 2000. The National

[ISN] Smith Bill Raises Police Power Concerns

2002-05-13 Thread InfoSec News
Forwarded from: Bob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://dc.internet.com/news/print/0,,2101_1107691,00.html By Roy Mark dc.internet.com 10 May 2002 For Alan Davidson, the associate director of the Center for Democracy and Technology, the greater issue involving H.R. 3482 -- the Cyber Security Enhancement

Re: [ISN] Terrorists could launch cyber-war / RFF Reply to First-RateFUD

2002-05-13 Thread InfoSec News
Forwarded from: Richard Forno <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Regarding: > http://news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,4286006%255E15318,00.html > A "CYBER jihad" could be launched against the West as terrorists > moved from the real world to an internet-based virtual world, a US > expert warns. Sensation

Re: [ISN] Midwest Express hackers cause a stir

2002-05-13 Thread InfoSec News
Forwarded from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > The hackers said they were motivated to intrude on the sites of > Midwest Express and other corporate and military sites to > demonstrate that the U.S. infrastructure is still vulnerable to > terrorists even after Sept. 11. Midwest Express and other corporate >