[ISN] US oil platform watcher shuts net over Indian suit

http://www.forbes.com/home_asia/newswire/2003/07/01/rtr1016532.html By Timothy Gardner Reuters 07.01.03 NEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal judge has ordered the U.S. agency that monitors energy platforms in the Gulf of Mexico to shut down its Internet and email systems indefinitely to block hackers f

Re: [ISN] Expert slams outlandish hacker claims

Forwarded from: Robert G. Ferrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Forwarded from: Lance Spitzner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >On Mon, 30 Jun 2003, InfoSec News wrote: > > > But Barrett, technical director at Information Risk Management, > > questioned how any hacker could own 600 computers at any one time. > > > >

[ISN] Gen. Clark wants more proactive government role in cybersecurity

http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,82646,00.html By DAN VERTON JUNE 30, 2003 Computerworld PHILADELPHIA - Retired supreme allied commander Gen. Wesley K. Clark said today that the insurance industry and tougher government enforcement of security standards are key

[ISN] New Wireless Mail List

Forwarded from: John <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Greetings, Michiganwireless.org would like to announce a new mail list has been created by Blackwave and audit of the Netstumbler Forums... This list will be focused on wardriving in general, wardriving in the media, wardriving ethics, and basically war

RE: [ISN] Expert slams outlandish hacker claims

Forwarded from: David Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Following Lance's comment, an example botnet control method: http://botnet.sourceforge.net A example of a massive recent co-ordinated botnet attack: http://www.atnewyork.com/news/article.php/1573551 http://zine.dal.net/previousissues/issue22/lett

[ISN] Microsoft patches another Passport hole

http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030701.wmike71/BNStory/Technology/ Associated Press July 1, 2003 Washington - Microsoft Corp. said Tuesday it has fixed another security flaw in its popular Internet Passport service, which could have allowed hackers to hijack some older accoun

[ISN] Call for Donations for InfoSec News and C4I.org

http://www.c4i.org/contribute.html First, we would like to thank those of you who stepped up to the plate and donated a little something to InfoSec News and C4I.org, its greatly appreciated! If you tried to donate a $1.00+ via Paypal yesterday and were getting a note about an additional $4 Shippi