[ISN] IDs of 50,000 Bahamas resort guests stolen: Kerzner

2006-01-10 Thread InfoSec News
http://www.heraldnewsdaily.com/stories/news-00122573.html By John Marquis Jan 8, 2005 NASSAU, Bahamas - The identities of more than 50,000 customers of major Bahamas resort Atlantis have been exposed to possible identity fraud following the theft of personal information from the hotel, the

[ISN] Homeland Security helps secure open-source code

2006-01-10 Thread InfoSec News
http://news.com.com/Homeland+Security+helps+secure+open-source+code/2100-1002_3-6025579.html By Joris Evers Staff Writer, CNET News.com January 10, 2006 The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is extending the scope of its protection to open-source software. Through its Science and Technology

[ISN] Qualys vulnerability research put in peril

2006-01-10 Thread InfoSec News
http://www.techworld.com/security/news/index.cfm?NewsID=5128 By John E. Dunn Techworld 10 January 2006 Security management vendor Qualys has denied that its innovative Laws of Vulnerability research has been jeopardised by the sudden departure of its key instigator, Gerhard Eschelbeck. The

[ISN] Microsoft Plugs 'Critical' E-Mail Server Holes

2006-01-10 Thread InfoSec News
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1909647,00.asp By Ryan Naraine January 10, 2006 Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday released two security bulletins to fix critical flaws in several widely deployed products, including one that presents a remote unauthenticated attack vector that could leave

[ISN] Book Review: Insider Threat

2006-01-10 Thread InfoSec News
http://books.slashdot.org/books/06/01/06/1421243.shtml [ http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1597490482/c4iorg - WK] Author: Eric Cole and Sandra Ring Pages: 397 Publisher: Syngress Rating: 9 Reviewer: Ben Rothke ISBN: 1597490482 Summary: Excellent overview of the insider threat to