[ISN] Linux Advisory Watch - May 31st 2002

2002-06-03 Thread InfoSec News
++ | LinuxSecurity.comLinux Advisory Watch | | May 31st, 2002 Volume 3, Number 22a | ++ Editors: Dave Wreski

[ISN] Security breach on U.K. tax site halts online filing

2002-06-03 Thread InfoSec News
http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2002/0531irsec.html By Laura Rohde IDG News Service, 05/31/02 The U.K. Inland Revenue Monday shut down its Internet tax self-assessment service because of security breaches, the tax department said on Friday. "Several people were using the self assessment online ser

[ISN] Wi-Fi 'hot spots' allow laptop, PDA user to be covertly tracked

2002-06-03 Thread InfoSec News
Forwarded from: "eric wolbrom, CISSP" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/134462403_btboston2=7.html Monday, May 27, 2002, 12:00 a.m. Pacific By Simson L. Garfinkel Special to The Seattle Times If you have one of those fancy new wireless Wi-Fi or 802.11

[ISN] 13-year-old goes on $2 million Ebay spending spree

2002-06-03 Thread InfoSec News
http://www.kmov.com/news/News_OffBeat/kmov_offbeatnews_020531_teenspendingspree.5cecc13.html 05/31/2002 Rogers, Ohio (AP) -- A 13-year-old boy spent about $2 million in a science class buying a helicopter, a jet and other items over the Internet using a password belonging to a friend's mother

Re: [ISN] The War in All its Online Glory

2002-06-03 Thread InfoSec News
Forwarded from: security curmudgeon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Forwarded from: Bob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > [Talk about a challenge for hackers, this is it. > Bob Adams - http://www.globaldisaster.org ] > > Associated Press > May 30, 2002 PDT > http://www.wired.com/news/print/0,1294,52861,00.html >

[ISN] When hacking competitions go wrong

2002-06-03 Thread InfoSec News
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2111243,00.html 17:08 Friday 31st May 2002 Matt Loney What do you do when you enter a hacking competition only to discover that the target server is running a cut-down operating system running with almost all services switched off so that it does not rese

[ISN] Technology Empowers Information Operations in Afghanistan

2002-06-03 Thread InfoSec News
http://www.us.net/signal/Archive/March02/technology-march.html [This might answer some of the questions raised in the article from last week in Wired. I might add that of the many groups I am a member of, the AFCEA is one that's membership has been worth every penny. http://www.afcea.org - W

RE: [ISN] Thoughts on The White House Chicago Town Hall Meeting.

2002-06-03 Thread InfoSec News
Forwarded from: "Lepchenske, Craig L (Raytheon)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Greetings all. I have been reading this newsgroup for a little while now. I'd like my first comment made on this list to be on the "cyberterrorism" debate. I hope I don't put my foot too far in my mouth. To me, it seems as if c