[ISN] [defaced-commentary] UK Labour Party web site ownx0red by allah

-- Forwarded message -- Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2003 18:57:51 -0400 (EDT) From: security curmudgeon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [defaced-commentary] UK Labour Party web site ownx0red by allah From: "Wanja Eric Naef [IWS]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Mirror of Defacement

Re: [ISN] Recent Gartner Report on IDS/IPS

mation made available to the author from vendors. IPS vendors had a more convincing story. Shame on the vendors still taking a responsible approach to IPS technologies for not having a stronger, louder, and more relevant story and actively lobbying it to the Gartner's of the world. You reap what yo

[ISN] Bad Raps for Non-Hacks

http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/167 By Mark Rasch June 16, 2003 A few odd cases show that you don't have be a digital desparado to be accused of a cybercrime... particularly if you embarrass the wrong bureaucrats. Some recent (and not so recent) cases illustrate how computer security pr

[ISN] Linux file locking mechanisms - Flock, Lockf, and Fcntl

+--+ | Linux Security: Tips, Tricks, and Hackery | | Published by Onsight, Inc. | | | | 16-June-2003

[ISN] Hacker tips CERT's hand on Linux/PDF flaw

Forwarded from: William Knowles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/06/16/HNhackertip_1.html By Paul Roberts IDG News Service June 16, 2003 Confidential vulnerability information managed by the CERT Coordination Center has again been leaked to the public, following a flu

[ISN] When to Shed Light

http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1128749,00.asp By Dennis Fisher June 16, 2003 Until recently, software security vulnerabilities were discovered mostly by chance and by developers, security specialists or other professionals. Once the flaw was discovered, news about it spread slowly and typi

Re: [ISN] Recent Gartner Report on IDS/IPS

Forwarded from: Russell Coker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Gary's posting had many good points, however there is one issue that I query: > An IPS, being in-line, does not have the indulgence of being able to > be highly sensitive to everything an IDS can. Since it is making the > decision to pass or not p

[ISN] Never mind the hacker outside, beware the hacker within

http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=304489 By Galit Yemini June 17, 2003 "About 70 to 80 percent of information security breaches in organizations are caused by the firms' own employees, and not by outside hackers," says Arie Danon, CEI of information security company Syma

[ISN] Hatch Takes Aim at Illegal Downloading

http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/6109851.htm TED BRIDIS Associated Press June 17, 2003 WASHINGTON - The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee said Tuesday he favors developing new technology to remotely destroy the computers of people who illegally download music from the Intern

RE: [ISN] When to Shed Light

sets the stage for demonstrable negligence and fraud in the future. Just some ideas. Regards, Pete Pete Lindstrom, CISSP Research Director Spire Security, LLC -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of InfoSec News Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2003 3:14 AM To

[ISN] Honeynet Video Release

Forwarded from: Lance Spitzner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- Forwarded message -- Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2003 09:52:16 -0700 From: Patrick McCarty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Honeynet Video Release Greetings, We've just released a short video explaining Honeynet and re

[ISN] Cybersecurity Starts in the Office

Forwarded from: William Knowles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2428-2003Jun16.html By Ellen McCarthy Washington Post Staff Writer Tuesday, June 17, 2003 When the office networks crash and work comes to a halt, there's probably an irresponsible co-worker somew

[ISN] Experts fear hacking scenes in Matrix Reloaded are too accurate

http://www.computerweekly.com/articles/article.asp?liArticleID=122562 by John Kavanagh 17 June 2003 Expert BCS members have warned movie fans not to try to emulate the realistic depiction of computer hacking seen in hit film The Matrix Reloaded. The society said many experts were sufficientl

Re: [ISN] When to Shed Light

t said "Deloitte Consultant" or "ISS Developer," doesn't qualify them as silver bullet product developers or security saviors. There's a lot of truth to the idea that something that works well takes time to develop. --- InfoSec News <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Re: [ISN] Bad Raps for Non-Hacks

Forwarded from: Russell Coker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> On Tue, 17 Jun 2003 17:14, InfoSec News wrote: > By Mark Rasch > June 16, 2003 [...] > Professional penetration testers already know to get explicit > authorization in writing before beginning work. But given the > dramatic s

[ISN] Senator OK with zapping pirates' PCs

http://news.com.com/2100-1028_3-1018845.html By Declan McCullagh Staff Writer, CNET News.com June 18, 2003 Sen. Orrin Hatch on Wednesday backpedaled slightly from his suggestion a day earlier that copyright holders should be allowed to remotely destroy the computers of music pirates. In a brief

[ISN] Windows & .NET Magazine Security UPDATE--June 18, 2003

This Issue Sponsored By Hewlett-Packard http://list.winnetmag.com/cgi-bin3/DM/y/eRPA0CJgSH0CBw08fJ0Av Windows & .NET Magazine http://list.winnetmag.com/cgi-bin3/DM/y/eRPA0CJgSH0CBw06cX0A5 1. In Focus: Are IDSs Overrated? 2. Security Risks

[ISN] Secunia Weekly Summary

=== The Secunia Weekly Advisory Summary 2003-06-12 - 2003-06-19 This week : 65 advisories ===

[ISN] DOD teaming on critical infrastructure

Forwarded from: William Knowles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2003/0616/web-dod-06-18-03.asp By Dan Caterinicchia June 18, 2003 The Defense Department is working with government officials at all levels, as well as with the private sector, to ensure that the nation's crit

[ISN] Universities try to hone cybersecurity niche

http://newsobserver.com/24hour/technology/story/920816p-6411106c.html By CHRISTINA DYRNESS THE NEWS & OBSERVER OF RALEIGH June 18, 2003 (MN) - An Iraqi attack on U.S. computer systems leaves government agencies in disarray until a cybervigilante comes to the rescue. So goes the plot line of a

[ISN] Trojan Picks Up Steam, Baffles Experts

http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1130754,00.asp By Dennis Fisher June 18, 2003 A new Trojan that has been making its way around the Internet in recent weeks continues to baffle security experts, who have been unable to get a good handle on its behavior. The Trojan apparently made its fir

RE: [ISN] When to Shed Light

Forwarded from: "Bill Scherr IV, GSEC, GCIA" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I couldn't let this pass... On 18 Jun 2003 at 2:57, InfoSec News wrote: > Forwarded from: Pete Lindstrom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To further my comments in the article: > > I think acti

[ISN] Orrin Hatch: Software Pirate?

http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,59305,00.html By Leander Kahney June 19, 2003 Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) suggested Tuesday that people who download copyright materials from the Internet should have their computers automatically destroyed. But Hatch himself is using unlicensed software

[ISN] Security Researchers Uncover Mystery Malware

http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1132253,00.asp By Dennis Fisher June 19, 2003 Security experts finally have a handle on mystery malware that was generating loads of suspicious IP traffic over the last few weeks. Researchers at Internet Security Systems Inc. say the culprit, which was first

[ISN] Wireless security entangles HIPAA

http://www.fcw.com/geb/articles/2003/0616/web-hipaa-06-18-03.asp By Dibya Sarkar June 18, 2003 Although most health organizations still have another 22 months to comply with new federal security standards, securing wireless networks may pose a problem as they near the deadline. "There are so

[ISN] Security researchers nibble at Bluetooth

http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/69/31297.html By Kevin Poulsen, SecurityFocus 19/06/2003 On Tuesday the organization responsible for the Bluetooth wireless standard unveiled version 1.2 of its official spec at the Bluetooth World Congress in Amsterdam. But for real evidence that that the t

[ISN] FC: Orrin Hatch's personal homepage links to a porn site

Wow, when it rains, it pours! This is bound to be blocked by over a 100+ subscribers corporate content filters, but... The link mentioned below is down, but leave it to Internet Wayback Machine to have archived a copy of this page. http://web.archive.org/web/20021021011621/http://www.senate.gov

[ISN] Making Homeland Security network hacker-proof poses challenge

http://www.tribnet.com/24hour/technology/story/921846p-6419204c.html By STEVEN K. PAULSON Associated Press COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (June 19, 8:33 a.m. PDT) - It's a task that would challenge even the sharpest of computer geeks: set up a hacker-proof computer network for 190,000 government worker

RE: [ISN] The Two Faces of Foundstone

clients and prospects. George and several other E&Y ISAAS personnel spent the better part of a year doing nothing but putting on these training sessions. Scott D. Ramsey NAPD, TSS Jefferson Wells International 216.535.2011 - Office 216.496.2432 - Cell -----Original Message- From: InfoSe

[ISN] Frank Abagnale Jr. Exposes Security Enigmas at Chicago Confab

Forwarded from: William Knowles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.eprairie.com/news/viewnews.asp?newsletterid=4690 By ADAM FENDELMAN Editor-in-Chief [EMAIL PROTECTED] 6/20/2003 CHICAGO - Chicago caught "Catch Me If You Can" muse Frank Abagnale Jr. on Thursday night at the Four Seasons. A crimina

[ISN] Student arrested for allegedly hacking university computers to derailelection

http://cbs11tv.com/national/HackerArrested-aa/resources_news_html Saturday June 21, 2003 RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) A 21-year-old student was arrested for allegedly hacking into a university computer system during student elections to cast hundreds of votes for a made-up candidate he named American N

[ISN] Come up and see me some time

http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/55/31353.html By Mike Kemp 20/06/2003 WebcamNow, a streaming image service with more than 1.5 million users a month, stores user ids and passwords in plain text in the registry of users' computers. The coding snafu, first spotted by bugwatcher Donnie Wern

[ISN] Linux Advisory Watch - June 20th 2003

++ | LinuxSecurity.comLinux Advisory Watch | | June 20th, 2002 Volume 4, Number 24a | ++ Editors: Dave Wreski

[ISN] N/MCI Security Doubts Persist

Forwarded from: William Knowles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,82390,00.html By DAN VERTON JUNE 23, 2003 Computerworld NEW ORLEANS -- The need for a more secure network infrastructure was one of the driving forces behind the U.S. Navy's q

[ISN] 'Heads on block' over Comedy Terrorist's royal party stunt

http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/story.jsp?story=418476 [Just goes to prove the fact that you could have the BEST security controls and experience money can buy, and it can be all fouled up with a little social engineering. - WK] By Jason Bennetto Crime Correspondent 24 June 2003

[ISN] Linux file locking mechanisms - Mandatory Locking

+--+ | Linux Security: Tips, Tricks, and Hackery | | Published by Onsight, Inc. | | | | 23-June-2003

RE: [ISN] Student arrested for allegedly hacking university computersto derail election

Forwarded from: "Blair, Paul" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > ``I think he made his point, but you might say he went about it in > the wrong way,'' Duran said. ``An e-mail to the webmaster might have > sufficed.'' If this guy made no attempt to contact the people in charge of whatever system he compromised

[ISN] Feds Form Anti-Terror E-Posse

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/06/23/attack/main559834.shtml HILLSBORO, Ore. June 23, 2003 (CBS/AP) Power plants, bridges and buildings aren't the only things vital to national security — computer networks also are crucial. And the FBI can't keep an eye on everything. So a unique partne

[ISN] New law forces companies to warn consumers of computer securityholes

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/computing/20030623-0003-ca-wevebeenhacked.html By Rachel Konrad ASSOCIATED PRESS June 23, 2003 SAN JOSE - California consumers will learn next month whether their favorite shopping sites are steeled against computer fraud - or haunts of hackers and identity th

[ISN] A Dictionary For Vulnerabilities

http://security.ziffdavis.com/article2/0,3973,1134336,00.asp By Larry Seltzer June 23, 2003 CVE gives users, vendors, and toolmakers a common vocabulary for vulnerabilities. Unfortunately, the bad guys move quite a bit faster. If you ever read security vulnerabilities you eventually run into a

[ISN] OPM speeds hiring of cyber specialists

http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2003/0623/web-hire-06-24-03.asp By Nancy Ferris June 24, 2003 All executive branch agencies are free to hire their own information technology professionals to bolster the security of their information systems, the Office of Personnel Management has announced. The

[ISN] Virgin Net customer is security shock

http://www.net4nowt.com/isp_news/news_article.asp?News_ID=1001 By Peter Harris 25 June 2003 United Kingdom A very shocked and horrified Virgin.net customer has notified Net4Nowt of a potential security flaw in the companies online signup procedures for the companies 24/7 Internet pacakage. Virgi

[ISN] Be careful: too safe can too easily end up sorry

Forwarded from: William Knowles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,1-719525,00.html Simon Jenkins June 20, 2003 I am not paranoid. It is just that people out there are trying to scare me and I am not sure who they are. Some have Semtex and ricin, dirty bombs and di

[ISN] Pope moves against hackers

http://www.abc.net.au/science/news/scitech/SciTechRepublish_887398.htm [Nice to see the Swiss Guards have an information warfare component working to secure the Pontiff's network. :) - WK] Wednesday, 25 June 2003 The Vatican has revealed it has taken on a team of experts to protect the Pope'

Re: [ISN] A Dictionary For Vulnerabilities

Forwarded from: Kurt Seifried <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://security.ziffdavis.com/article2/0,3973,1134336,00.asp Actually the hope is that vendors come to Mitre requesting CVE CAN numbers, i.e. you find a vulnerability, you go to SANS/Mitre/etc, start the process, get a CAN entry, that way when you

Re: [ISN] Student arrested for allegedly hacking university computersto derail election

school prank in national media merely because it involves a computer. --dr On June 23, 2003 12:58 am, InfoSec News wrote: > http://cbs11tv.com/national/HackerArrested-aa/resources_news_html > > Saturday June 21, 2003 > > RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) A 21-year-old student was arre

[ISN] Federal Government Has A Ways To Go To Secure Systems

http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=10800126 By Eric Chabrow June 24, 2003 Since January, the State Department has wiped out more than 155,000 viruses on its IT systems. Between Oct. 1 and May 31, the first eight months of fiscal year 2003, the department recorded mo

RE: [ISN] Pope moves against hackers

Forwarded from: Steve W. Manzuik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > The Vatican has revealed it has taken on a team of experts to > protect the Pope's website which is attacked by some 10,000 viruses > a month and at least 30 mainly American hackers every day. So they obviously mean the attacking IP was an Am

[ISN] School district computer network left student records available topublic

http://www.paloaltoonline.com/paw/paonline/weekly/thisweek/2003_06_25.wire25.html by Rachel Metz June 25, 2003 In the heart of Silicon Valley, where companies secure information as tightly as a bank safeguards money, some student records on Palo Alto school district computers have been as easy t

[ISN] Windows & .NET Magazine Security UPDATE--June 25, 2003

This Issue Sponsored By SPI Dynamics http://list.winnetmag.com/cgi-bin3/DM/y/eRWs0CJgSH0CBw0BA3h0Am J.A. Korsmeyer, Inc. http://list.winnetmag.com/cgi-bin3/DM/y/eRWs0CJgSH0CBw0BA3f0Ak 1. In Focus: Legalizing "Hacking Back": A Comedy of Errors

Re: [ISN] A Dictionary For Vulnerabilities

Forwarded from: Adam Shostack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> On Wed, Jun 25, 2003 at 02:39:50AM -0500, InfoSec News wrote: | Forwarded from: Kurt Seifried <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | related to? etc.)then of course it will be "old". As for the CAN -> | CVE process this isn't that

RE: [ISN] Student arrested for allegedly hacking university computersto derail election

his time). Jon Miller, CISSP, GSEC -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of InfoSec News Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2003 3:38 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [ISN] Student arrested for allegedly hacking university compu

[ISN] Symantec under fire for bugs, flaws

http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0625symtecflaw.html By Paul Roberts IDG News Service 06/25/03 It's shaping up to be a bad week for antivirus software company Symantec after researchers raised alarms about security holes and buggy code in two of the company's products. On Monday, Symantec ackno

[ISN] RIAA Threatens Orgy of Lawsuits

Forwarded from: Ejovi Nuwere <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> It will be interesting to see how ISPs respond when the subpoenas go out. I would also be curious in knowing how automated this process is going to be? Manually tracking users connections (during file downloads) would be awfully tedious. If you s

[ISN] I Don't Care if You're the Richest Guy in the World

http://www.drudgereport.com/flash.htm Jun 26 2003 ROLL CALL Billionaire Bill Gates learned the hard way that the Secret Service means business when it comes to checking identification at the White House gates, ROLL CALL reports. Gates showed up at the White House on Wednesday afternoon for

[ISN] Secunia Weekly Summary

=== The Secunia Weekly Advisory Summary 2003-06-19 - 2003-06-26 This week : 45 advisories ===

[ISN] Ottawa aiming to thwart cyber-terrorists

http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030626.gttwcybe/BNStory/Technology/ By CHRISTOPHER GULY Special to The Globe and Mail June 26, 2003 OTTAWA - Stepping up its war against on-line terrorism, the federal government is launching an effort to anticipate and stop cyber-attacks befo

[ISN] Cyber security chief sees 'business approach' at DHS

Forwarded from: William Knowles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/06/26/HNcybersecure_1.html By Paul Roberts IDG News Service June 26, 2003 The atmosphere in the new U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is one of chaotic energy, akin to a "dot com," but the new ag

[ISN] Sobig.E warning

Forwarded from: "Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I am, today, seeing an absolute flood of messages infected with the Sobig.E worm. It may be an anomaly, but the numbers I am seeing in my own mail would seem to warrant some kind of warning. Sobig spoofs message h

Re: [ISN] Student arrested for allegedly hacking university computersto derail election

Forwarded from: Russell Coker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> On Thu, 26 Jun 2003 18:50, Jon Miller wrote: > That this student chose to use his skills to exploit a university > computer system (not well known for security in general) is > troubling. It wasn't by accident that he did this, and unless he's > be

[ISN] Judge orders shutdown of many Interior Department computer systems

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2003/06/27/national2105EDT0820.DTL ROBERT GEHRKE Associated Press Writer June 27, 2003 WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal judge pulled the plug Friday on many of the Interior Department's Internet systems -- the second time the judge has ord

[ISN] Young cyber-terrorists hold top US firms to ransom in Transylvania

Forwarded from: William Knowles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.sundayherald.com/34961 Gabriel Ronay 29 June 2003 Several top American companies have been blackmailed to the tune of $50,000 a head by Romanian hackers practising 'cyber- terrorism' from the backwoods of Transylvania. Astonishingl

[ISN] Linux Advisory Watch - June 27th 2003

++ | LinuxSecurity.comLinux Advisory Watch | | June 27th, 2002 Volume 4, Number 25a | ++ Editors: Dave Wreski

RE: [ISN] Student arrested for allegedly hacking university computersto derail election

Officer The City of New York, HRA Management Information Systems -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of InfoSec News Sent: Friday, June 27, 2003 2:37 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [ISN] Student arrested for allegedly hacking unive

RE: [ISN] Cyber security chief sees 'business approach' at DHS

Forwarded from: Rob Rosenberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Liscouski was in Framingham, Mass., Thursday, speaking with >>members of the press and discussing the government's plans >>to fight cyberterrorism and protect the nation's critical >>infrastructure. I can't recall seeing any of these

[ISN] Expert slams outlandish hacker claims

http://www.vnunet.com/News/1141901 By Robert Jaques 27-06-2003 Suggestion that hackers control three million servers is 'nonsense' Security expert Neil Barrett has poured scorn on research released this week claiming that hackers are in control of at least three million servers around the world

[ISN] Exchange ready to test secure code development in real world

http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0627trustmicrosoft.html By John Fontana Network World Fusion 06/27/03 When Microsoft completes development of Exchange 2003 next week it will not only be the end of a three-year effort but the beginning of a real-world gauntlet to test Microsoft's promise to de

[ISN] Updated C4I.org page and call for donations...

With today the 1st of July, I have updated the C4I.org mainpage with a new bunch of links, and updated the few dead links with content from Archive.org. -- http://www.c4i.org -=- Call for donations for InfoSec News and C4I.org! http://www.c4i.org/contribute.html Richard Clarke once said

RE: [ISN] Young cyber-terrorists hold top US firms to ransom inTransylvania

nch of third world kids. Geez, they much be something special - 'cyber terrorists'? What kind of 'protected' database was that then? And how much had these "big US companies" spent on taking the most elementary precautions? ROTFL! -Original Message- From: Info

[ISN] Linux Security Week - June 30th 2003

+-+ | LinuxSecurity.comWeekly Newsletter | | June 30th, 2003 Volume 4, Number 26n | | | | Editoria

[ISN] Get smart about intelligence

http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0630schwartau.html By Winn Schwartau Network World 06/30/03 Recently a reporter called the Pentagon's public affairs office and asked for the location and itinerary of certain aircraft carriers and their battle groups. He was told that this information is classif

Re: [ISN] Expert slams outlandish hacker claims

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. > > From his experience working with the po

[ISN] PetCo plugs credit card leak

http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/55/31478.html By Kevin Poulsen, SecurityFocus 30/06/2003 Pet supply retailer PetCo.com plugged a hole in its online storefront over the weekend that left as many as 500,000 credit card numbers open to anyone able to construct a specially-crafted URL. The pe

[ISN] A Push From Homeland Security

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/30/technology/30NECO.html By STEVE LOHR June 30, 2003 ROBERT LISCOUSKI left his job as the head of information security at Coca-Cola three months ago to join a start-up. "I refer to it as DHS.com, and that's probably a good way to think about it," he said. The pac

[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

[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

RE: [ISN] Expert slams outlandish hacker claims

Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -Original Message----- > From: InfoSec News [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 01 July 2003 12:08 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [ISN] Expert slams outlandish hacker claims > > Forwarded from: Lance Spitzner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> &

[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

[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

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 cou

[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

[ISN] Zone-H.org statement about the announced defacement challenge

http://www.zone-h.org/en/news/read/id=2986/ SyS64738 - G00db0y 07/02/2003 Zone-H.org statement about the announced "defacement challenge" We at Zone-H have been informed about the oncoming "defacement challenge", a defacer contest that should happen July 6th in which defacers are challenged to de

[ISN] Wireless Hunters on the Prowl

http://www.wired.com/news/wireless/0,1382,59460,00.html By Xeni Jardin July 02, 2003 Mike Outmesguine leans against a Chevy Suburban packed with Wi-Fi, GPS and ham radio gadgets, gazing out at the necklace of hilltop radio towers that surround Los Angeles' Chinatown. "The cool thing about war dr

[ISN] Bloomberg extortionist jailed for 4 years

http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/55/31517.html By John Leyden Posted: 02/07/2003 A Kazakhstan man was jailed yesterday to 51 months in prison following his conviction in February for an attempt to extort $200,000 from Michael Bloomberg, founder of the Bloomberg financial news service. Oleg

[ISN] Windows & .NET Magazine Security UPDATE--July 2, 2003

This Issue Sponsored By Shavlik http://list.winnetmag.com/cgi-bin3/DM/y/eRdu0CJgSH0CBw076e0Al Panda Security http://list.winnetmag.com/cgi-bin3/DM/y/eRdu0CJgSH0CBw0BBDp0AT 1. In Focus: Win2K SP4: A Few Things to Know 2. Security Risks

[ISN] [defaced-commentary] Web vandalism contest results unclear

-- Forwarded message -- Date: Sun, 6 Jul 2003 20:49:35 -0400 (EDT) From: security curmudgeon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [defaced-commentary] Web vandalism contest results unclear [Visit treachery.net or attrition.org to see the spoof.] Web vandalism conte

[ISN] Study: Wi-Fi users still don't encrypt

http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/69/31567.html By Kevin Poulsen SecurityFocus Posted: 04/07/2003 Think you've heard more than enough about war driving and Wi-Fi insecurity? Two days of electronic eavesdropping at the 802.11 Planet Expo in Boston last week sniffed out more evidence that most

Re: [ISN] Expert slams outlandish hacker claims

Forwarded from: Dave Dittrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> On Tue, 1 Jul 2003, InfoSec News wrote: > Forwarded from: Lance Spitzner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > On Mon, 30 Jun 2003, InfoSec News wrote: > > > But Barrett, technical director at Information Risk Management, >

[ISN] Ten minute host firewall, Part 1

+--+ | Linux Security: Tips, Tricks, and Hackery | | Published by Onsight, Inc. | | | | 03-July-2003

[ISN] Linux Advisory Watch - July 4th 2003

++ | LinuxSecurity.comLinux Advisory Watch | | July 4th, 2002 Volume 4, Number 26a | ++ Editors: Dave Wreski

[ISN] Secunia Weekly Summary

=== The Secunia Weekly Advisory Summary 2003-06-26 - 2003-07-03 This week : 45 advisories ===

[ISN] Update: Zone Labs Now Says It Will Patch Free Firewall

http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,3973,1179181,00.asp By Mark Hachman July 3, 2003 A spokeswoman for firewall manufacturer Zone Labs said the company has reconsidered a previous decision and will upgrade its free ZoneAlarm firewall software to address a vulnerability found this week. A pat

[ISN] Vmyths Hovering at Death's Door

http://www.wired.com/news/infostructure/0,1377,59473,00.html By Michelle Delio July 03, 2003 One of the Web's best FUD-fighting sites may not be around much longer. FUD -- which stands for Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt -- is a marketing technique. Stir up enough FUD about some scary threat and

[ISN] Linux Security Week - July 7th 2003

+-+ | LinuxSecurity.comWeekly Newsletter | | July 7th, 2003Volume 4, Number 27n | | | | Editoria

[ISN] Samsung bans camera phones in workplace

http://www.koreaherald.co.kr/SITE/data/html_dir/2003/07/05/200307050052.asp The Korea Herald [EMAIL PROTECTED] July 7, 2003 Samsung Electronics, the world's largest chipmaker, yesterday said it would block employees and visitors from bringing their camera phones into semiconductor, flat-panel an

[ISN] Requiem for a Hacker

http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1185275,00.asp By Jim Rapoza July 7, 2003 Security has become a very big business in IT over the past few years. You'd think its growth as a commercial market would have made all our information more secure. It hasn't. Aside from the vendors that provide sc

[ISN] Hackers disrupt Internet during online battle

Forwarded from: Steve W. Manzuik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1057534596427_8// OMFG!! "Hackers disrupt Internet during online battle Associated Press WASHINGTON - Parts of the Internet erupted Sunday in a battle among ha

[ISN] Dissertation Could Be Security Threat

Forwarded from: William Knowles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23689-2003Jul7.html By Laura Blumenfeld Washington Post Staff Writer Tuesday, July 8, 2003 Sean Gorman's professor called his dissertation "tedious and unimportant." Gorman didn't talk about it wh

[ISN] Uneasiness About Security as Government Buys Software

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/07/technology/07BLOW.html By JOHN MARKOFF July 7, 2003 Sitting at his laptop computer in a hotel near Toronto one day last October, Gregory Gabrenya was alarmed by what he discovered in the sales-support database of his new employer, Platform Software: the names

[ISN] ISS Lists Security Risks

http://security.ziffdavis.com/article2/0,3973,1185262,00.asp By Dennis Fisher eWEEK July 7, 2003 Internet Security Systems Inc. last week unveiled its first Catastrophic Risk Index, a compilation of the 31 most serious current vulnerabilities and attacks. The index is designed to give admini

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