CollSec '10 Submission Deadline Approaching

CollSec '10 Submission Deadline Approaching

CollSec '10 Submission Deadline Approaching

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InfoSec News: CollSec '10 Submission Deadline Approaching: Forwarded from: Lionel Garth Jones <lgj (at) usenix.org>
We're writing to remind you that the submission deadline for 2010 Workshop on Collaborative Methods for Security and Privacy (CollSec '10) is approaching. Please submit your work by Tuesday, April 20, 2010, 11:59 p.m. PDT.
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Oracle Updates Solaris (and Everything Else) for Security

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InfoSec News: Oracle Updates Solaris (and Everything Else) for Security: http://www.esecurityplanet.com/features/article.php/3876526/Oracle-Updates-Solaris-and-Everything-Else-for-Security.htm
[So does this patch update mean Iron Man is now really 'Unbreakable'? http://www.oracle.com/ironman2 - WK]
By Sean Michael Kerner InternetNews. [...]

Apple patches Pwn2Own bug

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InfoSec News: Apple patches Pwn2Own bug: http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9175503/Apple_patches_Pwn2Own_bug?taxonomyId=17
By Gregg Keizer Computerworld April 14, 2010
Apple today patched a critical Mac OS X vulnerability used by a security researcher three weeks ago to win $10,000 for hacking Safari at the Pwn2Own contest. [...]

Documents Reveal Al Qaeda Cyberattacks

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InfoSec News: Documents Reveal Al Qaeda Cyberattacks: http://www.usnews.com/articles/news/2010/04/14/documents-reveal-al-qaeda-cyberattacks.html
By Alex Kingsbury US News and World Report April 14, 2010
Buried inside hundreds of pages of heavily redacted court documents from the case of a man accused of being one of al Qaeda's chief recruiters, [...]

Prosecutors Seek 6-Year Sentence for TJX Hacker.s .Trusted. Accomplice

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InfoSec News: Prosecutors Seek 6-Year Sentence for TJX Hacker.s .Trusted. Accomplice: http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/04/patrick-toey/
By Kim Zetter Threat Level Wired.com April 14, 2010
If TJX hacker Albert Gonzalez had gone to trial instead of pleading out, one man would have been the primary witness against him - accomplice Damon Patrick Toey. [...]

Boy, 9, accused of hacking into Fairfax schools' computer system

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InfoSec News: Boy, 9, accused of hacking into Fairfax schools' computer system: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/14/AR2010041404159.html
By Tom Jackman Washington Post Staff Writer April 15, 2010
Are you smarter than a third-grader? Because the online education system used by the Fairfax County public schools apparently is not. [...]

Cyberwar Nominee Sees Gaps in Law

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InfoSec News: Cyberwar Nominee Sees Gaps in Law: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/15/world/15military.html
By Thom Shanker The New York Times April 14, 2010
WASHINGTON -- The Army intelligence officer nominated to lead the Pentagon's new command devoted to warfare in cyberspace has warned Congress that policy directives and legal controls over digital combat are outdated and have failed to keep pace with the military's technical capabilities.
The officer, Lt. Gen. Keith B. Alexander, wrote to members of the Senate Armed Services Committee that computer network warfare was evolving so rapidly that there was a "mismatch between our technical capabilities to conduct operations and the governing laws and policies."
As he prepared for a confirmation hearing on Thursday as the first head of the Cyber Command, he pledged that the White House and Pentagon were "working hard to resolve the mismatch."
In a 32-page response to questions from senators, General Alexander sketched out the broad battlefield envisioned for the computer warfare command and acknowledged the kind of targets that his new headquarters could be ordered to attack.
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