Hackers clone French Foreign Ministry website

Hackers clone French Foreign Ministry website

Hackers clone French Foreign Ministry website

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InfoSec News: Hackers clone French Foreign Ministry website: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/hackers-clone-french-foreign-ministry-website-2027716.html
By John Lichfield Independent.co.uk 16 July 2010
France yesterday suffered what might be called a bad web day. A pirate internet site, looking for all the world like the official Foreign [...]

Cybersecurity consensus: 'We haven't done enough'

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InfoSec News: Cybersecurity consensus: 'We haven't done enough': http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/jul/14/obama-to-drop-in-at-cybersecurity-review/
By Shaun Waterman The Washington Times July 15, 2010
President Obama on Wednesday briefly dropped by and addressed a meeting at which industry figures were being updated on U.S. [...]

Researchers: Password crack could affect millions

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InfoSec News: Researchers: Password crack could affect millions: http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9179224/Researchers_Password_crack_could_affect_millions
By Robert McMillan IDG News Service July 15, 2010
A well-known cryptographic attack could be used by hackers to log into Web applications used by millions of users, according to two security [...]

Internet takes DNSSEC on board

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InfoSec News: Internet takes DNSSEC on board: http://news.techworld.com/networking/3232006/internet-takes-dnssec-on-board/
By Maxwell Cooter Techworld 15 July 10
The Internet is set to get a whole lot safer, the security standard DNSSEC is set to be assigned to the Internet's 13 root servers from later today. [...]

Microsoft Employee From Russia Linked To Spy Ring

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InfoSec News: Microsoft Employee From Russia Linked To Spy Ring: http://www.informationweek.com/news/software/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=225800184
By Thomas Claburn InformationWeek July 14, 2010
Microsoft has acknowledged that Alexey V. Karetnikov, alleged to have been the 12th member of a group of Russian spies arrested last month, [...]

Black Hat, DefCon and B-Sides: A survival guide

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InfoSec News: Black Hat, DefCon and B-Sides: A survival guide: http://www.csoonline.com/article/599313/black-hat-defcon-and-b-sides-a-survival-guide
By Bill Brenner Senior Editor CSO July 13, 2010
I'm sad to say it, but I won't be going to Las Vegas in a couple weeks for Black Hat, DefCon or B-Sides. There's simply too much happening on [...]

ICO faces calls for mandatory data breach reporting

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InfoSec News: ICO faces calls for mandatory data breach reporting: http://www.v3.co.uk/v3/news/2266549/breach-reporting-should
By Dan Worth V3.co.uk 15 Jul 2010
Legal experts have called for the mandatory reporting of all data breaches to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), in order to bring more clarity to the amount of data being lost and improve efforts to prevent breaches.
Stewart Room, a partner covering privacy and information at legal firm Field Fisher Waterhouse, said at a roundtable event that mandatory reporting is necessary to stop companies attempting to "bury bad news".
"Many firms we deal with often decide not to report data breaches to the ICO as they are not obliged to report it under law, yet could suffer retrospective punishment despite admitting the loss," he said.
"As such they take a calculated risk that it will not be discovered, and rely on the fallback that, if they were discovered not to have disclosed the breach, they are not actually required to anyway under current law."
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