SCADA System's Hard-Coded Password Circulated Online for Years

SCADA System's Hard-Coded Password Circulated Online for Years

SCADA System's Hard-Coded Password Circulated Online for Years

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InfoSec News: SCADA System's Hard-Coded Password Circulated Online for Years: http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/07/siemens-scada/
By Kim Zetter Threat Level Wired.com July 19, 2010
A sophisticated new piece of malware that targets command-and-control software installed in critical infrastructures uses a known default [...]

DHS, vendors unveil open source intrusion detection engine

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InfoSec News: DHS, vendors unveil open source intrusion detection engine: http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9179436/DHS_vendors_unveil_open_source_intrusion_detection_engine
By Jaikumar Vijayan Computerworld July 20, 2010
The Open Information Security Foundation (OISF), a group funded by the U.S Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and several security vendors, [...]

Hospital files with data of 800,000 are missing

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InfoSec News: Hospital files with data of 800,000 are missing: http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2010/07/20/hospital_files_with_data_of_800000_are_missing/
By Martin Finucane and Kay Lazar Globe Staff The Boston Globe July 20, 2010
Computer files from South Shore Hospital that contain personal [...]

Google Chrome bug bounty ups Mozilla's ante

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InfoSec News: Google Chrome bug bounty ups Mozilla's ante: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/07/20/google_bug_bounty/
By Dan Goodin in San Francisco The Register 20th July 2010
Two days after Mozilla sextupled the bug bounty paid to security researchers to $3,000, Google has upped the ante for vulnerabilities that are reported in its Chrome browser. [...]

Online casino glitch let players use others' money

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InfoSec News: Online casino glitch let players use others' money: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/bc-shuts-down-online-casino-after-security-glitch/article1646314/
By Rod Mickleburgh Globe and Mail July 20, 2010
For more than a hundred gamblers who logged on during the first few hours of British Columbia's new online casino, the odds could not have been better. They were able to bet using other people's money.
While it's not clear how many took advantage of the rare opportunity to experience risk-free gambling, the bizarre security breach prompted BC Lottery Corporation to close down the heavily travelled site soon after it opened for business last Thursday.
PlayNow.com, the first government-sanctioned site in North America to offer online casino games, remains closed while software developers try to figure out what went wrong.
BCLC initially blamed an overload of gamblers seeking to bet early and often on the much-ballyhooed service for the embarrassing shutdown.
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