Notacon 2011 registrations now open! Also, new venue!

Notacon 2011 registrations now open! Also, new venue!


Notacon 2011 registrations now open! Also, new venue!

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InfoSec News: Notacon 2011 registrations now open! Also, new venue!: http://www.notacon.org/prereg.html
Forwarded from: Froggy <froggy (at) notacon.org>
Tyger and I are having a ball here at the Grand Traverse Frag Fest in Traverse City, Michigan! To celebrate this event, Notacon 2011 registration is now open! There are a few changes from previous years, [...]

4Chan Founder Moot's Weird Testimony In Sarah Palin Email Hacking Trial

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InfoSec News: 4Chan Founder Moot's Weird Testimony In Sarah Palin Email Hacking Trial: http://www.businessinsider.com/4chan-founder-moots-weird-testimony-in-sarah-palin-email-hacking-trial-2010-8
By Nick Saint Business Insider Aug. 10, 2010
The Smoking Gun has dug up some entertaining testimony from the trial of David Kernell, the 22 year-old hacker convicted of breaking in to then vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin's email in 2008.
Specifically, it's the testimony of Christopher 'Moot' Poole, founder and administrator of 4Chan, the image board on which Palin's password was posted.
Moot was called in to testify about 4Chan and the data he turned over to investigators. But, for some reason, both the prosecution and defense felt the need to question him about 4Chan slang. Nothing in the rest of the testimony makes it clear why these questions needed to be asked, but they're a lot of fun:
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How an ancient printer can spill your most intimate secrets

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InfoSec News: How an ancient printer can spill your most intimate secrets: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/08/10/side_channel_printer_attack/
By Dan Goodin in San Francisco The Register 10th August 2010
Researchers have devised a novel way to recover confidential messages processed in doctors' offices and elsewhere by analyzing the sounds made [...]

FCC charts 'Cybersecurity Roadmap' with public's help

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InfoSec News: FCC charts 'Cybersecurity Roadmap' with public's help: http://fcw.com/articles/2010/08/10/web-fcc-cybersecurity-roadmap.aspx
By Ben Bain FCW.com Aug 10, 2010
The Federal Communications Commission wants help in developing its plan for dealing with vulnerabilities of core Internet protocols and technologies, as well as online threats to consumers, businesses and government agencies.
The FCC posted a public notice Aug. 9 requesting comments on the role the commission should play in cybersecurity programs. Those comments will be used as the commission develops its cybersecurity plan or “Cybersecurity Roadmap.”
The road map was called for in the FCC’s overall plan to expand broadband access in the United States. That overall strategy, called the National Broadband Plan (NBP), was released by the commission in March.
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McAfee Says Security Industry Failing On Cybercrime

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InfoSec News: McAfee Says Security Industry Failing On Cybercrime: http://www.informationweek.com/news/security/management/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=226600352
By Mathew J. Schwartz InformationWeek August 10, 2010
Antivirus vendor McAfee has called on security researchers and the security industry at large to go on the offensive against criminals and [...]

Zeus Trojan steals $1 million from U.K. bank accounts

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InfoSec News: Zeus Trojan steals $1 million from U.K. bank accounts: http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-20013246-245.html
By Elinor Mills InSecurity Complex CNet News August 10, 2010
Consumers and businesses in Great Britain have lost more than $1 million so far this summer from a Trojan that is infecting their computers, [...]

UNCG Discovers Health Information Security Breaches; 2,500 Being Notified

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InfoSec News: UNCG Discovers Health Information Security Breaches; 2,500 Being Notified: http://www.uncg.edu/ure/news/stories/2010/aug/breaches080910.htm
By University Relations Contacts: Michelle Hines, (336) 334-3207 Lanita Withers Goins, (336) 334-3890
Posted 8-9-10
GREENSBORO, N.C. -- Computer security breaches at two UNCG clinics [...]

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