DHS Cybersecurity Watchdogs Miss Hundreds of Vulnerabilities on Their Own Network

DHS Cybersecurity Watchdogs Miss Hundreds of Vulnerabilities on Their Own Network

DHS Cybersecurity Watchdogs Miss Hundreds of Vulnerabilities on Their Own Network

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InfoSec News: DHS Cybersecurity Watchdogs Miss Hundreds of Vulnerabilities on Their Own Network: http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/09/us-cert/
By Kevin Poulsen Threat Level Wired.com September 8, 2010
The federal agency in charge of protecting other agencies from computer intruders was found riddled with hundreds of high-risk security holes on [...]

Fraud At Sprint Offers Lessons For Enterprises, Experts Say

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InfoSec News: Fraud At Sprint Offers Lessons For Enterprises, Experts Say: http://www.darkreading.com/insiderthreat/security/management/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=227300424
By Robert Lemos Contributing Writer DarkReading Sept 08, 2010
The recently revealed abuse of insiders' system privileges to commit fraud at Sprint could be a wake-up call for other enterprises to [...]

UK hacker fined for personnel database mischief

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InfoSec News: UK hacker fined for personnel database mischief: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/09/08/salary_database_hack/
By John Leyden The Register 8th September 2010
A court has ordered a UK hacker to pay compensation after he used a purloined laptop to hack into his ex-employer's personnel database.
Colin Parker, 31, gained unauthorised access to staff contracts containing salary details and emailed this to around 400 workers at his ex-employer, CHI and Partners. Parker's attempt to create bad feeling among workers at the firm was foiled by an alert sys admin, who intercepted and deleted the potentially incendiary emails.
Parker, who was found responsible for the theft of a laptop and given a conditional discharge*, agreed to pay his ex employer CHI and Partners £4,000 in compensation and £3,000 in prosecution costs to settle the case during a hearing at Southwark Crown Court on Monday. He is liable for 12 months' imprisonment if he fails to satisfy these conditions, a spokesman for Southwark Crown Court confirmed.
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Gov 2.0 Summit: NSA Chief Outlines Cybersecurity Plans

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InfoSec News: Gov 2.0 Summit: NSA Chief Outlines Cybersecurity Plans: http://www.informationweek.com/news/government/leadership/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=227300374
By Elizabeth Montalbano InformationWeek September 8, 2010
Addressing challenges to the federal government's cybersecurity efforts, the head of the National Security Agency (NSA) said that teamwork, [...]

Report: RBS WorldPay hacker gets four years' probation

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InfoSec News: Report: RBS WorldPay hacker gets four years' probation: http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9184179/Report_RBS_WorldPay_hacker_gets_four_years_probation
By Robert McMillan IDG News Service September 8, 2010
The mastermind behind one of the biggest hacking paydays in history has been sentenced to four years' probation and an US$8. [...]

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