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InfoSec News: Call For Volunteers: Forwarded from: Research <research (at) tacticalintelligence.org>
We are security researchers looking for volunteers to participate in two projects.
The first is a 6 month study whose ideal participants are sysadmins of internet-facing Linux devices (preferably hobbyist machines running [...]

Funding for cyber security 'a joke,' expert says

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InfoSec News: Funding for cyber security 'a joke,' expert says: http://www.ottawacitizen.com/Funding+cyber+security+joke+expert+says/4306478/story.html
[But "it's a joke," said Chris Davis, CEO of Ottawa Internet security firm 'Defence Intelligence Inc' "One of the things I've always said to corporations is, 'if your budget for food, beverages and entertainment is larger than what you spend on security, then that is a real problem."
Sounds like Mr. Davis is channeling Richard Clarke nearly nine years to day of his RSA Conference 2002 keynote. "If you spend more on coffee than on IT security, then you will be hacked," Clarke said during his keynote address. - http://zd.net/fcWXzx - WK]
By Vito Pilieci Ottawa Citizen February 18, 2011
The federal government has left itself wide open to a cyber attack, like the one announced Thursday, because it still has not taken the threat seriously, say prominent Internet security experts.
Canada recently announced a Cyber Security Strategy that calls for the federal government to spend $90 million over five years to protect the country's secrets.
But "it's a joke," said Chris Davis, chief executive officer of Ottawa Internet security firm Defence Intelligence Inc. "One of the things I've always said to corporations is, 'if your budget for food, beverages and entertainment is larger than what you spend on security, then that is a real problem."
Rafal Rohozinski, chief executive of Ottawa's SecDev Group and best known for his discovery of an international cyber-espionage network in 2009, said the news that hackers broke into computer systems at the Department of Finance and Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat, should be the final wakeup call for Canada to begin taking cyber security seriously.
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ATMs Reprogrammed to Cough Up Extra Cash

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InfoSec News: ATMs Reprogrammed to Cough Up Extra Cash: http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local-beat/atm-thefts-116435289.html
By Charlie Wojciehowski NBC Chicago Feb 17, 2011
They were brazen robberies in hotels just off Michigan Avenue. But in most cases, nobody knew they were happening because the thieves weren’t [...]

U.S. patients trust docs, but not e-health records, survey shows

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InfoSec News: U.S. patients trust docs, but not e-health records, survey shows: http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9210061/U.S._patients_trust_docs_but_not_e_health_records_survey_shows
By Lucas Mearian Computerworld February 17, 2011
While Americans trust their physicians to keep their healthcare information private, they don't extend that same trust to computerized [...]

Secunia Weekly Summary - Issue: 2011-07

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InfoSec News: Secunia Weekly Summary - Issue: 2011-07: ========================================================================
The Secunia Weekly Advisory Summary 2011-02-10 - 2011-02-17
This week: 66 advisories [...]

Cyberwar Issues Likely to Be Addressed Only After a Catastrophe

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InfoSec News: Cyberwar Issues Likely to Be Addressed Only After a Catastrophe: http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/02/cyberwar-issues-likely-to-be-addressed-only-after-a-catastrophe/
By Kim Zetter Threat Level Wired.com February 17, 2011
When it comes to developing cyberwarfare policy, the United States will likely wait for a catastrophic event and then overreact, rather than plan ahead, said former intelligence chief Mike McConnell at the RSA Conference on Wednesday.
McConnell was pessimistic that Congress and the public would get its act together in time to debate and sort out all the questions that need to be answered about what constitutes cyberwar and how the government and private sector should respond when faced with incidents that fit the definition.
McConnell, former director of national intelligence and former director of the National Security Agency, was speaking on a panel that included former Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff, Bruce Schneier chief technology security officer at BT, and James Lewis, director and senior fellow of the technology and public policy program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
When it comes to defining cyberwar, Chertoff and McConnell say espionage and information theft don’t qualify, but destruction of data or systems do. Designating the latter as an act of war, however, would still depend on the scale and genesis of the attack.
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