EVT/WOTE '11 Submission Deadline is Wednesday, April 20

EVT/WOTE '11 Submission Deadline is Wednesday, April 20

EVT/WOTE '11 Submission Deadline is Wednesday, April 20

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InfoSec News: EVT/WOTE '11 Submission Deadline is Wednesday, April 20: Forwarded from: Lionel Garth Jones <lgj (at) usenix.org>
We're writing to remind you that the submission deadline for the 2011 Electronic Voting Technology Workshop/Workshop on Trustworthy Elections (EVT/WOTE '11) is quickly approaching. Please submit your work by [...]

Anonymous hacker claims he broke into wind turbine systems

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InfoSec News: Anonymous hacker claims he broke into wind turbine systems: http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9215879/Anonymous_hacker_claims_he_broke_into_wind_turbine_systems
By Robert McMillan IDG News Service April 17, 2011
Claiming revenge for an "illegitimate firing," someone has posted screenshots and other data, apparently showing that he was able to break [...]

'Banks unaware of data outsourcing risks'

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InfoSec News: 'Banks unaware of data outsourcing risks': http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/biz/2011/04/123_85363.html
By Kim Tong-hyung Korea Times 04-17-2011
Korea, a country fascinated with e-this and e-that, touts itself as the planet’s information technology (IT) capital. But the self-awarded title [...]

Cyber attack in Canberra

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InfoSec News: Cyber attack in Canberra: http://www.smh.com.au/technology/security/cyber-attack-in-canberra-20110415-1di3c.html
By Dylan Welch The Sydney Morning Herald April 16, 2011
SILENCE reigns in Canberra over the latest allegations of cyber espionage, with the government refusing to discuss claims foreign [...]

White House draft bill would put DHS in charge of civilian computer networks

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InfoSec News: White House draft bill would put DHS in charge of civilian computer networks: http://thehill.com/blogs/hillicon-valley/technology/156293-white-house-draft-bill-would-put-dhs-in-charge-of-civilian-networks
By Gautham Nagesh The Hill 04/15/11
The White House is circulating a piece of draft legislation that would give the Department of Homeland Security oversight over cybersecurity at civilian agencies, according to a report from FedNewsRadio.
The proposed legislation combines the comprehensive cybersecurity bill introduced last year by the Senate Homeland Security Committee with the administration's memo from July 2010 to expand DHS's responsibilities over non-military networks, according to the report.
Like the Homeland Security bill sponsored by Sens. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.), Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Thomas Carper (D-Del.), the bill would create a White House cybersecurity office that reports to the Secretary of DHS on day-to-day matters.
But the legislation also goes beyond the Homeland Security bill by giving DHS authority over .gov domains that is similar to the authority enjoyed by U.S. CyberCommand, the military's cybersecurity unit, over the .gov domain.
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SSA exposed SSNs, names, birth dates for 36, 000 people, IG says

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InfoSec News: SSA exposed SSNs, names, birth dates for 36, 000 people, IG says: http://fcw.com/articles/2011/04/14/ssa-privacy-breach-death-master-file.aspx
By Alice Lipowicz FCW.com April 14, 2011
The Social Security Administration publicly made available the names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers and other sensitive personal [...]

Whitehats pierce giant hole in Microsoft security shield

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InfoSec News: Whitehats pierce giant hole in Microsoft security shield: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/04/18/windows_heap_exploit_shield_pierced/
By Dan Goodin in San Francisco The Register 18th April 2011
In late December, Microsoft researchers responding to publicly posted attack code that exploited a vulnerability in the FTP service of IIS [...]

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