HotCloud '10 Submission Deadline Approaching

HotCloud '10 Submission Deadline Approaching

HotCloud '10 Submission Deadline Approaching

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InfoSec News: HotCloud '10 Submission Deadline Approaching: Forwarded from: Lionel Garth Jones <lgj (at) usenix.org>
We're writing to remind you that submission deadline for the 2nd USENIX Workshop on Hot Topics in Cloud Computing (HotCloud '10) program committee is approaching.
Please submit your work by Tuesday, March 23, 2010. http://www.usenix. [...]

$45, 582 telephone bill: Furniture company's security breach traced back to Somalia

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InfoSec News: $45, 582 telephone bill: Furniture company's security breach traced back to Somalia: http://www2.hickoryrecord.com/content/2010/mar/18/furniture-company-targeted/news/
By Richard Gould Hickory Daily Record March 18, 2010
It only took 12 hours for a hacker to run up $45,582 in telephone charges for a local furniture company.
More than 10,000 minutes of phone calls were made from the phones at Sherrill Furniture on Highland Ave. NE from 9 p.m. on Friday, March 5 to 9 a.m. the following day.
The company reported the security breach to police Tuesday and the preliminary investigation revealed that the phone calls originated in Somalia.
Investigators know that calls were made to Austria, Bulgaria, France, Korea, and the Philippines.
"We're not sure why the calls were made," said Capt. Thurman Whisnant of the Hickory Police Department.
[...]

Secunia Weekly Summary - Issue: 2010-11

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InfoSec News: Secunia Weekly Summary - Issue: 2010-11: ========================================================================
The Secunia Weekly Advisory Summary 2010-03-11 - 2010-03-18
This week: 95 advisories [...]

To Battle Computer Hackers, the Pentagon Trains Its Own

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InfoSec News: To Battle Computer Hackers, the Pentagon Trains Its Own: http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1972896,00.html
By Mark Thompson Washington Time March 18, 2010
After years of building firewalls and other defenses against relentless hacker attacks, the Pentagon is going over to the dark side of computer warfare. But ethically, of course. [...]

Hacking "fun" for British teens

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InfoSec News: Hacking "fun" for British teens: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8574259.stm
BBC News 18 March 2010
One in four young Britons attempts to access the Facebook accounts of their friends, a survey claims.
The most common route of access was by working out - or "cracking" - each other's passwords. [...]

Weak states leave EU open to cyberattack

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InfoSec News: Weak states leave EU open to cyberattack: http://news.techworld.com/security/3217728/weak-states-leave-eu-open-to-cyberattack/
By John E. Dunn Techworld 18 March 2010
EU states need to work far more closely with one another to have any chance of fending off the sort of cyberattacks that caused huge problems [...]

P2P Puts Medical Data At Risk

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InfoSec News: P2P Puts Medical Data At Risk: http://www.informationweek.com/news/healthcare/security-privacy/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=224000042
By Nicole Lewis InformationWeek March 18, 2010
Many home computer users don't realize it, but the next time they download a movie, a video or some old sentimental song, they may be [...]

Fired CISO says his comments never put Penn.'s data at risk

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InfoSec News: Fired CISO says his comments never put Penn.'s data at risk: http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9173078/Fired_CISO_says_his_comments_never_put_Penn._s_data_at_risk_?taxonomyId=17
By Jaikumar Vijayan Computerworld March 18, 2010
Robert Maley was fired from his job as the chief information security officer for the state of Pennsylvania earlier this month after he spoke, without proper authorization, about security incidents involving the state during a panel discussion at the RSA trade show.
References he made to a security incident involving the online driving test system at the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation in particular were believed to have led to his termination. A state spokesman has not commented, citing privacy rules, except to confirm that Maley is no longer employed by the commonwealth. In this interview, Maley gives his side of the events that led to his dismissal.
What exactly happened?
They terminated me. I was specifically asked not to talk about anything in Pennsylvania without explicit permission and to have everything that I would say to be completely reviewed before I said it. So yeah, they told me that, and, yup, I was wrong ultimately doing that. As far as the official reason, that's why. It's not because of the PennDOT incident. It was because I did not have permission to speak. Not just at RSA, I wasn't permitted to speak anywhere. I was on vacation when I went there. I went out there on my own time.
What prompted you to do that?
Pennsylvania is facing a lot of significant challenges with the economy, as are a lot of other states, with budget cuts, training cuts. It just made things very difficult. I don't presume to be the know-all expert about anything, and I need to get myself around the type of experts that they have at these conferences so I can learn what's going on so I can take that information back and share it with the staff.
I was the one that was responsible for information security at Pennsylvania, so being exposed to the caliber of the people that I find at these conferences and the education that I can get [was important].
[...]

SyScan'10 CFP

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InfoSec News: SyScan'10 CFP: Forwarded from: thomas <thomas (at) syscan.org>
*SyScan'10 CALL FOR PAPERS*
*ABOUT SYSCAN'10* This year, SyScan'10 will be held in the 4 exciting cities of Singapore, Hangzhou, Taipei and Ho Chi Minh City. Details are as follows:
*/SyScan'10 Singapore /*date: 17 – 18 June 2010 [...]

Hacker Disables More Than 100 Cars Remotely

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InfoSec News: Hacker Disables More Than 100 Cars Remotely: http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/03/hacker-bricks-cars/
By Kevin Poulsen Threat Level Wired.com March 17, 2010
More than 100 drivers in Austin, Texas found their cars disabled or the horns honking out of control, after an intruder ran amok in a web-based [...]

Researchers Map Multi-Network Cybercrime Infrastructure

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InfoSec News: Researchers Map Multi-Network Cybercrime Infrastructure: http://www.krebsonsecurity.com/2010/03/researchers-map-multi-network-cybercrime-infrastructure/
By Brian Krebs Krebs on Security March 17th, 2010
Last week, security experts launched a sneak attack to disconnect Troyak, an Internet service provider in Eastern Europe that served as a [...]

Hackers offered $100,000 for browser and phone exploits

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InfoSec News: Hackers offered $100,000 for browser and phone exploits: http://news.techworld.com/security/3217625/hackers-offered-100000-for-browser-and-phone-exploits/
By John E. Dunn Techworld 17 March 2010
Security company 3Com TippingPoint has jacked up to $100,000 (65,000) the prize money on offer to anyone able to hack a range of browsers and [...]

VA faces major hurdles to comply with FISMA, audit finds

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InfoSec News: VA faces major hurdles to comply with FISMA, audit finds: http://fcw.com/articles/2010/03/17/audit-says-va-faces-significant-issues-with-fisma-compliance.aspx
By Alice Lipowicz FCW.com March 17, 2010
Despite a major improvement in cybersecurity, the Veterans Affairs Department still has "significant" obstacles to overcome to meet federal [...]

'Cyber attack brought down national election website'

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InfoSec News: 'Cyber attack brought down national election website': http://colombiareports.com/colombia-news/news/8728-cyber-attack-brought-down-national-election-website.html
By Brett Borkan Colombia Reports 17 March 2010
Arolen S.A., a firm contracted by private telecommunications company UNE to provide technical services for the recent congressional elections, blamed a cyber attack for downing the national elections webpage of the National Registry.
The National Registry's website and the website publishing the election results were down for most of Sunday and Monday, restricting the public's access to up-to-date election information.
According to Arolen's General Director, Ivan Ribon, the website's failure should not be blamed on UNE or the National Registrar, but on his firm, reported W Radio on Wednesday.
On Monday, the National Registrar accepted responsibility for some of the post-election irregularities, but also put some of the blame on the telecommunications company UNE.
[...]

Revised cybersecurity bill introduced in Senate

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InfoSec News: Revised cybersecurity bill introduced in Senate: http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9172438/Revised_cybersecurity_bill_introduced_in_Senate?taxonomyId=17
By Jaikumar Vijayan Computerworld March 17, 2010
A revised version of a cybersecurity bill first proposed last year was introduced again in the U.S. [...]

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