LEET '11 Program Now Available

LEET '11 Program Now Available


LEET '11 Program Now Available

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InfoSec News: LEET '11 Program Now Available: Forwarded from: Lionel Garth Jones <lgj (at) usenix.org>
Join us at the 4th USENIX Workshop on Large-Scale Exploits and Emergent Threats, which will take place in Boston, MA, on March 29, 2011. Now in its fourth year, LEET continues to be a unique and leading forum for the [...]

The new cyber arms race

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InfoSec News: The new cyber arms race: http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Military/2011/0307/The-new-cyber-arms-race
By Mark Clayton Staff writer The Christian Science Monitor March 7, 2011
Arlington, Va.; and Idaho Falls, Idaho
Deep inside a glass-and-concrete office building in suburban Washington, [...]

Postman named Britain's cyber security champion

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InfoSec News: Postman named Britain's cyber security champion: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/8365868/Postman-named-Britains-cyber-security-champion.html
By Christopher Williams Technology Correspondent The Telegraph 07 Mar 2011
The government-backed competition to find the country's best computer defence amateur culminated in day of challenges for 25 finalists in Bristol. They investigated data breaches and battled hackers in realistic simulations of the attacks that threaten critical private and public sector systems every day.
The champion, Dan Summers, 33, had a background in IT but left the industry to pursue his own business. When it faltered, he took a casual delivery job with the Royal Mail.
He said: "I enjoyed it but never thought that I would be a winner."
Mr Summers entered the competition last summer on the suggestion of his mother and aunt, who had heard about the launch on the radio.
"They said 'you're a geek, you should enter that'," he explained.
[...]

Zombie computers in DDoS attack begin to destroy own hard drives

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InfoSec News: Zombie computers in DDoS attack begin to destroy own hard drives: http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/techscience/2011/03/06/55/0601000000AEN20110306003500320F.HTML
Yonhap News 2011/03/06
SEOUL, March 6 (Yonhap) -- Sixty-two hard disc drive destructions were reported as of Sunday among an estimated 34,000 zombie computers [...]

[Dataloss Weekly Summary] Week of Sunday, February 27, 2011

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InfoSec News: [Dataloss Weekly Summary] Week of Sunday, February 27, 2011: ========================================================================
Open Security Foundation - DataLossDB Weekly Summary Week of Sunday, February 27, 2011
27 Incidents Added.
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Christchurch earthquake will send firms into the cloud

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InfoSec News: Christchurch earthquake will send firms into the cloud: http://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/4738187/Christchurch-earthquake-will-send-firms-into-the-cloud
By TOM PULLAR-STRECKER AND CLAIRE ROGERS Stuff.co.nz 07/03/2011
More small businesses are likely to switch to cloud computing as a result of the Christchurch earthquake, analysts say. [...]

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