New Workshop: USENIX FOCI '11 Call for Papers Now Available |
- New Workshop: USENIX FOCI '11 Call for Papers Now Available
- Man charged with hiring pump-and-dump spam botnet
- Dozens of exploits released for popular SCADA programs
- Leader of Hacker Gang Sentenced to 9 Years For Hospital Malware
- S. Korea to tighten security of gov't computer networks against DDoS attack
- Why DHS, Not White House, Took Lead on RSA Breach Response
- [Dataloss Weekly Summary] Week of Sunday, March 13, 2011
- Natalie Portman joins list of compromised celebs
| New Workshop: USENIX FOCI '11 Call for Papers Now Available Posted: InfoSec News: New Workshop: USENIX FOCI '11 Call for Papers Now Available: Forwarded from: Lionel Garth Jones <lgj (at) usenix.org> On behalf of the first USENIX Workshop on Free and Open Communications on the Internet (FOCI '11) program committee, we invite you to submit short position papers or work-in-progress reports on policies or [...] |
| Man charged with hiring pump-and-dump spam botnet Posted: InfoSec News: Man charged with hiring pump-and-dump spam botnet: http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9214884/Man_charged_with_hiring_pump_and_dump_spam_botnet By Robert McMillan IDG News Service March 21, 2011 A Texas man was charged Monday by the U.S. Department of Justice with helping to inflate the prices of penny stock companies by promoting them [...] |
| Dozens of exploits released for popular SCADA programs Posted: InfoSec News: Dozens of exploits released for popular SCADA programs: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/03/22/scada_exploits_released/ By Dan Goodin in San Francisco The Register 22nd March 2011 The security of software used to control hardware at nuclear plants, gas refineries and other industrial settings is coming under renewed [...] |
| Leader of Hacker Gang Sentenced to 9 Years For Hospital Malware Posted: InfoSec News: Leader of Hacker Gang Sentenced to 9 Years For Hospital Malware: http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/03/ghostexodus-2/ By Kevin Poulsen Threat Level Wired.com March 18, 2011 The former leader of an anarchistic hacking group called the Electronik Tribulation Army was sentenced Thursday to 9 years and 2 months in [...] |
| S. Korea to tighten security of gov't computer networks against DDoS attack Posted: InfoSec News: S. Korea to tighten security of gov't computer networks against DDoS attack: http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/national/2011/03/22/16/0301000000AEN20110322003200315F.HTML 2011/03/22 SEOUL, March 22 (Yonhap) -- Security of the state Internet network being used by central and local administrations will be beefed up, the home affairs ministry said Tuesday, after the country came under a massive cyber attack, known as the distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack, early this month. The Ministry of Public Administration and Security said it will put intranets of city, county and ward offices as well as the state Internet network under the protection of the government's computer system to automatically shut off abnormally heavy traffic and provide security against DDoS attacks. The government will also build a computer system for sharing information on malignant codes in cooperation with civilian experts, Kim Nam-seok, the first vice home affairs minister, said during a forum with chief computer security officers here. Hiring 60 more computer security officials for central and local governments and providing them short-term domestic and overseas trainings this year were also part of the countermeasures. [...] |
| Why DHS, Not White House, Took Lead on RSA Breach Response Posted: InfoSec News: Why DHS, Not White House, Took Lead on RSA Breach Response: http://www.govinfosecurity.com/articles.php?art_id=3454 By Eric Chabrow Executive Editor GovInfoSecurity.com March 21, 2011 Pondering government cybersecurity leadership, first thoughts might go to the White House and the office of Cybersecurity Coordinator Howard Schmidt. [...] |
| [Dataloss Weekly Summary] Week of Sunday, March 13, 2011 Posted: InfoSec News: [Dataloss Weekly Summary] Week of Sunday, March 13, 2011: ======================================================================== Open Security Foundation - DataLossDB Weekly Summary Week of Sunday, March 13, 2011 61 Incidents Added. ======================================================================== [...] |
| Natalie Portman joins list of compromised celebs Posted: InfoSec News: Natalie Portman joins list of compromised celebs: http://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/people/natalie-portman-joins-list-of-compromised-celebs-20110322-1c4bt.html The Sydney Morning Herald March 22, 2011 Natalie Portman has been named among a growing list of stars who have allegedly been targeted by a ring of internet hackers. [...] |
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