WOOT '11 Call For Papers Now Available

WOOT '11 Call For Papers Now Available

WOOT '11 Call For Papers Now Available

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InfoSec News: WOOT '11 Call For Papers Now Available: Forwarded from: Lionel Garth Jones <lgj (at) usenix.org>
On behalf of the 5th USENIX Workshop on Offensive Technologies (WOOT '11) program committee, we invite you to submit papers that present research advancing the understanding of attacks on operating systems, networks, and applications. [...]

Morgan Stanley hit by same attackers that breached Google

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InfoSec News: Morgan Stanley hit by same attackers that breached Google: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/03/01/morgan_stanley_aurora_attacks/
By Dan Goodin in San Francisco The Register 1st March 2011
Morgan Stanley was hit by a “very sensitive” breach to its network by the same attackers who penetrated computer systems maintained by Google [...]

Three-time Pwn2Own winner knocks hacking contest rules

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InfoSec News: Three-time Pwn2Own winner knocks hacking contest rules: http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9211720/Three_time_Pwn2Own_winner_knocks_hacking_contest_rules
By Gregg Keizer Computerworld February 28, 2011
Organizers of Pwn2Own on Sunday defended the hacking contest's rules after a three-time winner criticized the challenge for encouraging [...]

Newly Discovered Mac OS X, Android Trojans Reflect Cybercriminals' Expanding Targets

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InfoSec News: Newly Discovered Mac OS X, Android Trojans Reflect Cybercriminals' Expanding Targets: http://www.darkreading.com/insider-threat/167801100/security/vulnerabilities/229219534/newly-discovered-mac-os-x-android-trojans-reflect-cybercriminals-expanding-targets.html
By Kelly Jackson Higgins Darkreading Feb 28, 2011
Microsoft's and Adobe's software are still some of the biggest targets [...]

HBGary Federal CEO Aaron Barr Quits Due to Anonymous Attack

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InfoSec News: HBGary Federal CEO Aaron Barr Quits Due to Anonymous Attack: http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/HBGary-Federal-CEO-Aaron-Barr-Quits-Due-to-Anonymous-Attack-325042/
By Fahmida Y. Rashid eWEEK.com 2011-03-01
The embattled CEO of HBGary Federal has resigned his post three weeks after Anonmyous hacked into the company’s network and stole thousands of [...]

[Dataloss Weekly Summary] Week of Sunday, February 20, 2011

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InfoSec News: [Dataloss Weekly Summary] Week of Sunday, February 20, 2011: ========================================================================
Open Security Foundation - DataLossDB Weekly Summary Week of Sunday, February 20, 2011
13 Incidents Added.
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Death by BlackBerry crisis averted

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InfoSec News: Death by BlackBerry crisis averted: http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/mobiles/death-by-blackberry-crisis-averted-20110301-1bca6.html
By Asher Moses The Sydney Morning Herald March 1, 2011
With threats of cyber war on the horizon, one would think the Department of Defence has more pressing security concerns than whether politicians keep the flashing blue light on the top of their BlackBerry handsets on or off.
But the secretive Defence Signals Directorate (DSD) was so concerned that it instituted a recommendation requiring politicians to enable the flashing light on their taxpayer-funded mobiles.
It has now backflipped on the rule after senators rebelled, arguing it could cause serious accidents.
The seemingly innocuous BlackBerry light, which flashes blue when paired with a Bluetooth device such as a car hands-free kit, caused such consternation that Senator Stephen Parry used a Senate estimates hearing to rail against the Defence order to leave the light on and warned it was "exceptionally dangerous at night".
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