Security News > 2001

Re: Pentagon Reverses Order to Destroy Old Hard Drives
2001-06-14 17:09

The Pentagon will have to overwrite the hard drives of computers being donated or going to the public, which it had done for years before the January edict.

Witnesses: Teen hacker intended to disable Internet sites
2001-06-14 06:25

http://www.nandotimes.com/technology/story/26327p-470291c.html MONTREAL (June 13, 2001 09:48 p.m. EDT) - Witnesses told a sentencing hearing Wednesday that a 16-year-old computer hacker illegally...

California hack points to possible IT surveillance threat
2001-06-13 05:55

http://www.computerworld.com/storyba/0,4125,NAV47_STO61313,00.html By DAN VERTON June 12, 2001 The revelation that hackers broke into computer systems owned by California's primary electric power...

Law enforcement officials ask Congress for help in fighting cybercrime
2001-06-13 05:52

http://www.nandotimes.com/technology/story/25600p-463255c.html By D. IAN HOPPER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (June 12, 2001 09:55 p.m. EDT) - As they touted recent successes, law enforcement...

Whonami - New Resource for Security/Network Admins
2001-06-10 01:42

Forwarded by: Richard Forno FYI, this is a free public service that I helped launch this week as an internet community resource....it's still growing and evolving, but I think anyone involved with...

Rebuttal to "CISSPs - Do You Know Your Organization" by anonymous
2001-06-08 07:50

http://cryptome.org/cissp-who2.htm From: nkoprowski () maples com To: jya () pipeline com Cc: james.wade () rich frb org Subject: Rebuttal to "CISSPs - Do You Know Your Organization" by anonymous...

European 'safer Internet' site hit by hackers
2001-06-08 07:44

http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO61171,00.html.html By JORIS EVERS IDG NEWS SERVICE June 07, 2001 Hackers embarrassed the European Commission this week by identifying and...

re: Alldas.de told to look for another home
2001-06-05 09:37

After Attrition.org decided to get out of the defacement archiving business last month (after decided it was too much hassle to continue as a hobby), Alldas.de has become the only game in town....

Crackers target open source software websites
2001-05-31 07:11

http://it.mycareer.com.au/breaking/2001/05/31/FFXQ0QREDNC.html Thursday 31 May, 2001 By BARRY PARK FAIRFAX IT Open source software portal Sourceforge has published details of the server compromise...

Forced Attrition by Carole Fennelly
2001-05-29 14:36

http://www.wkeys.com/articles/CF/attrition.html One of my favorite bookmarks is attrition.org. Offering computer security candor often wrapped around a raised middle finger, Attrition is best...