Security News > 2005

FBI Probes Theft of Justice Dept. Data
2005-06-03 05:29

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/31/AR2005053101379.html By Jonathan Krim Washington Post Staff Writer June 1, 2005 The FBI is investigating the theft of a laptop...

GAO: DHS cybersecurity plans need more work
2005-05-27 07:27

http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,102049,00.html By Linda Rosencrance MAY 26, 2005 COMPUTERWORLD The U.S. Department of Homeland Security must do more to protect...

Honeynet traps the unwary
2005-05-25 07:38

http://www.smh.com.au/news/Next/Honeynet-traps-the-unwary/2005/05/23/1116700623833.html By Patrick Gray May 24, 2005 Next Some people just won't learn, according to the University of Washington's...

Bank security breach may be biggest yet
2005-05-24 08:55

http://money.cnn.com/2005/05/23/news/fortune500/bank_info/index.htm May 23, 2005 NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - Bank of America Corp. and Wachovia Corp. are among the big banks notifying more than 670,000...

Paris Hilton Hack Started With Old-Fashioned Con
2005-05-20 05:10

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/19/AR2005051900711.html By Brian Krebs washingtonpost.com Staff Writer May 19, 2005 The caper had all the necessary ingredients to...

Swindle: 'Somebody Has Got to Pay'
2005-05-18 07:11

http://www.internetnews.com/bus-news/article.php/3505826 By Roy Mark May 17, 2005 WASHINGTON -- Corporate America is acting irresponsibly in protecting consumer data, Orson Swindle of the Federal...

Extortion via DDoS on the rise
2005-05-17 05:56

http://www.computerworld.com/networkingtopics/networking/story/0,10801,101761,00.html By Denise Pappalardo and Ellen Messmer MAY 16, 2005 NETWORK WORLD Criminals are increasingly targeting...

What Price Security?
2005-05-16 08:15

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/13/AR2005051300459.html By Robert MacMillan washingtonpost.com Staff Writer Friday, May 13, 2005 It's time to give Microsoft credit for...

NOAA ISSUES SPACE WEATHER WARNING
2005-05-16 08:14

http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2005/s2437.htm May 15, 2005 - Forecasters at the NOAA Space Environment Center in Boulder, Colo., observed a geomagnetic storm on Sunday, May 15, which they...

Defense Department hacker gets 21-month sentence
2005-05-13 11:08

http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,101670,00.html By Scarlet Pruitt MAY 12, 2005 IDG NEWS SERVICE A 21-year old Indiana resident was slapped with a 21-month jail...