Security News > 2011 > March

Zombie computers in DDoS attack begin to destroy own hard drives
2011-03-08 12:03

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...

Christchurch earthquake will send firms into the cloud
2011-03-08 12:02

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...

Facebook Chief Security Officer to Keynote 2nd Annual HITB Security Conference in Europe
2011-03-04 11:06

http://conference.hackinthebox.nl/hitbsecconf2011ams/ Facebook Chief Security Officer to Keynote 2nd Annual HITB Security Conference in Europe Utrecht, The Netherlands 02 March 2011 After the...

Libicki: Stuxnet isn't all it's cracked up to be -- but then neither is cyberwar, really
2011-03-04 11:06

http://ricks.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2011/03/03/libicki_stuxnet_isnt_all_its_cracked_up_to_be_but_then_neither_is_cyberwar_really By Thomas E. Ricks The Best Defense Foreign Policy Magazine March...

S. Korea's major web sites hit by DDoS attacks
2011-03-04 11:05

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2011-03/04/c_13760843.htm English.news.cn 2011-03-04 SEOUL, March 4 (Xinhua) -- A fresh wave of cyber attacks hit major South Korean Web sites,...

March Patch Tuesday leaves IE unpatched for Pwn2Own hackers
2011-03-04 11:05

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/03/04/ms_march_patch_tuesday_pre_alert/ By John Leyden The Register 4th March 2011 Microsoft -- unlike its browser rivals -- will not be patching Internet...

Sailor charged with attempted espionage is held in Norfolk
2011-03-04 11:05

http://hamptonroads.com/2011/03/sailor-charged-attempted-espionage-held-norfolk HamptonRoads.com March 4, 2011 NORFOLK - A U.S. Navy sailor serving at Fort Bragg was charged Thursday with...

LayerOne 2011: Call for Papers
2011-03-02 07:09

Forwarded from: LayerOne Call For Papers Call for Papers LayerOne 2011 Security Conference May 28-29, 2011 Anaheim, California (Anaheim Marriott) http://layerone.org/ The seventh annual LayerOne...

Vodafone reviews security systems after burglary causes network outage
2011-03-02 07:09

http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2011/02/28/245653/Vodafone-reviews-security-systems-after-burglary-causes-network.htm By Jenny Williams ComputerWeekly.com 28 February 2011 Vodafone is...

Self-erasing flash drives destroy court evidence
2011-03-02 07:08

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/03/01/self_destructing_flash_drives/ By Dan Goodin in San Francisco The Register 1st March 2011 The inner workings of solid state storage devices are so...