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EVT/WOTE '11 Submission Deadline is Wednesday, April 20
2011-04-18 08:16

Forwarded from: Lionel Garth Jones We're writing to remind you that the submission deadline for the 2011 Electronic Voting Technology Workshop/Workshop on Trustworthy Elections (EVT/WOTE '11) is...

Anonymous hacker claims he broke into wind turbine systems
2011-04-18 08:09

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9215879/Anonymous_hacker_claims_he_broke_into_wind_turbine_systems By Robert McMillan IDG News Service April 17, 2011 Claiming revenge for an "illegitimate...

'Banks unaware of data outsourcing risks'
2011-04-18 08:09

http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/biz/2011/04/123_85363.html By Kim Tong-hyung Korea Times 04-17-2011 Korea, a country fascinated with e-this and e-that, touts itself as the planet’s...

Cyber attack in Canberra
2011-04-18 08:09

http://www.smh.com.au/technology/security/cyber-attack-in-canberra-20110415-1di3c.html By Dylan Welch The Sydney Morning Herald April 16, 2011 SILENCE reigns in Canberra over the latest...

White House draft bill would put DHS in charge of civilian computer networks
2011-04-18 08:09

http://thehill.com/blogs/hillicon-valley/technology/156293-white-house-draft-bill-would-put-dhs-in-charge-of-civilian-networks By Gautham Nagesh The Hill 04/15/11 The White House is circulating a...

SSA exposed SSNs, names, birth dates for 36, 000 people,	IG says
2011-04-18 08:09

http://fcw.com/articles/2011/04/14/ssa-privacy-breach-death-master-file.aspx By Alice Lipowicz FCW.com April 14, 2011 The Social Security Administration publicly made available the names, dates of...

Whitehats pierce giant hole in Microsoft security shield
2011-04-18 08:08

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/04/18/windows_heap_exploit_shield_pierced/ By Dan Goodin in San Francisco The Register 18th April 2011 In late December, Microsoft researchers responding to...

USAID waives FISMA for iPads
2011-04-15 05:13

http://www.fiercegovernmentit.com/story/usaid-waives-fisma-ipads/2011-04-13 By Molly Bernhart Walker FierceGovernmentIT April 13, 2011 Many U.S. Agency for International Development workers are...

UAE moves to limit more secure BlackBerry service
2011-04-15 05:13

http://www.itp.net/584500-uae-moves-to-limit-more-secure-blackberry-service By Ed Attwood ITP.net April 14, 2011 Following a threat to cancel services in the UAE last year, the country's regulator...

Hackers gain root access to WordPress servers
2011-04-15 05:13

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9215809/Hackers_gain_root_access_to_WordPress_servers By Jeremy Kirk IDG News Service April 14, 2011 Hackers have compromised several servers that support...