Security News

Israeli high-tech firms may benefit from security concerns
2001-10-24 07:17

http://www.nandotimes.com/technology/story/156312p-1476718c.html By JASON KEYSER, Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (October 23, 2001 10:00 p.m. EDT) - In the doldrums for the past year, Israel's...

McAfee.com and eEye Get Secure With Each Other
2001-10-24 07:13

http://www.internetnews.com/asp-news/article/0,,3411_908581,00.html By Michael Singer October 23, 2001 Two network security firms announced a co-branding deal Monday that is expected to boost each...

Trends in Denial of Service Attack Technology
2001-10-24 07:13

http://www.cert.org/archive/pdf/DoS_trends.pdf This paper (pdf) highlights recent trends in DoS attack technology based on intruder activity and attack tools reported to and analyzed by the...

Linux Advisory Watch - October 19th, 2001
2001-10-22 08:21

+----------------------------------------------------------------+ | LinuxSecurity.com Linux Advisory Watch | | October 19th, 2001 Volume 2, Number 42a |...

Black Ice scenario sheds light on future threats to critical systems
2001-10-19 19:06

http://www.computerworld.com/storyba/0,4125,NAV47_STO64877,00.html By DAN VERTON October 18, 2001 WASHINGTON -- A little-known exercise held last year to help federal, state and local officials in...

Bush supports limits on disclosing details of hacking
2001-10-19 18:23

http://www.nandotimes.com/technology/story/147053p-1435336c.html By TED BRIDIS, Associated Press WASHINGTON (October 18, 2001 9:39 p.m. EDT) - An administration expert in computer security...

FC: U.K. firm finds hidden messages that "might" implicate bin Laden
2001-10-11 11:17

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2001 00:52:37 -0400 From: Declan McCullagh To: politech () politechbot com Cc: victoria.masterson () businessam co uk Subject: FC: U.K....

Re: Internet proves easy way for terrorists to communicate
2001-10-09 11:26

Forwarded from: Dan Verton FYI...from Ross Anderson University of Cambridge Unfortunately, the story that bin Laden hides his secret messages in pornographic images on the net appears to be too...

Microsoft warns of PowerPoint, Excel vulnerabilities
2001-10-08 08:10

http://www.computerworld.com/storyba/0,4125,NAV47_STO64507,00.html By JAIKUMAR VIJAYAN October 05, 2001 Microsoft Corp. is warning users of a security hole in its popular Excel and PowerPoint...

Lawmaker proposes creation of cyber-National Guard
2001-10-04 08:02

http://www.nandotimes.com/technology/story/120351p-1285701c.html [I'm game, where do I sign up? - WK] By LISA HOFFMAN , Scripps Howard News Service WASHINGTON (October 3, 2001 9:43 a.m. EDT) -...