Security News
![Warning about possible "research" ruse](/static/build/img/news/alt/DDoS-small.jpg)
From the 20 August 2002 AFIO e-Bulletin Board notices
![Cracking the hackers' code](/static/build/img/news/alt/data-breach-stats-small.jpg)
Forwarded from: William Knowles http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/08/20/1029114072039.html By Suelette Dreyfus August 20 2002 Next If your organisation suffered a computer crime in the past few...
![Wireless hackers take to the air](/static/build/img/news/alt/cyberthreat-stats-small.jpg)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/2202653.stm Monday, 19 August, 2002 Australian hackers have taken the practice of looking for open wireless networks to new heights. Before now many curious...
![[Admin note] Odds and Ends....](/static/build/img/news/alt/ransomware-statistics-small.jpg)
When I should have been updating my resume, I was adding and tweaking C4I.org. Honestly I can partially blame this to the case of RedBull I bought earlier this weekend at Costco. There really...
![Security In Converged Networks](/static/build/img/news/alt/managed-security-small.jpg)
http://www.tmcnet.com/it/0802/0802gr.htm BY ANDREAS M. ANTONOPOULOS & JOSEPH D. KNAPE August 2002 With all new technologies there is a security 'honeymoon' during which the technology is below the...
![Shock! Maturity rules at hack fest](/static/build/img/news/alt/Phishing-small.jpg)
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/08/10/1028158034350.html By Kim Zetter August 13 2002 South African computer security consultants Roelof Temmingh and Charl van der Walt were 30 minutes into...
![FC: More on FBI advisory on 802.11-spotting "wardriving"](/static/build/img/news/alt/data-breach-stats-small.jpg)
---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2002 01:00:01 -0400 From: Declan McCullagh To: politech () politechbot com Subject: FC: More on FBI advisory on 802.11-spotting...
![Re: Slim pickings for an IT gourmet](/static/build/img/news/alt/cybersecurity-attacker-small.jpg)
Forwarded from: Drew Williams I read this article with a "mild" bit of rancor. Just because this guy has "CISSP" written after his name means nothing -- being out of work sucks, as I am now...
![Sleeping with the enemy](/static/build/img/news/alt/ransomware-statistics-small.jpg)
Forwarded from: William Knowles http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2002/08/10/1028158034389.html By Kim Zetter August 13 2002 Next A good hacker is hard to find, or so it seemed during the dot-com...
![NASA investigating hacker theft of sensitive documents](/static/build/img/news/alt/Phishing-small.jpg)
Forwarded from: William Knowles http://computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/hacking/story/0,10801,73305,00.html By DAN VERTON AUGUST 08, 2002 WASHINGTON -- NASA cybercrime investigators are...