Security News

Warning about possible "research" ruse
2002-08-23 07:30

From the 20 August 2002 AFIO e-Bulletin Board notices

Cracking the hackers' code
2002-08-20 12:39

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
2002-08-20 12:39

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....
2002-08-19 12:38

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
2002-08-16 06:23

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
2002-08-16 06:22

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"
2002-08-16 06:17

---------- 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
2002-08-15 11:09

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
2002-08-13 09:25

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
2002-08-09 06:28

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...