Security News

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...

Computer hackers a top concern for Homeland Security
2011-03-02 07:08

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-homeland-security-20110302,0,2881352.story By Julie Mianecki Washington Bureau Los Angeles Times March 1, 2011 Cyber security is a potential...

WOOT '11 Call For Papers Now Available
2011-03-01 08:27

Forwarded from: Lionel Garth Jones On behalf of the 5th USENIX Workshop on Offensive Technologies (WOOT '11) program committee, we invite you to submit papers that present research advancing the...

Morgan Stanley hit by same attackers that breached Google
2011-03-01 08:26

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/03/01/morgan_stanley_aurora_attacks/ By Dan Goodin in San Francisco The Register 1st March 2011 Morgan Stanley was hit by a “very sensitive” breach to its...

Three-time Pwn2Own winner knocks hacking contest rules
2011-03-01 08:26

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9211720/Three_time_Pwn2Own_winner_knocks_hacking_contest_rules By Gregg Keizer Computerworld February 28, 2011 Organizers of Pwn2Own on Sunday defended the...

HBGary Federal CEO Aaron Barr Quits Due to Anonymous Attack
2011-03-01 08:26

http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/HBGary-Federal-CEO-Aaron-Barr-Quits-Due-to-Anonymous-Attack-325042/ By Fahmida Y. Rashid eWEEK.com 2011-03-01 The embattled CEO of HBGary Federal has resigned his...