Security News

Death by BlackBerry crisis averted
2011-03-01 08:25

http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/mobiles/death-by-blackberry-crisis-averted-20110301-1bca6.html By Asher Moses The Sydney Morning Herald March 1, 2011 With threats of cyber war on the horizon,...

Grandmaster Flash Offers Reward For Stolen Laptop
2011-02-28 11:05

http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.14218/title.grandmaster-flash-offers-reward-for-stolen-laptop By Jake Paine Hip Hop DX February 26, 2011 Last week, one of Hip Hop's pioneers was victim of a...

Chinese tech giant invites investigation of spying claims
2011-02-28 11:05

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/8347357/Chinese-tech-giant-invites-investigation-of-spying-claims.html By Christopher Williams Technology Correspondent The Telegraph 25 Feb 2011 In an...

Familiar faces, new names step up at Pwn2Own hacking contest
2011-02-28 11:05

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9211402/Familiar_faces_new_names_step_up_at_Pwn2Own_hacking_contest By Gregg Keizer Computerworld February 25, 2011 The Pwn2Own hacking contest next month...

USENIX HotSec '11 Call For Papers Now Available
2011-02-25 07:28

Forwarded from: Lionel Garth Jones The Call for Papers for the 6th USENIX Workshop on Hot Topics in Security is now available. Please submit all work by 11:59 p.m. EST on May 5, 2011. HotSec is...

Secunia Weekly Summary - Issue: 2011-08
2011-02-25 07:26

======================================================================== The Secunia Weekly Advisory Summary 2011-02-17 - 2011-02-24 This week: 74 advisories...

Former employee accused of writing virus to target Whac-a-Mole machines
2011-02-25 07:26

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/crime/os-arrest-virus-whac-a-mole-20110224,0,6618031.story By Gary Taylor Orlando Sentinel February 24, 2011 Whac-A-Mole seems like it could be endless fun....

Encrypted USB stick glitch led to Council data loss
2011-02-25 07:26

http://news.techworld.com/security/3262523/encrypted-usb-stick-glitch-led-to-council-data-loss/ By John E Dunn Techworld 24 February 11 A council that used encrypted memory sticks has been handed...

'The most stupid criminal ever' pleads guilty to burglary after he stole a laptop and posted photo of himself on owner's Facebook
2011-02-25 07:25

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1359952/Burglar-posted-picture-stolen-laptop-owners-Facebook-pleads-guilty.html By Daily Mail Reporter 24th February 2011 He didn't exactly stand much...

CSET '11 Call for Papers Now Available
2011-02-24 08:57

Forwarded from: Lionel Garth Jones On behalf of the 4th Workshop on Cyber Security Experimentation and Test (CSET '11) program committee, we would like to invite you to submit papers on the...