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USENIX HealthSec '11 Call for Papers Now Available
2011-02-09 07:28

Forwarded from: Lionel Garth Jones On behalf of the 2nd USENIX Workshop on Health Security and Privacy (HealthSec '11) program committee, we invite you to submit innovative papers covering all...

IDF says enlisting hackers
2011-02-09 07:27

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4025751,00.html By Boaz Fyler YNews News 02.08.11 IDF Spokesman Avi Benayahu said Tuesday that the army is currently in the process of enlisting "new...

Nasdaq Hackers After Sensitive Inside Information,	Not Trading System
2011-02-09 07:27

http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/Nasdaq-Hackers-After-Sensitive-Inside-Information-Not-Trading-System-490573/ By Fahmida Y. Rashid eWEEK.com 2011-02-08 The attackers who “repeatedly” breached...

Alleged White House e-mail cyber incident now called attack from China
2011-02-08 09:16

http://fcw.com/articles/2011/02/07/alleged-white-house-email-cyberincident-now-called-spoof-attack-from-china.aspx By Alice Lipowicz FCW.com Feb 07, 2011 Officials in the United Kingdom now...

U.S. Has Secret Tools to Force Internet on Dictators
2011-02-08 09:15

Forwarded from: William Knowles http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/02/secret-tools-force-net/ By Spencer Ackerman Danger Room Wired.com February 7, 2011

Department of Finance's phones hacked into
2011-02-08 09:14

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-12389440 BBC News 8 February 2011 A network of phones at the Department of Finance and Personnel has been targeted by phone hackers. Officials became...

Re: Cybersecurity a sham in India: Ethical hacker
2011-02-08 09:14

Forwarded from: security curmudgeon : http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/Cybersecurity-a-sham-in-India-Ethical-hacker/articleshow/7432529.cms : : [Seems Ankit Fadia is confused what the...

ACM CCS'11: Call for Workshop Proposals and Papers
2011-02-08 09:14

Forwarded from: ACM CCS 2011 Dear colleagues, Please find below the Call for Workshop Proposals and Call for Papers for ACM CCS'11 (http://sigsac.org/ccs/CCS2011). Apologies for multiple copies of...

HBGary Federal Hacked by Anonymous
2011-02-07 09:07

http://krebsonsecurity.com/2011/02/hbgary-federal-hacked-by-anonymous/ By Brian Krebs Krebs on Security February 7th, 2011 A company that is helping the federal government track down...

NSW Bikie gangs' encrypted BlackBerrys beat law
2011-02-07 09:06

http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/mobiles/bikies-blackberrys-beat-law-20110205-1ahmo.html By Natalie O'Brien The Sydney Morning Herald February 6, 2011 Bikie gangs and organised crime groups are...