Security News

SAS man to take charge of cyber-warfare defences
2010-12-21 06:15

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/online/sas-man-to-take-charge-of-cyberwarfare-defences-2164842.html By Kim Sengupta independent.co.uk 20 December 20 A former chief of the SAS has been...

OpenBSD back door claim now in doubt
2010-12-21 06:14

http://news.techworld.com/security/3253839/openbsd-back-door-claim-now-in-doubt/ By John E Dunn Techworld 16 December 10 The claim that the FBI planted a backdoor in OpenBSD a decade ago has been...

Gawker tech boss admits site security was crap
2010-12-21 06:14

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/12/18/gawker_hack_aftermath/ By Dan Goodin in San Francisco The Register 18th December 2010 Gawker Media plans to overhaul its web infrastructure and require...

U.S. attorney: Blaine hacker targeted neighbor
2010-12-17 07:17

http://www.startribune.com/local/north/111972394.html By JAMES WALSH Star Tribune December 16, 2010 A Blaine man hacked into his neighbor's wireless Internet to send e-mails containing child...

Ohio State Says Hackers Breached Data on 760,000
2010-12-17 07:17

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/17/education/17colleges.html By TAMAR LEWIN The New York Times December 16, 2010 Ohio State University is notifying about 760,000 people whose personal information...

Size of DDoS group 'doesn't matter', security agency says
2010-12-17 07:16

http://www.zdnet.co.uk/news/security-threats/2010/12/16/size-of-ddos-group-doesnt-matter-security-agency-says-40091193/ By Jack Clark @mappingbabel ZDNet UK 16 December, 2010 The number of people...

County upgrades computer security for audit report
2010-12-17 07:16

http://www.dewitt-ee.com/articles/2010/12/15/news/doc4d08eed477f4f744440444.txt By Christina Verderosa Dewitt Era Enterprise December 15, 2010 Arkansas County has spent a great deal of time in the...

New corps' mission to parry cyberthreat
2010-12-17 07:16

http://www.staradvertiser.com/news/hawaiinews/20101216_New_corps_mission_to_parry_cyberthreat.html By William Cole Honolulu Star-Advertiser Dec 16, 2010 Their ranks include snoops and sleuths who...

Nuclear security urgently reviewed after Sellafield is found to be vulnerable to terrorists
2010-12-17 07:16

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/2010/12/16/nuclear-security-urgently-reviewed-after-sellafield-is-found-to-be-vulnerable-to-terrorists-115875-22786725/ By James Lyons Daily Mirror 16/12/2010...

Feds probe '100 site' data breach
2010-12-15 06:01

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/12/15/silverpop_breach_probe/ By Dan Goodin in San Francisco The Register 15th December 2010 FBI agents looking into the theft of customer data belonging to...