Security News

UW-Platteville investigating potential security breach
2010-04-23 05:44

http://www.uwpexponent.org/2010/04/22/uw-platteville-investigating-potential-security-breach/ By Andrew Brunner Exponent Online April 22, 2010 An investigation is underway about a potential breach...

Google hackers duped system administrators to penetrate networks, experts say
2010-04-22 05:20

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/20/AR2010042005300.html By Ellen Nakashima Washington Post Staff Writer April 21, 2010 The hackers who penetrated the computer networks...

Linux Advisory Watch: April 16th, 2010
2010-04-19 05:48

+----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | LinuxSecurity.com Linux Advisory Watch | | April 16th, 2010 Volume 11, Number 16 | | | | Editorial Team: Dave Wreski | |...

UTSA infrastructure security center hosts collegiate cyber security competition
2010-04-16 05:22

http://www.utsa.edu/today/2010/04/cyberdefense.html By Christi Fish Public Affairs Specialist UTSA Today April 15, 2010 Eight teams of college students from across the country will compete this...

Boy, 9,	accused of hacking into Fairfax schools' computer system
2010-04-15 05:23

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/14/AR2010041404159.html By Tom Jackman Washington Post Staff Writer April 15, 2010 Are you smarter than a third-grader? Because the...

Navy took more than a year to announce personal data breach
2010-04-06 06:48

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/01/AR2010040103745.html By Federal Diary April 2, 2010 In case of danger or a natural disaster, the U.S. Navy can rapidly dispatch...

THOTCON - Chicago's Hacking Conference - Ticket Sales will Close April 2nd, 2010
2010-04-01 06:47

http://tickets.thotcon.org/ **************************************** ***BEGIN THOTCON TRANSMISSION*********** THOTCON (pronounced \ˈthȯt\ and taken fr om THree - One - Two) is a new small...

Ageing spies unable to use the internet
2010-03-29 06:10

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/7532996/Ageing-spies-unable-to-use-the-internet.html Telegraph.co.uk 28 March 2010 The Security Service is launching an unprecedented round...

Former student pleads guilty to hacking school payroll data
2010-03-26 06:04

http://www.columbian.com/news/2010/mar/25/former-student-pleads-guilty-to-hacking-school-pay/ By Howard Buck Columbian staff writer The Columbian March 25, 2010 A 21-year-old former Evergreen...

Obama Twitter account 'hacked by Frenchman'
2010-03-25 06:35

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8586269.stm BBC News 24 March 2010 A Frenchman who police say hacked Twitter accounts belonging to US President Barack Obama and celebrities could face jail. The...