Security News

Korea Plans Hacking Competition
2008-12-16 07:32

http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/biz/2008/12/123_36163.html By Kim Tong-hyung Staff Reporter The Korea Times 12-15-2008 The government plans to invest 230 billion won (about $168 million)...

Kidnap Consultant Taken in Mexico
2008-12-16 07:31

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/15/AR2008121503147.html By William Booth Washington Post Foreign Service December 16, 2008 MEXICO CITY, Dec. 15 -- An American...

Wire-Transfer Shops May Provide Hackers An Easy Target
2008-12-12 09:11

http://www.redorbit.com/news/technology/1609439/wiretransfer_shops_may_provide_hackers_an_easy_target/ RedOrbit 11 December 2008 According to a study to be released on Thursday, nearly 60 percent...

French embassy in Beijing 'under cyber-attack' after Nicolas Sarkozy meeting with Dalai Lama
2008-12-12 09:05

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/3707778/French-embassy-in-Bejing-under-cyber-attack-after-Nicolas-Sarkozy-meeting-with-Dalai-Lama.html By Richard Spencer in Beijing...

Black Hat: New Webinar, Japan audio now on-line.
2008-12-11 06:28

Infosec News readers, some new content to devour! NEW FREE WEBCAST - Oracle Database Forensics Black Hat's webcast series continues with another powerful presentation from a popular Black Hat...

10 Faces of Fraud: The Greatest Risks to Banks in 2009
2008-12-10 10:19

http://www.bankinfosecurity.com/articles.php?art_id=1098 By Linda McGlasson Managing Editor BankInfoSecurity.com December 9, 2008 From Hannaford Brothers to Countrywide, this year has been full of...

Easter Bunny Continues to Compromise US Military Computers
2008-12-02 07:26

Forwarded from: "J. Oquendo" More humorous news from the "Chinese invades the US Infrastructure" front. I don't know about anyone else, but imagine me stating: "I saw Tom Jones steal my car but I...

Government 'loses one PC a week'
2008-11-24 08:20

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/7740593.stm BBC News 21 November 2008 One government computer a week has been going missing on average in recent months, ministers have admitted....

Arrest of Interpol official sparks security breach concerns
2008-11-21 08:22

http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/11/19/mexico.arrest/ MEXICO CITY, Mexico CNN Nov 19, 2008 A vicious turf war between drug cartels and Mexican authorities that has left as many as 4,300 dead...

Black Hat November News: CFPS Now Open,	Webinar 5 and Japan on-line.
2008-11-19 07:12

Forwarded from: "jmoss" [There was a PGP signature with this announcement but cutting & pasting from one format to another munged the formatting nearly unreadable. - WK] ISN Readers of new and...