Security News

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...

MILF restores defaced website
2008-11-17 09:01

http://www.mindanaoexaminer.com/news.php?news_id=20081114082735 Mindanao Examiner November 14, 2008 COTABATO CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / Nov. 14, 2008) – The Moro Islamic Liberation...

Espionage claims by telecoms company
2008-11-14 11:49

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/mediatechnologyandtelecoms/telecoms/3448534/Espionage-claims-by-telecoms-company.html By Russell Hotten The Daily Telegraph 12 Nov 2008 Altimo,...

Host of Internet Spam Groups is Cut Off
2008-11-13 10:22

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/12/AR2008111200658.html By Brian Krebs washingtonpost.com Staff Writer November 12, 2008 The volume of junk e-mail sent worldwide...

Cyber-warfare comes to Mauritania
2008-11-13 10:22

http://www.menassat.com/?q=en/news-articles/5134-cyber-warfare-comes-mauritania By MOHAMMED SALEM MENASSAT November 12, 2008 NOUAKCHOTT – The Sahara Media news agency, considered the first news...

Study shows how spammers cash in
2008-11-11 10:02

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7719281.stm BBC News 10 November 2008 Spammers are turning a profit despite only getting one response for every 12.5m e-mails they send, finds a study. By...

Officer recalled over security lapse
2008-11-10 08:44

http://www.theage.com.au/news/security/officer-recalled-over-security-lapse/2008/11/08/1226165363264.html By Lindsay Murdoch theage.com.au November 9, 2008 Australian Federal Police have launched...