Security News

Stolen VA Laptop and Hard Drive Recovered
2006-06-30 16:37

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/29/AR2006062900352.html By Christopher Lee and Zachary A. Goldfarb Washington Post Staff Writers June 30, 2006 Federal officials...

U.S. Cybersecurity Chief May Have a Conflict of Interest
2006-06-29 08:53

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/28/AR2006062801903.html Associated Press June 29, 2006 The Bush administration's cybersecurity chief is a contract employee who earns...

VA Asking for More Money After Data Theft
2006-06-28 05:13

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/27/AR2006062700134.html By HOPE YEN The Associated Press June 27, 2006 WASHINGTON -- Veterans Affairs Secretary Jim Nicholson promised...

FTC attorney's laptops stolen
2006-06-23 19:39

http://www.presstelegram.com/business/ci_3969575 By Hope Yen Associated Press 06/22/2006 WASHINGTON -- The government agency charged with fighting identity theft said Thursday it had lost two...

Voylent beta released for public download
2006-06-22 07:29

Voylent beta released for public download Voylent is a client for cellphones that encrypts voice conversations (IP support not available in this version). We have just released our first public...

Suspected Chinese hacker attacks target AIT, MND
2006-06-19 07:44

http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2006/06/19/2003314414 STAFF WRITER June 19, 2006 The American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) and the Ministry of National Defense (MND) were both...

...and now a word from one of our sponsors II
2006-06-16 08:29

http://attrition.org/news/content/06-06-15.001.html After a frustrating day at the coke web site (mycokerewards.com which leads to another server/domain), I finally got all the FAQs and rules to...

Black Hat Speakers + 2005 Content on-line
2006-06-14 08:06

Forwarded from: Jeff Moss -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hello ISN readers, I have a brief announcement I would like to make. The speaker selection for Black Hat USA 2006 is now...

...and now a word from one of our long time sponsors
2006-06-14 08:04

http://attrition.org/news/content/06-06-13.001.html Cliff Notes: If you drink Coca-Cola products, email the 'coke reward' code to cokerewards () attrition org to support a bunch of wack job...

Japanese virus shares private info
2006-06-13 12:08

http://www.smh.com.au/news/security/japanese-virus-shares-private-info/2006/06/13/1149964511797.html The Sydney Morning Herald June 13, 2006 A computer virus that targets the popular file-sharing...